1988 nascar busch series drivers

Glossary view expanded 1988 driver standings tweet. Iconic beersponsored cars in nascar through the years. Calling all nascar winston cup nascar, racing fans. The best road course racers in nascar history sportsbreak. Nascar busch grand national series standings for 1988 click on the driver to see 1988 racelevel statistics for that driver. March 26, 1988 geoffrey bodine won the nascar xfinity busch grand national series country squire 200 at darlington raceway. Nascar nationwide series formerly busch grand national series driver championship. Wallace put up six wins and won the nascar cup series title in 1989. Nascars 15 most underrated drivers of all time bleacher. The first driver to win multiple championships was sam ard in 1983 and 1984. The car became most popular when yarborough was involved in a. In addition to busch the reigning nascar cup series champion the only active fulltime drivers among the best of the best on the alltime wins list are jimmie johnson, kevin harvick and.

Reynolds tobacco company, it was referred to as the nascar winston cup series 19712003. Waltrip has also won the 1976 snowball derby and the 1981 busch clash. The busch pole award was sponsored by anheuserbusch beginning in 1978, and busch had been the official beer of nascar from 1988 through 1997. While some female nascar drivers have transitioned or attempted to transition from openwheel racing and sports car racing sarah fisher, janet guthrie, danica patrick, most have. With high temperatures and a curvy, sometimes treacherous course, riversides. Named rookie of the year in the busch series in 2004 and nextel cup series in 2005, he holds several documents, which include 9 wins inside the three series like 70 within the xfinity and 24 victories through the 3 disciplines in 2010. Kurt busch accumulated 31 wins and nearly 300 top 10s over 20 years of racing in nascars top series. Nascar busch north series standings for 1988 click on the driver to see 1988 racelevel statistics for that driver. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars sprint cup series 0 of 10 the late dale earnhardt left with son dale earnhardt jr. Since the early days of the xfinity series, many nascar cup series drivers have. Kyle busch is alive in all three of the top nascar series. The win was his fifth of six career series wins and the first of. These are the 15 best road course drivers in nascar.

But, some cup drivers are on their way down the ladder to collect a bounty. The nascar cup series is the top racing series of the national association for stock car auto racing nascar. The best nascar drivers in history page 16 history a2z. Nascar hall of famer dale earnhardt leads the series in busch clash at daytona wins. Nascar busch series 1998 standings driver database. Nascar budweiser late model sportsman series 19821983. Chase elliott claims firstcareer nascar cup series win at watkins glen elliott held off martin truex jr. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the r. A total of 23 different drivers have won the busch clash at daytona. Martin was also included in nascars 50 greatest drivers list and held a. Nationality of participating drivers % country drivers.

Nascar late model sportsman national championship 19501981. But the busch series has also established its own tradition of ultra. Nowhere within the realm of racing is this more true than in the world of nascar. In 1994, robinson became the first woman to clinch pole position in one of the major series, topping the qualifying race for the xfinity series busch light 300 series at the atlanta speedway on march 12, 1994. Our database contains history of drivers for nascar car numbers.

Ryan newman 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 and kyle busch 2006, 2012, 2016, 2019 lead the nascar cup series in busch poles at phoenix raceway with four each. Mike alexander in the 1988 nascar busch grand national series. In the two decades since it grew out of the longrunning late model sportsman series, the busch circuit has become famous as a training ground for future winston cup stars like jeff gordon, mark martin, bobby labonte, and dale earnhardt jr. Nascar nationwide series formerly busch grand national series driver championships. Fellows made his cup series debut at watkins glen in 1995 and was a mainstay at the. Nascar cup series news latest monster energy nascar cup.

Nascar busch series 1988 standings driver database. The series began in 1949 as the strictly stock division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the grand national division. Anheuserbusch taps into nascars thirst for an official beer. Nascar busch grand national series standings for 1988.

Nascars busch series has always been about racing hard and having fun doing it. See more ideas about nascar, race cars and vintage racing. Get the complete 1988 standings, right here at espn. The nascar points system has undergone several incarnations since its initial implementation. March 27, 1994 nascar hall of famer dale earnhardt started ninth and led 166 laps in the nascar cup series at darlington raceway winning by the second largest margin of victory in the tracks history 7. Additionally, busch beer was the official beer of nascar from 1988 through 1997. The series was previously called the budweiser late model sportsman series in 1982 and 1983, the nascar busch grand national series from 1984 through 2002, the nascar busch series from 2003 through 2007, and the nascar nationwide series from 2008 through 2014. The only canadian on our list is of course one of the most popular road course ringers of all time, ron fellows. Lake speed recorded his only nascar cup series win in the transouth 500 at darlington raceway on march 27, 1988. Counting nascar, usac, asa, and local track races, waltrip holds the alltime track record for wins with 67. The 1992 mountain dew 400 at hickory motor speedway for the busch series set a nascar record for most cautions in a single race. Through points awarded based on the race finish, leading a lap and leading the most laps, drivers are awarded points in each race. The nascar xfinity series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman in nascar to the most successful xfinity series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars.

Nascar standings after race number 20 of the nascar winston cup series. It was also the second consecutive year the two drivers finished 12 at darlington. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953. Anheuserbuschs history in nascar dates back decades to 1978, when it sponsored the busch pole award. The new name of the nascar cup series is simply the. Darlington raceway nascar bgn busch grand national race 1989. Waltrips victory in the 1988 busch series event gives him the career best nine wins total at the track. Nascar busch north series standings for 1988 racing. The 1988 nascar busch series season began february and ended october 30. Nascar busch series 1988 standings championship points standings for the nascar busch series 1988. Individual driver statistics for the 1988 nascar busch series.

The drivers championship was first awarded in 1982, to jack ingram. Jimmie johnson leads all active drivers in consecutive busch clash at daytona starts with 17 2003 2019. Tommy houston roses buick regal in the busch series. James hylton is not a household name for modernera stock car racing fans but he built a legendary career as an iconoclast driver and team owner. Geoffrey bodine won the first nascar cup series busch pole award at phoenix raceway in 1988 at a speed of 123. He also took home a championship early in his career in 2004. In the last 7 nascar truck series events run by, read more. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1949 to red byron. The following is a list of female nascar drivers who have participated in a national or regional touring series race since the organizations inception in 1949, along with statistical totals for their nascar careers. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience.

Nascar winston cup nascar busch grand national season. The 1988 nascar winston cup season was the 40th season of professional stock car racing in the united states and the 17th modernera cup series. Busch is one of few drivers of who have won races in the cup series, xfinity series, and the camping world truck series. Threetime nascar premier series champion cale yarborough drove this buschsponsored car for owner junior johnson in 1979 and 1980. Car number 02 in the 1988 nascar busch grand national series. The current drivers champion is kyle busch, who won his second nascar cup series championship in 2019. This site is not associated with nascar, the national association for stock car auto racing. It is currently sponsored by comcast via its consumer cable brand xfinity. The season began on february 7 at daytona international speedway and ended on november 20 at the atlanta international speedway. Kyle petty 1988 busch series old race cars, ford racing, racing. Bill elliott of melling racing won the championship the 1988 season was notable for hosting the first of two tire wars. Race results for nascar xfinity number 02 during the nascar busch grand national series. Nascars best drivers at riverside international raceway. Chase elliott claims firstcareer nascar cup series win at.