Tobey Butler
Butler in 1997
Born (1959-12-23) December 23, 1959
Kirkland, Washington
Achievements1987 NASCAR Winston Northwest Tour Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
39 races run over 3 years
Best finish10th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race1997 GM Goodwrench / Delco 300 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 1

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 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

  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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