Michael Joseph Harmon was born on January 24,1958 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.
37 Facts About Mike Harmon
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Mike Harmon competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 74 Chevrolet Camaro for CHK Racing.
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Mike Harmon made his NASCAR debut in 1996 driving the No 24 Chevrolet at South Boston Speedway, where he finished 31st after a transmission failure.
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Mike Harmon ran seven more races in the car that season, with a best finish of 23rd, but a sponsorship struggle caused his team to close down.
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Mike Harmon was scheduled to return to NASCAR in 1999, when he signed with Donlavey Racing to compete for NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors.
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Mike Harmon was reportedly fired from the team during preparation for that year's Daytona 500 when he refused to let another driver try to get more speed out of the car.
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In 2001, Mike Harmon returned to the Busch Series, driving fourteen races for Mixon Motorsports in the No 44 Pontiac Grand Prix.
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Mike Harmon's best finish was a 28th at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the only race he finished that year.
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Mike Harmon made an additional start for Moy Racing at Talladega Superspeedway, finishing 35th, and competed in two Craftsman Truck races for MB Motorsports and Troxell Racing, respectively.
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Mike Harmon made 25 starts for Mixon in 2002, with a best finish of 22nd at Daytona.
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Mike Harmon made two more starts that season, his best finish being 33rd at Memphis Motorsports Park for Oostlander Racing.
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Mike Harmon attempted a Busch Series race later in the year at Memphis for Bobby Norfleet, but did not qualify.
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Mike Harmon made seven races with a best finish of 38th before handing the ride off to Jennifer Jo Cobb late in the season.
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Mike Harmon attempted a larger part-time season in the No 84 Chevrolet fielded by the new Elite 2 Racing team in 2008, for eighteen races.
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Mike Harmon posted his best finish in the Nationwide Series to date, finishing 17th at the Aaron's 312.
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In 2009, Mike Harmon started racing in his own No 84 car and then took over the No 07 Chevrolet for SK Motorsports.
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Mike Harmon would start and park in his own No 24 in four Camping World Truck Series races.
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For 2010, Mike Harmon has run part-time in the Truck Series for both Lafferty Motorsports and Daisy Ramirez Motorsports.
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Mike Harmon drove his own No 74 Chevrolet in the 2011 season, running approximately half the season's races; he competed in several Truck Series races later in the year.
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Mike Harmon returned to the Nationwide Series in the No 74 in 2012 and 2013.
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Mike Harmon is famous for an incident at Bristol Motor Speedway in August 2002.
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Mike Harmon was practicing his No 44 car, when he crashed into the track's infield entry gate in Turn 2.
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The gate was improperly secured when Mike Harmon's car crashed into it causing it to swing open.
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The remnants of the vehicle were then struck by the car of Johnny Sauter, fortunately hitting the half that Mike Harmon was not sitting in.
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Mike Harmon attempted several races in early 2016, but failed to qualify.
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Mike Harmon formed partnerships with teams last year to get his truck on track.
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Mike Harmon partnered with Brandonbilt Motorsports at Texas with Viens driving.
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Mike Harmon partnered with Bolen Motorsports at Las Vegas, with Viens driving.
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In 2020, Mike Harmon only ran the plate races in the No 74 to make way for other drivers to drive his car.
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In 2011, Mike Harmon debuted the team and No 74 at Auto Club Speedway, start and parking after 3 laps and finishing 43rd.
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That season, Mike Harmon ran 14 races and Yeley ran 2, all of them being start and parks.
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In 2012, Mike Harmon remained to start and park the car, with Kevin Lepage, Rick Crawford, David Green and Scott Riggs being brought in for one race apiece.
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Mike Harmon scored their best finish up to then at Daytona, finishing 17th on the lead lap.
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Mike Harmon ran most races in 2014, and they start and parked most times.
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For 2015, Mike Harmon attempted 29 races in the 74, start and parking in 12 races and failing to qualify in two of them, Talladega and Charlotte.
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Mike Harmon scored the team's best finish at Daytona, a 24th-place finish after starting 19th, seven laps down.
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On May 15,2013, Mike Harmon was arrested and charged with stealing a hauler and racing equipment belonging to fellow competitor Jennifer Jo Cobb, in association with his sister and Cobb's former partner Dave Novak; Mike Harmon stated that he was innocent.