Billy Pauch

For his son, see Billy Pauch Jr.
Billy Pauch
#15 dirt Modified car
Born (1957-03-01) March 1, 1957 (age 67)
Frenchtown, New Jersey
Oval track racing career
Debut season1975
Car number1,5,R7,15,76,121,126
Championships28
Wins747[1]
Awards
2016 Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame[2]
1987,1992 EMPA Al Holbert National Driver of the Year[3]
Achievements1988,1991,1992,1996,1998,2000 Freedom 76
1998 Sprint Car Nationals Open
1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1997 Victoria 200
1980 (Small block), 1994 (Sprint car) Super Dirt Week
1993 Race of Champions 250
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish46th (1997)
First race1997 NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth Speedway)
Last race1998 Stevens Beil/Genuine Parts 200 (Martinsville Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of September 10, 2024.

Billy Pauch (/paʊtʃ/ POWCH;[4] born March 1, 1957, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American racecar driver. He resides in Frenchtown, New Jersey, where he runs the Bill Pauch Driving School.[5]

Racing Career

Known for racing Modifieds, dirt small-block and big-block Modifieds, and dirt sprint cars throughout the eastern United States, Pauch had over 600 career feature wins. Pauch was the 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2013 New Egypt Speedway Modified division champion claiming over 100 wins at the track (the second place only has 29), among many other track championships. Pauch has also made four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts, with his best finish coming in 1998 at Flemington Speedway where he finished in sixth place in the No. 06 Dick Greenfield Dodge. In 1988, Pauch won 42 feature races and earned three track championships.[6] He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2024.[1][7]

Personal life

Pauch attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which was located near the Flemington Speedway. At the time, you couldn't race in New Jersey until you were 18, so Pauch started on Pennsylvania tracks. But each day he went to school he saw the Flemington track a few hundred yards away, and it became his home track for the next couple of decades.[8]

His son Billy Pauch Jr. raced the Whelen Modified Tour and the Super DIRTcar Series.[9]

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.)

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 27 NCTC Pts Ref
1997 Greenfield Racing 06 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH
21 		MLW LVL
DNQ 		CNS HPT IRP FLM
DNQ 		NSV GLN RCH
20 		MAR
25 		SON MMR CAL PHO
DNQ 		LVS 46th 441 [10]
1998 WDW
DNQ 		HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM
6 		NSV HPT LVL RCH
DNQ 		MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 68th 191 [11]

Winston Modified Tour

NASCAR Winston Modified Tour results
Year Car owner 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 NWMTC Pts Ref
1986 05 ROU MAR STA TMP MAR NEG MND EPP NEG WFD SPE RIV NEG TMP RIV TMP RIV STA TMP POC
17 		TIO OXF STA TMP MAR NA - [12]
1996 15 Chevy TMP STA NZH
29 		STA NHA JEN RIV LEE RPS HOL TMP RIV NHA GLN STA NHA NHA STA FLE
25 		TMP NA - [13]
  • 1979 dirt Modified car
    1979 dirt Modified car

References

  1. ^ a b "ARRA-Cars, Drivers & Events: Billy Pauch". Auto Racing Research Associates. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Billy Pauch inducted into Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Al Holbert EMPA National Driver of the Year". Eastern Motorsports Press Association. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Billy Pauch". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ Staff. " wins for the 72nd time at NES", The Times (Trenton), April 27, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2009. "Billy Pauch of Frenchtown proved just why he is the all-time leading winner at the New Egypt Speedway."
  6. ^ Swanson, Buffy. "Pauch in Pictures", Stock Car Racing (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 10, October 1989.
  7. ^ "Bridgeport Speedway 6.28.20 (subscription required)". Speedshift TV. June 28, 2020. FloRacing. Speedshift TV.
  8. ^ Strauss, Robert. "Driving, and Thriving, in the Dirt", The New York Times, September 24, 2000. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Pauch Jr. takes memories, family traditions to DIRTcar Nationals". Speed Sport. December 17, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1986 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Billy Pauch – 1996 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.