Stuart Kirby | |||||||
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Born |
Bowling Green, Kentucky |
May 9, 1981 ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
10 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 54th (2005) | ||||||
First race | 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 53rd (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2002 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Pepsi 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
First race | 2003 New Hampshire 200 (Loudon | ||||||
Last race | 2003 John Boy & Billy 250 (SoBo) | ||||||
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Stuart Kirby (born May 9, 1981) is a race car driver. He has driven in ARCA, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series. 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 Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, KY and is still pursuing a career in racing.
On October 7, 2001, Kirby made his 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 comeback in his racing career after almost 4 years. He raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race, qualifying 12th and finished in 11th place.
() (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)