H. B. Bailey

Herring Burl "H. B." Bailey (November 15, 1936 – April 17, 2003) was a NASCAR driver. He raced his No. 36 Pontiac part-time as an independent driver in the Grand National/Winston Cup series from 1962 to 1993, making 85 races over his career.

H. B. Bailey
Born(1936-11-15)November 15, 1936
Houston, Texas
DiedApril 17, 2003(2003-04-17) (aged 66)
NASCAR Cup Series career
85 races run over 27 years
Best finish29th (1965)
First race1962 Dixie 400 (Atlanta)
Last race1993 Mountain Dew Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0

Although he never ran a full schedule, he still had his share of fans. He had the distinction of being the first driver to take a qualifying lap for the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.

Bailey said he began racing at Playland Park, near Houston, in 1954. He won the track championship there in 1959.

Darlington Raceway was one of the driver's favorite venues, and he was a three-time member of the UNOCAL/Darlington Record Club at the famed South Carolina oval. Bailey made his final start in the 1993 Southern 500 at Darlington.

In the 1972 NASCAR Grand American division, Bailey won the pole for the opener at Daytona International Speedway, won at Nashville and finished second in the national championship standings to Wayne Andrews.

He died of heart failure on April 17, 2003. When he died, Richard Petty, who raced alongside Bailey for virtually his entire career, said "Our sport was built by people like H.B. Bailey", adding "H.B. was a racer through and through, and the sport is better off because he was a part of it. We will miss him."

Bailey's son and mechanic on his cars, Joe Dan, was later hired as an engineer for various NASCAR teams, most notably with Bob Whitcomb, where he won the 1990 Daytona 500, and later Richard Childress Racing, where the 1993 and 1994 NASCAR Cup Series championships were won in the No. 3 car. He is now a senior engineer for Toyota Racing Development.

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.)

Grand National Series
NASCAR Grand National 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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 NGNC Pts Ref
1962 Bailey Racing 24 Pontiac CON AWS DAY DAY DAY CON AWS SVH HBO RCH CLB NWS GPS MBS MAR BGS BRI RCH HCY CON DAR PIF CLT ATL BGS AUG RCH SBO DAY CLB ASH GPS AUG SVH MBS BRI CHT NSV HUN AWS STR BGS PIF VAL DAR HCY RCH DTS AUG MAR NWS CLT ATL
30		 128th 80 [1]
1963 04 BIR GGS THS RSD DAY DAY
17		 DAY
19		 PIF AWS HBO ATL HCY BRI AUG RCH GPS SBO BGS MAR NWS CLB THS DAR ODS RCH CLT BIR ATL DAY MBS SVH DTS BGS ASH OBS BRR BRI GPS NSV CLB AWS PIF BGS ONA DAR HCY RCH MAR DTS NWS THS CLT SBO HBO RSD 53rd 2046 [2]
1964 CON AUG JSP SVH RSD DAY DAY DAY RCH BRI GPS BGS ATL AWS HBO PIF CLB NWS MAR SVH DAR LGY HCY SBO CLT GPS ASH ATL CON NSV CHT BIR VAL PIF DAY ODS OBS BRR ISP GLN LIN BRI NSV MBS AWS DTS ONA CLB BGS STR DAR
26		 HCY RCH ODS HBO MAR SVH NWS CLT
DNQ		 HAR AUG JAC 136th 88 [3]
Herman Beam 19 Ford CLT
38
1965 Bailey Racing 04 Pontiac RSD DAY
5		 DAY DAY
12		 PIF ASW RCH HBO ATL
32		 GPS NWS MAR CLB BRI DAR LGY BGS HCY CLT CCF ASH HAR NSV BIR ATL GPS MBS VAL DAY ODS OBS ISP GLN BRI NSV CCF AWS SMR PIF AUG CLB DTS BLV BGS DAR
6		 HCY LIN ODS RCH MAR NWS CLT
8		 HBO CAR DTS 29th 7340 [4]
1966 36 AUG RSD DAY DAY
12		 DAY
49		 CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT
34		 DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS DAY ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR
17		 HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR 65th 1892 [5]
1967 AUG RSD DAY DAY
15		 DAY
18		 AWS BRI GPS BGS ATL CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS MGY DAY TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL BGS CLB SVH DAR
31		 HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR AWS 50th 3482 [6]
1968 MGR MGY RSD DAY
49		 BRI RCH ATL HCY GPS CLB NWS MAR AUG AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS DAY ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR
23		 HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS AUG CLT CAR JFC 81st - [7]
1969 MGR MGY RSD DAY
12		 DAY DAY
47		 CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY
10		 DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH
37		 SBO BGS AWS DAR
30		 HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS CLT SVH AUG CAR JFC MGR TWS
20		 53rd 372 [8]
1970 38 RSD DAY DAY DAY RCH CAR SVH ATL BRI TAL NWS CLB DAR BLV LGY CLT SMR MAR MCH RSD HCY KPT GPS DAY AST TPN TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB ONA MCH TAL BGS SBO DAR
34		 HCY RCH DOV NCF NWS CLT MAR MGR CAR LGY NA 0 [9]
1971 36 RSD DAY DAY DAY ONT RCH CAR HCY BRI ATL CLB GPS SMR NWS MAR DAR SBO TAL ASH KPT CLT DOV MCH RSD HOU GPS DAY BRI AST ISP TRN NSV ATL BGS ONA MCH TAL CLB
24		 HCY
14		 DAR MAR CLT DOV CAR MGR
22		 RCH NWS NA 0 [10]
J.C. Crews 53 Ford TWS
33

Winston Cup Series
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 32 NWCC Pts Ref
1972 J.C. Crews 53 Ford RSD DAY RCH ONT CAR
21		 ATL BRI DAR
32		 NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV MCH RSD 58th 792.2 [11]
Blank & Kalashian 66 Pontiac TWS
11		 DAY BRI TRN ATL TAL MCH NSV DAR
5		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR TWS
36
1973 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV CLT DOV TWS
11		 RSD MCH DAY BRI ATL
39		 TAL NSV DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR 77th - [12]
1975 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH DAR
40		 DOV NWS MAR CLT RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT 113th 43 [13]
1979 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS
16		 RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH
35		 BRI DAR
27		 RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL
20		 ONT 56th 255 [14]
1981 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS
15		 RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR
36		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
16		 CAR ATL
40		 RSD 55th - [15]
1982 DAY RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR
35		 NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
26		 POC RSD MCH
21		 DAY NSV POC TAL MCH
35		 BRI DAR
29		 RCH DOV NWS CLT
26		 MAR CAR ATL RSD 41st 462 [16]
1983 DAY RCH CAR ATL
22		 DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT
22		 RSD POC MCH
DNQ		 DAY NSV POC TAL MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 61st 194 [17]
1984 DAY RCH CAR ATL
22		 BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH
DNQ		 DAY NSV POC TAL MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR
25		 RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL RSD 58th 185 [18]
1985 DAY RCH CAR ATL
35		 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT
DNQ		 RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL MCH BRI DAR
34		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 74th 119 [19]
1986 DAY RCH CAR ATL
37		 BRI DAR
12		 NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT
DNQ		 RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR
17		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ		 CAR ATL
41		 RSD 52nd 336 [20]
1987 DAY CAR RCH ATL
18		 DAR
17		 NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH
40		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR
35		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ		 CAR RSD ATL
19		 49th 428 [21]
1988 DAY RCH CAR ATL
41		 DAR
16		 BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT
35		 DOV RSD POC MCH
39		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
28		 BRI DAR
27		 RCH DOV MAR CLT
DNQ		 NWS CAR PHO ATL
35		 43rd 478 [22]
1989 DAY CAR ATL
DNQ		 RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT
DNQ		 DOV SON POC MCH
26		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR
27		 RCH DOV MAR CLT
DNQ		 NWS CAR PHO ATL 60th 167 [23]
1990 DAY RCH CAR ATL
32		 DAR
33		 BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT
DNQ		 DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR
38		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ		 CAR PHO ATL 65th 180 [24]
1991 DAY RCH CAR ATL
DNQ		 DAR
35		 BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH
33		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
28		 BRI DAR
DNQ		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL
DNQ		 53rd 201 [25]
1992 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH
41		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 95th 40 [26]
1993 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH
32		 DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR
37		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ		 CAR PHO ATL 60th 119 [27]
1994 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR
DNQ		 BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH
DNQ		 DAY NHA POC TAL IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [28]
1997 Bailey Racing 66 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX
DNQ		 BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL NA - [29]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1963 Bailey Racing Pontiac 49 19
1965 Bailey Racing Pontiac 9 12
1966 24 49
1967 30 18
1968 18 49
1969 25 47
1973 Bailey Racing Pontiac DNQ
1975 Bailey Racing Pontiac DNQ
1981 Bailey Racing Pontiac DNQ

Winston West Series
NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts Ref
1997 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac TUS AMP SON TUS MMR LVS
15		 CAL EVG POR PPR
17		 AMP SON MMR LVS
26		 38th 315 [30]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 32 33 34 35 ABSC Pts Ref
1964 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac ONA DAY DAY
5		 DAY
7		 PAS CCS
7		 HOU ONA FMS TOL DSP NSV CSP CAN HEI HAG SLM MSF CSP DSP ONA MIR BFS SND LSP DSP FMS SLM CMS WIN BLN MSF DSP CCF SLM NA 0 [31]
1973 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac TWS
2		 SLM DAY FMS SLM TOL QCS SEL LIN CAR LFS MAD TOL MCS BFS NSV QCS TOL SLM HEI SHA FRS FMS BLN MCS LCS TMS NBS NA 0 [32]
1988 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac DAY ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL
22		 88th - [33]
1989 DAY ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL
19		 86th - [34]
1990 DAY
DNQ		 ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC TAL MCH
14		 ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL
42		 65th - [35]
1991 DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH
5		 KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH
8		 ISF TOL DSF TWS
25		 ATL
35		 48th - [36]
1992 DAY FIF TWS
22		 TAL TOL KIL POC MCH
40		 FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS
36		 SLM ATL
17		 43rd - [37]
1993 DAY FIF TWS
35		 TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH
16		 FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL
30		 53rd - [38]
1994 DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL
41		 109th 305 [39]
1996 Bailey Racing 36 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT
33		 ATL 124th - [40]
Results before 1985 may be incomplete.

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