Career
Bryant has driver for Chevrolet, Dodge, Oldsmobile, and Mercury during his driving career. His average start was 24th place while his average finish is 25th. Earning only $14,075 in total race winnings ($58,5306 when inflation is taken into effect), Bryant would not become one of the multimillionaires that are present in today"s National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Wade Younts, Curtis Crider, and Buddy Arrington were a few of the people who employed Darrell during his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Grand National Series career.
Bryant"s ultimate retirement from motorsports as a driver came on September 6, 1976 when he finished an agonizing 40th place the 1976 Southern 500 in Darlington, South Carolina driving for former National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing team owner Cliff Stewart.
He would later become a crew chief and lead drivers like Terry Labonte and Lake Speed to race victories during the 1980s. Bryant"s most recent National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing-related job was being the crew chief of the late Tony Roper during the 2000 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series season.
After Roper died from a severe neck injury sustained from a racing crash in his #50 Chevrolet Monte Carlo machine, Bryant has never worked in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing ever again.