Terry Bivins
Terry Bivins | |||||||
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Born | Shawnee Mission, Kansas | September 13, 1943||||||
Awards | inducted into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame in its first class (2004) | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
28 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 21st (1976) | ||||||
First race | 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan International Speedway) | ||||||
Last race | 1977 Southern 500 (Darlington Raceway) | ||||||
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Terry Bivins (born September 13, 1943) is a retired
Career
Early career
Bivins began racing in 1964 with a used 1955 Ford car that he bought at a car lot.[2][3] He added a roll cage to the car and started racing using the snow tires that came with the car.[2]
NASCAR career
Bivins ran two NASCAR races in 1975, with a best finish of ninth at Michigan International Speedway.[1]
He ran for NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1976.
Bivins competed in 8 of 30 events with 1 Top 10 during the 1977 season[1] before retiring from racing out of frustration from losing the Rookie of the Year crown.[2][4]
In his NASCAR career, he led six laps out of 7,901 - the equivalent of 8,822.8 miles (14,198.9 km).[1] For starting an average of 20th place and finishing an average of 17th, Bivins earned a grand total of $61,725 in total prize winnings.[1] Bivins raced from the age of 31 to the age of 33.[1]
Career after NASCAR
After retiring from NASCAR, Bivins drove a limited schedule for the
Terry later raced at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas in the Grand National Class. Car #5 and he won three feature races in 2018. He then moved to B-Mods in 2019, 2020 and 2021 when he lived in
Personal life
After retiring from NASCAR, he started his own construction company.[2] Bivins later was a professional fisherman.[2]
Throughout his career, Bivins received help from his stepfather Jim and mother Kate Jones.[3] Bivins is married to Claudia Bivins.[2] She was always on his pit crew, whether as a video recorder or helping repair the car.[2] Bivins' son James Bivins helped on his pit crew for several decades.[2]
Career Honors
Bivins was elected in the first class (2004) into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame for drivers in the Kansas City area.[2][3]
Motorsports results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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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 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
1975 | Billy Moyer | 63 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | RCH
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CAR
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BRI
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ATL
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NWS
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DAR
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MAR
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TAL | NSV | DOV
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CLT | RSD
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MCH
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DAY
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NSV
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POC
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TAL
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MCH 9 |
DAR | DOV 21 |
NWS
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MAR
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CLT | RCH
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CAR
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BRI
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ATL
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ONT | 77th | 138 | [7] | |||||||||||||
1976 | RSD | DAY 8 |
CAR 13 |
RCH 5 |
BRI 24 |
ATL 26 |
NWS | DAR
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MAR
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TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | MCH | DAY | POC 19 |
TAL
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21st | 2099 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ballard Racing
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30 | Chevy | NSV 22 |
BRI 12 |
DAR 14 |
RCH 9 |
DOV 32 |
MAR 8 |
NWS 9 |
CLT 25 |
CAR 17 |
ATL 22 |
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Bill Champion | 10 | Ford | MCH 15 |
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Michael Brocman | 50 | Chevy | ONT 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977 | Ballard Racing
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03 | Chevy | RSD | DAY QL† |
38th | 841 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Robertson | 25 | Chevy | RCH 14 |
CAR 26 |
ATL 24 |
NWS 17 |
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Mike Kempton | 69 | Chevy | DAR 30 |
BRI
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Bill Monaghan | 81 | Chevy | MAR 11 |
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80 | TAL 9 |
NSV | DOV
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CLT | RSD
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MCH | DAY | NSV | POC
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TAL | MCH | BRI
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Harold Miller | 91 | Chevy | DAR 24 |
RCH
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DOV
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MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR
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ATL
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ONT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† - Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1976 | Billy Moyer | Chevrolet | 19 | 8 |
1977 | Ballard Racing
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Chevrolet | QL† | |
† - Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard |
ARCA SuperCar Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA SuperCar Series results
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
1992 | N/A | 4 | Pontiac | DAY
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FIF | TWS 8 |
TAL | TOL
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KIL | POC | N/A | 0 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | MCH 36 |
FRS | KIL | NSH | DEL | POC | HPT | FRS | ISF
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TOL | DSF
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TWS | SLM | ATL |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Terry Bivins NASCAR statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mlynar, Bobbi (October 25, 2007). "Lebo's Bivins back on track". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ FloRacing. RacinBoys.
- ^ Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ a b Terry Bivins racing information at JCS Group
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- ^ "Terry Bivins – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Terry Bivins – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Terry Bivins – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Terry Bivins – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.