Billy Moyer selling out

[klemmabyna]

I don't think the guy is going away. He can't stay still. Doubt he's going to Arizona to play golf!

Maybe kept an eye on him more than most. He was a youngster out of Des Moines following Don Hoffman, Bill Rice, Rocky Hodges and a few others to my home town track whenever Iowa State Fair Speedway rained out. Nothing better as a kid to be at the top of the county fairgrounds bleachers to see who was showing up when rain hit Des Moines, Omaha, and Eastern Iowa on a Saturday night.

Guess that feeling of Moyer showing up during my travels never changed. Felt like it lent credibility to the event and facility. And if he finished second, you know the guy that won went home feeling good that he "beat moyer".

a lot of other thoughts. like i have probably seen him win more travelling shows than any other racer when i've been in attendance.

last call: a special night. took five dirt track newbies to a summer nationals race at hales corners. they had a ball. we were last to leave the parking lot trying to sober up before hitting the road home. Billy is leaving the track driving the toter after another win. he stops in the parking lot to check something. my drunken friends swarm him. After cautious introductions and praise heaped on for his efforts that night Mr. Moyer shook all hands with that grin of his and headed on down the road for another day at work.

Wishing him the best in whatever his future brings. Feel privileged to have witnessed his career.

[chathamracefan]

At worst he is the 2nd best ever. Purely depends on opinion between Bloomer and Moyer. I remember going to the North South in mid 90’s and being stunned that Moyer ran 16th. Up to then I think every race I saw him at in Illinois he was top 3.

[lurker]

And if he finished second, you know the guy that won went home feeling good that he "beat moyer".

Back in the day for me, that would have been epic “Moyer” battles with Ken Essary and Larry Phillips at Bolivar, Lebanon, and Monett.

[Highside Hustler25]

Glad I snagged that Billy Moyer door panel 2 years ago. I new this time was getting close.

[JimBo]

Yeah, I have a Billy Moyer door hanging on the wall of my man cave. I didn't start following Late Models until the mid 90's but when he showed up around here he was the man taking home the $$ and the trophy. I hope the business he joined/bought in Arizona is racing related.

[EvelB7]

Would go to Wednesday night shows at Osky in the late 70's (I was probably 8,9 years old) and sit in the infield baseball bleachers to watch the races. Remember Billy spinning and about hitting the light pole a couple of weeks in a row. I told my buddy 'if I can't drive any better than him I will quit'...I am fairly sure I should have just never strapped in a car from that point...Congrats to Moyer on the stellar career, and thanks to their family for the help they always gave when needed (Bill Moyer helped my dad with parts several times when he needed something at the track).

[ImCryn2]

https://insidedirtracing.com/billy-m...endary-career/

The one article points out he will retire from full time racing, which I think he has since then.
I will say that now I have saw it in his own words, I previously had not. I know in an interview I listened to at some point Moyer called out whoever was interviewing him and said that he had not used that statement and I believed it because I hadn't heard/seen it myself at that point. Your links prove that statement (and myself) wrong.

[BirkyTime15B]

Sadly, no good tracks in AZ anymore either. Glad I was able to see his last win at Davenport Speedway earlier this year.

[klemmabyna]

i know, i know....

leave things buried in the archives...

From: https://www.dirtondirt.com/story_13549.html

mr. moyer is back. Again!!!


12/14/24
3:50 p.m. | Moyer still ambitious

Billy Moyer isn’t ready to call it quits nor dial back his long-standing racing career. The 67-year-old, with Batesville, Ark., car owner Keith Lawson, is planning an aggressive 50-70 race schedule in 2025.

Moyer suspects most races will be spread across the Midwest in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri with some of the sport’s biggest events sprinkled in along the way, such as Eldora Speedway’s Dream and World 100. The Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center is also on Moyer’s radar next year.

“I’d say 50-60 races, possibly 70 races. It’s a lot of races for us,” Moyer said Saturday at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show outside the Penske Racing Shocks booth. “We’re just trying to put together our team and our equipment. He’s buying a lot of new things, a lot of top-quality stuff so that hopefully we run well. But we need some more help. We need one or two more guys than what we have now."

Moyer, who teamed up with Lawson the last weekend of August after he purchased a 2024 Longhorn Chassis from Lance Landers, does have longtime crewman Steve Norris working for him, but that’s it. His race volume will ultimately be dependent upon crew help.

Moyer produced four podium finishes in seven starts with Lawson to end the season, including Sept. 20’s Comp Cams Super Dirt Series victory at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark.

Optimistic he can build off that competitiveness, Moyer’s now planning his most aggressive schedule since 2019 when he logged 70 races. He managed 40 events this year despite a six-week layoff following July 6’s nasty wreck at Minnesota’s Deer Creek Speedway.

“That didn’t seem like it was much,” Moyer said of his 40-race 2024 schedule. “Another 10-20 doesn’t seem out of the picture … the more you race, the more you get acquainted with the car and you make better decisions. When you don’t race every weekend, you kind of get behind on making changes on the car.”

Along with a relatively new Longhorn Chassis previously, Lawson has purchased a brand-new transporter and a brand-new merchandise trailer for Moyer, who will race as much as possible in 2025 because of Lawson’s overwhelming support.

“That’s right. There’s gotta be a time when you get too old and you can’t do it anymore. But I’m still having fun doing it, still having fun working on the cars, and he’s letting me run the whole operation out of my Batesville shop,” Moyer said. “It’s big for me to run that out of my place again.”

Moyer also broke out his shiny 1987 USAC Late Model championship ring at the Indianapolis convention on Sunday. The Indy-based United States Auto Club only sanctioned Late Model events from 1985-88, but Moyer will forever stand as its all-time winningest Late Model driver. Moyer, a 12-time USAC winner, calls his 1987 USAC championship jewelry “my favorite ring” because of its aesthetics, of course, but also because he remembers the season-end banquet where he took photos with that year’s Indy 500 winner, racing legend Al Unser.

“Yeah, those were the good ol' days,” Moyer said. “Back then, USAC, they had the sprint car champion, the midget champion, the IndyCar champion, and the Late Model. The Indy 500 champion was Al Unser that year, and we all got our pictures taken and got to hang out. It was fun.”

[Clayton_Wetters]

It'll be good to see the old boy run again, here in Illinois...

[Driver50x]

Wow. I sure didn’t see that coming. I hope he has a good solid season.

[pierceFAN]

I don't think it affects Jr. anyway he has his own house and race shop.

hes done racing...pretty sure he sold everything and now teaches

[pierceFAN]

Well, I was going to retire now that I'm gonna be 65 but some dik on 4m thinks I owe him something so...

right...isnt that the idea? you work all your life so that you ight be able to enjoy a few years before death?? not on the 4m...

[Henry Every]

Good deal!

[84wedge]

On a finesse track, he's still a threat.