Willie Mullins (racing driver)
Willie Mullins (born September 30, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing owner-driver. He is currently scheduled to compete part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for his own team, Mullins Racing.
Willie Mullins | |||||||
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Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia | September 30, 1980||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
25 races run over 11 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 3 (Mullins Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 35th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2008 Loud Energy Drink 150 (New Jersey) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Menards 250 (Elko) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 39th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2020 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 4, 2022. |
Racing career
Early racing career
In 2006, he would win the SCCA V8 Grand National champion, along with receiving Rookie of the Year honors.[1]
ARCA Menards Series
Throughout 2008–2012, he would race one-off events at New Jersey Motorsports Park, receiving a best of 15th in 2011.[2]
In 2016, using a car acquired from the defunct Yates Racing,[2] he would earn a top 10 finish at the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.[3]
In 2018, he would score a major upset second-place at the season-opener.[4]
In 2019, he would finish last at Daytona due to a crash on lap 3.[5]
In 2020, he would partner his team with Fast Track Racing for two races that year.[6]
In 2021, with equipment bought from the defunct KBR Development,[7] he would manage another top-10 at Elko Speedway.[8]
ARCA Menards Series East
In 2020, he would run a one-off race at New Smyrna Speedway, finishing 20th.[9]
In 2021, he would once again race a one-off at New Smyrna, earning a top-ten.[6]
Personal life
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.[10]
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(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
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 | [23] | ||
2021 | NSM 10 |
FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW | MLW | BRI | 39th | 34 | [24] | |||
2022 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | NSM 8 |
FIF 5 |
DOV | NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | 24th | 75 | [25] |
References
- Proud, Camden (2016-05-26). "Mullins headed back to road course roots; 34 car race-ready for NJMP". Paved Track Digest. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- D. Searcy, Jason (2018-07-11). "Speed Talk on 1360: Mullins proving a small team can have success in ARCA". Speed Talk on 1360. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- Warters, Nathan. "Auto racing: Fredericksburg's Mullins finishes in top 10 at ARCA race at Daytona". Fredericksburg.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- Bearden, Aaron. "Willie Mullins Turns Trash into Daytona Treasure in Runner-Up ARCA Run". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- Soquet, William. "ARCA: Daytona draft gets the best of Willie Mullins". Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- Koelle, Christian (2021-01-30). "Willie Mullins Doubling Down in Speedweek; Running East Race at New Smyrna". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- "Willie Mullins, Mullins Racing Entering Daytona with A Chance to Make Noise". TobyChristie.com. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- "Willie Mullins Finishes Eighth In Elko ARCA Race". Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- Staff, Speedway Digest. "Willie Mullins & Mullins Racing Preparing For Florida Double Dip". www.speedwaydigest.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- "Willie Mullins - ARCA". ARCA. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- "Willie Mullins – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- "Willie Mullins – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
External links
- Willie Mullins driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Mullins Racing website