Billy Pauch
#15 dirt Modified car
Born (1957-03-01) March 1, 1957
Frenchtown, New Jersey
Awards2016 Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame inductee[1]
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 March 31, 2019.

Billy Pauch (/paʊtʃ/ POWCH;[2] 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.[3]

Personal life

Pauch attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which was located near the Flemington Speedway.[4]

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.[5] He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2020.[6]

His son Billy Pauch Jr. raced the full schedule of the Whelen Modified Tour in 2007.

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 [7]
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 [8]

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 - [9]
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 - [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Pauch inducted into Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Billy Pauch". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ↑ 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."
  4. ↑ Strauss, Robert. "Driving, and Thriving, in the Dirt", The New York Times, September 24, 2000. Accessed January 26, 2020. "At the time, you couldn't race in New Jersey until you were 18, so Mr. Pauch started on Pennsylvania tracks. But each day he went to Hunterdon Central High, he saw the Flemington track a few hundred yards away and it became his home track for the next couple of decades."
  5. ↑ Swanson, Buffy. "Pauch in Pictures", Stock Car Racing (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 10, October 1989.
  6. ↑ "Bridgeport Speedway 6.28.20 (subscription required)". Speedshift TV. June 28, 2020. FloRacing. Speedshift TV.
  7. ↑ "Billy Pauch – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Billy Pauch – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Billy Pauch – 1986 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Billy Pauch – 1996 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
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