B. A. Wilson

B. A. Wilson (born January 6, 1971) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed in the Craftsman Truck Series from 1997–2000.

B. A. Wilson
Born (1971-01-06) January 6, 1971
Bonham, Texas
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
39 races run over 4 years
Best finish21st (2000)
First race1997 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Last race2000 Motorola 200 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0

1997

Wilson made his debut in 1997, when he drove a personally-owned vehicle into the show at Richmond with a solid qualifying effort of 17th. He drove a smart race and came home with a 14th-place finish. Wilson qualified 17th in his other 1997 race, which came at Martinsville. However, transmission troubles sidelined him this time to 31st position.

1998

Wilson ran eight more races in 1998, continuing to run his family-owned No. 85 Llumar Chevy. Wilson did a respectable job, putting the truck in the top-20 in half of his outings. His best run would end up being a 14th place at Richmond. Wilson also qualified well, getting a pair of ninth place starting positions, at Martinsville and Nashville. Bad news for Wilson was that he also did not finish half of the races and he would have to work on that to improve his 36th place in the point rankings.

1999

Wilson did improve in 1999, finishing 32nd in points after another eight-race schedule. Wilson, though, did not really have his results improve on paper as he only finished three races. However, he did set his career best finish to that point (12th at Las Vegas and career best qualifying effort (7th at Martinsville). In the season finale, at California, Wilson switched to Sonntag Racing. He finished 28th.

2000

Wilson stayed with Sonntag for the full 2000 season, he was involved in the big one at Daytona in which Geoff Bodine had the horrific crash as well. competing in twenty-one of twenty-four races and finishing 21st in points. Wilson got his first career top-10 at Texas, where he finished ninth. He later matched that effort at Chicago Motor Speedway. Other highlights included a career best qualifying effort at Pikes Peak (5th), first laps led (at Mesa Marin – 14) and then later at Chicago Motor (7 laps). However, it was not enough to keep Wilson's job and he was released following the season finale. He has not raced in NASCAR since.

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 NCTC Pts Ref
1997 Viper Motorsports 85 Ford WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH
14		 MAR
31		 SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 81st 191 [1]
1998 WDW HOM
DNQ		 PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX
34		 BRI MLW
DNQ		 NZH CAL PPR IRP
19		 NHA FLM NSV
30		 HPT LVL RCH
14		 MEM
18		 GTY MAR
26		 SON 36th 820 [2]
65 MMR
28		 PHO LVS
19
1999 85 HOM PHO EVG MMR
33		 MAR
29		 MEM
18		 PPR I70 BRI TEX
27		 PIR GLN MLW NSV
DNQ		 NZH MCH NHA IRP
33		 GTY HPT RCH
DNQ		 LVS
12		 LVL TEX
24		 32nd 796 [3]
Sonntag Racing 73 Chevy CAL
28
2000 DAY
27		 HOM
19		 PHO
19		 MMR
18		 MAR
16		 PIR GTY
13		 MEM
14		 PPR
14		 EVG
21		 TEX
9		 KEN
14		 GLN
33		 MLW
33		 NHA NZH MCH
32		 IRP
14		 NSV
27		 CIC
9		 RCH
27		 DOV
34		 TEX
27		 21st 2047 [4]
Dodge CAL
22

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series

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

ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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 AHSS Pts Ref
1993 Wilson Motor Co. 12 Pontiac DAY FIF TWS
19		 TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH
10		 FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 97th - [5]

References
  1. "B.A. Wilson – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. "B.A. Wilson – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. "B.A. Wilson – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  4. "B.A. Wilson – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. "B.A. Wilson – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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