Tobey Butler

Tobey Butler
Tobey Butler
	Butler in 1997
Born	December 23, 1959 (age 64); Kirkland, Washington
Achievements	1987 NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	39 races run over 3 years
Best finish	10th (1995)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	1997 GM Goodwrench / Delco 300 (Phoenix)

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	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Chevy	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

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

External links

Tobey Butler driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ron Eaton	NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour 1987	Succeeded by Ron Eaton

[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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