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American racing driver (1925–1995)
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NASCAR driver
Bill Amick
Born(1925-11-16)November 16, 1925
Died(1995-07-15)July 15, 1995
AchievementsNASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series champion (1965)
AwardsWest Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2002 - Inaugural Class)
NASCAR Cup Series career
48 races run over 8 years
Best finish16th (1957)
First race1954 untitled race (Oakland Speedway)
Last race1965 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside Speedway)
First win1957 untitled race (Capital Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 27 5

Bill Amick (November 16, 1925 – July 15, 1995) was a NASCAR Grand National Series and West Coast driver from Portland, Oregon. He has one win, nineteen top-fives, twenty-seven top 10s, and five poles in Grand National.

Driving career

After racing in the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series, Amick jumped to the Grand National Series in 1954 and ran six races. Two years later, he was able to finish seventeenth in the standings. He improved that in 1957, to sixteenth place. That year, he also won his first and only race at the Capital Speedway in Sacramento, California. That was his highest point finish in his NASCAR Grand National Career. He only raced Grand National part-time because he wanted to focus on the Pacific Coast Late Models in which he finished second in the standings in 1964 and won the championship a year later. After a brief stint of running in the Can-Am Series, Amick retired and started working with NASCAR speedways.

Personal life

Brother of George Amick. Despite sharing the same first name, he was not the father of Lyndon Amick. They are not related. Lyndon Amick hails from South Carolina, while Bill and George Amick were from Vernonia, Oregon.

Awards

Amick was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in its first class (2002).

References

Achievements
Preceded byRon Hornaday Sr. NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series
1965
Succeeded byJack McCoy
ARCA Menards Series West Champions
   

1954  L. Dane
1955  D. Letner
1956  L. Dane
1957  L. Dane
1958  E. Gray
1959  B. Ross
1960  M. Porter
1961  E. Gray
1962  E. Gray
1963  R. Hornaday Sr.

1964  R. Hornaday Sr.
1965  B. Amick
1966  J. McCoy
1967  S. Cain
1968  S. Cain
1969  R. Elder
1970  R. Elder
1971  R. Elder
1972  R. Elder
1973  J. McCoy

1974  R. Elder
1975  R. Elder
1976  C. Bown
1977  B. Schmitt
1978  J. Insolo
1979  B. Schmitt
1980  R. Smith
1981  R. Smith
1982  R. Smith
1983  J. Robinson

1984  J. Robinson
1985  J. Robinson
1986  H. McGriff
1987  C. Little
1988  R. Smith
1989  B. Schmitt
1990  B. Schmitt
1991  B. Sedgwick
1992  B. Sedgwick
1993  R. Carelli

1994  M. Chase
1995  D. George
1996  L. Hooper
1997  B. Gilliland
1998  K. Harvick
1999  S. Woodside
2000  B. Gaughan
2001  B. Gaughan
2002  E. Norris
2003  S. Lynch

2004  M. Duncan
2005  M. Duncan
2006  E. Holmes
2007  M. David
2008  E. Holmes
2009  J. Bowles
2010  E. Holmes
2011  G. Pursley
2012  D. Kwasniewski
2013  D. Thorn

2014  G. Pursley
2015  C. Eggleston
2016  T. Gilliland
2017  T. Gilliland
2018  D. Thorn
2019  D. Kraus
2020  J. Love
2021  J. Love
2022  J. Drew
2023  S. Hingorani 2024  S. Hingorani


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