{"id":5603,"date":"2022-09-17T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorracingsports.com\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:41:28","slug":"who-is-the-oldest-nascar-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorracingsports.com\/who-is-the-oldest-nascar-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Oldest NASCAR Driver?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In other articles on this site, we have previously looked at the trend of drivers in the world of NASCAR getting younger and younger on average. It\u2019s certainly the case that between 1980 and 2021, the average age of a NASCAR driver in the Cup Series has dropped from almost 38 years old to just a little over 30 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, however, we\u2019re more interested in the other end of the age spectrum among NASCAR drivers. Who is the oldest current NASCAR driver?<\/strong> Who is the oldest ever active driver? Which driver has enjoyed the longest career? These questions and more we will try to answer below. The truth of it all may surprise you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The oldest current Full Time NASCAR Driver is Kevin Harvick at 46 years old. However the oldest part time NASCAR Driver is Boris Said at 59 years old. Both are eclipsed by Hershel Mcgriff, who at 94 years is the oldest ever NASCAR driver and Morgan Shepard the oldest driver in a top 3 NASCAR series at 77 years old<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a lot of different ways one could look at this question, but it seems to us that the most logical way is first to look at who is the oldest active full-time driver in the flagship NASCAR Cup<\/a> Series. The answer to that is Kevin Harvick, who was born on December 8, 1975<\/strong>, and thus at the time of writing is 46 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we expand the list to include the part-time drivers, then Boris Said is the oldest active driver at 59 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, if you want to know the oldest NASCAR driver ever to take part in a race, then that title goes to the legendary Hershel McGriff, who was born in December 1927<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Who is the Oldest Active NASCAR Driver Around Today?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n