Mike Hickingbottom

{{short description|American racing driver (born 1959)}}{{BLP sources|date=April 2025}}{{Infobox NASCAR driver|name=Mike Hickingbottom|birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|01|31}}|birth_place=Calipatria, California, U.S.|Best_Cup_Pos=119th (1990)|Total_ARCA_West_Races=6|Years_In_ARCA_West=2|Best_ARCA_West_Pos=16th (1990)|First_ARCA_West_Race=1989 Motorcraft 500 (Evergreen)|Last_ARCA_West_Race=1990 Six Rivers National Bank 200 (Redwood Acres)|ARCA_West_Wins=0|ARCA_West_Top_Tens=0|ARCA_West_Poles=0|updated=April 4, 2025}}

Michael "Mike" Hickingbottom (born January 31, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NASCAR Winston West Series, and NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour.{{Cite web |title=Mike Hickingbottom – Driver Statistics |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hickimi01/1988/SW |access-date=April 4, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

Racing career

= NASCAR Winston Cup Series =

Hickingbottom attempted to make the 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300, a combination race with the Winston West Series, but failed to qualify.{{Cite web |title=Mike Hickingbottom – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hickimi01/1990/W |access-date=April 4, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

= NASCAR Winston West Series =

Hickingbottom made his NASCAR Winston West Series debut at Evergreen Speedway in 1989, finishing 22nd after oil line issues took him out of the race.{{Cite web |title=Mike Hickingbottom – 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hickimi01/1989/P |access-date=April 4, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} He attempted the first six races of the 1990 season, failing to qualify for the combination race at Sears Point International Raceway and scoring a best finish of 12th at Saugus Speedway, the only race in which he was running at the finish.{{Cite web |title=Mike Hickingbottom – 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hickimi01/1990/P |access-date=April 4, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

= NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour =

Hickingottom competed in 4 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour races in 1988, as well as attempting 8 others. He scored a best finish of 22nd at Sears Point International Raceway.{{Cite web |title=Mike Hickingbottom – 1988 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hickimi01/1988/SW |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}}

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 ==

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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 !{{Tooltip\|NWCC\|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}} !Pts !Ref
1990 !Hickingbottom Racing !03 !Pontiac \|DAY \|RCH \|CAR \|ATL \|DAR \|BRI \|NWS \|MAR \|TAL \|CLT \|DOV \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|SON DNQ \|POC \|MCH \|DAY \|POC \|TAL \|GLN \|MCH \|BRI \|DAR \|RCH \|DOV \|MAR \|NWS \|CLT \|CAR \|PHO \|ATL !119th !0 !

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! colspan="36" |NASCAR Winston Cup Series results

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!{{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

!Pts

!Ref

1990

!Hickingbottom Racing

!03

!Pontiac

|DAY

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|CAR

|ATL

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|NWS

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|TAL

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|MCH