Bill Shirey (born February 28, 1932) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
Career Shirey accomplished three finishes in the top ten (1970 Richmond 500, 1971 Asheville 300, and 1971 Kingsport 300) and has driven for 9,588 laps - the equivalent of .Bill Shirey racing information at Racing Reference He started 24th on average and also finished an average of 24th place. Shirey attempted to qualify for the 1971 Daytona 500 and the 1972 Miller High Life 500 but failed. His total earnings from his NASCAR career were $30,395 ($ when adjusted for inflation).
Compared to his meager career earnings, today's NASCAR Cup Series stars are generally considered to be multimillionaires after their first full-time schedule. Shirey was an owner-driver for most of the races with occasional employment under former NASCAR owners Dub Clewis, John Keselowski, and David Ray Boggs.Total career information for Bill Shirey at UltimateRacingHistory.com 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.
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 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 SVH20 AUG14 CAR JFC MGR 61st 137 Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth TWS28 1970 RSD DAY29 DAY DAYDNQ RCH9 CAR25 SVH14 ATL BRI16 TAL40 NWSDNQ CLB19 DARDNQ BLV LGY CLT SMR MAR30 MCH26 RSD HCY14 KPT22 GPS28 DAY39 AST27 TPN30 TRN36 BRI SMR NSV15 ATL CLB13 ONA MCH27 TAL44 BGS13 SBO13 DAR HCY17 RCH30 DOV16 NCF11 NWS CLTDNQ MARDNQ MGR17 CAR36 LGY16 30th 1244 1971 RSD DAY27 DAY DAYDNQ ONT RCH16 CAR HCY12 BRI26 ATL CLB25 GPS SMR28 NWS14 MAR28 DAR SBO15 TAL ASH10 KPT9 CLT DOV29 MCH RSD HOU GPS22 DAY BRI30 AST14 ISP25 TRN23 NSV22 ATL BGS29 ONA32 MCH TALDNQ CLB16 HCY19 DAR28 MAR24 CLT DOV25 CAR MGR TWS28 28th 1303 John Keselowski 62 Dodge RCH27 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 Pts Ref 1972 Bill Shirey 74 Plymouth RSD DAYDNQ RCH22 ONTDNQ CAR31 ATLDNQ BRI DARDNQ NWS MAR26 TALDNQ CLT DOV23 MCH31 RSD DAY34 BRI TRN30 ATL TAL47 MCHDNQ NSV DAR RCH DOV18 MAR36 NWS20 CLT CAR 38th 1468.5 Dodge TWS44 David Ray Boggs 57 Dodge TWS29
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