Tobey Butler

American racing driver

Tobey Butler (born December 23, 1959) is a former American NASCAR driver. He finished in the top 10 in points in the inaugural year of the Craftsman Truck Series and then did a limited schedule.

He was the 1987 champion of the NASCAR Northwest Series. He has 20 wins, 68 Top 5, 87 Top 10 and 13 pole positions in 116 starts in the series. Before competing in the inaugural season in the truck series, Butler made one lone attempt to qualify for a Winston Cup series event at Sonoma in 1994 driving for Bill Stroppe Motorsports, but without success. Butler was one of the drivers who participated in the exhibition races the CTS held later that year in preparation for 1995, the series' first full season. Butler signed to drive No. 21 Ortho Ford. He had five top 10 finishes in the twenty race schedule, his best finishes being a pair of 4th places at Louisville and Portland, and finished 10th place in points. In 1996, Butler was forced out of the No. 21 racetrack and ended up doing a six race schedule for Ken Schrader's No. 52 team. In his first outing with the team at Evergreen, Butler won his first career pole and went on to finish sixth. In the other five races, he would tack on two more top 10 finishes. A sixth at Phoenix would match the Evergreen run. Butler moved around in 1997, ending up running for Schrader and the No. 60 TKO Motorsports team. He struggled in the races for Schrader. In ten starts with that team, he only had one top ten finish: 9th at Portland. This led to his release from the TKO team. In three races with that team, he managed a pair of twelfth place runs. He has not raced in NASCAR since.

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

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 28 29 30 31 Pts Ref 1994 Bill Stroppe Motorsports 38 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SONDNQ CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL N/A

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 Pts Ref 1995 Venable Racing 21 Ford PHO25 TUS17 SGS8 MMR13 POR4 EVG18 I7011 LVL4 BRI11 MLW28 CNS13 HPT16 IRP29 FLM8 RCH20 MAR33 NWS15 SON5 MMR13 PHO20 10th 2358 1996 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG6 TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH10 NHA MAR NWS14 SON MMR31 PHO6 LVS34 36th 686 1997 WDWDNQ TUSDNQ HOM20 PHO18 POR9 EVG11 I7029 NHA27 TEX18 BRI35 NZH34 MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM 27th 1355 Brevak Racing 34 Ford WDW20 TKO Motorsports 60 Chevy NSV12 GLN RCH35 MAR SON MMR CAL PHO12 LVSDNQ