Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg
Born Andrew Hillenburg
(1963-04-30) April 30, 1963
United States Indianapolis, Indiana
Achievements 1975–1979 Quarter Midget series champion
1995 ARCA Racing Series Champion
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
16 races run over 7 years
Best finish 54th (1998)
First race 1991 Goodwrench 500 (Rockingham)
Last race 2004 Advance Auto Parts 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 7 years
Best finish 76th (1996)
First race 1992 AC-Delco 200 (Rockingham)
Last race 2001 Jani-King 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish 79th (1996)
First race 1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2003 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Retired 2006
ARCA Racing Series
Years active 1992–2006
Starts 61
Wins 3
Poles 1
Best finish 1st in 1995
Previous series
2001
2000
1994		 Winston West Series
Indy Racing Northern Light Series
Busch North Series
Statistics current as of November 23, 2012.

Andy Hillenburg (born April 30, 1963) is an American race car driver, team owner and track owner. He currently owns Fast Track Racing Enterprises, a racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series. He is credited with reviving North Carolina Speedway, now known as Rockingham Speedway after it lost its NASCAR dates in 2004.

Early life

Hillenburg was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby.

Racecar driver

He won the state quarter midget championships in 1975-1979. Hillenburg won the ARCA Super Car Series Championship in 1995, with 3 time ARCA Champion Bob Dotter as Crew Chief. He won the 1995 and 1997 Daytona ARCA 200, the premiere event in the series.

He served as a test driver for the International Race of Champions and Team Racing Auto Circuit series.[1] He competed in the 2000 Indianapolis 500, finishing 28th, and has sixteen Winston Cup starts nine Busch Series starts and four in the Craftsman Truck Series. His best finish in NASCAR was a third-place finish at the 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 300, where he finished 3rd in the #18 MBNA Pontiac Grand Prix for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Racecar owner

As of 2008 he operates the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and is running a team for Bryan Silas as an entry in ARCA and the Camping World Truck Series. He also fielded a car driven by Frank Kimmel in the 2007 Daytona 500, but the entry did not make the field.

Acting

He has also acted in a few movies, including 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story on ESPN, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Hillenburg also was a technical advisor and provided equipment for the filming of the Bollywood film Ta Ra Rum Pum, which was filmed at Rockingham and also at the ARCA race at the Wisconsin State Fair Park.

North Carolina Speedway

On October 2, 2007, Hillenburg purchased North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina for $4.4 million (USD). The track was put up for auction by Speedway Motorsports Inc. and chairman Bruton Smith. Rockingham had not hosted a NASCAR event since 2004, but Hillenburg hopes to bring lower-tier NASCAR series back to the track. On May 4, 2008 the ARCA RE/MAX Series raced at Rockingham in the Carolina 500 and again in 2009. Also in 2008, the USAR Hooters Procup Series had their final race of the season at the Rockingham Speedway, in a race called the American 200 (named in honor of the name for the first race run at the Rock in 1965, the American 500) on November 1, 2008. The track hosted its first NASCAR sanctioned race (a Camping World Truck Series race) since its 2004 closure on April 15, 2012. Rockingham became part of the regular schedule for that series, and they returned in 2013. However, Rockingham was removed from the series' 2014 schedule.[2]

Personal life

Hillenburg has been married since 1991 and is the father of four children.

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.)

Nextel Cup Series

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Note Team
2000 Dallara Aurora 33rd 28th Wheel Bearing Fast Track

References

  1. ↑ "TRAC Series Info". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Gluck, Jeff (October 25, 2013). "Trucks will return to Eldora, skip Rockingham in 2014". USA Today. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bobby Bowsher		 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Champion
1995 		Succeeded by
Tim Steele
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