Bud Moore Engineering
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Owner(s) | Bud Moore Robert, Sue and Randy Fenley |
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Base | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Series | Grand National/Winston Cup |
Race drivers | Joe Weatherly, Buddy Baker, David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Dale Earnhardt, Benny Parsons, Ricky Rudd, Lake Speed, Geoff Bodine |
Sponsors | R.C. Cola / Motorcraft / Wrangler |
Manufacturer | Ford/Mercury/Pontiac |
Opened | 1961 |
Closed | 2001 |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 2 |
Race victories | 63 |
Bud Moore Engineering, later Fenley-Moore Racing, was a championship-winning NASCAR team. It was owned and operated by mechanic Bud Moore and ran out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. While the team was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s, the final years were tumultuous due to lack of sponsorship and uncompetitive race cars.
History
1960s
Bud Moore Engineering debuted in 1961, at a qualifying race for the Daytona 500. The team won its debut with Joe Weatherly driving the No. 8 Pontiac. Weatherly drove for the team for most of the season, and won eight races. Bud Moore Engineering became one of the first multi-car teams in NASCAR history, fielding the No. 18 for five races. Bob Welborn, Fireball Roberts, Cotton Owens, and Tommy Irwin drove that car.
In 1962, Weatherly returned and had a phenomenal year, winning five races and that year's
1963 saw Weatherly and Moore repeating as champions, despite winning only three races and running just over half of the schedule. Welborn returned to the second car(No. 06) at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 29th,
Weatherly was considering retirement going into 1964, and he drove only a couple of races for Moore, until tragedy struck. While racing Moore's No. 8
Wade himself died in a tire test at Daytona International Speedway. Moore retired No. 1 and fielded the Nos. 15 and 16 for Earl Balmer and Dieringer, respectively. Dieringer had another win and a third-place points finish, while Balmer had three top-fives. After that season, Moore cut down to Dieringer's car and ran a limited schedule, with Dieringer nailing down two more victories.
At the end of the season, Dieringer moved on and Moore had a rotation of drivers in his No. 16, Bobby Allison, Gordon Johncock, Sam McQuagg, Cale Yarborough, and LeeRoy Yarbrough all drove, most of whom finished in the top-ten one. In 1968, Cale returned for one race, and Tiny Lund drove for thirteen races, finishing in the top ten seven times. BME only ran one race in 1969, with Don Schissler finishing 36th at the inaugural Talladega 500.
1970s
Bud Moore Engineering took a three-year hiatus until 1972, when David Pearson piloted the No. 15
In 1974,
Baker's replacement was Bobby Allison. Allison won five races each over the next two seasons, including the 1978 Daytona 500, and finished second and third in the points, respectively. By the end of the 1970s, Bud Moore Engineering had returned to prominence.
1980s
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After Allison won four races in 1980 and finished sixth in points, he left for other opportunities. He was replaced by
After 1987, Rudd departed for King Racing, rookie Brett Bodine replaced him. Compared to the teams' previous success, Bodine's performance was disappointing, and he left to replace Rudd at King.
1990s
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In 1990, Moore chose
Speed returned in 1994, this time with
Final years
After the disappointment of
After a failed attempt with
Car Results (Modern Era)
Car No. 15 Results
Sprint Cup Series results
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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 | Owners | Pts |
1972 | David Pearson | 15 | Ford | RSD 26 |
DAY | RCH
|
ONT | CAR | ATL 4 |
BRI
|
[N 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LeeRoy Yarbrough | DAR 26 |
NWS
|
MAR
|
TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donnie Allison | CLT 34 |
DOV
|
MCH 33 |
RSD
|
TWS
|
DAY 8 |
BRI
|
TRN | ATL 32 |
TAL
|
MCH
|
NSV
|
DAR 38 |
RCH
|
DOV
|
MAR | NWS
|
CLT 25 |
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Dick Brooks | CAR 34 |
TWS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973 | Bobby Isaac | RSD 27 |
DAY 2 |
RCH 4 |
CAR 30 |
BRI 15 |
ATL 2 |
NWS 28 |
DAR 33 |
MAR 3 |
TAL 26 |
NSV 7 |
CLT 4 |
DOV 29 |
TWS 32 |
RSD 33 |
MCH
|
DAY 39 |
BRI 22 |
ATL 35 |
TAL 13 |
NSV
|
[N 1] | ||||||||||||||||
Darrell Waltrip | DAR 8 |
RCH 26 |
DOV
|
NWS 30 |
MAR
|
CLT 38 |
CAR 27 |
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1974 | George Follmer | RSD 18 |
DAY 20 |
RCH
|
CAR 5 |
BRI 28 |
ATL 4 |
DAR 22 |
NWS 6 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 28 |
NSV 6 |
DOV 5 |
[N 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buddy Baker | CLT 22 |
RSD
|
MCH 30 |
DAY 3 |
BRI 2 |
NSV 25 |
ATL 3 |
POC 2 |
TAL 6* |
MCH 4 |
DAR 33 |
RCH
|
DOV 2 |
NWS 3 |
MAR 2 |
CLT 37 |
CAR 34 |
ONT 5 |
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1975 | RSD | DAY 20 |
RCH
|
CAR 25 |
BRI 3 |
ATL 2 |
NWS 3 |
DAR 19 |
MAR 19 |
TAL 1* |
NSV | DOV 11 |
CLT 5 |
RSD
|
MCH
|
DAY 2* |
NSV
|
POC 3 |
TAL 1* |
MCH 6 |
DAR 28 |
DOV 33 |
NWS 4 |
MAR 18 |
CLT 3 |
RCH
|
CAR 28 |
BRI 24 |
ATL 1* |
ONT 1* |
15th | 3050 | |||||||
1976 | RSD 28 |
DAY 33 |
CAR 4 |
RCH 29 |
BRI 21 |
ATL 25 |
NWS 26 |
DAR 2* |
MAR 27 |
TAL 1* |
NSV 4 |
DOV 5 |
CLT 28 |
RSD 5 |
MCH 5 |
DAY 35 |
NSV 23* |
POC 2 |
TAL 2* |
MCH 31 |
BRI 5 |
DAR 31 |
RCH 5 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 3 |
NWS 4 |
CLT 4* |
CAR 28 |
ATL 5 |
ONT 39 |
7th | 3745 | |||||||
1977 | RSD 12 |
DAY 3 |
RCH 9 |
CAR 4 |
ATL 5 |
NWS 4 |
DAR 7 |
BRI 29 |
MAR 24 |
TAL 33 |
NSV 6 |
DOV 9 |
CLT 5 |
RSD 5 |
MCH 6 |
DAY 7 |
NSV 6 |
POC 27 |
TAL 6 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 15 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 6 |
MAR 21 |
NWS 9 |
CLT 4 |
CAR 29 |
ATL 7 |
ONT 4 |
5th | 3961 | |||||||
1978 | Bobby Allison | RSD 30 |
DAY 1 |
RCH 6 |
CAR 2 |
ATL 1* |
BRI 21 |
DAR 14 |
NWS 6 |
MAR 6 |
TAL 38 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 3 |
NSV 21 |
RSD 3 |
MCH 24 |
DAY 27 |
NSV 7 |
POC 3 |
TAL 6 |
MCH 5 |
BRI 22 |
DAR 5 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 1* |
MAR 7 |
NWS 3 |
CLT 1* |
CAR 2 |
ATL 6 |
ONT 1* |
2nd | 4367 | ||||||
1979 | RSD 19 |
DAY 11 |
CAR 1* |
RCH 2* |
ATL 2* |
NWS 1 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 26 |
MAR 4 |
TAL 1 |
NSV 3 |
DOV 4 |
CLT 22 |
TWS 2 |
RSD 1 |
MCH 7 |
DAY 30 |
NSV 16 |
POC 9 |
TAL 28 |
MCH 23 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 10 |
RCH 1* |
DOV 6 |
MAR 4 |
CLT 2 |
NWS 2* |
CAR 19 |
ATL 4 |
ONT 2 |
3rd | 4633 | ||||||
1980 | RSD 18 |
RCH 2 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 3 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 30 |
NWS 3 |
MAR 25 |
NSV 5 |
DOV 1 |
TWS 3 |
RSD 15* |
MCH 8 |
NSV 6 |
POC 34 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 6 |
RCH 1* |
DOV 30 |
NWS 1* |
MAR 22 |
CAR 26 |
ONT 4 |
6th | 4019 | ||||||||||||||
Mercury | DAY 2 |
TAL 40 |
CLT 26 |
DAY 1* |
TAL 35 |
MCH 7 |
CLT 29 |
ATL 38 |
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1981 | Benny Parsons | Ford | RSD 16 |
DAY 31 |
RCH 5 |
CAR 24 |
ATL 5 |
BRI 5 |
NWS 21 |
DAR 5 |
MAR 23 |
TAL 36 |
NSV 1 |
DOV 32 |
CLT 37 |
TWS 1 |
RSD 20 |
MCH 3 |
DAY 39 |
NSV 3 |
POC 3 |
TAL 13 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 39 |
RCH 1 |
DOV 34 |
MAR 24 |
NWS 29 |
CLT 38 |
CAR 6 |
ATL 36 |
RSD 27 |
10th | 3449 | ||||
1982 | Dale Earnhardt | DAY 36 |
RCH 4 |
BRI 2* |
ATL 28* |
CAR 25 |
DAR 1* |
NWS 3 |
MAR 23 |
TAL 8 |
NSV 10 |
DOV 3 |
CLT 30* |
POC 34 |
RSD 4 |
MCH 7 |
DAY 29 |
NSV 9 |
POC 25 |
TAL 35 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 20 |
NWS 20 |
CLT 25 |
MAR 27 |
CAR 14 |
ATL 34 |
RSD 42 |
12th | 3402 | ||||||
1983 | DAY 35 |
RCH 2 |
CAR 33 |
ATL 33 |
DAR 13 |
NWS 29 |
MAR 26 |
TAL 24 |
NSV 24 |
DOV 8 |
BRI 9 |
CLT 5 |
RSD 4 |
POC 8 |
MCH 15 |
DAY 9 |
NSV 1* |
POC 30 |
TAL 1* |
MCH 7 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 11 |
RCH 22 |
DOV 35 |
MAR 4 |
NWS 2 |
CLT 14 |
CAR 17 |
ATL 33 |
RSD 4 |
8th | 3732 | |||||||
1984 | Ricky Rudd | DAY 7 |
RCH 1 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 8 |
BRI 6 |
NWS 3* |
DAR 9 |
MAR 18 |
TAL 22 |
NSV 4 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 11 |
RSD 9 |
POC 18 |
MCH 40 |
DAY 15 |
NSV 16 |
POC 39 |
TAL 14 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 16 |
DAR 5 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 3 |
MAR 27 |
CLT 8 |
NWS 6 |
CAR 23 |
ATL 3 |
RSD 15 |
7th | 3918 | ||||||
1985 | DAY 5 |
RCH 25 |
CAR 32 |
ATL 4 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 25 |
NWS 4 |
MAR 2 |
TAL 5 |
DOV 4 |
CLT 13 |
RSD 4 |
POC 7 |
MCH 7 |
DAY 7 |
POC 14 |
TAL 18 |
MCH 31 |
BRI 9 |
DAR 6 |
RCH 5 |
DOV 3 |
MAR 4 |
NWS 5 |
CLT 15 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 31 |
RSD 1 |
6th | 3857 | |||||||||
1986 | DAY 11 |
RCH 30 |
CAR 28 |
ATL 26 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 26 |
NWS 2 |
MAR 1* |
TAL 36 |
DOV 4 |
CLT 8 |
RSD 3 |
POC 4 |
MCH 10 |
DAY 6 |
POC 2 |
TAL 3 |
GLN 7 |
MCH 21 |
BRI 23 |
DAR 6 |
RCH 24* |
DOV 1* |
MAR 28 |
NWS 7 |
CLT 4 |
CAR 2 |
ATL 25 |
RSD 19 |
5th | 3823 | ||||||||
1987 | DAY 9 |
CAR 2 |
RCH 28 |
ATL 1 |
DAR 30 |
NWS 5 |
BRI 3 |
MAR 16 |
TAL 30 |
CLT 25 |
DOV 12 |
POC 7 |
RSD 2 |
MCH 14 |
DAY 14 |
POC 26 |
TAL 15 |
GLN 4 |
MCH 25 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 7 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 1* |
MAR 21 |
NWS 13 |
CLT 11 |
CAR 31 |
RSD 31 |
ATL 3 |
6th | 3742 | ||||||||
1988 | Brett Bodine | DAY 35 |
RCH 27 |
CAR 27 |
ATL 9 |
DAR 15 |
BRI 17 |
NWS 13 |
MAR 27 |
TAL 19 |
CLT 4 |
DOV 31 |
RSD 40 |
POC 35 |
MCH 27 |
DAY 42 |
POC 20 |
TAL 28 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 25 |
DAR 17 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 22 |
MAR 10 |
CLT 3 |
NWS 17 |
CAR 29 |
PHO 43 |
ATL 27 |
20th | 2828 | |||||||
1989 | DAY 29 |
CAR 34 |
ATL 33 |
RCH 28 |
DAR 14 |
BRI 30 |
NWS 28 |
MAR 27 |
TAL 19 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 15 |
SON 27 |
POC 10 |
MCH 5 |
DAY 11 |
POC 10 |
TAL 14 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 36 |
BRI 17 |
DAR 16 |
RCH 34 |
DOV 9 |
MAR 7 |
CLT 12 |
NWS 17 |
CAR 21 |
PHO 19 |
ATL 23 |
19th | 3051 | ||||||||
1990 | Morgan Shepherd | DAY 10 |
RCH 7 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 2 |
DAR 5 |
BRI 8 |
NWS 5 |
MAR 3 |
TAL 8 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 6 |
SON 29 |
POC 11 |
MCH 13 |
DAY 34 |
POC 36 |
TAL 26 |
GLN 6 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 31 |
DAR 21 |
RCH 30 |
DOV 25 |
MAR 25 |
NWS 12 |
CLT 2 |
CAR 12 |
PHO 3 |
ATL 1 |
5th | 3689 | |||||||
1991 | DAY 34 |
RCH 8 |
CAR 10 |
ATL 4 |
DAR 8 |
BRI 10 |
NWS 4 |
MAR 30 |
TAL 14 |
CLT 14 |
DOV 8 |
SON 42 |
POC 9 |
MCH 9 |
DAY 20 |
POC 34 |
TAL 14 |
GLN 36 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 19 |
RCH 23 |
DOV 3 |
MAR 11 |
NWS 3 |
CLT 28 |
CAR 17 |
PHO 10 |
ATL 6 |
12th | 3438 | ||||||||
1992 | Geoff Bodine | DAY 3 |
CAR 14 |
RCH 16 |
ATL 6 |
DAR 8 |
BRI 12 |
NWS 4 |
MAR 32 |
TAL 13 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 17 |
SON 10 |
POC 14 |
MCH 11 |
DAY 4 |
POC 30 |
TAL 38 |
GLN 27 |
MCH 40 |
BRI 11 |
DAR 19 |
RCH 5 |
DOV 14 |
MAR 1 |
NWS 1* |
CLT 10 |
CAR 35 |
PHO 39 |
ATL 3 |
16th | 3437 | |||||||
1993 | DAY 3 |
CAR 9 |
RCH 12 |
ATL 6 |
DAR 8 |
BRI 18 |
NWS 28 |
MAR 6 |
TAL 27 |
SON 1 |
CLT 10 |
DOV 23 |
POC 24 |
MCH 17 |
DAY 37 |
NHA 12 |
POC 12 |
TAL 16 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 24 |
BRI 8 |
DAR 20 |
RCH 34 |
14th | 3452 | ||||||||||||||
Lake Speed | DOV 33 |
MAR 24 |
NWS 17 |
CLT 11 |
CAR 16 |
PHO 13 |
ATL 26 |
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1994 | DAY 14 |
CAR 21 |
RCH 14 |
ATL 6 |
DAR 5 |
BRI 3 |
NWS 12 |
MAR 30 |
TAL 7 |
SON 32 |
CLT 14 |
DOV 12 |
POC 23 |
MCH 40 |
DAY 10 |
NHA 15 |
POC 20 |
TAL 14 |
IND 15 |
GLN 13 |
MCH 13 |
BRI 25 |
DAR 40 |
RCH 21 |
DOV 9 |
MAR 34 |
NWS 25 |
CLT 5 |
CAR 10 |
PHO 14 |
ATL 4 |
12th | 3565 | ||||||
1995 | Dick Trickle | DAY 11 |
CAR 22 |
RCH 12 |
ATL 22 |
DAR 28 |
BRI 30 |
NWS 32 |
MAR 24 |
TAL 38 |
SON 24 |
CLT 16 |
DOV 32 |
POC 22 |
MCH 16 |
DAY 12 |
NHA 34 |
POC 10 |
TAL 38 |
IND 18 |
GLN 28 |
MCH 13 |
BRI 35 |
DAR 36 |
RCH 18 |
DOV 23 |
MAR 15 |
NWS 19 |
CLT 32 |
CAR 16 |
PHO 29 |
ATL 23 |
25th | 2875 | |||||
1996 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | DAY 6 |
CAR 23 |
RCH 40 |
ATL 20 |
DAR 37 |
BRI 24 |
NWS 28 |
MAR DNQ |
TAL 12 |
SON 3 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 22 |
POC 12 |
MCH 13 |
DAY 12 |
NHA 18 |
POC 33 |
TAL 32 |
IND 17 |
GLN 10 |
MCH 34 |
BRI 25 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 33 |
DOV 29 |
MAR 22 |
NWS 34 |
CLT 33 |
CAR 36 |
PHO 15 |
ATL 40 |
25th | 2786 | |||||
1997 | Larry Pearson | DAY DNQ |
CAR
|
RCH
|
ATL
|
DAR
|
TEX | BRI | MAR
|
SON
|
TAL | CLT | DOV
|
POC
|
MCH
|
CAL | DAY
|
NHA
|
POC
|
IND | GLN
|
MCH
|
BRI
|
DAR | RCH
|
NHA
|
DOV
|
MAR
|
60th | 56 | |||||||||
Greg Sacks | CLT DNQ |
TAL
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CAR
|
PHO
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ATL
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1998 | Loy Allen Jr. | DAY | CAR
|
LVS | ATL
|
DAR
|
BRI | TEX
|
MAR
|
TAL
|
CAL
|
CLT | DOV
|
RCH
|
MCH
|
POC
|
SON
|
NHA
|
POC
|
IND DNQ |
GLN
|
58th | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
Ted Musgrave | MCH 39 |
BRI
|
NHA
|
DAR 43 |
RCH
|
DOV
|
MAR
|
CLT
|
TAL
|
DAY | PHO
|
CAR
|
ATL
|
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1999 | Jeff Green | DAY DNQ |
CAR
|
LVS
|
ATL
|
DAR | TEX
|
BRI | MAR
|
TAL
|
CAL
|
RCH
|
CLT | DOV
|
MCH
|
POC
|
SON
|
DAY | NHA
|
POC
|
IND | GLN | MCH
|
BRI | DAR
|
RCH
|
NHA
|
DOV
|
MAR
|
56th | 93 | ||||||||
Derrike Cope | CLT 35 |
TAL
|
CAR | PHO
|
HOM
|
ATL DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | DAY 41 |
CAR
|
LVS 37 |
ATL 19 |
DAR DNQ |
BRI | TEX
|
MAR
|
49th | 318 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ted Musgrave | TAL 35 |
CAL
|
RCH
|
CLT DNQ |
DOV
|
MCH
|
POC | SON
|
DAY
|
NHA
|
POC
|
IND | GLN
|
MCH
|
BRI
|
DAR
|
RCH
|
NHA | DOV
|
MAR
|
CLT
|
TAL | CAR | PHO
|
HOM | ATL |
- Footnotes
References
- ^ Caraviello, David (April 29, 2009). "In former hub of NASCAR, now only memories remain". NASCAR. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ Snipes, Anisa (2024-04-30). "Fire destroys former Bud Moore Engineering building in Spartanburg". www.foxcarolina.com. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
External links
- Bud Moore Engineering owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Official Bud Moore Engineering site