Stuart Kirby
Stuart Kirby (born May 9, 1981 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is a race car driver.[1] He has driven in ARCA, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series.[1] A former apprentice funeral director for his family's funeral home, he drove the #51 Chevrolet owned by Competitive Edge Motorsports in 2005, but was released before the season could be concluded. He currently owns a Bruster's Real Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, KY and is still pursuing a career in racing.
[edit] Racing career
On October 7, 2001, Stuart Kirby made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut at the UAW-GM Quality 500. Kirby was taken out early in a crash involving Todd Bodine and Ricky Craven. He raced for Jimmy Spencer in Busch and Trucks, and had a lot of success in ARCA Racing, where he got his first career pole driving a car with the American Boy Scouts logo.
In late 2005, Kirby was featured alongside his wife in MTV's "The Reality Show" during a segment titled, "'Til Death Do Us Part". As of then, Kirby was assisting his family as a funeral director in their funeral home. The show never even mentioned Kirby's racing career.
On August 28, 2009, Kirby made a come back in his racing career after almost 4 years.[2] He raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race, qualifying 12th and finished in 11th place.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Stuart Kirby Career ARCA/NASCAR results". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=kirbyst01. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Stuart Kirby Solid In ARCA Return". Catchfence.com. August 31, 2009. http://www.catchfence.com/2009/arca/08/31/stuart-kirby-solid-in-arca-return/. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
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