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Andy Hillenburg
From Gregg Leary
Andy Hillenburg began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby. He won the state quarter midget championships in 1975-1979. Hillenburg won the ARCA Super Car Series Championship in 1995, with 3 time ARCA Champion Bob Dotter as Crew Chief. He won the 1995 and 1997 Daytona ARCA 200, the premiere event in the series.
Andy served as a test driver for the IROC series, competed in the 2000 Indianapolis 500, finishing 28th, and has sixteen Winston Cup starts nine Busch Series starts and four in the Craftsman Truck Series.
He operates the Fast Track High Performance Driving School and is running a team in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the Craftsman Truck Series for Bryan Silas.
Andy has also been a stunt driver in a few movies, including 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story on ESPN.
On October 2, 2007, Hillenburg purchased North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina for $4.4 million (USD). The track was put up for auction by Speedway Motorsports Inc and chairman Bruton Smith. The ARCA RE/MAX Series will run the Carolina 500 on May 4th and the USAR Hooters Procup Series would have their final race of the season at the North Carolina Speedway, in a race called the American 200 (named in honor of the name for the first race run at the Rock in 1965, the American 500) on November 1st.
• 50 cars will be starting the Carolina 500 with two rounds of qualifying.
• Tony Stewart will wave the green flag to start the race and Greg Zipadelli will drive the pace car.
• Austin Dillon, the 16-year old grandson of Richard Childress will make his ARCA debut in the Carolina 500.
• The Carolina 500 is the richest purse in ARCA’s 56 Year Series history.
• The race is 312 laps, 312 miles and 500 kilometers.
• It will be the first race at the track since 2004.
• Josh Gracin will perform the National Anthem.
• The Control Tower has been renamed the Benny Parsons Tower and there will be a ceremony to dedicate it during pre-race.
• Ricky Rudd will drive a 51st, two-seat car that will participate in the parade laps with a passenger that will submit a winning bid for the ride with all proceeds going to the United Way of Richmond County.
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