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Tobey Butler

{{short description|American racing driver (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Tobey Butler

|image = Tobey Butler Purolator.jpg

|caption = Butler in 1997

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|23}}

|birth_place = Kirkland, Washington, U.S.

|achievements = 1987 NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour Champion

|Best_Truck_Pos = 10th (1995)

|Truck_Wins = 0

|Truck_Top_Tens = 9

|Truck_Poles = 1

|First_Truck_Race = 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)

|Last_Truck_Race = 1997 GM Goodwrench / Delco 300 (Phoenix)

|Total_Truck_Races = 39

|Years_In_Truck = 3

}}

Tobey Butler (born December 23, 1959) is an American former 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

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

! Pts

! Ref

1994

! Bill Stroppe Motorsports

! 38

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| bgcolor="FFCFCF"| 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

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/butleto01/1994/W|title=Tobey Butler – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 17, 2023}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1995

! Venable Racing

! 21

! Ford

| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| PHO
25

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| TUS
17

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| SGS
8

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| MMR
13

| bgcolor="DFDFDF"| POR
4

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| EVG
18

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| I70
11

| bgcolor="DFDFDF"| LVL
4

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| BRI
11

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| MLW
28

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| CNS
13

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| HPT
16

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| IRP
29

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| FLM
8

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| RCH
20

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| MAR
33

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| NWS
15

| bgcolor="DFDFDF"| SON
5

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| MMR
13

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| PHO
20

| colspan=6|

! 10th

! 2358

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/butleto01/1995/C|title=Tobey Butler – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 17, 2023}}

1996

! rowspan=2| Ken Schrader Racing

! rowspan=2| 52

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| HOM

| PHO

| POR

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| EVG
6

| TUS

| CNS

| HPT

| BRI

| NZH

| MLW

| LVL

| I70

| IRP

| FLM

| GLN

| NSV

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| RCH
10

| NHA

| MAR

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| NWS
14

| SON

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| MMR
31

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| PHO
6

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| LVS
34

| colspan=2|

! 36th

! 686

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/butleto01/1996/C|title=Tobey Butler – 1996 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 17, 2023}}

rowspan=3| 1997

| bgcolor="FFCFCF"| WDW
DNQ

| bgcolor="FFCFCF"| TUS
DNQ

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| HOM
20

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| PHO
18

| bgcolor="FFDF9F"| POR
9

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| EVG
11

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| I70
29

| bgcolor="CFCFFF"| NHA
27

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| TEX
18

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| BRI
35

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| NZH
34

| MLW

| LVL

| CNS

| HPT

| IRP

| FLM

| colspan=9|

! rowspan=3| 27th

! rowspan=3| 1355

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/butleto01/1997/C|title=Tobey Butler – 1997 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 17, 2023}}

Brevak Racing

! 34

! Ford

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| WDW
20

| colspan=25|

TKO Motorsports

! 60

! Chevy

| colspan=17|

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| NSV
12

| GLN

| bgcolor="EFCFFF"| RCH
35

| MAR

| SON

| MMR

| CAL

| bgcolor="DFFFDF"| PHO
12

| bgcolor="FFCFCF"| LVS
DNQ

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Tobey_Butler}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-sport}}

{{succession box

| before= Ron Eaton

| title= NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour

| years= 1987

| after= Ron Eaton

}}

{{s-end}}

{{Ken Schrader Racing}}

{{Brevak Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Tobey}}

Category:Living people

Category:1959 births

Category:Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington

Category:Racing drivers from Seattle

Category:NASCAR drivers