03/09/2026
One of our best buds! Go see Rainmaker Racecars and Fabrication!
Introducing Bartley Grant - 52 years old from Berea, KY
Bartley started racing in 2002. He decided to get into racing because he went to Richmond Raceway for his first in 1974 when the season started. He was only a few months old at the time. He's the first person in his family to become a driver.
His first race car was a 1973 Ford LTD and competed in the road hogs. His first race was Richmond Raceway. His biggest win of his career came at Ponderosa Speedway for $1500 to win race, and backed up with another $1500 to win race at Richmond Raceway the next weekend. His worst night at the track was at 411 Speedway in Seymour, TN at the Hangover when was turn head-on into the wall and flipped several times.
He runs the #1 because he was huge Steve Parks fan and Butch Shay fan when he drove the 1X Barber car. His key people on his crew are his wife, his daughter Reagan, and Kevin McClure. He doesn't want to leave out his oldest daughter Tori as she was big help early in his career when they would race two nights a week. His wife helps keep him calm on race day but she gets him pumped up too.
He's married to Erica Grant. Bartley has 2 daughters, and 2 sons.
