And its in the nascar stock car series that hes making his mark. Irish entrepreneur, former race car driver and former lola race cars owner martin birrane wanted to go nascar racing in the u. Richard petty and bobby hillin were also collected. 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.
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. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. His father fielded longhorn racing, a staple on the indy car circuit for many years as the younger hillin grew up around his fathers team. Bobby hillin nascar driver car auto racing patch heilig. 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. Holtsman family collection larry dickson is national sprint car champion. Had timmy hill not done a bumpandrun at virtual texas, it. 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. 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. 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. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. Check out the latest bobby hillin photos and pictures on.
Bobby browns racing career has spanned the half century from 1960 to 2010. William byron the hendrick motorsports driver won his second pro invitational series race in a row. He may not have been born a petty or earnhardt, but there is one former nascar driver whose surname practically predestined his career path. Jan 2000 busch series archive jayskis nascar silly season site. Robert hillin obituary fredericksburg, tx houston chronicle. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. I guess i was probably 12 or years old when i first went to the speedway, said hillin, 46, from his office in houston. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for bobby hillin jr on. Hillins love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his fathers usac sprint and indy cars race across the midwest.
At the age of, after a short period of racing gokarts and motocross, hillin drove his first race car in abilene, texas. Feb 14, 2005 few professions are as exciting, or as dangerous, as race car driving. 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. Credit for postponed andor cancelled races will be added on to the race length of your subscription. Stefanik won the nascar featherlite modified series championship in 1989, 1991. Few professions are as exciting, or as dangerous, as race car driving. 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. Nascar cup car from 1989 found in ireland, still runs.
The events richmond and the charlotte motor speedway. Bobby brown has enjoyed long roadracing journey speed sport. Many influential and celebrated drivers have driven the no. That person with the colorful moniker is lake speed. Like the centerfield scoreboard in busch stadium, bobby hillins car kept track of mark mcgwires historic assault on baseballs season home run record. His father fielded longhorn racing, a staple on the indy car circuit for many years as the younger hillin. Daveys ranier team struggled through the early part of 1988 before tragedy struck the allison family. 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. Al unser, seen here in 1981, drove cars owned by bobby hillin sr. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Oct 02, 2019 many influential and celebrated drivers have driven the no. Bobby suffered nearfatal head injuries in the crash that ultimately ended his racing. Bobby wanted me to come to midland to talk about driving for him, recalled jones, who won over 200 sprint features in 20 years. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for bobby hillin on.
Top nascar teams race into esports with the formation of the enascar heat pro league, the firstever nascar esports league on consoles. Kyle busch darlington throwback honors bobby hillin. Race driving dreams of young bobby hillin have different ending. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course. In later years, he served as substitute driver for several teams before fading back to the busch series, where he ended his career. Bobby marshall racing career profile driver database. Bettenhausen was runnerup, al unser was third, andretti fourth, and bruce walkup rounded out the top five.
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. Bobby hillins stavola brothers miller buick and harry gant. He is a former competitor in the nascar winston cup series and nascar. Race driving dreams of young bobby hillin have different. 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. 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.
Mark mcgwires macattack diecast car 1998 bobby hillin jr driver. Like the centerfield scoreboard in busch stadium, bobby hillin s car kept track of mark mcgwires historic assault on baseballs season home run record. 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. All drivers were unhurt, but rudolph had to withdraw. He became the youngest driver to start a winston cup series race in 1982. He was a race car driver from 19791992, and his career was not great, with no wins, and two podiums. 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. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. But for some, like texas reexcavation lc founder and president bobby hillin jr. Aug 19, 2015 bobby hillins stavola brothers miller buick and harry gants skoal bandit oldsmobile run on the inside of mark martins strohs sponsored roush ford at martinsville.
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