Bahari Racing
Richmond) (Eel River) | |
Races competed | Bahari: 426 (Cup) 81 (Busch) Eel River: 58 (Eel River) |
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Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 5 (Bahari) |
Bahari Racing was a
, although they did run other manufacturers as well. The team was also known as Bahre Racing and Bahari Racing prior to its purchase by Jack Birmingham in 1999, who renamed the team Eel River Racing. It was under that name that the team ceased operating in 2001.Team history
Beginnings
The team originally started as the Bahre Racing No. 23 Pontiac owned by Dick Bahre in 1981. The team ran part-time until 1986. Chuck Rider entered the fold in 1987. The team at that point was renamed Bahari Racing, using the first two letters of each of the three principal owners' surnames (Dick BAhre, Lowrance HArry, & Chuck RIder). Waltrip, who ran a few races in late 1985 for the team, ran for Rookie of the Year in 1986 in a car sponsored by Hawaiian Punch.
1987 saw the team switch numbers from 23 to 30 and manufacturers from Pontiac to Chevrolet. Hawaiian Punch left the team, resulting in a revolving door of sponsors before All Pro Auto Parts came on for the rest of the season.
1988 saw the team switch back to
The Pennzoil Years
1991 saw Pennzoil brought in as the new sponsor for the team, and Waltrip responded with his best season to that point. The No. 30 won poles at Dover and Michigan in June, the team's first two poles. Waltrip also earned four top-5s and 12 top-10s for the team on his way to a 15th-place finish in points.[3]
1992 began with Waltrip as one of three cars that had a chance to win the Daytona 500, but a blown engine in the last 10 laps relegated him to a disappointing 18th. The rest of the year was disappointing as well, dropping to 23rd in points and recording a 4th at Rockingham as his best finish of the year.[4]
1994 and 1995 were, based on the points standings, Michael Waltrip's two best seasons in the Cup series. Waltrip drove the No. 30 to 12th in points (best among the Pontiacs) both years with nearly identical results. However, after the season, Waltrip left the team to drive the No. 21 for the Wood Brothers.
For 1996, the team hired
1997 was the team's best season in the Winston Cup Series. Benson finished 11th in points, just 1 point behind 10th place
Decline
For 1998,
1999 saw the team acquire sponsorship from the Sara Lee Corporation. Primary sponsorship would be split between four divisions- Jimmy Dean Sausages, Bryan Meats, State Fair Corn Dogs, and Rudy's Farm. Each division had its own paint scheme.
The season was a complete disaster. Cope failed to qualify for half of the first 22 races before the team was sold to Jack Birmingham and renamed Eel River Racing. He renamed it to Eel River Racing because of his native Massachusetts roots where the Eel River is in Plymouth, where Birmingham is from. Birmingham fired Cope and replaced him with Todd Bodine. Mike Bliss also ran two races in the No. 30 before the end of the season.
Eel River Racing
In 2000, the car number was changed from No. 30 to No. 27, and after Birmingham's purchase of the team, the team's best finish was a ninth-place run at Talladega on October 15, 2000 with Bliss.[8] The team's only full season was in 2000, when Fuller and Bliss raced for the team. That year the team had 10 DNFs, and would struggle to reach the top-40 in points. After a long season, the team would end up 38th in driver's points.
After running the previous two seasons with sponsorship from
Demise
The team failed to qualify for a race again until the
Team Results
Car No. 27 results
Year | Driver | 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 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
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1981 | Geoff Bodine | 23 | Pontiac | RSD | DAY 22 |
RCH
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CAR
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ATL
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BRI
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NWS
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DAR 30 |
MAR
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TAL
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NSV
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DOV | CLT
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TWS | RSD
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MCH
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DAY
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NSV
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POC
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TAL | MCH
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BRI
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DAR | RCH
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DOV
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MAR
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NWS
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CLT
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CAR
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ATL
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RSD | 49th | 210 | |||||
Charlie Glotzbach | Buick | CLT 26 |
CAR
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ATL
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RSD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982 | Geoff Bodine | DAY 42 |
RCH
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BRI
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ATL
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CAR
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DAR
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NWS
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MAR | TAL 29 |
NSV
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DOV
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CLT
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POC
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RSD | MCH
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DAY
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NSV
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POC
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TAL
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MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH
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DOV
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NWS
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CLT
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MAR
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CAR
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ATL
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RSD | 79th | 37 | ||||||||
1983 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | DAY 40 |
RCH
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CAR | ATL
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DAR
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NWS
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MAR
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TAL | NSV
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DOV
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BRI
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CLT | RSD | POC
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MCH
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DAY
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NSV
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POC | TAL | MCH
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BRI
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DAR | RCH
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DOV
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MAR
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NWS
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CLT | CAR
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ATL
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RSD | 81st | 43 | ||||||||
1984 | Sterling Marlin | DAY | RCH
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CAR 35 |
44th | 874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Hume | ATL 26 |
BRI
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NWS
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Morgan Shepherd | DAR 26 |
MAR
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TAL | NSV | DOV 36 |
CLT 17 |
RSD | POC
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MCH
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DAY 40 |
NSV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene Coyle | POC 18 |
TAL | MCH
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BRI
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DOV 21 |
MAR
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Connie Saylor | DAR 31 |
RCH
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CLT 34 |
NWS
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CAR
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ATL
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RSD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevy | DAY | RCH
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CAR 38 |
ATL
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BRI
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DAR
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52nd | 308 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dick May | Buick | NWS 25 |
MAR
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TAL | DOV
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Michael Waltrip | Pontiac | CLT 28 |
RSD | POC | MCH 18 |
BRI
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DAR 24 |
RCH
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DOV
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MAR
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NWS
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CLT 31 |
CAR
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ATL 39 |
RSD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Hull | Chevy
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MCH 32 |
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Eldon Dotson | DAY 38 |
POC | TAL
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1986 | Michael Waltrip | Pontiac | DAY DNQ |
RCH 25 |
CAR 21 |
ATL 19 |
DAR 13 |
NWS 26 |
MAR 11 |
TAL 35 |
DOV 12 |
CLT 26 |
RSD 25 |
POC 39 |
MCH 22 |
DAY 18 |
POC 11 |
TAL 14 |
GLN 17 |
MCH 32 |
BRI 13 |
DAR 16 |
RCH 14 |
DOV 16 |
MAR 14 |
NWS 23 |
CLT 19 |
CAR 13 |
ATL 20 |
RSD 31 |
19th | 2853 | |||||||||
Buick | BRI 32 |
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1987 | 30 | Chevy | DAY 22 |
CAR 17 |
RCH 12 |
ATL 39 |
DAR 19 |
NWS 24 |
MAR 10 |
TAL 25 |
CLT 11 |
DOV 21 |
POC 16 |
RSD 32 |
MCH 39 |
DAY 19 |
POC 37 |
TAL 17 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 20 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 19 |
RCH 19 |
DOV 18 |
MAR 18 |
NWS 16 |
CLT 35 |
CAR 19 |
RSD 26 |
ATL 38 |
20th | 2840 | |||||||||
Pontiac | BRI 13 |
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1988 | DAY DNQ |
RCH 31 |
ATL 12 |
DAR 21 |
BRI 12 |
NWS 32 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 33 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 36 |
RSD 11 |
POC 2 |
MCH 28 |
DAY 21 |
POC 17 |
TAL 20 |
GLN 33 |
MCH 7 |
BRI 31 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 12 |
DOV 12 |
MAR 25 |
CLT 23 |
NWS 25 |
CAR 19 |
PHO 28 |
ATL 7 |
18th | 2949 | |||||||||||
Chevy | CAR 13 |
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1989 | Pontiac | DAY 21 |
CAR 12 |
ATL 20 |
RCH 13 |
DAR 9 |
BRI 11 |
NWS 29 |
MAR 25 |
TAL 21 |
CLT 27 |
DOV 22 |
SON 10 |
POC 14 |
MCH 16 |
DAY 34 |
POC 28 |
TAL 36 |
GLN 10 |
MCH 31 |
BRI 32 |
DAR 13 |
RCH 23 |
DOV 6 |
MAR 12 |
CLT 17 |
NWS 23 |
CAR 17 |
PHO 9 |
ATL 26 |
18th | 3057 | |||||||||
1990 | DAY 8 |
RCH 27 |
CAR 28 |
ATL 38 |
DAR 9 |
BRI 20 |
NWS 27 |
MAR 8 |
TAL 5 |
CLT 4 |
DOV 26 |
SON 9 |
POC 19 |
MCH 21 |
DAY 16 |
POC 23 |
TAL 21 |
GLN 4 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 9 |
DAR 26 |
RCH 14 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 30 |
NWS 15 |
CLT 3 |
CAR 15 |
PHO 43 |
ATL 14 |
16th | 3251 | ||||||||||
1991 | DAY 38 |
RCH 17 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 5 |
DAR 3* |
BRI 23 |
NWS 7 |
MAR 7 |
TAL 5 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 32 |
SON 10 |
POC 18 |
MCH 34 |
DAY 6 |
POC 38 |
TAL 7 |
GLN 21 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 25 |
DAR 27 |
RCH 30 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 25 |
NWS 27 |
CLT 7 |
CAR 19 |
PHO 24 |
ATL 40 |
15th | 3254 | ||||||||||
1992 | DAY 18 |
CAR 4 |
RCH 34 |
ATL 28 |
DAR 14 |
BRI 17 |
NWS 29 |
MAR 27 |
TAL 38 |
CLT 25 |
DOV 15 |
SON 20 |
POC 15 |
MCH 27 |
DAY 27 |
POC 26 |
TAL 7 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 35 |
RCH 33 |
DOV 17 |
MAR 29 |
NWS 16 |
CLT 23 |
CAR 20 |
PHO 11 |
ATL 14 |
23rd | 2825 | ||||||||||
1993 | DAY 16 |
CAR 26 |
RCH 23 |
ATL 14 |
DAR 33 |
BRI 14 |
NWS 20 |
MAR 16 |
TAL 10 |
SON 23 |
CLT 13 |
DOV 27 |
POC 21 |
MCH 37 |
DAY 22 |
NHA 23 |
POC 14 |
TAL 20 |
GLN 12 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 10 |
DAR 13 |
RCH 19 |
DOV 23 |
MAR 8 |
NWS 14 |
CLT 27 |
CAR 18 |
PHO 9 |
ATL 6 |
17th | 3291 | |||||||||
1994 | DAY 31 |
CAR 10 |
RCH 31 |
ATL 23 |
DAR 15 |
BRI 5 |
NWS 11 |
MAR 17 |
TAL 3 |
SON 16 |
CLT 10 |
DOV 7 |
POC 11 |
MCH 8 |
DAY 13 |
NHA 37 |
POC 14 |
TAL 11 |
IND 8 |
GLN 20 |
MCH 14 |
BRI 7 |
DAR 31 |
RCH 26 |
DOV 33 |
MAR 19 |
NWS 21 |
CLT 10 |
CAR 26 |
PHO 36 |
ATL 10 |
13th | 3512 | ||||||||
1995 | DAY 6 |
CAR 17 |
RCH 23 |
ATL 35 |
DAR 7 |
BRI 22 |
NWS 22 |
MAR 15 |
TAL 12 |
SON 10 |
CLT 3 |
DOV 8 |
POC 9 |
MCH 12 |
DAY 15 |
NHA 14 |
POC 21 |
TAL 9 |
IND 14 |
GLN 14 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 15 |
DAR 5 |
RCH 28 |
DOV 29 |
MAR 25 |
NWS 12 |
CLT 17 |
CAR 38 |
PHO 34 |
ATL 12 |
12th | 3601 | ||||||||
1996 | Johnny Benson | DAY 23 |
CAR 20 |
RCH 37 |
ATL 38 |
DAR 24 |
BRI DNQ |
NWS 24 |
MAR 25 |
TAL 10 |
SON 18 |
CLT 38 |
DOV 17 |
POC 25 |
MCH 37 |
DAY 25 |
NHA 9 |
POC 5 |
TAL 18 |
IND 8* |
GLN 15 |
MCH 7 |
BRI 28 |
DAR 11 |
RCH 10 |
DOV 24 |
MAR 17 |
NWS 17 |
CLT 14 |
CAR 40 |
PHO 32 |
ATL 27 |
21st | 3004 | |||||||
1997 | DAY 28 |
CAR 27 |
RCH 9 |
ATL 11 |
DAR 10 |
TEX 28 |
BRI 31 |
MAR 17 |
SON 21 |
TAL 9 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 21 |
POC 27 |
MCH 10 |
CAL 13 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 18 |
POC 13 |
IND 7 |
GLN 11 |
MCH 24 |
BRI 18 |
DAR 19 |
RCH 13 |
NHA 19 |
DOV 28 |
MAR 19 |
CLT 10 |
TAL 19 |
CAR 36 |
PHO 7 |
ATL 10 |
11th | 3575 | |||||||
1998 | Derrike Cope | DAY 37 |
CAR 15 |
LVS 31 |
ATL 38 |
DAR 40 |
BRI 26 |
TEX DNQ |
TAL 22 |
CAL 39 |
CLT 33 |
DOV 35 |
RCH 34 |
MCH DNQ |
POC 26 |
SON 38 |
NHA 16 |
POC 23 |
IND DNQ |
GLN 39 |
MCH 43 |
BRI 36 |
NHA DNQ |
DAR 27 |
RCH 24 |
DOV 35 |
MAR 30 |
CLT 14 |
TAL 11 |
DAY 38 |
PHO 33 |
CAR 25 |
ATL 30 |
37th | 2065 | ||||||
Jeff Green | MAR 17 |
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1999 | Derrike Cope | DAY 18 |
CAR DNQ |
LVS 34 |
ATL 41 |
DAR DNQ |
TEX 22 |
BRI DNQ |
MAR 34 |
TAL DNQ |
CAL 42 |
RCH 42 |
CLT DNQ |
DOV 36 |
MCH 32 |
POC DNQ |
SON 37 |
DAY DNQ |
NHA DNQ |
POC DNQ |
IND 32 |
GLN DNQ |
MCH DNQ |
44th | 1678 | ||||||||||||||||
Todd Bodine | BRI 15 |
DAR DNQ |
RCH 19 |
NHA 39 |
DOV DNQ |
CLT 36 |
PHO 25 |
HOM 27 |
ATL 43 |
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Mike Bliss | MAR 32 |
CAR 42 |
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Buckshot Jones | TAL 27 |
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2000 | Jeff Fuller | 27 | DAY DNQ |
CAR 42 |
LVS 36 |
ATL 22 |
DAR 36 |
BRI 37 |
TEX 38 |
36th | 2048 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Bliss | MAR 35 |
TAL 24 |
CAL 35 |
RCH 41 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 35 |
MCH 37 |
POC 33 |
SON 22 |
DAY 28 |
NHA 32 |
POC 24 |
IND 31 |
GLN 39 |
MCH 28 |
BRI DNQ |
DAR 28 |
RCH DNQ |
NHA 19 |
DOV 43 |
MAR 28 |
CLT 43 |
TAL 9 |
CAR 21 |
PHO 38 |
HOM 40 |
ATL DNQ |
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2001 | Kenny Wallace | DAY 25 |
CAR 42 |
LVS 31 |
ATL 29 |
DAR 31 |
BRI 38 |
TEX 25 |
MAR 37 |
TAL DNQ |
CAL 37 |
RCH 40 |
CLT 40 |
DOV 27 |
MCH DNQ |
POC DNQ |
SON DNQ |
42nd | 1782 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Bliss | DAY DNQ |
CHI DNQ |
NHA DNQ |
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Rick Mast | POC 35 |
IND DNQ |
GLN 27 |
MCH 39 |
BRI 41 |
DAR 30 |
RCH 34 |
DOV DNQ |
KAN DNQ |
CLT
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MAR
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TAL
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PHO
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CAR
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HOM
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ATL
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NHA |
References
- ^ Michael Waltrip 1988 Winston Cup Results
- ^ Michael Waltrip 1990 Winston Cup Results
- ^ Michael Waltrip 1991 Winston Cup Results
- ^ Michael Waltrip 1992 Winston Cup Results
- ^ Miller 400 (September)/W[permanent dead link]
- ^ Derrike Cope 1998 Winston Cup Results
- ^ 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Owner's Standings
- ^ Owner's statistics, Retrieved June 13, 2007
- ^ Jayski - 2001 Team Chart Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 29, 2012
External links
- Dick Bahre owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Chuck Rider owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Jack Birmingham owner statistics at Racing-Reference