Bill Shirey

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

Bill Shirey
Born	February 28, 1932 Detroit, Michigan
NASCAR Cup Series career
72 races run over 4 years
Best finish	28th (1971
First race	1969 untitled race (Savannah)
Last race	1972 Texas 500 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0

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 ($185,779.46 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. Bill Shirey racing information at Racing Reference
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.