Chuck Bown

Richard Charles "Chuck" Bown Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is a former NASCAR champion. His last ride came in 1999. He lives with his wife in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is the older brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown.

Chuck Bown
Born	(1954-02-22) February 22, 1954 (age 69) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Achievements	1990 NASCAR Busch Series Champion 1976 NASCAR Winston West Series Champion
Awards	1977 NASCAR Winston West Series Most Popular Driver West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2009)
NASCAR Cup Series career
73 races run over 16 years
Best finish	38th (1979)
First race	1972 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)
Last race	1996 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
187 races run over 11 years
Best finish	1st (1990)
First race	1986 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race	1999 Textilease/Medique 300 (South Boston)
First win	1986 Oxford 250 (Oxford)
Last win	1993 Advance Auto Parts 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 11 73 11
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
35 races run over 2 years
Best finish	9th (1997)
First race	1997 Chevy Trucks Challenge (Orlando)
Last race	1998 Sam's Town 250 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 13 1

1970s

Bown made his NASCAR debut in 1972 in the Winston Cup Series. At the age of seventeen, he ran the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway the No. 27 Plymouth owned by his father Dick. Bown started 22nd but finished 32nd that day after crashing on lap 88. Bown made 2 more starts in the No. 27 that year, with his best finish being fourteenth at the second Riverside race.

In 1973, Bown returned to the Winston Cup Series driving his father's No. 03 Dodge, finishing in the top-10 for the first time in his career at the Tuborg 400 at Riverside. In 1974, Bown again competed in the three California races on the Winston Cup Series schedule, the two events at Riverside as well as at Ontario Motor Speedway. His best finish was 20th. In 1976, Bown began driving for Gerald Cracker, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet in four races, and the No. 03 at Riverside, where he had his best finish. Bown was named the Most Popular Driver of the Year in the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1977. In 1979, Bown drove Jim Testa's No. 68 Buick and Chevrolet in 7 Winston Cup events. He scored a 7th-place finish in the Daytona 500 and a 6th-place finish in the Firecracker 400. He drove eleven races for the next two years for different owners, but did not reach the top-ten.

1986–1993

In 1986, Bown returned to NASCAR, running in the Busch Series. His first start came at the Goody's 300, where he started 28th but finished 40th after wrecking his No. 67 Buick early in the race. He made his only other start of the year at the Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, where he's started 13th and won his first career Busch race. The following season, Bown ran three races in the No. 7/56 Pontiac, but did not finish a race.

In 1989, Bown ran his first full season in Busch driving the No. 63 Pontiac at Lanier Speedway and at South Boston Speedway. He finished the season with 5 top-5s and 12 top-10s wound up ninth in the championship standings. The following year, Bown won six races and four poles. He had a total of thirteen top-fives and won the Busch Series championship over Jimmy Hensley by 200 points. That same season, he returned to the Cup series, running three races in the No. 97 Pontiac for Tex Powell, his best finish 23rd at the Atlanta Journal 500.

In 1991, Bown won three times and garnered four poles, but dropped 4th in the Busch Series points. He made one Winston Cup start driving Cale Yarborough's No. 66 Pontiac at North Wilkesboro Speedway where he finished 26th. The following season, Bown failed to win a race and had only five top-five finishes, and dropped to eleventh in the standings. In 1993, Bown won his final career pole at Richmond International Raceway and won his final race at Martinsville Speedway. He recorded 5 top-5s and 13 top-10s en route to a fourth-place points finish. He made one Winston Cup start driving the Roulo Brothers' No. 39 Chevrolet at Phoenix, finishing 24th.

Final years

 

Bown's 1997 truck

In 1994, Bown moved back up to the Cup series, driving the No. 12 Ford Thunderbird for Bobby Allison. He won the pole for the Food City 500, setting a new track record. He was seriously injured in a wreck at Pocono Raceway which sidelined him for the season.

Bown returned to racing in 1995 in four Busch races, finishing ninth at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the No. 05 Key Motorsports Ford. He competed in nine Cup races in the No. 32 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Active Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Charlotte. In 1996, Bown drove for a variety of teams in the Busch Series, his best finish 21st at Darlington Raceway. He drove the Sadler Brothers Racing' No. 95 Ford in three Winston Cup Series events but only finished one race.

In 1997, Bown began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Ford F-150 for Roush Racing. Despite not winning a race, he had four top-fives and finished ninth in the standings. The next season, Bown qualified on the pole at the season opener at Walt Disney World Speedway, but finished 25th. After that race, he was released from Roush due to downsizing. He moved to the No. 57 CSG Motorsports Ford driving in six events before being released. He ended the season driving the No. 67 Chevrolet Silverado in a pair of races, finishing seventeenth at Phoenix.

In 1999, Bown returned to Hensley to drive their No. 63 Chevrolet. Despite a seventh-place finish at Charlotte, Bown was released from the team halfway into the season, and soon retired.

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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Bown Racing	27	Plymouth	RSD 32	DAY	RCH												RSD 14	TWS	DAY	BRI	TRN	ATL	TAL	MCH	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	TWS	69th	636.75	^[1]
		27W					ONT 33	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	MCH
1973		03	Dodge	RSD 29	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD 10	MCH	DAY	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR				73rd		^[2]
1974				RSD 35	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT																			93rd	2.7	^[3]
		03W															RSD 20	MCH	DAY	BRI	NSV	ATL	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR
			Plymouth																														ONT 39
1975			Dodge	RSD 27	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT																			57th	319	^[4]
		03															RSD 34	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS							ONT 38
		26	Chevy																								MAR 26	CLT 12	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL
1976	Gerald Craker	03	Dodge	RSD 16	DAY	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT																			49th	481	^[5]
		01	Chevy														RSD 19	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 28	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL 31	ONT 19
1977				RSD 13	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD 25	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT 39		60th	258	^[6]
1978	Johnny Ray	77	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL 30	BRI	DAR 30	NWS	MAR 24	TAL 33	DOV	CLT	NSV	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		56th	301	^[7]
1979	Testa Racing	68	Buick	RSD	DAY 7	CAR	RCH	ATL 16	NWS	BRI	DAR	MAR 23	TAL DNQ	NSV	DOV	CLT 40	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY 6	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR 17	RCH	DOV	MAR						38th	523	^[8]
			Chevy																											CLT 33	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT
1980		47	Chevy	RSD 36																															51st	329	^[9]
	Testa Racing	68	Olds		DAY 35	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD
	Halpern Enterprises	02	Olds																MCH 31	DAY 37	NSV
			Chevy																			POC 35	TAL	MCH	BRI						CLT 25	CAR	ATL
	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Chevy																							DAR 11	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR
	John Kieper	93	Dodge																															ONT 27
1981	Ulrich Racing	99	Buick	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 39	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT				67th		^[10]
	Bown Racing	16	Buick																													CAR 28	ATL 15	RSD
1990	Tex Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 24	CAR		ATL 23			50th	276	^[11]
			Olds																												PHO 24
1991		72		DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	ATL DNQ	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR								76th	85	^[12]
	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	66	Pontiac																									NWS 26	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1992	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			NA	-	^[13]
1993	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO 24	ATL		71st	91	^[14]
1994	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Ford	DAY 23	CAR 25	RCH 17	ATL 41	DAR 12	BRI 23	NWS 35	MAR 7	TAL 27	SON 21	CLT 13	DOV 21	POC 39	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	42nd	1211	^[15]
1995	Active Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR 39	BRI 31	NWS DNQ	MAR DNQ	TAL	SON	CLT 21	DOV 33	POC 29	MCH 24	DAY 29	NHA 40	POC	TAL 37	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	43rd	618	^[16]
1996	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL 40	DAR DNQ	BRI DNQ	NWS	MAR	TAL 25	SON	CLT 42	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	53rd	168	^[17]

Daytona 500 results

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1979	Testa Racing	Buick	28	7
1980		Oldsmobile	15	35
1991	Tex Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1994	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Ford	37	23
1996	Sadler Brothers Racing	Ford	DNQ

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	NBGNC	Pts	Ref
1986	Quint Boisvert	67	Buick	DAY 40	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL																95th	43	^[18]
			Pontiac																		OXF 1*	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT	CAR	MAR
1987		56		DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT	DOV 29	IRP	ROU	JFC											DOV 22	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR						77th		^[19]
		7														OXF 42	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR	RCH
1988		56		DAY	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR 24	BRI	LNG																										52nd	306	^[20]
		7									NZH 24	SBO	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF 10	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH
		1																											DOV 13	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR
1989	HVP Motorsports	63	Pontiac	DAY 32	CAR 23	MAR 8	HCY 19	DAR 18	BRI 13	NZH 23	SBO 8	LAN 20	NSV 8	CLT 23	DOV 6	ROU 26	LVL 5*	VOL 3	MYB 28	SBO 3*	HCY 29	DUB 2*	IRP 8*	ROU 15	BRI 23	DAR 36	RCH 34	DOV 6	MAR 8	CLT 22	CAR 30	MAR 5				9th	3349	^[21]
1990				DAY 21	RCH 6	CAR 12	MAR 10	HCY 3	DAR 13	BRI 10	LAN 1*	SBO 1	NZH 3	HCY 1*	CLT 17	DOV 8	ROU 1*	VOL 5	MYB 9	OXF 1*	NHA 3	SBO 2*	DUB 2	IRP 4	ROU 1*	BRI 17	DAR 13	RCH 21	DOV 12	MAR 17	CLT 13	NHA 24	CAR 18	MAR 27		1st	4372	^[22]
1991				DAY 33	RCH 12	CAR 36	MAR 7	VOL 10	HCY 17	DAR 11	BRI 10	LAN 5	SBO 12	NZH 1*	CLT 25	DOV 19	ROU 25	HCY 11	MYB 1*	GLN 7	OXF 12	NHA 2	SBO 16	DUB 1*	IRP 4*	ROU 5	BRI 8	DAR 17	RCH 29	DOV 17	CLT 23	NHA 2	CAR 42	MAR 2		4th	3922	^[23]
1992				DAY 32	CAR 35	RCH 9	ATL 41	MAR 3	DAR 27	BRI 12	HCY 3	LAN 2	DUB 18	NZH 4	CLT 38	DOV 23	ROU 19	MYB 9	GLN 7	VOL 8	NHA 24	TAL 12	IRP 24	ROU 27	MCH 15	NHA 22	BRI 2	DAR 28	RCH 14	DOV 10		MAR 24		HCY 7		11th	3580	^[24]
			Chevy																												CLT 12		CAR 6
1993			Pontiac	DAY 13	CAR 10	RCH 18	DAR 12	BRI 25	HCY 8	ROU 6	MAR 5	NZH 6		DOV 16	MYB 12	GLN 6	MLW 17	TAL 26	IRP 22		NHA 27	BRI 5		RCH 14	DOV 23	ROU 3*		MAR 1		HCY 2						4th	3532	^[25]
			Chevy										CLT 8							MCH 10			DAR 20				CLT 8		CAR 13		ATL 36
1995	Key Motorsports	05	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 38	DOV	CLT 9	CAR 30								59th	306	^[26]
	Group III Racing	18	Ford																										HOM 39
1996	Day Enterprise Racing	16	Pontiac	DAY 28	CAR																															51st	629	^[27]
	Key Motorsports	05	Ford			RCH 31
	Bobby Jones Racing	50	Ford				ATL DNQ	NSV 27	DAR 21	BRI 37	HCY 23	NZH	CLT
	Bown Racing	51	Chevy											DOV 26	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP 32	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM
1998	Bown Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR DNQ	ATL			NA	-	^[28]
	Martin Motorsports	92	Chevy																															HOM DNQ
1999	HVP Motorsports	63	Chevy	DAY 11	CAR 24	LVS 25	ATL 40	DAR 17	TEX 23	NSV 40	BRI 31	TAL 25	CAL 35	NHA 18	RCH 29	NZH 31	CLT 7	DOV 41	SBO 22	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	38th	1370	^[29]

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	27	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1997	Roush Racing	99	Ford	WDW 12	TUS 9	HOM 3	PHO 8	POR 27	EVG 14	I70 3	NHA 10	TEX 4	BRI 9	NZH 7	MLW 10	LVL 22	CNS 26	HPT 20	IRP 12	FLM 12	NSV 7	GLN 34	RCH 8	MAR 16	SON 14	MMR 14	CAL 16	PHO 2	LVS 9		9th	3320	^[30]
1998				WDW 25*																											33rd	927	^[31]
	CSG Motorsports	57	Ford		HOM 12	PHO 23	POR 15	EVG 20	I70 22	GLN 16	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR
	Don VanDenBos	67	Chevy																										PHO 17	LVS 30

Awards

Bown was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Rick Carelli.^[32]

References

1. "Chuck Bown – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
2. "Chuck Bown – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
3. "Chuck Bown – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
4. "Chuck Bown – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
5. "Chuck Bown – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
6. "Chuck Bown – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
7. "Chuck Bown – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
8. "Chuck Bown – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
9. "Chuck Bown – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
10. "Chuck Bown – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
11. "Chuck Bown – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
12. "Chuck Bown – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
13. "Chuck Bown – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
14. "Chuck Bown – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
15. "Chuck Bown – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
16. "Chuck Bown – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
17. "Chuck Bown – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
18. "Chuck Bown – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
19. "Chuck Bown – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
20. "Chuck Bown – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
21. "Chuck Bown – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
22. "Chuck Bown – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
23. "Chuck Bown – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
24. "Chuck Bown – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
25. "Chuck Bown – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
26. "Chuck Bown – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
27. "Chuck Bown – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
28. "Chuck Bown – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
29. "Chuck Bown – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
30. "Chuck Bown – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
31. "Chuck Bown – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
32. . Racing West. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2010.

External links

• Chuck Bown driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Rob Moroso	NASCAR Busch Series Champion 1990	Succeeded by Bobby Labonte
Preceded by Ray Elder	NASCAR Winston West Series Champion 1976	Succeeded by Bill Schmitt