Bill Shirey

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Bill Shirey
Born (1932-02-28) February 28, 1932 (age 89)
Detroit, Michigan
NASCAR Cup Series career
72 races run over 4 years
Best finish28th (1971
First race1969 untitled race ()
Last race1972 Texas 500 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0

Bill Shirey (born February 28, 1932) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.

Career[]

Shirey accomplished three finishes in the "top ten" (, 1971 Asheville 300, and 1971 Kingsport 300) and has driven for 9588 laps - the equivalent of 7,398.2 miles (11,906.2 km).[1] He started 24th on average and also finished an average of 24th place.[1] Shirey attempted to qualify for the 1971 Daytona 500 and the 1972 Miller High Life 500 but failed.[1] His total earnings from his NASCAR career were $30,395 ($188,052.44 when adjusted for inflation).

Compared to his meager career earnings, today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars are generally considered to be multimillionaires after their first full-time schedule.[1] Shirey was a driver/owner for most of the races with occasional employment under former NASCAR owners , , and David Ray Boggs.[2] While disqualifications are rare in NASCAR, Shirey was handed a disqualification at the 1972 Northern 300 racing event that took place in Trenton International Speedway.[2]

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.)

Grand National Series[]

NASCAR Grand National 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 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 NGNC Pts Ref
1969 03 Plymouth MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR BRI ATL CLB GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR CLT MCH GPS DAY DOV TRN BRI ATL MCH BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS CLT
20 		AUG
14 		CAR MGR 61st 137 [3]
Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth TWS
28
1970 RSD DAY
29 		DAY DAY
DNQ 		RCH
9 		CAR
25
14 		ATL BRI
16 		TAL
40 		NWS
DNQ 		CLB
19 		DAR
DNQ 		CLT MAR
30 		MCH
26 		RSD
14
22 		GPS
28 		DAY
39
27
30 		TRN
36 		BRI NSV
15 		ATL CLB
13 		MCH
27 		TAL
44
13
13 		DAR
17 		RCH
30 		DOV
16 		NCF
11 		NWS CLT
DNQ 		MAR
DNQ 		MGR
17 		CAR
36 		LGY
16 		30th 1244 [4]
1971 RSD DAY
27 		DAY DAY
DNQ 		RCH
16 		CAR
12 		BRI
26 		ATL CLB
25 		GPS
28 		NWS
14 		MAR
28 		DAR
15 		TAL
10
9 		CLT DOV
29 		MCH HOU GPS
22 		DAY BRI
30
14
25 		TRN
23 		NSV
22 		ATL BGS
29
32 		MCH TAL
DNQ 		CLB
16
19 		DAR
28 		MAR
24 		CLT DOV
25 		CAR MGR TWS
28 		28th 1303 [5]
62 Dodge RCH
27 		NWS

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 NWCC Pts Ref
1972 Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth RSD DAY
DNQ 		RCH
22 		ONT
DNQ 		CAR
31 		ATL
DNQ 		BRI DAR
DNQ 		NWS MAR
26 		TAL
DNQ 		CLT DOV
23 		MCH
31 		RSD DAY
34 		BRI TRN
30 		ATL TAL
47 		MCH
DNQ 		NSV DAR RCH DOV
18 		MAR
36 		NWS
20 		CLT CAR 38th 1468.5 [6]
Dodge TWS
44
David Ray Boggs 57 Dodge TWS
29

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Bill Shirey racing information at Racing Reference
  2. ^ a b Total career information for Bill Shirey at UltimateRacingHistory.com
  3. ^ "Bill Shirey – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Bill Shirey – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Bill Shirey – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bill Shirey – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2020.


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