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Racing icons Kurt Busch and Harry Gant are two of the three men named to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026.
They both stopped by the Charlotte Roval to speak on this career-defining achievement.
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Peter Stratta
TSJ101Sports.com
Twitter: @PeterStratta
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Harry, I’ll start with you. You know, we talked about this a little bit yesterday. What’s it been like since you got selected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Have things changed a little bit maybe with the number of phone calls that you’re getting? Yeah, it changed a lot. Uh it got so bad I just had to turn the phones off. my cell phone and house phone too and knowing real bad knowing and but a lot of people was wanting to come to the induction he Kurt probably heard the same thing and but it uh I was I was surprised and caught off guard about everything and so it’s just starting to dawn on me now that we got to hang around some together here that uh it’s really good and I look forward to it for a long time. So, I’m appreciate it, K. Yeah, it’s uh it’s been surreal in many ways. And to be a first ballot, uh it it kind of puts that cherry on top of a bluecollar kid coming out of Las Vegas and caught a few breaks here or there and made my way on up. And again, it’s the trip down memory lane of uncovering some of the old stories and old photos. Uh, I found a VHS tape and I had to go buy a V VCR of my Milwaukee win in the trucks. I was like, “Ah, this is cool.” And just all the teams, all the people. Uh, I’m I’m very blessed to have had this opportunity uh to be in the Cup Series for 23 years, and to, you know, be in the Hall of Fame with the greats that I raced against, looked up to, and to also with Ray Hendrick, Mr. Modified, who’s not here with us, uh, but his grandsons are out on the tour with us in the Hall of Fame. It’s really starting to sink in. And it’s a it’s a privilege to be in this group.
