Mike Buckley

Mike Buckley (born October 15, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series.

Mike Buckley
Born (1963-10-15) October 15, 1963
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ARCA Menards Series career
156 races run over 20 years
Best finish10th (2001)
First race1994 Greater Des Moines Ruan Grand Prix (Des Moines)
Last race2015 Corrigan Oil 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 12 0
Statistics current as of July 13, 2023.

Racing career

In 1994, Buckley would make his ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series debut at the Des Moines Street Course, driving the No. 48 Pontiac for his own team, where he would start 33rd and finish 22nd due to an oil leak in the car. He would make five more starts that year, getting a best finish of nineteenth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt track. He would then make select starts in the No. 48 for the next four seasons, getting a total of five top-tens across those four years with a best result of sixth and Shady Bowl Speedway in 1995.

In 1999, Buckley would move over to the No. 28, switching from a Pontiac to a Chevrolet, where he would enter ten races that year, failing to qualify for four of those events and getting a best finish of tenth at Winchester Speedway. For the following year, he would fail to qualify for the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway before making five starts that year with a best finish of fourteenth at Kil-Kare Speedway.

In 2001, Buckley would compete in all but five races that year, getting two top-tens with a best finish of fifth at Toledo Speedway on his way to finish tenth in the final points standings.[1] He would then run the full schedule the following year in 2002, where he would once again get two top-tens with a best finish of sixth at Winchester, and would finish thirteenth in the points standings. In 2003, he would only get one top-ten at Winchester to finish twelfth in the final points standings, and would get no top-tens the following year to once again finish in twelfth in the standings.

In 2005, Buckley would enter in only five races, failing to qualify for four of those races and finishing 25th at Pocono Raceway due to transmission issues. He would enter in five more races the following year in 2006, this time running in a Pontiac, where he would only fail to qualify for one of those races and getting a best finish of fourteenth at the Milwaukee Mile. In 2007, he would only compete in two races, finishing ninth at Toledo and 25th at Milwaukee due to overheating issues.

After not competing in the series for two more years, Buckley would return in 2010 at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 96 Ford for Brad Smith Motorsports, where he would finish 40th after running only three laps due to battery issues.[2] After spending the next year on the sidelines, he would return to Michigan in 2012, this time driving his self owned No. 3 Chevrolet, where he would start 27th and finish nine laps down in twentieth.[3] He would race at Michigan again the following year, this time returning to the No. 28, where he would in twelfth, and would run at Chicagoland Speedway, where he would finish 21st due to an axle issue. In 2014, Buckley would run three races, finishing seventeenth at Toledo despite spinning early in the race, and would finish nineteenth and 23rd at Michigan and Kentucky Speedway respectively.[4] It was also during this year that he would run two races in the ARCA Truck Series, where he would get a best finish of ninth at Flat Rock Speedway due to handling issues.[5] For the following year in 2015, he would once again return to Michigan in the No. 28 Chevrolet, where he would finish twelfth, six laps down to race winner Ross Kenseth, and would two more starts in the ARCA trucks, getting a best finish of sixth at Angola Motorsports Speedway.[6] The Angola race would be his most recent start as a driver, as he has not competed in any racing series since then.[5]

Motorsports results

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
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 ARSC Pts Ref
1994 Mike Buckley Racing 48 Pontiac DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS
22
POC POC KIL
24
FRS INF
19
I70 ISF
30
DSF
24
TOL SLM WIN ATL N/A 0 [7]
1995 DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL
18
FRS
19
MCH I80
33
MCS
23
FRS
17
POC POC KIL
16
FRS
21
SBS
6
LVL
26
ISF
30
DSF
14
SLM
22
WIN
27
ATL 20th 1860 [8]
1996 DAY ATL SLM
15
TAL FIF
14
LVL
20
CLT CLT KIL
DNQ
FRS
14
POC MCH FRS
14
TOL
21
POC MCH INF
19
SBS
9
ISF
15
DSF
29
KIL
19
SLM
31
WIN
26
CLT ATL 16th 1715 [9]
1997 DAY
DNQ
ATL
25
SLM
9
CLT
Wth
CLT POC MCH SBS
8
TOL
19
KIL
25
FRS
11
MIN
17
POC MCH DSF
36
GTW SLM
17
WIN
22
CLT TAL ISF
32
ATL N/A 0 [10]
1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM
22
MCH POC SBS
9
TOL
25
PPR POC KIL
13
FRS
15
ISF
DNQ
ATL DSF
32
SLM TEX WIN
DNQ
CLT TAL ATL N/A 0 [11]
1999 28 DAY ATL SLM
27
AND
DNQ
CLT 35th 965 [12]
Chevy MCH
DNQ
POC TOL SBS BLN
20
POC KIL
11
FRS
11
FLM
DNQ
ISF
DNQ
WIN
10
DSF SLM
20
CLT TAL ATL
2000 DAY
DNQ
SLM
22
AND CLT KIL
14
FRS
19
MCH POC TOL
22
KEN BLN
18
POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 44th 700 [13]
2001 DAY
DNQ
NSH
20
WIN
19
SLM
20
GTY
25
KEN CLT KAN
15
MCH
15
POC MEM
7
GLN
14
KEN MCH
36
POC NSH
15
ISF
11
CHI
14
DSF
18
SLM
11
TOL
5
BLN
27
CLT
15
TAL
12
ATL
41
10th 3470 [14]
2002 DAY
11
ATL
22
NSH
30
SLM
9
KEN
21
CLT
17
KAN
31
POC
32
MCH
26
TOL
26
SBO
21
KEN
30
BLN
26
POC
40
NSH
27
ISF
38
WIN
6
DSF
20
CHI
11
SLM
15
TAL
28
CLT
27
13th 3740 [15]
2003 DAY
26
ATL
17
NSH
21
SLM
13
TOL
13
KEN
24
CLT
38
BLN
18
KAN
13
MCH
25
LER
21
POC
19
POC
14
NSH
18
ISF
17
WIN
7
DSF
19
CHI
15
SLM
30
TAL
14
CLT
40
SBO
26
12th 4105 [16]
2004 DAY
19
NSH
14
SLM
17
KEN
13
TOL
11
CLT
15
KAN
35
POC
24
MCH
22
SBO
18
BLN
24
KEN
22
GTW
12
POC
12
LER
18
NSH
19
ISF
21
TOL
33
DSF
26
CHI
18
SLM
11
TAL
15
12th 4215 [17]
2005 DAY NSH SLM
DNQ
KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH
DNQ
KAN KEN
DNQ
BLN
DNQ
POC
25
GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 102nd 230 [18]
2006 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL
DNQ
POC MCH
26
KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH
22
ISF MIL
14
TOL
29
DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 67th 490 [19]
2007 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL
9
IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL
25
GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 86th 290 [20]
2010 Brad Smith Motorsports 96 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH
40
IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 138th 30 [21]
2012 Mike Buckley Racing 3 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
20
WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 115th 130 [22]
2013 28 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
13
ROA WIN CHI
21
NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 81st 290 [23]
2014 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL
17
NJE POC MCH
18
ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN
23
KAN 42nd 400 [24]
2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH
12
CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 102nd 170 [25]

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