Willie Mullins | |||||||
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![]() Mullins in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. | September 30, 1980||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
32 races run over 14 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 3 (Mullins Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 35th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2008 Loud Energy Drink 150 (New Jersey) | ||||||
Last race | 2025 Shore Lunch 250 (Elko) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 24th (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2020 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
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Statistics up to date as of June 22, 2025. |
Willie Mullins (born September 30, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing owner-driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving for his own team, Mullins Racing.
In 2006, Mullins would win the SCCA V8 Grand National champion, along with receiving Rookie of the Year honors. [1]
Throughout 2008–2012, Mullins would race one-off events at New Jersey Motorsports Park, scoring a best of fifteenth in 2011. [2]
In 2016, using a car acquired from the defunct Yates Racing, [2] Mullins earned a top-ten finish at the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway. [3] He would also run at Talladega and New Jersey, finishing seventeenth and fifteenth respectively.
In 2018, Mullins would score a major upset second-place at the season-opener. [4] He would also run the race at Elko, finishing thirteenth.
In 2019, Mullins would finish last at Daytona due to a crash on lap 3. [5] He would run the at Charlotte and the second Pocono race, finishing seventeenth and fourteenth respectively.
In 2020, after scoring a top ten for his team at Daytona, Mullins would partner his team with Fast Track Racing for two races. [6] He finished eighteenth at Talladega and eleventh at Kentucky.
In 2021, Mullins finished 28th at Daytona with a vibration issue. With equipment bought from the defunct KBR Development, [7] he would score another top-ten finish at Elko Speedway. [8] He would also run the race at Salem, finishing twelfth.
In 2022, Mullins would again run three races, finishing fourteenth at Daytona, fifteenth at Talladega, and ninth at Elko.
In 2023, Mullins ran at Daytona and Elko, finishing twentieth and eighth respectively.
In 2024, Mullins would score his first career pole in the season-opener. [9] He would finish 28th after being involved in a crash. He would return for the season finale at Toledo, finishing 9th. He was nominated for the 2025 Hoosier Heroes program later that year. [10] He would be named as a winner in December. [11]
In 2020, Mullins ran a one-off race at New Smyrna Speedway, finishing twentieth. [12]
In 2021, Mullins would once again race a one-off at New Smyrna, earning a top-ten. [6]
Mullins is the owner of Bugsy's Auto Body & Repair, which often sponsors him in his races. He has ducks that live in the pond on his property, and puts duck decals on his cars during races. [13]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Mullins Racing | 3 | Ford | NSM 20 | TOL | DOV | TOL | BRI | FIF | 50th | 24 | [28] | ||
2021 | NSM 10 | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW | MLW | BRI | 39th | 34 | [29] | |||
2022 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | NSM 8 | FIF 5 | DOV | NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | 24th | 75 | [30] |