Butch Lindley

He did not finish any, and his best run was 24th at North Wilkesboro.

Later in the year, he started 7th at Martinsville and was running well before engine failure relegated him to a 29th-place finish.

Clyde J. "Butch" Lindley Jr. (March 25, 1948 – June 6, 1990) was a Short track racer.

Clyde Lindley Jr., nicknamed Butch, was born in Greenville, South Carolina on March 25, 1948.

He began racing as a boy and pursued it as a full-time career from his late teens.

Lindley established himself as one of the country's premier short track drivers, winning track championships at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and finishing first in races at short tracks throughout the United States.

During his career Lindley won more than 500 races, perhaps as many as 550.

From 1974 through 1976 he finished second, third and third in the final points standings.

During the six-year span from 1975 through 1980 he started 385 NASCAR sanctioned events and won 154 times.

He was the champion of the NASCAR Sportsman Division in 1977 and 1978.

Lindley won the 1977 NASCAR National Sportsman championship with a total of 7,566 points.

In 1978 Lindley again captured the National Sportsman championship, finishing with 8,148 points.

He competed in 80 events and finished in the top five 58 times, including 23 wins.

In 1979 Lindley finished second in points, and in 1980 he was fifth.

Lindley continued a limited schedule in the Sportsman series after it became known as the Budweiser and then the Busch Series.

Lindley made his debut in the Winston Cup Series in 1979.

The All Pro Super Series was a stock car racing organization which operated from 1981 to 1990.

Having run in selected races of the All Pro Super Series from 1981 to 1983, in 1984 Lindley participated in all 24 events.

He finished in the top five 13 times, including seven wins, and was fourth in the final points standings.

In 1981, Lindley made three starts in his own car, the No. 26 Chevrolet.

He qualified fourth at Martinsville, but struggled in all three races.

He ran half of the 1982 schedule for Emanuel Zervakis, making 14 starts and finishing in the top 10 ten times, including four wins.

He also won two poles.

The first win came at Richmond, followed by wins at South Boston Speedway and the season finale at Martinsville.

Despite only competing in half of the events, he finished in ninth place in the final points standings.

In 1982, Lindley made four starts and finished only one.

Lindley ran 25 of the 35 races in 1983.

Lindley won three poles and posted 11 top 10 finishes.

He won races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, South Boston Speedway, and Caraway Speedway despite switching between the Emanuel Zervakis and Dana Racing teams.

Of Lindley's wins, four took place in races recognised today as major Super Late Model shows -- the Snowball Derby in 1984, the Oxford Plains Speedway 250 in 1976, the All American 400 at Fairgrounds Speedway in 1981, and the Thunder Road International Speedbowl Vermont Milk Bowl in 1977.

He was one of the few Southern drivers who successfully won the Northern late model scene.

Lindley was a regular competitor in the NASCAR Sportsman Division for several years.

Lindley made two starts in 1984, both for Ed Whitaker.

In his first outing for the team, he started 7th and finished 3rd at Richmond.

In 1985 he took part in four of 26 races in the All Pro Super series, and won twice.

Driving the No. 01 Emanuel Zervakis Racing Buick, Lindley started 14th at Martinsville.

He dominated the middle portion of the race, leading the most laps of his Grand National career (163), and finished second to Harry Gant.

It was subsequently purchased by NASCAR, and operated as the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series until it was terminated in 2006.

Despite running only a partial schedule, Lindley still finished 13th in the final point standings.

He started 14th in a Kenny Childers Chevrolet at Martinsville and finished 28th after falling out early due to overheating.