Will Hobgood | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | 1952or1953 Winnsboro, South Carolina |
NASCAR Goody's Dash Series career | |
Debut season | 1992 |
Years active | 1992–1998, 2001 |
Starts | 100 |
Championships | 1 |
Wins | 15 |
Poles | 9 |
Best finish | 1st in 1994 |
Last updated on: December 7, 2024. |
Will Hobgood (born 1952 or 1953) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series from 1992 to 2001, where he won the championship in 1994, and won fifteen races and nine poles. He is the father of both Justin Hobgood, who has also competed in the series as well as the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and Jake Hobgood, who is a former champion of the Dash Series.
Hobgood has previously competed in the NASCAR Sportsman Division, as well as the later incarnations of the Dash Series', such as the IPOWER Dash Series and the ISCARS Dash Series. [1]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Goody's Dash Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NGDS | Pts | Ref | ||||
1992 | Will Hobgood | 65 | Pontiac | DAY 2 | HCY | LON | FLO | LAN | SUM | STH | BGS | MYB | NRV | SUM | ACE | HCY | VOL | 35th | 170 | [2] | |||||||||||
1993 | DAY 1 | NSV 3 | SUM 4 | VOL 13 | MAR 2 | LON 10 | 411 10 | LAN 2 | HCY 21 | SUM 2 | FLO 16 | BGS 1 | MYB 1* | NRV 2 | HCY 14 | VOL 3 | 3rd | 2438 | [3] | ||||||||||||
1994 | DAY 10 | VOL 4 | FLO 1 | SUM 9 | CAR 10 | 411 1** | HCY 4 | LAN 14 | BRI 4* | SUM 4 | FLO 1 | BGS 8 | MYB 30 | NRV 4 | ASH 1* | VOL 2 | HCY 2 | 1st | 2602 | [4] | |||||||||||
1995 | DAY 22 | FLO 15 | LAN 4 | MYB 4 | SUM 1* | HCY 13 | CAR 3 | STH 14 | BRI 16 | SUM 1 | GRE 2 | BGS 3 | MYB 8 | NSV 3 | FLO 11* | NWS 29 | VOL 5 | HCY 6 | HOM 4 | 4th | 2733 | [5] | |||||||||
1996 | DAY 2 | HOM 25 | MYB 5 | SUM 20 | NSV 7 | TRI 14 | CAR 17 | HCY 1 | FLO 13 | BRI 11 | SUM 2 | GRE 1* | SNM 3* | BGS 2 | MYB 4 | LAN 1* | STH 3 | FLO 12 | NWS 1* | VOL 4 | HCY 8 | 3rd | 3128 | [6] | |||||||
1997 | DAY 32 | HOM 12 | KIN 1 | MYB 1* | LAN 2 | CAR 6 | TRI 2 | FLO 2 | HCY 18 | BRI 9 | GRE 14 | SNM 2 | CLT 3 | MYB 15 | LAN 3 | SUM 8 | STA 4 | HCY 4 | USA 14 | CON 2* | HOM 5 | 3rd | 3108 | [7] | |||||||
1998 | DAY 41 | HCY | CAR | CLT | TRI | LAN | BRI 2 | SUM | GRE | ROU | SNM | MYB | CON | HCY | LAN | STA | LOU | VOL | USA 20 | HOM 5 | 41st | 468 | [8] | ||||||||
2001 | Miller Racing | 79 | Pontiac | DAY | ROU | DAR 29 | CLT | LOU | JAC | KEN | SBO | DAY | GRE | SNM | NRV | MYB | BRI | ACE | JAC | USA | NSH | 75th | 79 | [9] |
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