- Andy Hillenburg
Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Andy Hillenburg
Birthdate = birth date and age|1963|4|30
Birthplace = flagicon|USAIndianapolis, Indiana
Best_Cup_Pos = 54th - 1998 (Winston Cup)
Cup_Wins = 0
Cup_Top_Tens = 0
Cup_Poles = 0
First_Cup_Race = 1991Goodwrench 500 (Rockingham) | Last_Cup_Race = 2004Advance Auto Parts 500 (Martinsville)
Total_Cup_Races = 16
Years_In_Cup = 7
Awards = 1995ARCA RE/MAX Series ChampionAndy Hillenburg (b.
April 30 1963 ,Indianapolis, Indiana ) is an American race car driver. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolissoap box derby .Racecar driver
He won the state
quarter midget championships in 1975-1979. Hillenburg won the ARCA Super Car Series Championship in 1995, with 3 time ARCA ChampionBob Dotter as Crew Chief. He won the 1995 and 1997Daytona ARCA 200 , the premiere event in the series.He served as a test driver for the IROC series. He competed in the
2000 Indianapolis 500 , finishing 28th, and has sixteenWinston Cup starts nineBusch Series starts and four in theCraftsman Truck Series Racecar owner
As of 2008 he operates the [http://www.fasttrackracing.com Fast Track] Fast Track High Performance Driving School and is running a team for
Bryan Silas as an entry inARCA and theCraftsman Truck Series . He also fielded a car driven byFrank Kimmel in the 2007Daytona 500 , but the entry did not make the field.Acting
He has also acted in a few movies, including on
ESPN ,Herbie Fully Loaded , andTalladega Nights .North Carolina Speedway
On
October 2 ,2007 , Hillenburg purchasedNorth Carolina Speedway inRockingham, North Carolina for $4.4 million (USD). The track was put up for auction bySpeedway Motorsports Inc and chairmanBruton Smith . Rockingham has not hosted a NASCAR event since 2004, but Hillenburg hopes to bring lower-tier NASCAR series back to the track. On May 4, 2008 theARCA RE/MAX Series will race at Rockingham in the Carolina 500. Also in 2008, theUSAR Hooters Procup Series would have their final race of the season at the Rockingham Speedway, in a race called theAmerican 200 (named in honor of the name for the first race run at the Rock in 1965, the American 500) onNovember 1 ,2008 .External links
* [http://www.fasttrackracing.com] Andy Hillenburg
* [http://www.rockinghamracewaypark.com] Rockingham Speedway
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