Neil Bonnett

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Neil Bonnett's 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar.

Lawrence Neil Bonnett (July 30, 1946 – February 11, 1994) was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. Bonnett was a member of the Alabama Gang, and started his career with the help of Bobby and Donnie Allison. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s with his performances in cars owned by Jim Stacy and Wood Brothers Racing, becoming one of the top competitors in the 1980s. The Alabama native currently ranks 47th in all-time NASCAR Cup victories.^[1] He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder. Bonnett hosted the TV show Winners for TNN from 1991 to 1994, and was a color commentator for CBS, TBS, and TNN in the years until his death. Bonnett's racing career was interrupted in 1990 when he suffered a severe brain injury in a crash that left him with amnesia and chronic dizziness. While working towards a much-anticipated comeback to the NASCAR circuit, Bonnett died as a result of injuries he sustained in a crash during a practice run for the 1994 Daytona 500. He lost control of his vehicle and collided with the outside wall in turn four, resulting in massive head injuries that proved fatal.

NASCAR career

Bonnett was born in the Birmingham suburb of Hueytown, Alabama on July 30, 1946. Bonnett began his NASCAR career as a protégé of 1983 Winston Cup champion Bobby Allison, working on the team's cars. He later became part of the famous "Alabama Gang" that included himself, Red Farmer and the Allison family: father Bobby, brother Donnie and, later, son Davey. He began driving in NASCAR in 1974 and earned his first victory in 1977 at the Capital City 400 in Richmond, Virginia driving for Harry Hyde-Jim Stacy Racing, which had bought out the K&K Insurance team that he had previously driven for. He earned another victory in 1977 at the Los Angeles Times 500, which would be the last Dodge win in NASCAR until 2001. Many were anticipating a dominant year for Bonnett in 1978, but issues with his cars (stemming from financial problems between Hyde and Stacy) forced him to drop out of many races. In addition, Bonnett had grown tired of Stacy's dictatorial management style and tendency to miss payments, which led to Hyde suing Stacy for unpaid bills.^[2] In 1979 he signed with Wood Brothers Racing to replace David Pearson and revived his career with three victories. He then went on to win back-to-back World 600s (NASCAR's longest race, which is now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1982 and 1983, and back-to-back Busch Clash victories in 1983 and 1984.

In 1984, Bonnett joined Junior Johnson's racing team, becoming teammates with Darrell Waltrip. In 1985, he had his best statistical season, finishing fourth in the points standings. Waltrip went on to win his third Winston Cup championship.

Bonnett participated in International Race of Champions (IROC) during three seasons (1979, 1980, and 1984), and finished second twice.

Bonnett holds the distinction of being the winner of the first ever NASCAR race held outside of North America when he won the 1988 Goodyear NASCAR 500 at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne, Australia (at the time the newly opened Thunderdome was also the first NASCAR style speedway to be built outside of North America). The race, which ran two weeks after the Daytona 500, was not a Winston Cup race but featured some drivers from the circuit including fellow Alabama Gang member Bobby Allison, Michael Waltrip, Dave Marcis and Kyle Petty, who were up against Australian drivers somewhat new to NASCAR racing. Bonnett, who had won the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway the previous weekend, started from the pole driving his Valvoline sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. He and Allison (who had won the Daytona 500 two weeks previous), driving a Buick LeSabre, dominated the 280 lap 500 km (310 mile) crash-marred race, finishing first and second, respectively, with Dave Marcis finishing third. Cabin temperatures in the cars were reported to have reached over 57 °C (135 °F) as the race was held during Australia's notoriously hot summer.

On April 1, 1990, Bonnett was involved in a life-threatening crash during the TranSouth 500 at Darlington, South Carolina, when his car slammed into Sterling Marlin's car during a 14-car crash on lap 212. He was left with amnesia and dizziness, and ultimately chose to retire from racing and turn to television, where he became a race color commentator for TNN, CBS Sports, and TBS Sports, and hosted the TV show Winners for TNN.

However, Bonnett still desired to continue racing. In 1992, he began testing cars for his good friends, fellow racer Dale Earnhardt and car owner Richard Childress. Bonnett was medically cleared to race again in 1993 and upon Earnhardt's suggestion, Childress gave Bonnett a ride for the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway which was numbered 31 and sponsored by GM Goodwrench. His comeback race was marred by a crash in which his car spun, became airborne, and crashed into the spectator fence. He walked away from the wreck unharmed and called the remainder of the race from the CBS broadcast booth after being cleared at the infield care center. He would also start the final race of the 1993 season in Atlanta, but he dropped out after just three laps. The reason the team gave for removing the car from the race was a blown engine; however, he was teamed with points leader Earnhardt, and the car was retired to assist Earnhardt in winning the season's championship. Earnhardt needed to maximize his finishing position, and by Bonnett quitting the race he was assured of those three championship points. This would become Bonnett's final NASCAR Winston Cup Series start.

Death

Despite the challenges and setbacks, Bonnett was determined to continue racing. He secured a ride and sponsorship for at least five races in the 1994 season with car owner James Finch, including the season-opening race, the Daytona 500, for Phoenix Racing. But on February 11, 1994, during the first practice session for the 1994 Daytona 500, a shock mount broke, causing him to lose control of his Chevrolet on the track's high-banked fourth turn. The car swerved onto the track apron, and then up the steep bank, before crashing into the wall nearly head-on. Bonnett did not survive the accident; he was 47 years old.

That weekend, another racing death occurred, as 1993 Goody's Dash (four-cylinder) champion Rodney Orr was also killed in a racing crash during the practices surrounding the first weekend. In the middle of the second Goodyear-Hoosier tire war, Hoosier withdrew from the race immediately. Five years later, the broken shock mounts became an issue again in NASCAR, as cars bottoming out were evident during the first night race at Daytona in 1998. By 2000, NASCAR imposed a new rule where the sanctioning body built the shocks and had mandatory specification springs for the cars to prevent this tactic, to stop the dangerous tactics being used to reduce drag that led to the fatal crashes.

Bonnett is buried in Pleasant Grove's cemetery, Forest Grove Memorial Gardens. A road called "Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive" in his hometown honors him, along with fellow native Davey Allison, who died seven months earlier.

When Earnhardt, Bonnett's colleague, won the 1998 Daytona 500, he dedicated the victory to Bonnett among others.

Earnhardt himself died in a racing accident during the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. About three weeks after the accident, magazine photographers released photographs of Bonnett's autopsy, as well as those of another driver who died a few days later, Rodney Orr, to the public, which led to a lawsuit.^[3]

When Brad Keselowski scored Phoenix Racing's first Sprint Cup win 15 years later in the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, Finch dedicated the win to Bonnett. During the 2013 season, Finch designed the No. 51 car's paint scheme in the Cup and Nationwide Series like Bonnett's 1994 Country Time Chevrolet that he drove shortly before his death.

In popular culture

Bonnett was portrayed by the actor Sean Bridgers in the TV movie 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story.

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	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NWCCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts	Ref
1973	K&K Insurance Racing	1	Dodge	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR				NA	-	^[4]
1974	Roberts Racing	77	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL 45Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	NSV	ATL	POC												87th	3.52	^[5]
1974	Bobby Allison Motorsports	1	Chevy																					TAL 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR	ONT		87th	3.52	^[5]
1975	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12		RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC	TAL 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT		NA	0	^[6]
1976	Bonnett Racing	12		RSD	DAY 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	DAR 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	DAY 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			TAL 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR	ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ONT		32nd	1130	^[7]
1976	Penske Racing	2	Mercury																	NSV QL^†	POC														32nd	1130	^[7]
1977	K&K Insurance Racing	71	Dodge	RSD 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	DOV	CLT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD	MCH																	18th	2649	^[8]
1977	Jim Stacy Racing	5	Dodge																DAY 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC	TAL 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	BRI 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR	RCH 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ONT 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		18th	2649	^[8]
1978			Dodge	RSD 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		DOV 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NSV 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".																	12th	3129	^[9]
			Olds										TAL 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		CLT 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".								MCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Osterlund Racing		Chevy																DAY 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		BRI 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 3*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		MAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ONT 37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Osterlund Racing		Olds																								DOV 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1979	Jim Stacy Racing		Chevy	RSD 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".																															26th	2223	^[10]
	Jim Stacy Racing		Olds		DAY 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Ellington Racing		Olds			CAR 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI
	Kennie Childers Racing	12	Olds								DAR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Mercury									MAR 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 17*	NSV	DOV 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TWS	RSD 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	POC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	DOV 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	CAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ONT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1980			Mercury	RSD 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	CAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	MAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	DOV 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TWS	RSD 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	POC 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	DOV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	MAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ONT 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	19th	2865	^[11]
1981			Ford	RSD 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	CAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	NWS	DAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	DOV 13*	CLT 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TWS	RSD 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	POC 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	DOV 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	CLT 29*	CAR 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	22nd	2449	^[12]
1982			Ford	DAY 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		ATL 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		MAR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		DOV 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC	RSD 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV	POC	TAL 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	DAR 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS	CLT 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		17th	2966	^[13]
1982	Rogers Racing	37	Buick			BRI 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				NWS 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			NSV 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".																						17th	2966	^[13]
1983	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Chevy	DAY 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		6th	3842	^[14]
1984	Junior Johnson & Associates	12	Chevy	DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 2*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSV 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		8th	3802	^[15]
1985				DAY 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 2*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				4th	3902	^[16]
1986				DAY 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL	GLN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			13th	3369	^[17]
1987	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Pontiac	DAY 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GLN 37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR	RSD	ATL			12th	3352	^[18]
1988	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Pontiac	DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSD 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC	TAL	GLN 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PHO 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			16th	3040	^[19]
1989	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	DAY 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NWS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SON 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAY 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POC 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GLN 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DOV 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PHO 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			20th	2995	^[20]
1990	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	DAY 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DAR 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			43rd	455	^[21]
1993	Richard Childress Racing	31	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		67th	98	^[22]
1994	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy	DAY Wth^‡	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	^[23]
^† - Qualified for Bobby Allison · ^‡ - Fatal accident

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1976	Bonnett Racing	Chevrolet	13	5
1977	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	11	37
1978	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	12	27
1979	Jim Stacy Racing	Oldsmobile	20	32
1980	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	3	3
1981		Ford	3	33
1982		Ford	14	25
1983	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	4	22
1984	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	7	4
1985			19	10
1986			12	32
1987	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	15	12
1988	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	14	4
1989	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	38	42
1990	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	31	11
1994	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Wth^†
^† - He died during practice before season started

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	35	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts	Ref
1983	Butch Mock Motorsports	75	Pontiac	DAY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	CAR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR 1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HCY	MAR	29th	820	^[24]
1984		89	Olds	DAY 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	DAR	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR							87th	97	^[25]
1985	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	17	Chevy	DAY	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR									66th	170	^[26]
1987	RahMoc Enterprises	51	Pontiac	DAY 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT	DOV	IRP	ROU	JFC	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR	MAR									45th	303	^[27]
1988		51	Pontiac	DAY 41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR									71st	164	^[28]
1988	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Buick																												CLT 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAR	MAR						71st	164	^[28]
1993	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	3	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".								106th	58	^[29]

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	Q1	Q2	Q3	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1978–79	Chevy	MCH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	RSD	RSD 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			2nd	NA	^[30]
1979–80	Chevy	MCH 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH	RSD	RSD 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ATL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			7th	20	^[31]
1984	Chevy				MCH 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CLE 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TAL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MCH 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2nd	55	^[32]

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