Billy Pauch

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Billy Pauch
BillyPauch15racecar.jpg
#15 dirt Modified car
Born (1957-03-01) March 1, 1957 (age 65)
Frenchtown, New Jersey
Awards2016 Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame inductee[1]
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish46th (1997)
First race1997 NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth Speedway)
Last race1998 Stevens Beil/Genuine Parts 200 (Martinsville Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of March 31, 2019.

Billy Pauch (/p/ POWCH;[2] born March 1, 1957 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American racecar driver. He resides in Frenchtown, New Jersey where he runs the Bill Pauch Driving School.[3]

Pauch attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which was located near the Flemington Speedway.[4]

Career[]

1979 dirt Modified car

Known for racing Modifieds, dirt small-block and big-block Modifieds, and dirt sprint cars throughout the eastern United States, Pauch had over 600 career feature wins. Pauch was the 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2013 New Egypt Speedway Modified division champion claiming over 100 wins at the track (the second place only has 29), among many other track championships. Pauch has also made four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts, with his best finish coming in 1998 at Flemington Speedway where he finished in sixth place in the No. 06 Dick Greenfield Dodge. In 1988, Pauch won 42 feature races and earned three track championships.[5] He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2020.[6]

His son Billy Pauch Jr. raced the full schedule of the Whelen Modified Tour in 2007.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series[]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 NCTC Pts Ref
1997 06 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH
21
MLW LVL
DNQ
CNS HPT IRP FLM
DNQ
NSV GLN RCH
20
MAR
25
SON MMR CAL PHO
DNQ
LVS 46th 441 [7]
1998 WDW
DNQ
HOM PHO POR EVG GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL IRP NHA
6
NSV HPT LVL RCH
DNQ
MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 68th 191 [8]

Winston Modified Tour[]

NASCAR Winston Modified Tour results
Year Car owner 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 NWMTC Pts Ref
05 ROU MAR STA TMP MAR NEG MND EPP NEG WFD RIV NEG TMP RIV TMP RIV STA TMP POC
17
OXF STA TMP MAR NA - [9]
15 Chevy TMP STA NZH
29
STA NHA JEN RIV LEE RPS TMP RIV NHA GLN STA NHA NHA STA FLE
25
TMP NA - [10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Billy Pauch inducted into Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Billy Pauch". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ Staff. " wins for the 72nd time at NES", The Times (Trenton), April 27, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2009. "Billy Pauch of Frenchtown proved just why he is the all-time leading winner at the New Egypt Speedway."
  4. ^ Strauss, Robert. "Driving, and Thriving, in the Dirt", The New York Times, September 24, 2000. Accessed January 26, 2020. "At the time, you couldn't race in New Jersey until you were 18, so Mr. Pauch started on Pennsylvania tracks. But each day he went to Hunterdon Central High, he saw the Flemington track a few hundred yards away and it became his home track for the next couple of decades."
  5. ^ Swanson, Buffy. "Pauch in Pictures", Stock Car Racing (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 10, October 1989.
  6. ^ "Bridgeport Speedway 6.28.20 (subscription required)". Speedshift TV. June 28, 2020. FloRacing. Speedshift TV.
  7. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1986 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1996 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

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