Career Summary
| NAME: | BIRTHDATE: |
| Barry Leonard Butterworth | April 25, 1939 |
| HOMETOWN: | SECONDARY SCHOOL: |
| Auckland | Auckland Avondale College |
| NICKNAMES: | |
| The fiery Kiwi, Bad boy, Buttercrunch, Crunchie, Baz, Barry B | |
| FAMILY: | |
| Father: Len Mother: Suzette Older sister: Peggy Younger brother: Max |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| ICONIC CARS DRIVEN: | |
| The Fussell and Cartwright Offenhauser The Mackay Offenhauser The Danny Lendich Edmunds Autocraft VW The Mercury Motors Outlaw (Shores) Sprintcar |
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| 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 |
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| DIED: | |
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November 9, 1993 in North Shore Hospital after a long battle with emphysema. Funeral held at Western Springs Speedway, November 12, 1993
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