Marvin "Harris" DeVane Jr. (August 2, 1963 – March 1, 2018) was an American stock car racing driver. He competed in the ARCA Racing Series, scoring his only career series victory in one of the closest finishes in series history at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Personal life A peanut farmer and a native of Cuthbert, Georgia, DeVane attended Randolph Southern School and is a graduate of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
Racing career DeVane began racing in 1978 at Albany Motor Speedway. Moving to touring series competition in the early 1990s, he made 59 starts in the ARCA Racing Series between 1994 and 1998. In 1995, he won the series' Bill France Four Crown Award, given to the driver with the best finishes on each of the types of tracks (superspeedway, road course, short track, and dirt track) the series competes on, and was the series' co-Rookie of the Year; after fellow rookie Andy Hillenburg became ineligible for the rookie title due to winning the series championship, he was tied with Dill Whittymore, and the series chose to equally award the title to both drivers. He also won the series' Most Popular Driver award that season.
DeVane scored one win in the ARCA Racing Series, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1997. It was the first race run on the track's current configuration; he led only the last of the final lap of the race, moving from third to first to beat Andy Hillenburg and Frank Kimmel by 0.023 seconds.
DeVane also competed on a limited basis in NASCAR competition; in 1994, he attempted to qualify for a Busch Series Grand National Division event at Talladega Superspeedway, but failed to make the field. He also attempted to qualify for two Winston Cup Series races, both at Atlanta Motor Speedway: his first attempt at making his debut in the series was at the NAPA 500 in the fall of 1998, with his second attempt at the Cracker Barrel 500 in the spring of 1999; however, he failed to qualify for either event. He was hospitalized after crashing during his second-round qualifying attempt for the NAPA 500, and withdrew before second-round qualifying in 1999 due to a lack of speed.
Death DeVane died on March 1, 2018, after a brief illness at age 54.
Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts Ref 1998 Highland Timber Racing 08 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATLDNQ NA 0 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATLDNQ DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL NA 0
Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pts Ref 1994 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TALDNQ HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR NA 0
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1994 Highland Timber Racing 33 Ford DAYDNQ TAL13 FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH9 DMS POC POC8 KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL27 46th 910 1995 DAY27 ATL25 TAL2 FIF8 KIL12 FRS18 MCH20 I804 MCS13 FRS29 POC19 POC10 KIL10 FRS9 SBS3 LVL6 ISF3 DSF23 SLM9 WIN6 ATL30 7th 4765 1996 DAY11 ATL9 SLM14 TAL9 FIF4 LVL9 CLT21 CLT3 KIL4 FRS7 POC4 MCH17 FRS17 TOL3 POC14 MCH7 INF12 SBS14 ISF23 DSF20 KIL9 SLM30 WIN6 CLT5 ATL8 3rd 5715 1997 DAY13 ATL5 SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL6 ISF ATL1 55th - 1998 DAY14 ATL16 SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL4 DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL28 ATL28 49th -
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