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Tom Hearst

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Tom Hearst is an American racing driver from Muscatine, Iowa who won the first NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national championship in 1982.[1]

Driving a dirt Late Model for owners Keith Simmons and Gary Oliver, Hearst won 27 of the 50 NASCAR-sanctioned races that he entered. Most were at race tracks in Davenport, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; West Liberty, Iowa; and Freeport, Illinois. Hearst also won 15 of the 17 non-NASCAR races in which he competed.[1]

He made an attempt in the NASCAR Southwest Series, in 1987, but failed to qualify.

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  1. ^ a b Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 5-9.
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