I guess i was probably 12 or years old when i first went to the speedway, said hillin, 46, from his office in houston. Bobby hillins stavola brothers miller buick and harry gant. The events richmond and the charlotte motor speedway. He is a former competitor in the nascar winston cup series and nascar busch series, and once held the record for being the youngest driver ever to win a winston cup series event. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. Kyle busch will honor bobby hillins snickers paint scheme with a snickers ride of his own at darlington raceway in next weekends bojangles southern 500 sept. Like the centerfield scoreboard in busch stadium, bobby hillins car kept track of mark mcgwires historic assault on baseballs season home run record.
Had timmy hill not done a bumpandrun at virtual texas, it. Mar 18, 2019 hillin kept jan under contract, but it was obviously in the 77 opener at salem that he wasnt ready to race again, so jones got the nod to replace his good friend. Like the centerfield scoreboard in busch stadium, bobby hillin s car kept track of mark mcgwires historic assault on baseballs season home run record. Bobby wanted me to come to midland to talk about driving for him, recalled jones, who won over 200 sprint features in 20 years. Credit for postponed andor cancelled races will be added on to the race length of your subscription. Bobby suffered nearfatal head injuries in the crash that ultimately ended his racing.
William byron the hendrick motorsports driver won his second pro invitational series race in a row. In 1988, he raced in the sunbank 24 at daytona, now called the rolex 24 at daytona in a porsche owned by fellow driver karl durkheimer. At the age of, after a short period of racing gokarts and motocross, hillin drove his first race car in abilene, texas. Top nascar teams race into esports with the formation of the enascar heat pro league, the firstever nascar esports league on consoles. Bobby hillin nascar driver car auto racing patch heilig.
Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course. Kyle busch darlington throwback honors bobby hillin. Daveys ranier team struggled through the early part of 1988 before tragedy struck the allison family. Bettenhausen was runnerup, al unser was third, andretti fourth, and bruce walkup rounded out the top five. Holtsman family collection larry dickson is national sprint car champion. Hillin, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 79, went from a sprint car owner to an indy car builder during his eight years in usaccart, and should be remembered as a racer who gave jan opperman and bubby jones their shot at the bigtime. Robert hillin obituary fredericksburg, tx houston chronicle. Oct 02, 2019 many influential and celebrated drivers have driven the no. Stefanik won the nascar featherlite modified series championship in 1989, 1991. Richard petty and bobby hillin were also collected. Hillin finished 37th in the winston cup points race in 1996, and with offseason improvements to the team and to the car, hopes were high for a good season in 1997.
Irish entrepreneur, former race car driver and former lola race cars owner martin birrane wanted to go nascar racing in the u. Bobby brown has enjoyed long roadracing journey speed sport. Bobby browns racing career has spanned the half century from 1960 to 2010. He was a race car driver from 19791992, and his career was not great, with no wins, and two podiums. Few professions are as exciting, or as dangerous, as race car driving. Houston driver awaits return to nationwide series houston. Bobby hillin always wanted to emulate roger penske, but truth be told, what the texas oil man accomplished in openwheel racing had its own place in the history books. All drivers were unhurt, but rudolph had to withdraw. In later years, he served as substitute driver for several teams before fading back to the busch series, where he ended his career.
He has raced corvettes and cobras in the heyday of scca club racing, lolas and eagles in formula 5000, and dan gurneys mcleagle in the original canam series, not to mention a wide variety of formula cars since the mid1970s. Feb 14, 2005 few professions are as exciting, or as dangerous, as race car driving. He became the youngest driver to start a winston cup series race in 1982, where at the age of 17, he finished 21st at north wilkesboro speedway in a buick owned by his father. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Bobby marshall racing career profile driver database. Bobby hill baseball born 1978, american professional baseball player bob hill racing driver, american race car driver, see list of arca drivers bobby hill king of the hill, fictional character in the cartoon series king of the hill. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for bobby hillin on. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Sep 25, 2008 after getting together with former team member tom potts and current nascar team owner randy macdonald, hillin will be back behind the wheel of a race car this weekend when the nationwide series. Many influential and celebrated drivers have driven the no. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for bobby hillin jr on. With hendrick motorsports driver and fourtime nascar sprint cup series champion jeff gordon retiring after the 2015 season, take a look back at his hall of.
Jan 2000 busch series archive jayskis nascar silly season site. And its in the nascar stock car series that hes making his mark. Mark mcgwires macattack diecast car 1998 bobby hillin jr driver. Bobby labonte nascar jackets, race car driver costume kids, matchbox nascar diecast racing cars, race car driver lego minifigures, bobby allison nascar photos, ertl nascar diecast racing cars, hard signed nascar lot auto racing cards, fox nascar diecast racing cars, jimmie johnson nascar auto racing trading cards, pinnacle nascar auto racing cards. Check out the latest bobby hillin photos and pictures on. Al unser, seen here in 1981, drove cars owned by bobby hillin sr. During the opening lap of the june race at pocono, pa, bobby allisons car cut a tire, hit the wall, and then was hit in the driver s side by another car. Hillins love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his fathers usac sprint and indy cars race across the midwest. He became the youngest driver to start a winston cup series race in 1982.
Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Race driving dreams of young bobby hillin have different. That person with the colorful moniker is lake speed. Hillin finished 37th in the winston cup points race in 1996, and with offseason improvements to the team and to. Nascar cup car from 1989 found in ireland, still runs. Based out of midland, texas, hillin scored 10 victories as a car owner in what is now called the usac amsoil national sprint car series. Race driving dreams of young bobby hillin have different ending. But for some, like texas reexcavation lc founder and president bobby hillin jr. He may not have been born a petty or earnhardt, but there is one former nascar driver whose surname practically predestined his career path. He is a former competitor in the nascar winston cup series and nascar. His father fielded longhorn racing, a staple on the indy car circuit for many years as the younger hillin.
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