Harvey Eakin (October 30, 1926 – January 13, 1973) was a

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Grand National Series driver from

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who competed from

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During the course of 17 races, he never won or even got a finish in the "top ten." Eakin did race for 2,089 official NASCAR laps; bringing home $1,110 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation). His average start is 35th place while 25th place was considered to be par for the course for Eakin. His only DNQ came at the

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. The previous year at the

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, Eakin started in 31st in his 1954 Nash vehicle and finished in 18th place; collecting $250 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation).''1954 Southern 500'' racing information
at Racing Reference Intermediate tracks were the most favored by Eakin; giving him an 18th-place finish on average. His weakness was on road courses where a 32nd-place finish was considered to be normal.

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was Eakin's favorite track because he would finish 15th place there on average.

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was really not a good track for Eakin because of his tendency to finish in 33rd place there on average. Eakin has competed in the

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series on one occasion and was always considered to be an owner-driver. Eakin wasn't a terrible driver, however, as he managed to get one "top-15" finish in addition to six "top-20" finishes. Nash and

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were his preferred manufacturers when it came to NASCAR vehicles. Not all of Eakin's races were considered to be successes as he failed to complete 8 out of the 17 races that he competed in.Career driver statistics for ''Harvey Eakin''
at NASCAR Reference

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