Former NASCAR team owner Harry Scott Jr. passes away at age 51
Harry Scott Jr., a team owner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from 2013-16 as well as a co-owner in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, died Wednesday.
NASCAR teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series will honor former team owner Harry Scott Jr. at Watkins Glen International this weekend with A-Post decals honoring Scott.
Scott began his NASCAR efforts as co-owner of Turner Scott Motorsports with fellow team owner Steve Turner in 2013. The group fielded entries in the Camping World Truck Series and XFINITY Series. Later that season, Scott agreed to purchase the assets for Phoenix Racing, a single-car entity competing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett and Clint Bowyer were among the competitors who drove for the premier series team, renamed HScott Motorsports, from 2014-16. At one time, Scott had ownership ties to eight teams competing in NASCAR — in addition to his two Monster Energy Series teams, he also co-owned one XFINITY Series team in collaboration with fellow owner Chip Ganassi and five NASCAR K&N Pro Series East teams with co-owner Justin Marks.
.@miguelpaludo running a special Harry Scott Jr tribute decal in Argentina today. Miguel raced for Harry in @NASCAR_Trucks. pic.twitter.com/1YrTBfmyHj— Brandt Racing (@BrandtRacing) August 5, 2017
Scott became a first-time championship winning team owner in 2013 when the Turner Scott Motorsports group won the K&N Pro Series East title with driver Dylan Kwasniewski. Justin Haley (2016), William Byron (‘15) and Ben Rhodes (’14) won K&N Pro Series East championships for the Scott/Marks organization.
Combined, the Turner/Scott and Scott/Marks efforts won 24 races between 2013-16.
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Statement from the family of Harry Scott, Jr who passed away yesterday. pic.twitter.com/IvxQfzDLAZ— Ramsey Poston (@RamseyPoston) August 3, 2017
He was incredibly nice to me. Sad to hear he is gone. Rest In Peace https://t.co/iSGkCh2Fg5— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) August 3, 2017
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of @harryscottjr...... we won the #KNEast championship in 2014.....We had great times together. pic.twitter.com/bPlBO5HmQ0— Ben Rhodes (@benrhodes) August 3, 2017
Can't believe the news. @harryscottjr was a great leader and a great man. Glad that I was able to share a part of my life with him.— Dylan Kwasniewski (@dylankracing) August 3, 2017
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