Paul White (born April 9, 1963) is an American former professional racing driver who competed in USAC, the

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, and the

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Racing career

White won the 2001

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(USAC) Silver Crown championship after winning three races that season, which came at the one mile dirt races at DuQuoin and Springfield and the Copper World Classic on asphalt at

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. He continued racing in the series until 2004. Following his time in USAC, White made his debut in

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in 2004, competing in six Truck Series races in the No. 13 Chevrolet Silverado for

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. His best finish was a 14th at Gateway. However, he finished outside the top-20 in all his other starts. Despite this, he never recorded a DNF in any of those races. Additionally, White attempted to make another start that year in the No. 77 for truck owner Dave Payton at

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. However, he did not qualify. If he had done so, that race would have been his Truck debut. What lured White to try racing in NASCAR was likely the fact that he competed against some NASCAR drivers in USAC races, such as J. J. Yeley and

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. His ThorSport teammate

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, who drove the team's No. 88 truck that year, had also raced in USAC before. When the team had an opening in their No. 13 truck after the departure of its original full-time driver for the season,

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, Hines could have been the one to suggest to ThorSport to sign White to drive it for some races. His last start came in an attempt at the

season-opener at Daytona in 2005. White drove a part-time second car for Christi Passmore's team, the No. 92

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, and failed to qualify for the race, which had a large 60-car entry list. This was his only ARCA attempt.

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

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

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