Michael Joseph Harmon (born January 24, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.
In the past, he drove in the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series, finishing 8th in points in 1997.
He ran seven more races in the car that season, with a best finish of 23rd, but a sponsorship struggle caused his team to close down.
Harmon was reportedly fired from the team during preparation for that year's Daytona 500 when he refused to let another driver try to get more speed out of the car.
In 2001, Harmon returned to the Busch Series, driving fourteen races for Mixon Motorsports in the No.
He made two more starts that season, his best finish being 33rd at Memphis Motorsports Park for Oostlander Racing.
In 2005, Harmon and Oostlander purchased part of the assets of Innovative Motorsports and ran the first four races of the season in the No.
Harmon attempted a Busch Series race later in the year at Memphis for Bobby Norfleet, but did not qualify.
He made seven races with a best finish of 38th before handing the ride off to Jennifer Jo Cobb late in the season.
[2] In the 2020 Xfinity season opener at Daytona, Harmon scored a career high finish of 16th.
The gate was improperly secured when Harmon's car crashed into it causing it to swing open.
The remnants of the vehicle were then struck by the car of Johnny Sauter, fortunately hitting the half that Harmon was not sitting in.
[4] The team also fields vehicles in the Truck Series, with the ride being filled primarily by Jordan Anderson.
Tim Viens failed to qualify at Atlanta and he made the race at New Hampshire.
Faith Motorsports partnered with Harmon at Iowa but failed to qualify with Donnie Levister.
Harmon partnered with Brandonbilt Motorsports at Texas (spring) with Viens driving.
Joe Nemechek, Bayley Currey and Kyle Weatherman all drove races in the 2 cars.
74 attempted was at Texas Motor Speedway with J. J. Yeley behind the wheel, who parked the car after 5 laps.
In 2012, Harmon remained to start and park the car, with Kevin Lepage, Rick Crawford, David Green and Scott Riggs being brought in for one race apiece.
Kevin Lepage, Mike Wallace, Reuse brothers Bobby and Roger also had seat time.
The drivers who made one race in the 74 were - Dan Corcoran, Bayley Currey, Nicolas Hammann and Aaron Quine.
The 74 had a very impressive 12 top 20’s in 2020, with Currey scoring 9, a best finish of 12th at O'Reilly Auto Parts 300.
McLaughlin for 4, Gaulding for 2, Dawson Cram for 1, Jesse Iwuji for 1, Tim Viens for 1 and Carson Ware for 1.
On November 22, 2021, NASCAR suspended crew chief Ryan Bell for the first six races in 2022 for violating Section 5.1.a.c.d: Vehicle testing when the team brought the No.
In addition, the team will have 75 owner and driver points deducted at the start of the 2022 season.
[6] On May 15, 2013, Harmon was arrested and charged with stealing a hauler and racing equipment belonging to fellow competitor Jennifer Jo Cobb, in association with his sister and Cobb's former partner Dave Novak; Harmon stated that he was innocent.