Gary T. Klutt (born August 14, 1992) is a Canadian professionalstock car racing driver and a member of the 2016NASCAR Next class. He is also the Host of the Gary Klutt Podcast. He currently competes part-time in theNASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 59Dodge Challenger forLegendary Motorcar Company.^[1][2] He also co-hosts the Canadianreality television showLegendary Motorcar with his father.^[3] He has also raced in theNASCAR Cup Series andNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Klutt began his racing career in 2000, finding success quickly, winning karting championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007 and the Canadian Nationals in 2009.^[4]

Debuting in2010 atCanadian Tire Motorsport Park, Klutt qualified 16th and finished 11th in his family No. 68 entry.^[5] He did not return to the series until2013, running another race at CTMP, starting seventh and finishing seventh in a family-entered No. 59 car.^[6] The team entered four races in2014, running top tens atCircuit ICAR and CTMP, and falling out of one race with mechanical issues.^[7]

Klutt started racing full-time in2015, starting from the pole and winning the season-opening race at CTMP in only his seventh series start. He garnered one other pole and six other top tens en route to a 5th-place points finish.^[8] He also garnered Rookie of the Year honors.^[9]2016 brought a bit less success, as Klutt raced his way to eight top tens but not one top five finish and failed to finish two races.^[10] Also during the 2016 season, Klutt was named to the 2016 NASCAR Next class.^[11] He returned to full time racing for the2022 season, finishing 9th in the point standings with four top fives and eight top tens.

After the 2016 season, Klutt picked up other obligations and started running part-time again, focusing on crown jewel road course races.^[12] He continued with his family Legendary Motorcar team, sometimes driving the hauler to the track.^[12]

During his 2016 Pinty's season, Klutt signed on withKyle Busch Motorsports to run aNASCARCamping World Truck Series race atCanadian Tire Motorsport Park, the track at which he had experienced the most success in the Pinty's series. Klutt was a sub forCody Coughlin, who could not drive the race.^[13] Klutt said he wanted a chance to race trucks at CTMP ever since 2013.^[14] During the race, Klutt improved four spots on his qualifying position to finish 11th.^[15]

On August 6, 2017, Klutt made hisMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut atWatkins Glen International, where he drove the No. 15 Chevrolet forPremium Motorsports.^[16] He qualified 34th and finished 31st, one lap behind race winnerMartin Truex Jr.^[17][18]

Klutt works for his familyreality television showLegendary Motorcar, which is shown internationally (U. S. onVelocity and in other countries,Discovery World). His other interests include real estate.^[19]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

• Gary Klutt driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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