Mike Buckley (born October 15, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career In 1994, Buckley made his ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series debut at the Des Moines Street Course, driving the No. 48 Pontiac for his own team, where he would start 33rd and finish 22nd due to an oil leak in the car. He would make five more starts that year, getting a best finish of nineteenth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would then make select starts in the No. 48 for the next four seasons, getting a total of five top-tens across those four years with a best result of sixth and Shady Bowl Speedway in 1995.

In 1999, Buckley would move over to the No. 28, switching from a Pontiac to a Chevrolet, where he would enter ten races that year, failing to qualify for four of those events and getting a best finish of tenth at Winchester Speedway. For the following year, he would fail to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway before making five starts that year with a best finish of fourteenth at Kil-Kare Speedway.

In 2001, Buckley competed in all but five races that year, getting two top-tens with a best finish of fifth at Toledo Speedway on his way to finish tenth in the final points standings. He would then run the full schedule the following year in 2002, where he would once again get two top-tens with a best finish of sixth at Winchester, and would finish thirteenth in the points standings. In 2003, he would only get one top-ten at Winchester to finish twelfth in the final points standings, and would get no top-tens the following year to once again finish in twelfth in the standings.

In 2005, Buckley entered in only five races, failing to qualify for four of those races and finishing 25th at Pocono Raceway due to transmission issues. He would enter in five more races the following year in 2006, this time running in a Pontiac, where he would only fail to qualify for one of those races and getting a best finish of fourteenth at the Milwaukee Mile. In 2007, he would only compete in two races, finishing ninth at Toledo and 25th at Milwaukee due to overheating issues.

After not competing in the series for two more years, Buckley returned in 2010 at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 96 Ford for Brad Smith Motorsports, where he would finish 40th after running only three laps due to battery issues. After spending the next year on the sidelines, he would return to Michigan in 2012, this time driving his self owned No. 3 Chevrolet, where he would start 27th and finish nine laps down in twentieth. He would race at Michigan again the following year, this time returning to the No. 28, where he would in twelfth, and would run at Chicagoland Speedway, where he would finish 21st due to an axle issue. In 2014, Buckley ran three races, finishing seventeenth at Toledo despite spinning early in the race, and would finish nineteenth and 23rd at Michigan and Kentucky Speedway respectively. It was also during this year that he would run two races in the ARCA Truck Series, where he would get a best finish of ninth at Flat Rock Speedway due to handling issues. For the following year in 2015, he would once again return to Michigan in the No. 28 Chevrolet, where he would finish twelfth, six laps down to race winner Ross Kenseth, and would two more starts in the ARCA trucks, getting a best finish of sixth at Angola Motorsports Speedway. The Angola race would be his most recent start as a driver, as he has not competed in any racing series since then.

Motorsports results

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 1994 Mike Buckley Racing 48 Pontiac DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL N/A 0 1995 DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL 20th 1860 1996 DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL 16th 1715 1997 DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL N/A 0 1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL N/A 0 1999 28 DAY ATL SLM AND CLT 35th 965 Chevy MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 2000 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 44th 700 2001 DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 10th 3470 2002 DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT 13th 3740 2003 DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 12th 4105 2004 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 12th 4215 2005 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 102nd 230 2006 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 67th 490 2007 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 86th 290 2010 Brad Smith Motorsports 96 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 138th 30 2012 Mike Buckley Racing 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 115th 130 2013 28 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 81st 290 2014 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 42nd 400 2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 102nd 170

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