Billie Harvey Racing Stats

Automobile Racing Club of America  ARCA

Harvey's success in ARCA much better than in NASCAR. He finished 8th in points in 1980 and 18th in 1982 and 17th in 1985.

He won the 1980 summer ARCA event at Talladega, his first win with the group and set a new record of 191.466 in qualifying.

When ARCA came to Talladega in the summer of 1981 Billie set a qualifying mark of 200.642 mph and gave ARCA much needed credibility. It was a full year before a NASCAR driver (Benny Parsons) topped the 200 mph mark at the Alabama facility.

Billie had a total of five pole positions and two race victories in ARCA. I will see if I can find out where the poles were earned. Once win was Talladege but not sure about the second. Will see if I can find that too.

Date	Place	Position
08-02-80	Talladega	win & pole
09-20-80	Michigan	win
08-01-81	Talladega	pole
10-18-81	Nashville	pole
02-07-82	Daytona	pole
07-30-83	Talladega	pole

Information provided by Brian Norton by way of Marty Little

 

 

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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing NASCAR

 

Harvey drove a grand total of 8 Winston Cup races. They are as follows:

1980
May 25th	Charlotte	finished 27	crash	Fast Lane #87 Olds
July 27th	Pocono	finished 11	RAF	Fast Lane #87 Chevy
August 3rd	Talladega	finished 16	crash	Fast Lane #87 Olds
August 17th	Michigan	finished 17	RAF	Fast Lane #87 Chevy
1981
February 15th	Daytona	finished 41	engine	Fast Lane #31 Pontiac
July 4th	Daytona	finished 41	crash	Fast Lane #31 Pontiac
1982
February 14th	Daytona	finished 39	engine	Fast Lane #31 Buick
1983
July 31st	Talladega	finished 37	crash	Gray Racing #31 Buick

Also, as a car owner he fielded cars in a total of 15 events during 1977-82 for the following drivers:

Billy McGinnis (2), Gary Balough (4), Tim Richmond (1), Dick May (1) and self (8).

Information provided by Racing Historian Marty Little