Phil Bonifield
Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox racing driver Phillip Bonifield (born June 23, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He was the owner/driver of Team Racing, which competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with various drivers including himself driving their trucks. He also competed in the Busch Series part-time from 2001 to 2003 as well as in two West Series races in 2007.
Racing career
Template:BLP unreferenced section Bonifield began his racing career in 1973, when he began competing with BMX bicycles. Racing across the United States, he won several championships from 1979 to 1983. In 1987, he moved to go-karts, where he raced against Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears, before competing part-time in the NASCAR Elite Division Featherlite Southwest Series in 1991.
Bonifield became a driving instructor at the Buck Baker Racing School in 1993, after he moved to the Southeast from California. Around the same time, he opened his own fabrication shop, and worked for various Winston Cup teams. In 1998, Bonifield closed his fabrication shop and began fielding entries in the Truck series. His first race as owner in a points-paying event came that season at Walt Disney World Speedway in the No. 11 Red Line Oil Chevrolet, driven by Brett Bodine, who qualified 13th but finished 32nd after an engine failure. Bodine ran two more races for Bonifield that season, both races resulting in DNFs.
In 1999, he decided to pull double duty as an owner and driver, with Tom Mazzucchi coming aboard as a partner in the No. 23 Red Line Oil truck. He made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Evergreen Speedway, finishing 30th. Bonifield would compete 13 more times that year, and finished 31st in points, and 7th in Rookie of the Year standings. In 2000, he ran just eight races, and did not finish a single race.
In 2001, Bonifield posted a career-best 24th twice, at California and Las Vegas. That same season, he began running races part-time for Impact Motorsports, and purchased Impact's owner's points and equipment after it shut down, renaming his operation Team Racing. He also made his Busch debut at the MBNA Platinum 200 for Jay Robinson Racing, starting 34th but finishing 36th after engine problems plagued the team.
In 2002, mechanical problems continued to plague Bonifield and his team, as he failed to finish any of his eleven starts that season. Despite this, he finished 31st in points. He also ran six Busch races, two for his own team, one for Bost Motorsports, and the rest for Means Racing. His best finish was a 30th at Fontana, the only race he finished that year. 2003 marked Bonifield's best Truck Series season, as he ran 21 of 25 races, and finished 20th in points. His best finish was 23rd at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Unfortunately, his success was not carried over into 2004. Neither Bonifield nor his team ran many races that season. Bonifield only qualified for events, and was twice parked for driving too slow. During the season, Bonifield sold the trucks to Bill Davis Racing and shut down the team. He and spent 2005 and 2006 developing ARCA Re/Max Series and NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series driver Andrew Myers. He returned to the Truck Series in 2006, fielding the No. 86 Chevrolet.
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.)
Busch Series
| NASCAR Busch 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 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts | Ref |
| 2001 | Jay Robinson Racing | 49 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM | 127th | 55 | [1] | |
| 2002 | Team Racing | 90 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | NHA 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NZH | CLT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
73rd | 270 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Means Racing | 52 | Ford | DOV 43Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSH | KEN | MLW 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP 43Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Bost Motorsports | 4 | Chevy | DAR 43Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 22 | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | 150th | 43 | [3] | ||
Craftsman Truck Series
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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 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NCTCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts | Ref |
| 1999 | Team 23 Racing | 23 | Chevy | HOM | PHO | EVG 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MMR | MAR | MEM | PPR 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
I70 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PIR | GLN | MLW 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NZH 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NHA 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GTY 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HPT 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH QL†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LVS 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LVL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX | CAL | 31st | 972 | [4] |
| 2000 | DAY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOM | PHO 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MMR 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR | PIR | GTY | MEM DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PPR 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
EVG 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX | KEN 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GLN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MLW | NHA | NZH 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | NSV DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CIC DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | TEX | CAL 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
39th | 617 | [5] | ||||
| 2001 | DAY | HOM | MMR | MAR | GTY 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR | PPR 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MEM | MLW 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KAN 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NHA 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | CAL 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
33rd | 932 | [6] | ||||||||||||
| 25 | NSH 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHO DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 86 | LVS 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2002 | Team Racing | DAY 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | 31st | 704 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | DAR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR | GTY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PPR 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MEM 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MLW 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KAN 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NHA | NSH DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | TEX 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SBO | LVS | PHO 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 25 | CAL 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOM DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2003 | 23 | DAY 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MLW 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KAN 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GTW 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | NSH 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NHA 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHO 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20th | 1524 | [8] | ||||||||||||
| 86 | DAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MMR | MAR | TEX 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MEM 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAL 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LVS 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SBO 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOM 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 25 | DAY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL | MAR | MFD | CLT | DOV 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TEX 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MEM | MLW | KAN 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN | GTW | MCH 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR | PHO | DAR | HOM | 107th | 64 | [9] | ||
| † – Qualified but replaced by Boris SaidScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Series
| NASCAR West Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NWSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts | Ref |
| 2007 | Pam Lippard | 30 | Chevy | CTS | PHO 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
50th | 140 | [10] | |||||||||||
| Ford | AMP 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ELK | IOW | CNS | SON | DCS | IRW | MMP | EVG | CSR | AMP | ||||||||
References
External links
Template:Means Racing Template:Impact Motorsports Template:JRR Template:Team Racing
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