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

Bill Shirey
Born (1932-02-28) February 28, 1932 (age 92)
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

Career

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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 ($221,397.47 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

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

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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

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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

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  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.