Gary Webb is an American racing driver from Blue Grass, Iowa

Blue Grass, Iowa

Blue Grass is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the US state of Iowa. The population was 1,341 as of 2010.Most of Blue Grass is part of the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, but the Muscatine County portion of the city is considered part of the Muscatine...

 who won the NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 Weekly Racing Series

Whelen All-American Series

The Whelen All-American Series is a points championship for NASCAR sanctioned local racetracks around the United States and Canada....

 national championship in 2000. He received a $150,000 bonus.

Webb began racing in 1968 in a late model

Late model

A "late model car" is a car which has been recently designed or manufactured, often the latest model. The term is broadly used in car racing, and often appears in common use, as in "The officer was driving an unmarked, late model sedan."There is no precise...

. He had 201 features wins between 1980 and 1989. He won the 1984 and 1985 UMP

United Midwestern Promoters

United Midwestern Promoters is a short track racing sanctioning body in the United States that sanctions short track racing on dirt race tracks from 1/5 mile in length to in length. UMP currently sanctions eight different racing divisions on over 100 tracks in 19 states and one province in Canada...

 national championships.

Driving a dirt

Dirt track racing

Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South...

 late model for owner Larry Moring (sponsor of Tom Hearst's team which won the 1982 title) and another dirt Late Model of his own, Webb won 22 of the 54 NASCAR-sanctioned races that he entered at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway and Farley Speedway, both in Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

. His record of 16 wins in 18 starts at the 3/8 mile track at Dubuque won the national title and the Mid American division.

Webb finished second in the 2001 national championship points. He was the series' Most Popular Driver that year.

Honors

• As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Webb was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers. Webb has a total of 518 career feature wins under his belt, from 63 different tracks across the United States. In 2008, Webb was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in Florence, Kentucky.