Bill Shirey
Born (1932-02-28) February 28, 1932
Detroit, Michigan
NASCAR Cup Series career
72 races run over 4 years
Best finish28th (1971
First race1969 untitled race (Savannah)
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" (1970 Richmond 500, 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 ($212,644.1 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 Dub Clewis, John Keselowski, 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 Dub Clewis 03 Plymouth MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH SBO BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS CLT SVH
20		 AUG
14		 CAR JFC MGR 61st 137 [3]
Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth TWS
28
1970 RSD DAY
29		 DAY DAY
DNQ		 RCH
9		 CAR
25		 SVH
14		 ATL BRI
16		 TAL
40		 NWS
DNQ		 CLB
19		 DAR
DNQ		 BLV LGY CLT SMR MAR
30		 MCH
26		 RSD HCY
14		 KPT
22		 GPS
28		 DAY
39		 AST
27		 TPN
30		 TRN
36		 BRI SMR NSV
15		 ATL CLB
13		 ONA MCH
27		 TAL
44		 BGS
13		 SBO
13		 DAR HCY
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		 ONT RCH
16		 CAR HCY
12		 BRI
26		 ATL CLB
25		 GPS SMR
28		 NWS
14		 MAR
28		 DAR SBO
15		 TAL ASH
10		 KPT
9		 CLT DOV
29		 MCH RSD HOU GPS
22		 DAY BRI
30		 AST
14		 ISP
25		 TRN
23		 NSV
22		 ATL BGS
29		 ONA
32		 MCH TAL
DNQ		 CLB
16		 HCY
19		 DAR
28		 MAR
24		 CLT DOV
25		 CAR MGR TWS
28		 28th 1303 [5]
John Keselowski 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. 1 2 3 4 Bill Shirey racing information at Racing Reference
  2. 1 2 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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