Darrell Bryant is a retired

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driver whose claim to fame was his two "top ten" finishes in addition to racing 2389 laps - for a distance of . Bryant has driver for

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, and

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during his driving career.

Career

His average start was 24th place while his average finish is 25th. Earning only $14,075 in total race winnings ($ when inflation is taken into effect), Bryant would not become one of the multimillionaires that are present in today's NASCAR. Wade Younts,

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, and

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were a few of the people who employed Darrell during his NASCAR Grand National Series career. Bryant's ultimate retirement from motorsports as a driver came on September 6, 1976 when he finished an agonizing 40th place the 1976 Southern 500 in

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driving for former NASCAR team owner

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. He would later become a crew chief and lead drivers like

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and

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to race victories during the 1980s. Bryant's most recent NASCAR-related job was being the crew chief of the late Tony Roper during the

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season. After Roper died from a severe neck injury sustained from a racing crash in his No. 50

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machine, Bryant has never worked in NASCAR ever again.

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