Curt Piercy

Curt Piercy
Born	Curtis B. Piercy (1962-07-01)July 1, 1962 Bloomington, Illinois
Died	March 21, 2004(2004-03-21) (aged 41) Harlan County, Kentucky
ARCA Menards Series career
89 races run over 7 years
Best finish	7th (1998)
First race	1992 Southern Illinois 250K (DuQuoin)
Last race	2000 Winn-Dixie 300 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 0
Statistics current as of April 20, 2024.

Curtis B. Piercy (born July 1, 1962 – March 21, 2004) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series from 1992 to 2000.

Racing career

Piercy began his racing career driving demolition derby cars.

In 1992, Piercy made his debut in the ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt-track, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for Ron Turpin, where he started and finished in 37th after running only nine laps due to engine issues. He then made another start at DuQuoin the following year, this time driving the No. 78 Oldsmobile, where he finished 36th due to a crash three laps in the race. It was also during this year that he tested a NASCAR Winston Cup Series car at Daytona International Speedway. Afterwards, Piercy made a start in the NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour at Mason Speedway, where he finished nineteenth. He then attempted one ARCA race in 1995 at Salem Speedway, but ultimately failed to qualify.

In 1996, Piercy ran fifteen ARCA races, primarily driving for Ron Turpin, where he achieved a best finish of sixth at Salem and finished tenth in the final points standings. He then made seventeen starts for Turpin the following year, this time getting a best finish of twelfth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt-track, and finished eleventh in the points.

In 1998, Piercy ran the full schedule for Turpin, where he achieved two top-ten finishes, both at Springfield and DuQuoin, with a best result of eighth at the former event, on his way to finish seventh in the final points standings. He then ran full-time again the following year, where he achieved two top-ten finishes with a best result of fourth at Berlin Raceway on his way to finish eleventh in the points, before switching to a part time schedule in 2000. After getting two more top-tens that year, he retired from racing after Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished in nineteenth.

Personal life & death

Piercy, alongside his wife Linda, owned both Piercy Auto Body and Piercy Powder Coating, companies based in Carlock, Illinois.

Death

On March 23, 2004, it was reported that a plane that Piercy was flying had gone missing. Piercy, along with six other passengers, including his wife Linda, Don Maurer and his wife Amy, Brad Webb and his girlfriend Erica Edgington, were said to also have been on board the plane, as all six were flying back from attending the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway held that week. The remains of the plane were found two days later in a wooded area of Little Black Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the bodies of Piercy and the other passengers were found dead in the plane.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	ABMHSC	Pts	Ref
1992	Ron Turpin	88	Chevy	DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	TOL	KIL	POC	MCH	FRS	KIL	NSH	DEL	POC	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF 37	TWS	SLM	ATL					N/A	0
1993	N/A	78	Olds	DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	KIL	CMS	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	FRS	POC	KIL	ISF	DSF 36	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL							N/A	0
1995	N/A	N/A	N/A	DAY	ATL	TAL	FIF	KIL	FRS	MCH	I80	MCS	FRS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	SBS	LVL	ISF	DSF	SLM DNQ	WIN	ATL					N/A	0
1996	Ron Turpin	10	Olds	DAY	ATL	SLM 17	TAL	FIF	LVL 11	CLT	CLT	KIL 16	FRS 17	POC	MCH	FRS 12	TOL 22	POC	MCH	INF 13	SBS 16	ISF 26	DSF 15	KIL 14	SLM 6	WIN 17			10th	2420
	Jane Brewer	9	Chevy																								CLT 34
	Ron Turpin																											ATL 22
1997			Pontiac	DAY 35	ATL 21																								11th	2445
		10	Olds			SLM 29					SBS 20	TOL 15	KIL 24	FRS 14	MIN 18	POC	MCH	DSF 26	GTW 26	SLM 27	WIN 31	CLT		ISF 12
			Pontiac				CLT 24	CLT 32	POC	MCH															ATL 16
			Chevy																				TAL 38
1998		51	Chevy	DAY 32																									7th	4095
		10	Pontiac		ATL 27				MCH 36	POC 15		TOL 18	PPR 23	POC 26			ISF 8		DSF 9	SLM 13					ATL 12
			Olds			SLM 23		MEM 18			SBS 23				KIL 24	FRS 13
		66	Pontiac				CLT 26
		10	Chevy															ATL 20			TEX 17		CLT 23	TAL 19
			Ford																			WIN 29
1999			Chevy	DAY 20			AND 15	CLT 33			TOL 21	SBS 27	BLN 4		KIL 20	FRS 15	FLM 30	ISF 12	WIN 22	DSF 8	SLM 23								11th	3525
			Pontiac		ATL 22	SLM 20			MCH 27	POC 26				POC 18								CLT DNQ	TAL 39	ATL 18
2000			Chevy	DAY 27	SLM 14	AND 22	CLT QL†	KIL 11	FRS 8	MCH 40	POC	TOL 11	KEN	BLN 7	POC	WIN 31	ISF 27	KEN DNQ	DSF 20	SLM 28	CLT								20th	1670
			Pontiac																			TAL 19	ATL
† - Qualified but replaced by J. R. Robbs

External links

• Curt Piercy driver statistics at Racing-Reference