Ronnie Silver
American stock car racer and crew chief

Ronnie Silver

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American stock car racer and crew chief
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20 July 1951(Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA)
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Ronnie Silver (born July 20, 1951) is a former American stock car racer and crew chief. He raced in the NASCAR Busch Series for eight seasons, winning two races.

Career

A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Silver's career started in the Whelen All-American Series, in which he finished fourth in the 1982 Mid-Atlantic Region season. Eventually, Silver joined the Busch Series in its inaugural season as an owner driver, and finished 7th in the Southeastern 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Silver ended the season 15th in points with 1,514, along with 7 top tens and 2 top fives. In 1984, Silver was the car owner for Jack Ingram, who won the Busch 200 at Langley Speedway. In 1985, Silver claimed his first career NASCAR victory in the Bobby Isaac Memorial 200 at Hickory Motor Speedway; Silver won again at Hickory in 1986, this time in the Mountain Dew 400 after taking the lead from Jack Ingram with 11 laps left. In 1985 and 1986, Silver finished 8th (3268 points) and 7th (3927 points), respectively. In 1989, Silver's slow time trial for the All Pro 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway relegated him to the 40-lap consolation race as a last chance to qualify for the event. However, Silver did not make the field. In 1992, Silver's team served Shawna Robinson at Daytona International Speedway, North Carolina Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway, crashing at Daytona and Atlanta. The following season, Silver failed to qualify for The Pantry 300.

Later, Silver owned cars and served as crew chief for Michael Waltrip in the Busch Series, and currently works in the family auto body repair business. Eventually, Silver became the crew chief for Michael Waltrip Racing's Patty Moise in 1998 with engines supplied from Roush Racing, though in 2000, Silver worked less with the team due to business obligations in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 26 27 28 29 NWCC Pts Ref
1988 DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
NWS CAR PHO ATL NA -

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
1982 Silver Racing 12 Pontiac DAY RCH BRI
15th 1514
14 MAR
DAR HCY
SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY
ASH
HCY
SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY
LGY IRP BRI HCY
RCH MAR HCY
MAR
17 CLT
14 Olds CLT
1983 Pontiac DAY RCH
HCY
MAR
GPS
LGY
DOV
BRI
CLT
SBO
HCY
ROU
SBO
ROU
CRW
ROU
SBO
HCY
LGY
IRP
GPS
BRI HCY
RCH
NWS
SBO
MAR
ROU HCY
MAR
6th 4058
61 CAR
14 Olds NWS
SBO
DAR
CLT
1984 DAY
RCH CAR
DAR
CLT
DAR
RCH CLT
CAR
5th 3413
Pontiac HCY
MAR
ROU
NSV
LGY
MLW
DOV SBO
HCY
ROU
SBO
ROU
HCY
IRP
SBO
NWS
HCY
MAR
Lewis Motorsports 42 Pontiac LGY
Sprinkle Racing 17 Olds BRI
1985 Silver Racing 14 Olds DAY
CAR
DAR
DOV
CLT
DAR
CLT
CAR
8th 3268
Pontiac HCY
BRI
MAR
SBO
LGY
SBO
HCY
ROU
IRP
SBO
LGY
HCY
MLW
BRI
RCH
NWS
ROU
HCY
MAR
1986 Olds DAY
CAR
DAR
DOV
CLT
DAR
DOV
CLT
7th 3927
Pontiac HCY
MAR
BRI
SBO
LGY
JFC
HCY
ROU
IRP
SBO
RAL
OXF
SBO
HCY
LGY
ROU
BRI
RCH
MAR
ROU
MAR
Reedy Racing 08 Pontiac SBO
54 Pontiac CAR
1987 Silver Racing 14 Chevy DAY
DAR
CLT
DOV
DOV
CLT
CAR
17th 2719
Pontiac HCY
MAR
BRI
LGY
SBO
IRP
ROU
JFC
OXF
SBO
HCY
RAL
LGY
ROU
BRI
JFC
RCH
MAR
MAR
Brolsma Racing 26 Pontiac DAR
1988 Silver Racing 14 Chevy DAY
HCY CAR MAR DAR 20th 2217
Olds BRI
LNG
NZH SBO
NSV
CLT
DOV LVL
CAR
MAR
Thomas Brothers Racing 00 Olds ROU
LAN
MYB
SBO
HCY
LNG
IRP ROU
BRI
DAR RCH DOV MAR
CLT
Silver Racing 14 Pontiac OXF
1989 Bahari Racing 03 Pontiac DAY CAR MAR HCY
DAR BRI NZH CLT
CAR
MAR 31st 1155
30 SBO
LAN
NSV
CLT DOV ROU
LVL VOL
MYB
SBO HCY
DUB IRP ROU
BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR
1993 DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY
ATL NA -

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

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

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ATSCC Pts Ref
1985 Silver Racing 14 Pontiac ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP
CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 123rd -