Nathan Buttke

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Nathan Buttke
Born (1975-05-08) May 8, 1975 (age 47)
Randleman, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
55 races run over 7 years
Best finish28th (1993)
First race 1992 Texas Pete 300 (Rougemont)
Last race 1999 Myrtle Beach 250 (Myrtle Beach)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
22 races run over 3 years
Best finish23rd (1996)
First race 1996 Western Auto 200 (I-70)
Last race 2001 MBNA E-Commerce 200 (Dover)
WinsTop tens Poles
030

Nathan Buttke (born May 8, 1975) is a former stock car racing driver. The Randleman, North Carolina native competed in 55 NASCAR Busch Series races and 22 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races between 1992 and 2001. [1] [2] [3]

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Racing career

Winston West Series

Buttke made one foray into the NASCAR Winston West Series, running one race in 1996 for Spears Motorsports. Running at Mesa Marin Raceway, he qualified fourth and finished in that position. [4]

Craftsman Truck Series

Spears Motorsports signed Buttke partway through the 1996 season to drive the No. 75 entry. He recorded three top ten finishes, but also crashed out of two races and failed to finish five others with mechanical issues. [5] [6] Buttke did not return to the team in 1997, or even the series, focusing his efforts on the Busch Series. He attempted one race in 1998 for CSG Motorsports, finishing seventeenth at New Hampshire. [7] He returned to the series in 2001, running the first eight races of the season for Ware Racing Enterprises. [8] Buttke and the team mutually parted ways before Texas Motor Speedway in June, with Buttke searching for more opportunities. [9]

Busch Series

Breaking into the series in 1992, Buttke drove three races for his family team, finishing 23rd at Orange County Speedway, 17th at Martinsville Speedway, and 19th at Hickory Motor Speedway. [10] In 1993, the team expanded its reach to more than half the schedule, and changed its number from 82 to 66. Buttke attempted nineteen races as part of a campaign for Busch Series Rookie of the Year, [11] qualified for seventeen, and recorded his first career top ten, at Hickory. [12] The following year, he ran five races for his family team and three more for Owen Racing, recording a top ten in the No. 9 car at South Boston Speedway, the track at which he ran best, posting an average finish of 17th. [13] [14] Skipping the 1995 season, he ran seven races and failed to qualify for three more in 1996. He failed to finish six out of seven races that year, including the South Boston race, where he qualified second. [15] He also ran the second half of the Craftsman Truck Series schedule that year for Spears Motorsports. In 1997, after acquiring sponsorship from Carquest Auto Parts, he attempted four of the first ten races and made three. He was then signed by Don Browder and the No. 78 Mark III Racing team. Attempting twelve more races, he posted three top ten starts and a best finish of eleventh at Bristol Motor Speedway. [16] His first opportunity in the 1998 season was to race for Phoenix Racing, running races 22 to 24 on the schedule and placing 22nd at Michigan International Speedway, 9th at bristol, and 17th at Darlington Raceway. He then joined Washington-Erving Motorsports for one race, falling out with brake issues at Dover International Speedway. Finally, Buttke returned to the Mark III team for the final four races of the season. [17] His final Busch race came in 1999, competing at Myrtle Beach Speedway for NorthStar Motorsports, finishing 16th.

Post-NASCAR

Buttke has remained an active racer at Caraway Speedway [18] and in the Goodyear Challenge Series. [19]

Personal life

Buttke attended Randleman High School while racing. [20]

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132NBSCPtsRef
1992 Buttke Racing 82 Olds DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU
23		 MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR
17		 CAR HCY
19		61st312 [21]
1993 66 Chevy DAY CAR
30		 RCH
DNQ		 DAR
31		 BRI
29		 HCY ROU
17		 MAR
26		 MLW
24		 TAL IRP
31		 MCH NHA
35		 BRI DAR
17		 RCH
27		 DOV
31		 ROU
16		 CLT
DNQ		 MAR
29		 CAR
24		 HCY
8		 ATL 28th1490 [22]
Pontiac NZH
34		 CLT DOV MYB
19		 GLN
1994 Owen Racing 9 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAR RCH ATL MAR
DNQ		 DAR HCY BRI ROU
19		 NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB
28		 GLN SBO
8		 TAL 49th716 [23]
Buttke Racing 66 Chevy MLW
29		 HCY
18		 IRP MCH BRI
34		 DAR
29		 RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR
32
1996 Buttke Racing 66 Chevy DAY CAR
40		 RCH
DNQ		 ATL NSV DAR
39		 BRI HCY
29		 NZH CLT
DNQ		 DOV SBO
29		 MYB
27		 GLN MLW
35		 NHA
Wth		 TAL IRP
17		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 54th493 [24]
1997 DAY CAR RCH
DNQ		 ATL LVS DAR
20		 HCY TEX BRI
25		 NSV
41		 TAL NHA NZH 41st1135 [25]
Mark III Racing 78 Chevy CLT
DNQ		 DOV SBO
14		 GLN MLW
36		 MYB
18		 GTY
33		 IRP
16		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI
11		 DAR
21		 RCH
38		 DOV CLT
38		 CAL CAR
17		 HOM
1998 Phoenix Racing 4 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH
22		 BRI
9		 DAR
17		 RCH 55th577 [26]
Washington-Erving Motorsports 50 Ford DOV
39		 CLT
Mark III Racing 78 Chevy GTY
23		 CAR
26		 ATL
DNQ		 HOM
DNQ
1999 30 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT
DNQ		 DOV SBO GLN MLW 100th115 [27]
NorthStar Motorsports 89 Chevy MYB
16		 PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627NCTCPtsRef
1996 Spears Motorsports 75 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70
7		 IRP
8		 FLM
19		 GLN
29		 NSV
28		 RCH
6		 NHA
17		 MAR
28		 NWS
21		 SON
27		 MMR
14		 PHO
25		 LVS
33		23rd1435 [28]
1998 CSG Motorsports 57 Ford WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA
17		 FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 89th112 [29]
2001 Ware Racing Enterprises 81 Ford DAY
31		 HOM
16		 MMR
29		 MAR
23		 GTY
26		 DAR
19		 PPR
17		 DOV
18		 TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 37th767 [30]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415NWWSCPtsRef
1996 Spears Motorsports 75 Chevy TUS AMP MMR SON MAD POR TUS EVG CNS MAD MMR SON MMR
4		 PHO LVS 49th160 [31]

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References

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