B. A. Wilson
B. A. Wilson (born January 6, 1971) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed in the Craftsman Truck Series from 1997–2000.
B. A. Wilson | |||||||
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Born | Bonham, Texas | January 6, 1971||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
39 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 21st (2000) | ||||||
First race | 1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2000 Motorola 200 (Fontana) | ||||||
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1997
Wilson made his debut in 1997, when he drove a personally-owned vehicle into the show at Richmond with a solid qualifying effort of 17th. He drove a smart race and came home with a 14th-place finish. Wilson qualified 17th in his other 1997 race, which came at Martinsville. However, transmission troubles sidelined him this time to 31st position.
1998
Wilson ran eight more races in 1998, continuing to run his family-owned No. 85 Llumar Chevy. Wilson did a respectable job, putting the truck in the top-20 in half of his outings. His best run would end up being a 14th place at Richmond. Wilson also qualified well, getting a pair of ninth place starting positions, at Martinsville and Nashville. Bad news for Wilson was that he also did not finish half of the races and he would have to work on that to improve his 36th place in the point rankings.
1999
Wilson did improve in 1999, finishing 32nd in points after another eight-race schedule. Wilson, though, did not really have his results improve on paper as he only finished three races. However, he did set his career best finish to that point (12th at Las Vegas and career best qualifying effort (7th at Martinsville). In the season finale, at California, Wilson switched to Sonntag Racing. He finished 28th.
2000
Wilson stayed with Sonntag for the full 2000 season, he was involved in the big one at Daytona in which Geoff Bodine had the horrific crash as well. competing in twenty-one of twenty-four races and finishing 21st in points. Wilson got his first career top-10 at Texas, where he finished ninth. He later matched that effort at Chicago Motor Speedway. Other highlights included a career best qualifying effort at Pikes Peak (5th), first laps led (at Mesa Marin – 14) and then later at Chicago Motor (7 laps). However, it was not enough to keep Wilson's job and he was released following the season finale. He has not raced in NASCAR since.
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.)
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||
1997 | Viper Motorsports | 85 | Ford | WDW | TUS | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | NHA | TEX | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | NSV | GLN | RCH 14 |
MAR 31 |
SON | MMR | CAL | PHO | LVS | 81st | 191 | [1] | ||||||||||||
1998 | WDW | HOM DNQ |
PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | GLN | TEX 34 |
BRI | MLW DNQ |
NZH | CAL | PPR | IRP 19 |
NHA | FLM | NSV 30 |
HPT | LVL | RCH 14 |
MEM 18 |
GTY | MAR 26 |
SON | 36th | 820 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||
65 | MMR 28 |
PHO | LVS 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | 85 | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR 33 |
MAR 29 |
MEM 18 |
PPR | I70 | BRI | TEX 27 |
PIR | GLN | MLW | NSV DNQ |
NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP 33 |
GTY | HPT | RCH DNQ |
LVS 12 |
LVL | TEX 24 |
32nd | 796 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Sonntag Racing | 73 | Chevy | CAL 28 |
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2000 | DAY 27 |
HOM 19 |
PHO 19 |
MMR 18 |
MAR 16 |
PIR | GTY 13 |
MEM 14 |
PPR 14 |
EVG 21 |
TEX 9 |
KEN 14 |
GLN 33 |
MLW 33 |
NHA | NZH | MCH 32 |
IRP 14 |
NSV 27 |
CIC 9 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 34 |
TEX 27 |
21st | 2047 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | CAL 22 |
ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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 | AHSS | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
1993 | Wilson Motor Co. | 12 | Pontiac | DAY | FIF | TWS 19 |
TAL | KIL | CMS | FRS | TOL | POC | MCH 10 |
FRS | POC | KIL | ISF | DSF | TOL | SLM | WIN | ATL | 97th | - | [5] |
References
- "B.A. Wilson – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- "B.A. Wilson – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- "B.A. Wilson – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- "B.A. Wilson – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- "B.A. Wilson – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
External links
- B. A. Wilson driver statistics at Racing-Reference