{{Short description|American racing driver (1962 – 2004)}} {{Infobox NASCAR driver | name = Curt Piercy | image = | caption = | birth_name = Curtis B. Piercy | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|07|01}} | birth_place = Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|03|21|1962|07|01}} | death_place = Harlan County, Kentucky. U.S. | Total_ARCA_Races = 89 | Years_In_ARCA = 7 | ARCA_Car_Team = | Best_ARCA_Pos = 7th (1998) | First_ARCA_Race = 1992 Southern Illinois 250K (DuQuoin) | Last_ARCA_Race = 2000 Winn-Dixie 300 (Talladega) | First_ARCA_Win = | Last_ARCA_Win = | ARCA_Wins = 0 | ARCA_Top_Tens = 7 | ARCA_Poles = 0 | updated = April 20, 2024 }} '''Curtis B. Piercy'''<ref name="MotorsportMemorial">{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ct&n=423 |title=Curt Piercy |work=Motorsport Memorial|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> (born July 1, 1962 &ndash; March 21, 2004) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series from 1992 to 2000.

==Racing career== Piercy began his racing career driving demolition derby cars.<ref name="Chicago Tribune">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/03/26/town-mourns-6-crash-victims/ |title=Town mourns 6 crash victims |work=Chicago Tribune|date=26 March 2004 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref>

In 1992, Piercy made his debut in the ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt-track, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for Ron Turpin, where he started and finished in 37th after running only nine laps due to engine issues. He then made another start at DuQuoin the following year, this time driving the No. 78 Oldsmobile, where he finished 36th due to a crash three laps in the race. It was also during this year that he tested a NASCAR Winston Cup Series car at Daytona International Speedway.<ref name="PantagraphMemorium">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-curt-piercy/12349875/ |title=Curt Piercy |work=Newspapers.com|date=24 March 2004 |page=3 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> Afterwards, Piercy made a start in the NASCAR Busch All-Star Tour at Mason Speedway, where he finished nineteenth.<ref name="Third Turn">{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Curt_Piercy |title=Curt Piercy |work=The Third Turn|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> He then attempted one ARCA race in 1995 at Salem Speedway, but ultimately failed to qualify.

In 1996, Piercy ran fifteen ARCA races, primarily driving for Ron Turpin, where he achieved a best finish of sixth at Salem and finished tenth in the final points standings. He then made seventeen starts for Turpin the following year, this time getting a best finish of twelfth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt-track, and finished eleventh in the points.

In 1998, Piercy ran the full schedule for Turpin, where he achieved two top-ten finishes, both at Springfield and DuQuoin, with a best result of eighth at the former event, on his way to finish seventh in the final points standings.<ref name="PantagraphMemorium"/> He then ran full-time again the following year, where he achieved two top-ten finishes with a best result of fourth at Berlin Raceway on his way to finish eleventh in the points, before switching to a part time schedule in 2000. After getting two more top-tens that year, Piercy retired from racing after Talladega Superspeedway, where he finished in nineteenth.<ref name="Third Turn"/>

==Personal life & death== Piercy, alongside his wife Linda, owned both Piercy Auto Body and Piercy Powder Coating, companies based in Carlock, Illinois.<ref name="PantagraphMemorium"/>

===Death=== On March 23, 2004, it was reported that a plane that Piercy was flying had gone missing. Piercy, along with six other passengers, including his wife Linda, Don Maurer and his wife Amy, Brad Webb and his girlfriend Erica Edgington, were said to also have been on board the plane, as all six were flying back from attending the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway held that week.<ref name="News19">{{cite web|url=https://www.wltx.com/article/news/missing-plane-found-no-survivors/101-384235463 |title=Missing Plane Found, No Survivors |work=News19|date=25 March 2004 |access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name="PantagraphMarch23">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-curtis-piercy/12349751/ |title=Bloomington plane, 6 people missing |work=Newspapers.com|date=23 March 2004 |page=1 |access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> The remains of the plane were found two days later in a wooded area of Little Black Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the bodies of Piercy and the other passengers were found dead in the plane.<ref name="News19"/>

==Motorsports career results==

=== ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series === (key) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led. **&nbsp;– All laps led.</span>) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan="34" |ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 ! {{Tooltip|ABMHSC|ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 1992 ! Ron Turpin ! 88 ! Chevy | DAY | FIF | TWS | TAL | TOL | KIL | POC | MCH | FRS | KIL | NSH | DEL | POC | HPT | FRS | ISF | TOL | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DSF<br>{{small|37}} | TWS | SLM | ATL | colspan=4| ! N/A ! 0 ! <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1997/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1992 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 1993 ! N/A ! 78 ! Olds | DAY | FIF | TWS | TAL | KIL | CMS | FRS | TOL | POC | MCH | FRS | POC | KIL | ISF | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DSF<br>{{small|36}} | TOL | SLM | WIN | ATL | colspan=6| ! N/A ! 0 ! <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1993/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 1995 ! N/A ! N/A ! N/A | DAY | ATL | TAL | FIF | KIL | FRS | MCH | I80 | MCS | FRS | POC | POC | KIL | FRS | SBS | LVL | ISF | DSF | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| SLM<br>{{small|DNQ}} | WIN | ATL | colspan=4| ! N/A ! 0 ! <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1995/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=3| 1996 ! Ron Turpin ! 10 ! Olds | DAY | ATL | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM<br>{{small|17}} | TAL | FIF | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVL<br>{{small|11}} | CLT | CLT | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KIL<br>{{small|16}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRS<br>{{small|17}} | POC | MCH | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRS<br>{{small|12}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOL<br>{{small|22}} | POC | MCH | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INF<br>{{small|13}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBS<br>{{small|16}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ISF<br>{{small|26}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DSF<br>{{small|15}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KIL<br>{{small|14}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SLM<br>{{small|6}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WIN<br>{{small|17}} | colspan=2| ! rowspan=3| 10th ! rowspan=3| 2420 ! rowspan=3| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1996/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! Jane Brewer ! rowspan=3| 9 ! rowspan=2| Chevy | colspan=23| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|34}} | |- ! rowspan=15| Ron Turpin | colspan=24| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|22}} |- ! rowspan=4| 1997 ! Pontiac | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY<br>{{small|35}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|21}} | colspan=23| ! rowspan=4| 11th ! rowspan=4| 2445 ! rowspan=4| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1997/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=3| 10 ! Olds | colspan=2| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM<br>{{small|29}} | colspan=4| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBS<br>{{small|20}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL<br>{{small|15}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KIL<br>{{small|24}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRS<br>{{small|14}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIN<br>{{small|18}} | POC | MCH | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DSF<br>{{small|26}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTW<br>{{small|26}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM<br>{{small|27}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WIN<br>{{small|31}} | CLT | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ISF<br>{{small|12}} | colspan=4| |- ! Pontiac | colspan=3| | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|24}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|32}} | POC | MCH | colspan=14| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL<br>{{small|16}} | colspan=3| |- ! Chevy | colspan=19| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL<br>{{small|38}} | colspan=5| |- ! rowspan=6| 1998 ! 51 ! Chevy | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY<br>{{small|32}} | colspan=24| ! rowspan=6| 7th ! rowspan=6| 4095 ! rowspan=6| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1998/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2| 10 ! Pontiac | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|27}} | colspan=3| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH<br>{{small|36}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC<br>{{small|15}} | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL<br>{{small|18}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PPR<br>{{small|23}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC<br>{{small|26}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ISF<br>{{small|8}} | | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DSF<br>{{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM<br>{{small|13}} | colspan=4| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL<br>{{small|12}} | colspan=3| |- ! Olds | colspan=2| | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SLM<br>{{small|23}} | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM<br>{{small|18}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBS<br>{{small|23}} | colspan=3| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KIL<br>{{small|24}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRS<br>{{small|13}} | colspan=12| |- ! 66 ! Pontiac | colspan=3| | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|26}} | colspan=21| |- ! rowspan=6| 10 ! Chevy | colspan=14| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|20}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX<br>{{small|17}} | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|23}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL<br>{{small|19}} | colspan=4| |- ! Ford | colspan=18| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WIN<br>{{small|29}} | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan=2| 1999 ! Chevy | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY<br>{{small|20}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AND<br>{{small|15}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|33}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TOL<br>{{small|21}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBS<br>{{small|27}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLN<br>{{small|4}} | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KIL<br>{{small|20}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRS<br>{{small|15}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FLM<br>{{small|30}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ISF<br>{{small|12}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WIN<br>{{small|22}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DSF<br>{{small|8}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SLM<br>{{small|23}} | colspan=7| ! rowspan=2| 11th ! rowspan=2| 3525 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/1999/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! Pontiac | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL<br>{{small|22}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM<br>{{small|20}} | colspan=2| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH<br>{{small|27}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC<br>{{small|26}} | colspan=3| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC<br>{{small|18}} | colspan=7| | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT<br>{{small|DNQ}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL<br>{{small|39}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL<br>{{small|18}} | colspan=4| |- ! rowspan=2| 2000 ! Chevy | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY<br>{{small|27}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM<br>{{small|14}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AND<br>{{small|22}} | style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CLT<br>{{small|QL†}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KIL<br>{{small|11}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRS<br>{{small|8}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH<br>{{small|40}} | POC | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL<br>{{small|11}} | KEN | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BLN<br>{{small|7}} | POC | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WIN<br>{{small|31}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ISF<br>{{small|27}} | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| KEN<br>{{small|DNQ}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DSF<br>{{small|20}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SLM<br>{{small|28}} | CLT | colspan=7| ! rowspan=2| 20th ! rowspan=2| 1670 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/pierccu01/2000/A/|title=Curt Piercy – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> |- ! Pontiac | colspan=18| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL<br>{{small|19}} | ATL | colspan=5| |- | colspan=32|<small><sup>†</sup> - Qualified but replaced by J. R. Robbs</small> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Racing-Reference driver|Curt_Piercy}}

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