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Terry Bivins

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Terry Bivins
Born (1943-09-13) September 13, 1943 (age 81)
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Awardsinducted into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame in its first class (2004)
NASCAR Cup Series career
28 races run over 3 years
Best finish21st (1976)
First race1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan International Speedway)
Last race1977 Southern 500 (Darlington Raceway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 8 0

Terry Bivins (born September 13, 1943) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1975 to 1977.[1] Bivins had a career-best finish of fifth in 28 races. He finished disputed second for the 1976 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Career

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Early career

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Bivins began racing in 1964 with a used 1955 Ford car that he bought at a car lot.[2][3] He added a roll cage to the car and started racing using the snow tires that came with the car.[2]

NASCAR career

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Bivins ran two NASCAR races in 1975, with a best finish of ninth at Michigan International Speedway.[1]

He ran for NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1976.[2] Bivins shared a shop with Richard Childress in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2] Bivins competed in 18 of 30 events with 6 Top 10 finishes and his career-best finish of fifth at the 1976 Richmond 400 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.[1] Bivins finished in a disputed second place for the Rookie of the Year to Skip Manning.[2] Bivins was announced as the Rookie of the Year after the Ontario Motor Speedway race.[4] Bivins was quoted by the Emporia Gazette in 2007, "I won the Rookie of the Year. We had a celebration dinner. They turned that around and gave it to Skip Manning. (Manning's sponsor) went to NASCAR and told them if his guy didn’t win the sponsor would pull out.”

Bivins competed in 8 of 30 events with 1 Top 10 during the 1977 season[1] before retiring from racing out of frustration from losing the Rookie of the Year crown.[2][4]

In his NASCAR career, he led six laps out of 7,901 - the equivalent of 8,822.8 miles (14,198.9 km).[1] For starting an average of 20th place and finishing an average of 17th, Bivins earned a grand total of $61,725 in total prize winnings.[1] Bivins raced from the age of 31 to the age of 33.[1]

Career after NASCAR

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After retiring from NASCAR, Bivins drove a limited schedule for the ASA before putting a hiatus to his stock car career in 1980.[5] In 2010, Bivins has resumed racing career[5] in a Modified.[2]

Terry later raced at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas in the Grand National Class. Car #5 and he won three feature races in 2018. He then moved to B-Mods in 2019, 2020 and 2021 when he lived in Lebo, Kansas.[6] Bivins retired from racing in the middle of 2021 with health issues.[3] He had over 400 wins in his career despite not racing during 30 of the years between his first and last race.[2][3] He won track championships on both pavement and dirt at Lakeside and I-70 Speedway.[3]

Personal life

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After retiring from NASCAR, he started his own construction company.[2] Bivins later was a professional fisherman.[2]

Throughout his career, Bivins received help from his stepfather Jim and mother Kate Jones.[3] Bivins is married to Claudia Bivins.[2] She was always on his pit crew, whether as a video recorder or helping repair the car.[2] Bivins' son James Bivins helped on his pit crew for several decades.[2]

Career Honors

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Bivins was elected in the first class (2004) into the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame for drivers in the Kansas City area.[2][3]

Motorsports results

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NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup 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 26 27 28 29 30 NWCC Pts Ref
1975 Billy Moyer 63 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH
9
DAR DOV
21
NWS MAR CLT RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT 77th 138 [7]
1976 RSD DAY
8
CAR
13
RCH
5
BRI
24
ATL
26
NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY POC
19
TAL 21st 2099 [8]
Ballard Racing 30 Chevy NSV
22
BRI
12
DAR
14
RCH
9
DOV
32
MAR
8
NWS
9
CLT
25
CAR
17
ATL
22
Bill Champion 10 Ford MCH
15
Michael Brocman 50 Chevy ONT
7
1977 Ballard Racing 03 Chevy RSD DAY
QL†
38th 841 [9]
Don Robertson 25 Chevy RCH
14
CAR
26
ATL
24
NWS
17
Mike Kempton 69 Chevy DAR
30
BRI
Bill Monaghan 81 Chevy MAR
11
80 TAL
9
NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI
Harold Miller 91 Chevy DAR
24
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT
- Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1976 Billy Moyer Chevrolet 19 8
1977 Ballard Racing Chevrolet QL
- Qualified but replaced by Walter Ballard

ARCA SuperCar Series

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

ARCA SuperCar 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 ARSC Pts Ref
1992 N/A 4 Pontiac DAY FIF TWS
8
TAL TOL KIL POC N/A 0 [10]
53 MCH
36
FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Terry Bivins NASCAR statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mlynar, Bobbi (October 25, 2007). "Lebo's Bivins back on track". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Lucas Oil Sprints at Lakeside". Lucas Oil ASCS Series. August 3, 2021. Event occurs at 12:40. FloRacing. RacinBoys.
  4. ^ a b Peterson, Rick (June 6, 2012). "At 68, Bivins still adding to racing legacy". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Terry Bivins racing information at JCS Group
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  7. ^ "Terry Bivins – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  8. ^ "Terry Bivins – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "Terry Bivins – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Terry Bivins – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.