Butch Gilliland

Leonard N. "Butch" Gilliland ^[1] (born February 25, 1958) is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Craftsman Truck Series driver from California.^[2] He was the 1997 Winston West Series champion and based on the west coast.^[2] All of his 10 Cup starts came at either Sears Point Raceway or Phoenix International Raceway, most of them as West competitors in Cup/West combination races, and all 12 of his Truck Series starts came at various west coast tracks.^[2] He has one NASCAR national series top-ten, which he recorded in a Truck Series race at Saugus Speedway in Santa Clarita, California in 1995.^[2] He retired from competitive racing in 2002.^[3]

Butch Gilliland
Born	(1958-02-25) February 25, 1958 (age 67) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Achievements	1997 NASCAR Winston West Series champion 1997 and 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series Most Popular Driver
Awards	West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2012)
NASCAR Cup Series career
10 races run over 11 years
Best finish	60th (1997)
First race	1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sonoma)
Last race	1999 Save Mart/Kragen 350 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 3 years
Best finish	39th (1995)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	1997 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 2 years
First race	1992 NASCAR/ARCA Texas World Speedway Shootout (Texas World)
Last race	1993 Western Auto Texas Shootout II (Texas World)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
123 races run over 14 years
Best finish	1st (1997)
First race	1987 American National Bank 200 (Mesa Marin)
Last race	2002 Pontiac Widetrack Grand Prix 200 (California)
First win	1995 Valencia Dodge 200 (Saugus)
Last win	1999 Bank One 250 (Rocky Mountain)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 75 15
Statistics up to date as of February 25, 2025.

He is the father of former Cup Series driver David Gilliland and the grandfather of NASCAR Cup Series driver Todd Gilliland.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

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	31	32	33	34	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1988	Gilliland Racing	14W	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL						NA	-	[4]
1989		24	Chevy	DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL						NA	-	[5]
1990				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON 28	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL						84th	79	[6]
1991		24W	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR								78th	76	[7]
		23																													PHO 29	ATL
1992		24		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON 38	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO 29	ATL						65th	125	[8]
1993		36	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON 32	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL					78th	67	[9]
1994				DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON 27	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL																	67th	82	[10]
		86W																				IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1995	Stroppe Motorsports	38	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON 42	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL				69th	37	[11]
1997	Stroppe Motorsports	38	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON 24	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL			60th	91	[12]
1998	Melling Racing	9	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON 24	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL		64th	91	[13]
1999	Gilliland Racing	38	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS DNQ	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL DNQ	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON 43	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL	69th	34	[14]

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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1995	Ultra Motorsports	06	Ford	PHO 31	TUS 26	SGS 7	MMR 29	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT 13	IRP	FLM	RCH	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO							39th	501	[15]
1996	Stroppe Motorsports	14	Ford	HOM 15	PHO 24	POR 23	EVG 21	TUS 25	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR 30	PHO DNQ	LVS DNQ			40th	611	[16]
1997	Doran Racing	71	Chevy	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS 19	104th	106	[17]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NWWC	Pts	Ref
1987	Reno Fontana	16	Pontiac	SON	RSD	SGP	EVG	POR	TAC	MMR 22	RSD								41st	29	[18]
1988	Gilliland Racing	4	Chevy	SON	MMR 22														19th	156	[19]
		14	Buick			RSD DNQ	SGP	POR			PHO DNQ
		4							EVG 28	MMR 7
1989		24		MAD 5	MMR 15	RAS 16	SON	POR 9	TCR 15	EVG 8	MMR 22	SGS 9	SON 7						10th	1304	[20]
			Chevy											PHO DNQ
1990				MMR 10	SON 28	SGS 10	POR 5	EVG 22	RAS 4	TCR 19	MMR 10	PHO DNQ							7th	1107	[21]
1991			Pontiac	EVG 3	MMR 4		SGS 3	POR 5	EVG 11	SSS 3	MMR 4								3rd	1413	[22]
		29				SON DNQ
		23										PHO 29
1992		24		MMR 5	SGS 2	SON 38	SHA 5	POR 16	EVG 6	SSS 4	CAJ 4	TWS 9	MMR 12	PHO 29					6th	1660	[23]
1993	Woodland Racing	88	Olds	TWS 43															8th	1416	[24]
	Gilliland Racing	08	Chevy		MMR 3
		36				SGS 8	SON 32	TUS 2	SHA 7	EVG 10	POR	CBS	SSS			MMR 18	PHO DNQ
			Olds											CAJ 16	TCR
1994			Chevy	MMR 3	TUS 9	SON 27	SGS 17	YAK 3	MMR 16	POR	IND DNQ	CAJ	TCR	LVS	MMR	PHO	TUS		15th	885	[25]
1995	Stroppe Motorsports	38	Ford	TUS 3	MMR 4	SON 42	CNS 4	MMR 7	POR 10	SGS 1*	TUS 5	AMP 6	MAD 2	POR 5	LVS 10	SON 2	MMR 18	PHO	3rd	2074	[26]
1996				TUS	AMP	MMR 6	SON	MAD 1	POR 18	TUS 2*	EVG 1	CNS 14*	MAD 18	MMR 2	SON 1	MMR 14	PHO	LVS 6	8th	1675	[27]
1997				TUS 15	AMP 1*	SON 24	TUS 2	MMR 1	LVS 2*	CAL 4	EVG 5	POR 1*	PPR 3	AMP 3	SON 1*	MMR 9	LVS 12		1st	2190	[28]
1998	Hilton Racing	1	Ford	TUS 1	LVS 16	PHO 23	CAL 27	HPT 22	MMR 1	AMP 15	POR 2	CAL 10	PPR 12	EVG 1	SON 22*	MMR 3	LVS 13		6th	1888	[29]
1999				TUS 17	LVS 29	PHO 8	CAL 6	PPR 27	MMR 1*	IRW 3	EVG 17	POR 25	IRW 3	RMR 1	LVS 4	MMR 23	MOT 21		10th	1821	[30]
2002	David Eshleman	01	Chevy	PHO	LVS	CAL 11	KAN	EVG	IRW	S99	RMR	DCS	LVS						43rd	130	[31]

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
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	AHSCSC	Pts	Ref
1992	Gilliland Racing	24W	Pontiac	DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	TOL	KIL	POC	MCH	FRS	KIL	NSH	DEL	POC	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS 9	SLM	ATL	88th	-	[32]
1993	Woodland Racing	88W	Olds	DAY	FIF	TWS 43	TAL	KIL	CMS	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	FRS	POC	KIL	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL			NA	-	[33]