Bobby Gerhart
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Gerhart in the 1980s
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| Nationality |
 American |
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| Born |
July 21, 1958 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| ARCA Racing Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 1988 | ||||||
| Current team | Bobby Gerhart Racing | ||||||
| Car no. | 5 | ||||||
| Starts | 304 | ||||||
| Wins | 9 | ||||||
| Poles | 9 | ||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in 2006 | ||||||
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| 1988 | ARCA Permatex Super Car Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 24 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 44th (1985) | ||||||
| First race | 1983 Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500 (Pocono) | ||||||
| Last race | 1992 DieHard 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 18 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 60th | ||||||
| Best finish | 60th (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2001 Jani-King 300 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 63 (Bobby Gerhart Racing) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 89th | ||||||
| Best finish | 66th (1996) | ||||||
| First race | 1996 Stevens Beil/Genuine Parts 200 (Flemington) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of February 24, 2017. | |||||||
Robert "Bobby" Gerhart Jr. (born July 21, 1958) is an American professional driver. He has won nine times on the circuit, eight of those victories coming in the season-opening ARCA Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway (2012, 2010, 2006, 2005, 2002 and 1999). He currently drives the No. 5 Lucas Oil Chevrolet owned by his brother on a part-time basis in the ARCA Racing Series. He also drives the No. 85 Chevrolet Camaro for his own team Bobby Gerhart Racing, in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on a part-time basis. He also drives the No. 36 Chevy Silverado for his own team in a joint effort with the MB Motorsports team in the Camping World Truck Series.
Gerhart began racing at Linda's Speedway, where he won his first feature race. He eventually competed in many dirt modified series throughout his home state of Pennsylvania, often competing at Penn National and Susquehanna Speedway. He eventually moved to ashpalt racing and competed at Pocono Raceway.
In 1988, Gerhart began competing in the ARCA Series and was named Rookie of the Year that season. He has competed in that series on a regular basis since then, returning to NASCAR in 1996 to drive in the Craftsman Truck Series. He and his No. 85 Chevrolet Silverado qualified three times and had a best finish of 15th. He returned to Cup in 1998 attempting to qualify the No. 54 and eventually the No. 89 Chevrolet after picking up sponsorship from Kewadin Casinos. He was unable to qualify for those three attempts, but was able to win the season-opening ARCA race at Daytona in 1999, and went on to finish 3rd in points that year.
Since that time, Gerhart has competed in a mostly limited schedule in ARCA. The lone exception was the 2006 season where he ran full-time and finished second in points. From 2005–2007 and again in 2010, he won the season opening race at Daytona.
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