Lawrence "Larry" Hollenbeck (April 9, 1949 – October 8, 2020) was a professional stock car racing driver residing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he designed, built and leased residential and commercial properties for 35 years. He had five Busch Series starts to his credit and fielded the #71 S.W.A.T. Fitness Chevy in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.
Larry Hollenbeck | |||||||
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Born | Kalamazoo, Michigan | April 9, 1949||||||
Died | October 8, 2020 | (aged 71)||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2004 position | 88th | ||||||
Best finish | 88th (2004) | ||||||
First race | 2003 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2004 Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo (Daytona) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 22, 2020. |
Racing career
editHollenbeck's race career began at the age of 18 at the local drag strip. He had also raced in snowmobiles, and spent a decade racing APBA-sanctioned powerboats offshore, and 3 years at oval tracks racing go-carts.
His stock car career began at a short track in Florida, then he moved on to the ARCA series. In his first race with ARCA he finished in the top 10 at Winchester Speedway in 2001. In 2002, Hollenbeck received his NASCAR Busch license. Hollenbeck ran his first NASCAR Busch series race in Talladega on April 5, 2003, where he finished 15th.
In 2004 and 2005 Hollenbeck ran in select Busch races. It was also during this time that Hollenbeck attempted several Nextel Cup races, failing to qualify at Michigan and Atlanta in 2004.
In 2008 Hollenbeck raced in several ARCA races. In the fall race at Talladega he qualified well for the race and had sponsorship from www.boyshomeinc.org.
At the 2009 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, Hollenbeck and Patrick Sheltra suffered minor injuries when Hollenbeck T-boned him at about 165 miles per hour. Both were released from the hospital three days later.[1]
Personal life
editHollenbeck died on October 8, 2020.[2]
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nextel Cup Series
editNASCAR Nextel Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref | ||
2004 | Hollenbeck Motorsports | 62 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH DNQ |
BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA Wth |
DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL DNQ |
PHO | DAR | HOM | NA | - | [3] |
Busch Series
editARCA Re/Max Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
edit- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck and Patrick Sheltra — ARCA Drivers Injury Update". Bleacher Report. October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Lawrence "Larry" Hollenbeck". The Kalamazoo Gazette. October 14, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2004 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2005 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2006 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ^ "Larry Hollenbeck – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
External links
edit- Larry Hollenbeck driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- S.W.A.T. Racing