Billy Pauch ( ; born March 1, 1957, in Doylestown,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

, U.S.) is an American racecar driver. He resides in

Frenchtown, New Jersey Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Frenchtown is located along the banks of the Delaware River on the Hunterdon Plateau, northwest of the state capital of Trenton. As of the 2020 United States census ...

, where he runs the Bill Pauch Driving School.

Racing career

Known for racing

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, dirt small-block and big-block Modifieds, and dirt

sprint cars Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primari ...

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 New Egypt Speedway is a 7/16 mile clay race track in New Egypt, New Jersey. The track hosted the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on a quarter mile asphalt track in the 1980s. History The track was built in 1946 as a 1/4 mile dirt track, before being ...

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

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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.Swanson, Buffy. "Pauch in Pictures", ''Stock Car Racing'' (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 10, October 1989. He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2024.

Personal life

Pauch attended

Hunterdon Central Regional High School Hunterdon Central Regional High School is a comprehensive high school, comprehensive, four-year state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school, and regional school district that serves students from five municipaliti ...

, which was located near the

Flemington Speedway Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8-mile dirt track in the United States. Early history Flemington Speedway was created as ...

. At the time, you couldn't race in New Jersey until you were 18, so Pauch started on Pennsylvania tracks. But each day he went to school he saw the Flemington track a few hundred yards away, and it became his home track for the next couple of decades. Pauch's daughter Mandee Pauch Mahaney was honored as the ''2024 Outstanding Woman in Racing'' by the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame for her work as a content creator and media personality. Building on her experiences authoring a magazine column, writing a blog, and TV pit reporting, Paunch Mahaney launched her YouTube channel, “Dirt Track Untold” in 2017. His son

Billy Pauch Jr. Billy Pauch Jr. (born June 16, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the ARCA Re/Max Series. Early life The son of racecar driver Billy Pauch, he was raised in ...

raced the

Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...

and

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, and now competes regularly with the

Super DIRTcar Series The Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds is a North American modified racing, big block modified touring series currently promoted by World Racing Group. The series primarily races on dirt track racing, dirt ovals in the Northeastern United S ...

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

Winston Modified Tour

Gallery

Image:BillyPauch121racecar1979.jpg, 1979 dirt Modified car

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pauch, Billy NASCAR drivers 1957 births Living people Hunterdon Central Regional High School alumni People from Frenchtown, New Jersey Racing drivers from New Jersey Racing drivers from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Hunterdon County, New Jersey World of Outlaws drivers Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame