Matt Harris

Matt began racing in 1992 in the stock four division at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffeny, SC. From then he has race at different tracks and in different divisions. The following are a few highlights and special moments.

1992- Matt runs his first race at the end of the season. He finishes 17 out of 40 starters

1993- First win in Stock Four Cylinder at Cherokee Speedway

1994- Harris wins five of the last six races he competes in

1994- Harris accumulated 6 wins for the season and a number of top five finishes in Stock Four Cylinder division

1995- Tim McGraw visits Cherokee Speedway and drives the #98 Mustang

1996- Matt moves into the Modified Four Cylinder Division and scores his first victory

1996- Matt makes the field for his first World Four Cylinder Nationals at Cherokee and places 6th out of a 100 car field that attempted to qualify for the event.

1997- The team travels to the Talladega Short Track starting 22nd and finishing 3rd in the 7th annual Ice Bowl

1997- Harris sports a new Mustang for the World Four Cylinder Nationals then finishes 14 out of 120 cars attempting to qualify for the event

1998- The Harris family's strongest season! One win, one second place finishes, and three thirds out of six races. (Giving the team an average finish of 2.4 of the races they competed in)

1999- Race efforts move from the dirt ranks to NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars. Of the three races run, the team scores a 16th, 15th, and 11th place run respectively at Greenville Pickens Speedway in South Carolina

Most Memorable Moments

"Racing with my family, friends, and God I have experienced some of my most special moments. With out them my racing career would be nothing at all!"

"The best race I ever had was when I took third place in our first race competing in the Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track. We had to make the main event from the consolation race and started 22nd. The third place finish was the hardest fight of my life, almost literally. This was our first time traveling to a different track!"

"The scariest moment was my sixth race when I hit the backstretch guard rail and saw the track lights and stars. I flipped six times and messed the car up pretty bad. I was only 16, and I don't know what mom was thinking when she let me drive race cars."

"The most embarrassing moment was the time I was "hot-dogging" coming out of the staging lane and hit the wall. The car went dead and the people on the other side of the fence were enjoying the moment a lot while I was trying to get it started."