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

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). 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 ($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. 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. 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

Winston Cup Series

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.

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