Stuart Kirby

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Stuart Kirby (born May 9, 1981 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is a race car driver.[1] He has driven in ARCA, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series.[1] A former apprentice funeral director for his family's funeral home, he drove the #51 Chevrolet owned by Competitive Edge Motorsports in 2005, but was released before the season could be concluded. He currently owns a Bruster's Real Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, KY and is still pursuing a career in racing.

Racing career

On October 7, 2001, Stuart Kirby made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut at the UAW-GM Quality 500. Kirby was taken out early in a crash involving Todd Bodine and Ricky Craven. He raced for Jimmy Spencer in Busch and Trucks, and had a lot of success in ARCA Racing, where he got his first career pole driving a car with the American Boy Scouts logo.

In late 2005, Kirby was featured alongside his wife in MTV's "The Reality Show" during a segment titled, "'Til Death Do Us Part". As of then, Kirby was assisting his family as a funeral director in their funeral home. The show never even mentioned Kirby's racing career.

On August 28, 2009, Kirby made a come back in his racing career after almost 4 years.[2] He raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race, qualifying 12th and finished in 11th place.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stuart Kirby Career ARCA/NASCAR results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 1 February 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Stuart Kirby Solid In ARCA Return". Catchfence.com. August 31, 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010. 

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