Tobey Butler
Butler in 1997
Born (1959-12-23) December 23, 1959 (age 64)
Kirkland, Washington
Achievements1987 NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
39 races run over 3 years
Best finish10th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race1997 GM Goodwrench / Delco 300 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 1

Tobey Butler (born December 23, 1959) is a former American NASCAR driver. He finished in the top-10 in points in the inaugural year of the Craftsman Truck Series and then did a limited schedule.

Career

He was the 1987 champion of the NASCAR Northwest Series. He has 20 wins, 68 Top 5, 87 Top 10 and 13 pole positions in 116 starts in the series.

Before competing in the inaugural season in the truck series, Butler made one lone attempt to qualify for a Winston Cup series event at Sonoma in 1994 driving for Bill Stroppe Motorsports, but without success. Butler was one of the drivers who participated in the exhibition races the CTS held later that year in preparation for 1995, the series' first full season. Butler signed to drive No. 21 Ortho Ford. He had five top-10 finishes in the twenty race schedule, his best finishes being a pair of 4th places at Louisville and Portland, and finished 10th place in points.

In 1996, Butler was forced out of the No. 21 racetrack and ended up doing a six-race schedule for Ken Schrader's No. 52 team. In his first outing with the team at Evergreen, Butler won his first career pole and went on to finish sixth. In the other five races, he would tack on two more top-10 finishes. A sixth at Phoenix would match the Evergreen run.

Butler moved around in 1997, ending up running for Schrader and the No. 60 TKO Motorsports team. He struggled in the races for Schrader. In ten starts with that team, he only had one top ten finish: 9th at Portland. This led to his release from the TKO team. In three races with that team, he managed a pair of twelfth place runs. He has not raced in NASCAR since.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1994 Bill Stroppe Motorsports 38 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL N/A - [1]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NCTC Pts Ref
1995 Venable Racing 21 Ford PHO
25 		TUS
17 		SGS
8 		MMR
13 		POR
4 		EVG
18 		I70
11 		LVL
4 		BRI
11 		MLW
28 		CNS
13 		HPT
16 		IRP
29 		FLM
8 		RCH
20 		MAR
33 		NWS
15 		SON
5 		MMR
13 		PHO
20 		10th 2358 [2]
1996 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG
6 		TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH
10 		NHA MAR NWS
14 		SON MMR
31 		PHO
6 		LVS
34 		36th 686 [3]
1997 WDW
DNQ 		TUS
DNQ 		HOM
20 		PHO
18 		POR
9 		EVG
11 		I70
29 		NHA
27 		TEX
18 		BRI
35 		NZH
34 		MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM 27th 1355 [4]
Brevak Racing 34 Ford WDW
20
TKO Motorsports 60 Chevy NSV
12 		GLN RCH
35 		MAR SON MMR CAL PHO
12 		LVS
DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Tobey Butler – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tobey Butler – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Tobey Butler – 1996 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Tobey Butler – 1997 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

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Sporting positions Preceded byRon Eaton NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour 1987 Succeeded byRon Eaton
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