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