Billy Pauch ( ; born March 1, 1957, in Doylestown,

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, U.S.) is an American racecar driver. He resides in

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, where he runs the Bill Pauch Driving School.

Personal life

Pauch attended

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, which was located near the

Flemington Speedway Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. Early history Flemington Speedway was created as a ...

Career

Known for racing Modifieds, dirt small-block and big-block Modifieds, and dirt

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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 New Egypt Speedway is a 7/16 mile clay race track in New Egypt, New Jersey. The track hosted the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on a quarter mile asphalt track in the 1980s. History The track was built in 1946 as a 1/4 mile dirt track, before being ...

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

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Craftsman Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...

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.Swanson, Buffy. "Pauch in Pictures", ''Stock Car Racing'' (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 10, October 1989. He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2020. His son Billy Pauch Jr. raced the full schedule of the

Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...

in 2007.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

Winston Modified Tour

Gallery

Image:BillyPauch121racecar1979.jpg, 1979 dirt Modified car

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pauch, Billy NASCAR drivers 1957 births Living people People from Frenchtown, New Jersey Racing drivers from New Jersey Racing drivers from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Hunterdon County, New Jersey World of Outlaws drivers