Paul White (racing driver)

Paul White
Born (1963-04-09) April 9, 1963 (age 61)
Temple, Texas
Achievements2001 USAC Silver Crown champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 1 year
2004 position39th
Best finish39th (2004)
First race2004 Black Cat Fireworks 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race2004 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Paul White (born April 9, 1963) is an American former professional racing driver who competed in USAC, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the ARCA Re/Max Series.[1][2]

Racing career

White won the 2001 United States Auto Club (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 Phoenix. He continued racing in the series until 2004.[3]

Following his time in USAC, White made his debut in NASCAR in 2004, competing in six Truck Series races in the No. 13 Chevrolet Silverado for ThorSport Racing. 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 Memphis. 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 Boston Reid. His ThorSport teammate Tracy Hines, who drove the team's No. 88 truck that year, had also raced in USAC before.[4] When the team had an opening in their No. 13 truck after the departure of its original full-time driver for the season, Tina Gordon, 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 ARCA Re/Max Series season-opener at Daytona in 2005. White drove a part-time second car for Christi Passmore's team, the No. 92 Ford, 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

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 NCTC Pts Ref
2004 Dave Payton 77 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM
DNQ 		39th 516 [5]
ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy MLW
30 		KAN KEN
28 		GTW
14 		MCH IRP
30 		NSH
30 		BRI
22 		RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM

* Season still in progress
1 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.)

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2005 Christi Passmore Racing 92 Ford DAY
DNQ 		NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL N/A 0 [6]

References

  1. ^ driveraverages.com
  2. ^ us.motorsport.com
  3. ^ Fisher, Rob (January 21, 2015). "Open Wheel Tech - Resurrection". Hot Rod. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Milwaukee: ThorSport Racing race notes". Motorsport.com. July 28, 2004. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Paul White – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Paul White – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.


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