Joe Bessey

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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Joseph W. Bessey (born June 25, 1961) is a former NASCAR owner/driver. He won one career Busch Series race before heading back to the Busch Grand National North Series in 2001, where he continues to field teams. In his driving career in that series in the mid-1990s, he won 21 races and two championships. Bessey is also a businessman, having started his own trucking companies in his 20s.

Racing career

Busch Series

Bessey made his Busch Series debut in 1988 at the Pennsylvania 300 at Nazareth Speedway in the No. 9 Pontiac. Despite an eighth place starting spot, he finished last after a crash on the opening lap. He made five other races in 1988, his best finish being 19th at Dover. He also finished his remaining five races.

Bessey made six more starts in 1989 and finished in the top-20 in four of the six races, with 14th at Dover, a 17th at Nazareth and had a pair of 20ths. He also had a top-10 start at Richmond. However, he did not finish his other two starts, but finished 45th in points. The next season, he only started four races, finishing just one of them.

Bessey made eight starts in 1991. Driving his No. 9 Pontiacs and the No. 64 Pontiacs, Bessey finished six of his eight starts, and managed his career best finish with a 14th place at Daytona International Speedway. He also had three top-10 starts, the best being at Nazareth.

Bessey made nine starts in 1992. Bessey garnered an 11th-place run at Rockingham and then his first top-10 at Richmond. He also closed the year with three straight top-21 finishes. He was 42nd in the points, his highest showing to that date.

Bessey planned to run the full season in 1993. He made all but three races en route to a 17th-place points finish. Bessey had a best finish of third at Rockingham and added on a fourth at Rougement. He also had an eighth and a pair of 10ths. Bessey also earned his best career start of fourth at the inaugural race at Talladega.

With his success in 1993, Bessey focused more on the Busch North Series, but did manage to make 11 Busch Starts in 1994, three of which resulted in top-10s. Driving his No. 97 Bellsouth Chevy, Bessey finished sixth at Atlanta and 10th at Dover and Charlotte. He also had three top-10 starts.

Bessey returned for 1995. He had two top-10s: a ninth at Rockingham and a 10th at Nazareth. (driving for Jimmy Spencer) However, Bessey continued to struggle in finishing races, only running at the end of half of his starts.

In 1996, he drove the No. 9 Delco Remy America Chevy in 12 races. For the first time since 1992, Bessey did not finish in the top-10 in any race, but did have five top-19 finishes. At Rockingham, Bessey made his debut for Power Team; a sponsorship deal resulted in a two-year deal to go Busch Racing full-time.

Bessey returned full-time 1997, driving the No. 6 Power Team Chevy. Bessey picked up his first win at the MBNA 200, despite being ill that day. He also had four other top-10 finishes, the best being a sixth at South Boston. He also earned his first career pole in the inaugural event at Gateway, and finished 18th in points, the best run of his career.

Bessey did not win a race in 1998, but had four top-10s, the best being a fifth at Nazareth. He had a solid weekend at New Hampshire, where he won the pole and led 107 laps. However, in a late race fight for the lead with Buckshot Jones, Bessey crashed while Jones won the race. Bessey had 14 top-10 finishes to finish 18th in standings.

With Bessey going full-time Cup racing in 1999, he only made a few starts that season. His best run was a 17th at Nazareth driving for Geoffrey Bodine and an 18th at Dover (back in his No. 6). He did not finish his other three starts.

Bessey and the No. 6 only returned for one race in 2000. He started 26th at New Hampshire, but crashed on the first lap and finished 43rd.

Bessey made three starts in 2001, with a 17th at Daytona, 43rd at Talladega and a 22nd at New Hampshire (where he started in the 8th position).

Bessey made his last two starts: a 25th at New Hampshire and an 18th at Nazareth. Afterward, Bessey moved back full-time to Busch North Series as an owner, where he continues to this day.

Winston Cup Series

Bessey moved his operation up to Winston Cup in 1999, fielding the No. 60 Power Team Chevy driven by Geoffrey Bodine. Bodine was eighth in the second race of the year at Rockingham. Bodine also earned a third-place finish late in the year at Martinsville Speedway. Also, Bodine was able to qualify in every race in 1999, earning the team a 27th-place finish.

Bodine, however, was injured in the season opening Craftsman Truck Series race of 2000, and Bessey was sent scrambling for a driver. The team missed the Daytona 500, but Bessey's new driver, Ted Musgrave made the next five races. After a best finish of 16th, Musgrave left and Bessey moved onto Dick Trickle, who made three starts for Bessey, before Bodine returned to the team at Richmond. Bodine had a solid run of 13th in his return, but the team continued to struggle to qualify. Bodine only made 10 of the next 14 races. Even with a best finish of 12th, Bessey released Bodine after a 41st at Richmond.

Bessey then made his Cup debut the next week at NHIS. He barely made it in with a 42nd place starting position at his home track. He finished 27th.

Bessey then used drivers Trickle and Rich Bickle to finish out the year. However, the team began to struggle to qualifying with Bessey's team only making a handful of the final eight races.

After a failed attempt to get Hermie Sadler to drive his car with The Rock sponsoring in 2001,[1] Bessey closed down his Cup team, and ran selected Busch races after that.

Craftsman Truck Series

Bessey has also made four career starts in the Truck series. His best run came in his debut at Phoenix in 1995, where he started fifth and finished fourth in the No. 30 Taylor Togs Dodge. His other start in 1995 resulted in a 38th at Phoenix.

At NHIS in 1996, Bessey's lone run resulted in a fourth place start. Once again, he ran a solid race at his home track and drove the No. 9 Chevy to a sixth-place finish.

His sole race in 1997 came at Phoenix, driving for A. J. Foyt. There he started 19th, but struggled home to 35th place after his engine blew.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NWCCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1994 Gray Racing 62 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [2]
2000 Joe Bessey Motorsports 60 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL 64th 82 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1988 Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Pontiac DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO NSV CLT DOV
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO HCY LNG IRP
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU BRI DAR RCH
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR CLT CAR MAR 48th 428 [4]
1989 09 DAY CAR
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR HCY DAR BRI 45th 573 [5]
19 NZH
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO LAN NSV CLT IRP
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU BRI DAR DOV
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR CLT CAR MAR
9 DOV
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB RCH
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1990 DAY RCH
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR CLT 66th 256 [6]
19 NHA
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR MAR
1991 9 Olds DAY
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH CAR
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN NHA
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO DUB IRP 44th 623 [7]
91 OXF
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Shoemaker Racing 64 Pontiac ROU
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI DAR RCH DOV
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
Olds NHA
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR MAR
1992 Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Pontiac DAY
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR 42nd 922 [8]
7 Pontiac CAR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Joe Bessey Motorsports 91 Pontiac RCH
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Olds ATL
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB
Shoemaker Racing 64 Pontiac NZH
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT DOV
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU MYB GLN VOL
Joe Bessey Motorsports 93 Pontiac CAR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY
1993 97 Olds DAY
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MYB
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
17th 2834 [9]
Pontiac CAR
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT GLN
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MLW
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Chevy TAL
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1994 DAY
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR DAR
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY BRI
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROU NHA
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH CLT
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR CAR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
37th 1152 [10]
Olds RCH
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1995 Davison Motorsports Chevy DAY
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
44th 733 [11]
Pontiac RCH
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL NSV
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR BRI HCY
Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Pontiac NHA
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH BRI
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR RCH DOV CLT
Moroso Racing 20 Ford NZH
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT DOV MYB
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GLN MLW TAL SBO
Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Chevy CAR
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM
1996 DAY
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL
43
NSV
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH CLT
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TAL
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT 44th 1023 [12]
Martin Racing 92 Chevy CAR
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1997 Joe Bessey Motorsports 6 Chevy DAY
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LVS
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HCY
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TEX
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NSV
32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TAL
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GLN
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MLW
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MYB
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GTY
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH
41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAL
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18th 2835 [13]
1998 DAY
40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LVS
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NSV
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TEX
43
HCY
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TAL
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NHA
35*
NZH
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PPR
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GLN
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MLW
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MYB
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MCH
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRI
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DAR
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DOV
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GTY
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ATL
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOM
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18th 2763 [14]
1999 DAY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAL NHA
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RCH DOV
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY
39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 71st 380 [15]
Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy NZH
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT
2000 Joe Bessey Motorsports 6 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA
43
CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 120th 34 [16]
2001 Pontiac DAY
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL
43
CAL RCH 77th 243 [17]
Chevy NHA
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM
2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NZH
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 85th 197 [18]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 26 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NCTCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1995 Grandaddy Racing 30 Dodge PHO
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT IRP FLM RCH MAR NWS SON MMR 62nd 209 [19]
Joe Bessey Motorsports 9 Chevy PHO
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1996 HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 87th 150 [20]
1997 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 50 Ford WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO
35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LVS 132nd 58 [21]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ABSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
1994 Joe Bessey Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
111th 475 [22]
1995 9 DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
106th - [23]
1996 7 DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
126th - [24]

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