Career Summary

NAME:

Barry Leonard Butterworth

BIRTHDATE:

April 25, 1939

SECONDARY SCHOOL:

Auckland Avondale College

HOMETOWN:

Auckland

NICKNAMES:

The fiery Kiwi, Bad boy, Buttercrunch, Crunchie, Baz, Barry B

FAMILY:

Father: Len
Mother: Suzette
Older sister: Peggy
Younger brother: Max

PARTNERS AND CHILDREN:

1959-66: Partner/wife Joan, son Floyd
1966-1986: Partner/wife Troy, sons Brendan and Dale
1988-1993: Partner/wife Joy, stepchildren Shane, Dale and Vanessa

SPEEDWAY INVOLVEMENT:

TQ driver: 1956-1961
Motorcycle solo rider: 1959-60
Midget driver: 1961-88, 1990-92
Supermodified driver: 1971-73
Sprintcar driver: 1975-77, 1980-90
Promoter: 1984, 1985-86, 1987-90

ICONIC CARS DRIVEN:

The Fussell and Cartwright Offenhauser
The Mackay Offenhauser
The Danny Lendich Edmunds Autocraft VW
The Mercury Motors Outlaw (Shores) Sprintcar

COMPETIVE RECORD:

NZ Midget Car Champion: 1963-64, 1865-66, 1972-73
Waiwakaiho Midget Champion: 1962-63, 1963-64
South Australian Speedcar Champion: 1964-65
NSW Speedcar Champion: 1970-71
Auckland Midget Champion: 1973-74, 74-75, 75-76, 76-7, 77-78, 78-79
World Quarter Mile Midget Champion (Western Springs): 1972-73
NZ Sprintcar Champion: 1980-81
Auckland Supermodified Champion: 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77
Auckland Sprintcar Champion: 1977-78
Supermodified feature winner at West Capitol Raceway, Sacramento, 1973
USAC midget feature winner at Haubstadt, Indiana, 1979
Winner of the 1979 USAC Midget Rookie of the Year award
Winner of 10 TQ, 26 Sprintcar and 103 Midget feature races
(including 64 midget features at Western Springs Stadium)
Posthumously inducted into the NZ Speedway Hall of Fame in 2006

DIED:

November 9, 1993 in North Shore Hospital after a long battle with emphysema. Funeral held at Western Springs Speedway, November 12, 1993