Mike Buckley

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Mike Buckley
Born (1963-10-15) October 15, 1963 (age 61)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ARCA Menards Series career
156 races run over 20 years
Best finish10th (2001)
First race 1994 Greater Des Moines Ruan Grand Prix (Des Moines)
Last race 2015 Corrigan Oil 200 (Michigan)
WinsTop tens Poles
0120
Statistics current as of July 13, 2023.

Mike Buckley (born October 15, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series.

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Racing career

In 1994, Buckley would make his ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series debut at the Des Moines Street Course, driving the No. 48 Pontiac for his own team, where he would start 33rd and finish 22nd due to an oil leak in the car. He would make five more starts that year, getting a best finish of nineteenth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would then make select starts in the No. 48 for the next four seasons, getting a total of five top-tens across those four years with a best result of sixth and Shady Bowl Speedway in 1995.

In 1999, Buckley would move over to the No. 28, switching from a Pontiac to a Chevrolet, where he would enter ten races that year, failing to qualify for four of those events and getting a best finish of tenth at Winchester Speedway. For the following year, he would fail to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway before making five starts that year with a best finish of fourteenth at Kil-Kare Speedway.

In 2001, Buckley would compete in all but five races that year, getting two top-tens with a best finish of fifth at Toledo Speedway on his way to finish tenth in the final points standings. [1] He would then run the full schedule the following year in 2002, where he would once again get two top-tens with a best finish of sixth at Winchester, and would finish thirteenth in the points standings. In 2003, he would only get one top-ten at Winchester to finish twelfth in the final points standings, and would get no top-tens the following year to once again finish in twelfth in the standings.

In 2005, Buckley would enter in only five races, failing to qualify for four of those races and finishing 25th at Pocono Raceway due to transmission issues. He would enter in five more races the following year in 2006, this time running in a Pontiac, where he would only fail to qualify for one of those races and getting a best finish of fourteenth at the Milwaukee Mile. In 2007, he would only compete in two races, finishing ninth at Toledo and 25th at Milwaukee due to overheating issues.

After not competing in the series for two more years, Buckley would return in 2010 at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 96 Ford for Brad Smith Motorsports, where he would finish 40th after running only three laps due to battery issues. [2] After spending the next year on the sidelines, he would return to Michigan in 2012, this time driving his self owned No. 3 Chevrolet, where he would start 27th and finish nine laps down in twentieth. [3] He would race at Michigan again the following year, this time returning to the No. 28, where he would in twelfth, and would run at Chicagoland Speedway, where he would finish 21st due to an axle issue. In 2014, Buckley would run three races, finishing seventeenth at Toledo despite spinning early in the race, and would finish nineteenth and 23rd at Michigan and Kentucky Speedway respectively. [4] It was also during this year that he would run two races in the ARCA Truck Series, where he would get a best finish of ninth at Flat Rock Speedway due to handling issues. [5] For the following year in 2015, he would once again return to Michigan in the No. 28 Chevrolet, where he would finish twelfth, six laps down to race winner Ross Kenseth, and would two more starts in the ARCA trucks, getting a best finish of sixth at Angola Motorsports Speedway. [6] The Angola race would be his most recent start as a driver, as he has not competed in any racing series since then. [5]

Motorsports results

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425ARSCPtsRef
1994 Mike Buckley Racing 48 Pontiac DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS
22		 POC POC KIL
24		 FRS INF
19		 I70 ISF
30		 DSF
24		 TOL SLM WIN ATL N/A0 [7]
1995 DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL
18		 FRS
19		 MCH I80
33		 MCS
23		 FRS
17		 POC POC KIL
16		 FRS
21		 SBS
6		 LVL
26		 ISF
30		 DSF
14		 SLM
22		 WIN
27		 ATL 20th1860 [8]
1996 DAY ATL SLM
15		 TAL FIF
14		 LVL
20		 CLT CLT KIL
DNQ		 FRS
14		 POC MCH FRS
14		 TOL
21		 POC MCH INF
19		 SBS
9		 ISF
15		 DSF
29		 KIL
19		 SLM
31		 WIN
26		 CLT ATL 16th1715 [9]
1997 DAY
DNQ		 ATL
25		 SLM
9		 CLT
Wth		 CLT POC MCH SBS
8		 TOL
19		 KIL
25		 FRS
11		 MIN
17		 POC MCH DSF
36		 GTW SLM
17		 WIN
22		 CLT TAL ISF
32		 ATL N/A0 [10]
1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM
22		 MCH POC SBS
9		 TOL
25		 PPR POC KIL
13		 FRS
15		 ISF
DNQ		 ATL DSF
32		 SLM TEX WIN
DNQ		 CLT TAL ATL N/A0 [11]
1999 28 DAY ATL SLM
27		 AND
DNQ		 CLT 35th965 [12]
Chevy MCH
DNQ		 POC TOL SBS BLN
20		 POC KIL
11		 FRS
11		 FLM
DNQ		 ISF
DNQ		 WIN
10		 DSF SLM
20		 CLT TAL ATL
2000 DAY
DNQ		 SLM
22		 AND CLT KIL
14		 FRS
19		 MCH POC TOL
22		 KEN BLN
18		 POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 44th700 [13]
2001 DAY
DNQ		 NSH
20		 WIN
19		 SLM
20		 GTY
25		 KEN CLT KAN
15		 MCH
15		 POC MEM
7		 GLN
14		 KEN MCH
36		 POC NSH
15		 ISF
11		 CHI
14		 DSF
18		 SLM
11		 TOL
5		 BLN
27		 CLT
15		 TAL
12		 ATL
41		10th3470 [14]
2002 DAY
11		 ATL
22		 NSH
30		 SLM
9		 KEN
21		 CLT
17		 KAN
31		 POC
32		 MCH
26		 TOL
26		 SBO
21		 KEN
30		 BLN
26		 POC
40		 NSH
27		 ISF
38		 WIN
6		 DSF
20		 CHI
11		 SLM
15		 TAL
28		 CLT
27		13th3740 [15]
2003 DAY
26		 ATL
17		 NSH
21		 SLM
13		 TOL
13		 KEN
24		 CLT
38		 BLN
18		 KAN
13		 MCH
25		 LER
21		 POC
19		 POC
14		 NSH
18		 ISF
17		 WIN
7		 DSF
19		 CHI
15		 SLM
30		 TAL
14		 CLT
40		 SBO
26		12th4105 [16]
2004 DAY
19		 NSH
14		 SLM
17		 KEN
13		 TOL
11		 CLT
15		 KAN
35		 POC
24		 MCH
22		 SBO
18		 BLN
24		 KEN
22		 GTW
12		 POC
12		 LER
18		 NSH
19		 ISF
21		 TOL
33		 DSF
26		 CHI
18		 SLM
11		 TAL
15		12th4215 [17]
2005 DAY NSH SLM
DNQ		 KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH
DNQ		 KAN KEN
DNQ		 BLN
DNQ		 POC
25		 GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 102nd230 [18]
2006 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL
DNQ		 POC MCH
26		 KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH
22		 ISF MIL
14		 TOL
29		 DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 67th490 [19]
2007 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL
9		 IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL
25		 GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 86th290 [20]
2010 Brad Smith Motorsports 96 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH
40		 IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 138th30 [21]
2012 Mike Buckley Racing 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
20		 WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 115th130 [22]
2013 28 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
13		 ROA WIN CHI
21		 NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 81st290 [23]
2014 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
17		 NJE POC MCH
18		 ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN
23		 KAN 42nd400 [24]
2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH
12		 CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 102nd170 [25]

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