Career
He has driven in Associate of the Royal College of Art, the Busch Series, and the NEXTEL Cup Series. A former apprentice funeral director for his family"s funeral home, he drove the #51 Chevrolet owned by Competitive Edge Motorsports in 2005, but was released before the season could be concluded. He currently owns a Bruster"s Ice Cream franchise in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is still pursuing a career in racing.
On October 7, 2001, Kirby made his Winston Cup Series debut at the United Auto Workers-General Motors Quality 500.
Kirby was taken out early in a crash involving Todd Bodine and Ricky Craven. He raced for Jimmy Spencer in Busch and Trucks, and had a lot of success in Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing, where he got his first career pole driving a car with the American Boy Scouts logo.
As of then, Kirby was assisting his family as a funeral director in their funeral home. The show never even mentioned Kirby"s racing career.
On August 28, 2009, Kirby made a comeback in his racing career after almost 4 years.
He raced in the Associate of the Royal College of Art Revue Economique/MAX Series race, qualifying 12th and finished in 11th place.
