Billy Pauch

For his son the racing driver, see Billy Pauch Jr.

Billy Pauch (/paʊtʃ/ POWCH;^[4] born March 1, 1957, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American racecar driver. He resides in Frenchtown, New Jersey, where he runs the Bill Pauch Driving School.^[5]

Billy Pauch
#15 dirt Modified car
Born	(1957-03-01) March 1, 1957 (age 68) Frenchtown, New Jersey
Modified racing career
Debut season	1975
Car number	1, 5, R7, 15, 76, 121, 126
Championships	26
Wins	657[1]
Previous series
1985-present Wins Championships 1985-1992 Wins	Sprint car & SpeedSTR 85 2 Late model 2
Awards
2016 Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame[2] 1987, 1992 EMPA Al Holbert National Driver of the Year[3]
Achievements	1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000 Freedom 76 1998 Sprint Car Nationals Open 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997 Victoria 200 1980 (Small block), 1994 (Sprint car) Super Dirt Week 1993 Race of Champions 250
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish	46th (1997)
First race	1997 NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth Speedway)
Last race	1998 Stevens Beil/Genuine Parts 200 (Martinsville Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of September 10, 2024.

Racing career

Known for racing Modifieds, dirt small-block and big-block Modifieds, and dirt sprint cars throughout the eastern United States, Pauch had over 600 career feature wins. Pauch was the 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2013 New Egypt Speedway Modified division champion claiming over 100 wins at the track (the second place only has 29), among many other track championships. Pauch has also made four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts, with his best finish coming in 1998 at Flemington Speedway where he finished in sixth place in the No. 06 Dick Greenfield Dodge. In 1988, Pauch won 42 feature races and earned three track championships.^[6] He is still racing in weekly races in New Jersey as of June 2024.^[1][7]

Personal life

Pauch attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School, which was located near the Flemington Speedway. At the time, you couldn't race in New Jersey until you were 18, so Pauch started on Pennsylvania tracks. But each day he went to school he saw the Flemington track a few hundred yards away, and it became his home track for the next couple of decades.^[8]

Pauch's daughter Mandee Pauch Mahaney was honored as the 2024 Outstanding Woman in Racing by the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame for her work as a content creator and media personality. Building on her experiences authoring a magazine column, writing a blog, and TV pit reporting, Paunch Mahaney launched her YouTube channel, “Dirt Track Untold” in 2017.^[9][10]

His son Billy Pauch Jr. raced the Whelen Modified Tour and ARCA Menards Series, and now competes regularly with the Super DIRTcar Series.^[11]

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
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	Greenfield Racing	06	Dodge	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH 21	MLW	LVL DNQ	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM DNQ	NSV	GLN	RCH 20	MAR 25	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO DNQ	LVS		46th	441	[12]
1998				WDW DNQ	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM 6	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH DNQ	MEM	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	68th	191	[13]

Winston Modified Tour

NASCAR Winston Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	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	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
1986		05		ROU	MAR	STA	TMP	MAR	NEG	MND	EPP	NEG	WFD	SPE	RIV	NEG	TMP	RIV	TMP	RIV	STA	TMP	POC 17	TIO	OXF	STA	TMP	MAR	NA	-	[14]
1996		15	Chevy	TMP	STA	NZH 29	STA	NHA	JEN	RIV	LEE	RPS	HOL	TMP	RIV	NHA	GLN	STA	NHA	NHA	STA	FLE 25	TMP						NA	-	[15]

Gallery

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