Randy Holt was born in a mill village in South Carolina, raised by a single mother. But he had big racing dreams and went on to become an accomplished short-track racer.
His first racer was a wooden Derby car, which he built at age eight. He later drag raced, with cars belonging to his mother and his preacher at times.
In the 1960s he moved to Peachtree City, Ga., and became an electrical contractor, with clients including Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 1977, he purchased his first race car, a 1970 Ford Mustang once raced by Tiny Lund.
Like most of race cars since then, he painted it like the Wood Brothers cars driven by his idol David Pearson, and of course numbered them 21.
His first feature victory came three years later on the dirt at West Atlanta Raceway. He won eight straight Limited Sportsman features in 1984, and his first Late Model win came at Senoia Raceway with Hall of Famer Ricky Williams on his bumper at the checkered flag. He raced in the final race at Lakewood Speedway.
In 1986, he switched to asphalt racing and enjoyed his greatest successes.
In 1992, he won 19 of 25 races and won the track championship at Senoia Raceway.
All told, Holt amassed approximately 150 feature wins racing at tracks including Senoia, West Atlanta, Lanier Raceway, Peach State Speedway, Rome Speedway, DeSoto Speedway, Huntsville Speedway, Talladega Short Track, South Alabama Speedway, Volusia Speedway and Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Three of his wins were in Southern Allstars races at Senoia.
In his final race, a NASCAR Legends race at Spartanburg, S.C., he finished second to his hero and mentor David Pearson.
- Won 8 straight Limited Sportsman races in 1984
- Raced in the final race at Lakewood Speedway
- 1092 Senoia Raceway track champion with 19 wins
- Amassed about 150 wins at tracks throughout the Southeast
- 3 Southern All Star race wins at Senoia
- Finished second to David Pearson in a NASCAR Legends race
