Bill Amick
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Bill Amick was a NASCAR
Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) and West Coast driver from Portland, Oregon
. He has one win, nineteen top 5's, twenty-seven top 10's, and five poles in Grand National.
. That is his highest point finish in his NASCAR Grand National Career. He only raced Grand National part time because he wanted to focus on the Pacific Coast Late Models in which he finished second in the standings in 1964 and won the championship a year later. After a brief stint of running in the Can-Am Series, Amick retired and started working with NASCAR speedways.
in its first class (2002).
NASCAR
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Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) and West Coast driver from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. He has one win, nineteen top 5's, twenty-seven top 10's, and five poles in Grand National.
Driving career
After racing in the Pacific Coast Late Model Series (now NASCAR Camping World West Series), Amick jumped to Cup in 1954 and ran six races. Two years later, he was able to finish seventeenth in the standings. He improved that next year in 1957 to sixteenth place. In that year, he also won his first and only race at the Capital Speedway in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. That is his highest point finish in his NASCAR Grand National Career. He only raced Grand National part time because he wanted to focus on the Pacific Coast Late Models in which he finished second in the standings in 1964 and won the championship a year later. After a brief stint of running in the Can-Am Series, Amick retired and started working with NASCAR speedways.
Awards
Amick was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of FameWest Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame
The West Coast Stock Car Hall Of Fame is a Hall of Fame for people associated with late-model stock car racing on the West Coast of the United States. Many NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series champions are inducted in the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is located at Toyota Speedway at...
in its first class (2002).