Stuart Kirby
Stuart Kirby (born May 9, 1981) is an American stock car racing driver.[1] He has driven in ARCA, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series.[1] A former apprentice funeral director for his family's funeral home, he drove the No. 51 Chevrolet owned by Competitive Edge Motorsports in 2005, but was released before the season could be concluded. He currently owns a Bruster's Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, KY and is still pursuing a career in racing.
Stuart Kirby | |||||||
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Born | Bowling Green, Kentucky | May 9, 1981||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
10 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 54th (2005) | ||||||
First race | 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 53rd (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2002 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Pepsi 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 82nd (2003) | ||||||
First race | 2003 New Hampshire 200 (Loudon | ||||||
Last race | 2003 John Boy & Billy 250 (SoBo) | ||||||
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Racing career
On October 7, 2001, Kirby made his Winston Cup Series debut at the UAW-GM Quality 500. Kirby was taken out early in a crash involving Todd Bodine and Ricky Craven. He raced for Jimmy Spencer in Busch and Trucks, and had a lot of success in ARCA Racing, where he got his first career pole driving a car with the American Boy Scouts logo.
In late 2005, Kirby was featured alongside his wife in MTV's "The Reality Show" during a segment titled, "'Til Death Do Us Part". As of then, Kirby was assisting his family as a funeral director in their funeral home. The show never even mentioned Kirby's racing career.
On August 28, 2009, Kirby made a comeback in his racing career after almost 4 years.[2] He raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race, qualifying 12th and finished in 11th place.[2]
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
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref | ||
2001 | Bob Schacht Motorsports | 75 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 42 |
MAR | TAL | PHO | CAR | HOM | ATL | NHA | 69th | 37 | [3] | ||
2002 | CLR Racing | 57 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI 43 |
NHA | POC | IND DNQ |
GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | 71st | 86 | [4] | ||||||||||
BAM Racing | 49 | Dodge | KAN 37 |
TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Competitive Edge Motorsports | 51 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH 42 |
SON | DAY | CHI 31 |
NHA | POC | IND DNQ |
GLN | MCH 41 |
BRI | CAL 43 |
RCH | NHA 32 |
DOV | TAL | KAN 37 |
CLT 37 |
MAR | ATL DNQ |
TEX DNQ |
PHO | HOM | 54th | 352 | [5] |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
2002 | Frank Cicci Racing | 34 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX 43 |
NSH | TAL | CAL 33 |
RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT 41 |
DOV | NSH 25 |
KEN 29 |
MLW 17 |
DAY | CHI | GTY 36 |
PPR 26 |
IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 53rd | 554 | [6] | |
2004 | Bob Schacht Motorsports | 65 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN DNQ |
MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA DNQ |
PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | NA | - | [7] | |
2005 | Griffin Racing | 73 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH 42 |
BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 142nd | 37 | [8] |
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2003 | Ultra Motorsports | 7 | Dodge | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA 24 |
CAL | LVS | 82nd | 194 | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||
Troxell-MacDonald Racing | Chevy | SBO 20 |
TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM |
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
2001 | Bob Schacht Motorsports | 75 | Chevy | DAY 5 |
NSH 24 |
WIN | SLM | GTY | KEN | CLT 2 |
KAN | MCH 3 |
POC 3 |
MEM | GLN | KEN | MCH | POC 27 |
NSH | ISF | CHI | DSF | SLM | TOL | BLN | CLT | TAL 13 |
ATL 4 |
26th | 1495 | [10] |
2002 | DAY | ATL | NSH | SLM | KEN | CLT | KAN 2 |
POC | MCH | TOL | SBO | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | CLT | 105th | 245 | [11] | ||||||
2003 | DAY | ATL 26 |
NSH | SLM | TOL | KEN | CLT | BLN | KAN | MCH | LER | POC | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | CLT | SBO | 161st | 100 | [12] | ||||||
2004 | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH 36 |
ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI 38 |
SLM | TAL 7 |
75th | 340 | [13] | ||||||
2005 | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN 6 |
TOL 30 |
LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | 89th | 290 | [14] | |||||
2009 | Hendren Motorsports | 68 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | MFD | IOW | KEN | BLN | POC | ISF | CHI 11 |
TOL | DSF | NJE | SLM | KAN | CAR | 118th | 175 | [15] |
References
- "Stuart Kirby Career ARCA/NASCAR results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- "Stuart Kirby Solid In ARCA Return". Catchfence.com. August 31, 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Stuart Kirby – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.