Willie Mullins (racing driver)
Willie Mullins | |||||||
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Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia | September 30, 1980||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
28 races run over 13 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 3 (Mullins Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 35th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2008 Loud Energy Drink 150 (New Jersey) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Owens Corning 200 (Toledo) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 24th (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2020 New Smyrna 175 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 7, 2024. |
Willie Mullins (born September 30, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing owner-driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving for his own team, Mullins Racing.
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]
In 2024, Mullins would score his first career pole at the season-opener.
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 | [24] | ||
2021 | NSM 10 |
FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW | MLW | BRI | 39th | 34 | [25] | |||
2022 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | NSM 8 |
FIF 5 |
DOV | NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | 24th | 75 | [26] |
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.
- ^ a b 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 (17 February 2016). "Auto racing: Fredericksburg's Mullins finishes in top 10 at ARCA race at Daytona". Fredericksburg.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ^ Bearden, Aaron (20 February 2018). "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.
- ^ a b 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". 14 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ^ Staff, Speedway Digest (4 February 2020). "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 – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "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