Tighe Scott

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Tighe Scott
TigheScott28ModifedCar.jpg
Scott in his modified
Born (1949-06-02) 2 June 1949 (age 75)
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
89 races run over 6 years
Best finish13th (1978)
First race 1976 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race 1982 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
0180

Tighe Scott (born 2 June 1949) is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He had 18 top-ten finishes in 89 races, with a career best 13th-place finish in the 1978 Winston Cup. [1]

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Racing career

Scott began as a dirt modified and sportsman driver in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey at tracks like Bridgeport, New Jersey and Middletown, New York. [2]

Scott was given the opportunity to race in the 1976 Daytona 500 by car owner Walter Ballard. [2] He started 18th in the race and finished 35th after crashing on the 58th lap. [2] Scott described the experience, "That was the first time I had ever raced on asphalt. My first time on the track, I had no idea what I was up against. It took me a couple days to get myself up to speed." [2] He competed in five more NASCAR races that season. [2] After a sixth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, Ballard offered him a full-time ride. [2]

Scott ran 26 of 30 races that season to finish 20th in season points. [1] In 1978, Scott had his highest points finish when he finished 13th in season points. [1]

Scott's father, owner of Scotty's Fashions, hired Harry Hyde to be the crew chief for his family team in 1979 with Tighe Scott as the driver. [3] Their first race together was for the 1979 Daytona 500. [2] Scott blew a tire in his 125 mile qualifying race, so he had to start 33rd in the main event. [2] He worked his way into the top-five in the race. "I was with guys I had never run alongside of before," Scott said. [2] "Our car didn’t have the horsepower they had. I couldn’t lead, but I could run good in the draft." [2] Scott was in third place in the race when he went into the pits for his final pit stop with 30 laps left. [2] He entered the pits at full speed (which was legal and common at that time), and spun from some water on pit row right before his pit stall. [2] Benny Parsons' car was overheating in the pits. [2] It took Scott some time to refire the car and he returned to the track 3/4 of a lap behind the leaders. [2] He was unable to draft with any cars and he went a lap down with one lap left. [2] Richard Petty won the race after the Donnie Allison/Cale Yarborough crash led to a fight in the infield. Scott finished sixth in the race. [2] At the following race at Rockingham Speedway, Scott recorded his best NASCAR result when he finished fourth. [2] His team's lack of funds enabled them to race in only 15 more events that season.

He ran ten races in 1980. [1] Scott's final race was at the 1982 Daytona 500 for Tom Pistone. [2] He started 30th and finished 29th after crashing on the 81st lap. [2] The crash footage was featured in the movie Stroker Ace. [2]

He returned to his roots, racing sprint cars on Pennsylvania and New York tracks. [2] In 1983 he raced sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway, and won a race at Selinsgrove. [4] The following season he raced at these and other tracks including Port Royal Speedway and a World of Outlaws (WoO) event at Orange County Fair Speedway. [4] His final race happened in 1985. [2] That season he competed in four WoO events and won his second last feature in a local event at Williams Grove. [4]

Personal life

As of 2008, Scott runs the construction and excavating business A. Scott Enterprises. [2] He also operates "Scotty's Fashions", a family garment business started by his father. [2] He is married to his second wife, the former Kathy Toman, and he has three sons and four grandchildren. [2]

On June 5, 2024, Scott was arrested and charged with two felony offenses, including obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, plus five misdemeanors, allegedly committed during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. [5]

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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPtsRef
1976 Ballard Racing 30 Chevy RSD DAY
35		 CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL
17		 NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH
15		 DAY NSV POC
30		 TAL
6		 MCH
36		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 45th566 [6]
1977 RSD
DNQ		 DAY
16		 RCH
11		 CAR
30		 ATL
25		 NWS
23		 BRI
28		 MAR
14		 TAL
17		 NSV DOV
14		 CLT
16		 RSD MCH
31		 DAY
27		 NSV
13		 POC
13		 TAL
27		 MCH
11		 BRI
5		 DAR
32		 RCH
18		 DOV
24		 MAR
20		 NWS CLT
25		 CAR
34		 ATL
19		 ONT
17		20th2628 [7]
Baxter Price 45 Chevy DAR
26
1978 Ballard Racing 30 Chevy RSD
18		 RCH
10		 CAR
34		 BRI
9		 DAR
34		 NWS
25		 MAR
25		 DOV
11		 NSV
7		 RSD
11		 NSV
22		 POC
8		 MCH
19		 BRI
23		 DAR
23		 RCH
27		 DOV
25		 MAR
29		 NWS
10		 CLT
12		 CAR
21		 ONT
DNQ		13th3110 [8]
Olds DAY
11		 ATL
34		 TAL
13		 CLT
31		 MCH
11		 DAY
10		 TAL
10		 ATL
22
1979 Buick RSD DAY
6		 CAR
4		 RCH ATL
37		 NWS BRI DAR MAR
13		 TAL
34		 NSV DOV
24		 CLT
16		 TWS RSD MCH
9		 DAY
14		 NSV POC
10		 TAL
6		 MCH
8		 BRI DAR
35		 RCH DOV
10		 MAR CLT
13		 NWS CAR
37		 ATL
29		 ONT 27th1879 [9]
1980 RSD DAY
39		 RCH CAR
37		 ATL
32		 BRI DAR NWS MAR 39th791 [10]
Olds TAL
5		 NSV CLT
36		 TWS RSD DAY
36		 NSV TAL
34		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ATL ONT
Chevy DOV
23		 MCH
10		 POC
32
1982 Tom Pistone 59 Buick DAY
29		 RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR ATL RSD 118th0 [11]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1976 Ballard Racing Chevrolet 1835
1977 3516
1978 Oldsmobile 1111
1979 Buick 336
1980 1639
1982 Tom Pistone Buick 3029

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