“Hut, Hut, Hut,” was the battle cry from the crowd when Wayman “Hut” Stricklin went on to the track during his NASCAR career.
Stricklin, 46, who now operates an auto and truck parts business, was born in Calera, Ala., and married Pam Allison, the daughter of stock-car driver Donnie Allison.
Stricklin won the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series title in 1986 and quickly made his way to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He finished second in the rookie-of-the-year standings to Dick Trickle in 1988.
Stricklin made 328 starts in the Cup Series — the last coming in the 2002 Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway — but never found victory lane in the series.
He also made 54 Busch Series starts without a victory.
Featured here (clockwise from top left): Talking with crew chief Bill Ingle in 1997; With his Raybestos ride in 1991; Making his Winston Cup debut; In the garage in 1992; Greeting fans in 1998 at Daytona USA at Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway; Talking to car owner Junie Donlavey at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in 1992; At the track in 1984. — NSSN Archives