1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series

The 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series, also known as the Busch North Series, was the 2nd season of the series. The title was won by Jamie Aube, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1988 season included 25 individual races, although Oxford Plains Speedway hosted 7 races and Darlington Raceway, Dover Downs International Speedway, Jennerstown Speedway, and Star Speedway hosted 2 races each.[1] Multiple events were in combination with the NASCAR Busch Series.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
February 13 Goody's 300 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Bobby Allison[12]
March 5 Goodwrench 200 North Carolina Motor Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina Mark Martin
March 26 Country Squire Homes 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Geoffrey Bodine[13]
May 7 Pennsylvania 300 Pennsylvania International Raceway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Rick Mast[14]
May 15 Busch North 150 Monadnock Speedway Winchester, New Hampshire Pete Silva[15]
May 22 Diet Coke 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Mike Rowe[16]
May 29 Snap-On Tools 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Mike Rowe[17]
June 4 Budweiser 200 Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Delaware Bobby Hillin Jr.[18]
June 11 Burger King 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Dale Shaw
June 17 Thomas Chevrolet 100 Jennerstown Speedway Jennerstown, Pennsylvania Kelly Moore
June 18 Murry Ford 150 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, Pennsylvania Kelly Moore
June 25 Bud 150 Star Speedway Epping, New Hampshire Larry Caron
July 2 Busch North 100 Shangri-La Motor Speedway Owego, New York Pete Silva[15]
July 10 Oxford 250 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Dick McCabe[19]
July 22 B.J. Maurer Ford 150 Jennerstown Speedway Jennerstown, Pennsylvania Jamie Aube
July 31 Busch Twin 100's Thompson Speedway Thompson, Connecticut Bobby Dragon[20]
August 6 Kroger 200 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Morgan Shepherd[21]
August 20 Miller Twin 100's Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Robbie Crouch
August 29 Sunoco 150 Riverside Park Speedway Agawam, Massachusetts Bobby Dragon
September 3 Gatorade 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Harry Gant[22]
September 10 Commonwealth 200 Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia Harry Gant[23]
September 17 Grand National 200 Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Delaware Michael Waltrip[24]
September 25 Rowe Ford 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Dick McCabe
October 1 Rowe Ford 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Mike Rowe
October 9 Busch 150 Star Speedway Epping, New Hampshire Bobby Dragon

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Note: due to missing information, some finishes marked as not running may not be accurate - their final status is not definitively known.

Pos Driver DAY CAR DAR NZH MND OXF OXF DOV OXF JEN CNB EPP TIO OXF JEN TMP IRP OXF RPS DAR RCH DOV OXF OXF EPP Pts
1 Jamie Aube 11 6 5 3 16 3 11 3 8 14 14 1* 7 20 4 4 11 18 2 4 4 2752
2 Dick McCabe 21 13 4 10 5 2 6 2 3 1 8 20 19 7 7 33 1* 2 3 2716
3 Dale Shaw 43 19 27 16 11 26 2* 33 1* 16 4 3 2 20 3 3 25 5 3 37 18 19 23 3 2 2689
4 Chuck Bown 24 24 3 22 20 15 3 9 6 4 10 9 10 17 2 13 5 11 5 2575
5 Kelly Moore 32 36 4 3 12 7 30 1* 1 4 17 2* 5 14 10 10 11 31 29 29 14 17 2569
6 Joe Bessey 38 15 27 22 19 16 6 23 5 13 21 12 12 27 16 16 21 24 17 9 15 2251
7 Stub Fadden 2 13 13 11 5 10 18 8 12 6 23 18 10 11 6 8 2231
8 Jimmy Burns 8 18 14 10 4 13 11 5 25 7 13 20 19 22 23 10 2120
9 Pete Silva 36 1* 8 29 31 21 5 DNQ 1* 33 21 2 34 35 DNQ 16 33 7 2117
10 Larry Caron 19 34 24 38 15 2* 1* 21 5 2 9 12 5 39 35 6 2086
11 Bob Healey 7 32 27 26 8 7 23 7 45 17 8 22 12 28 12 14 1985
12 Joey Kourafas 5 7 11 18 2 18 20 24 23 9 6 36 24 9 8 1918
13 Bobby Gada 10 25 30 34 12 14 12 16 44 13 26 15 13 20 22 DNQ 1866
14 Larry Cates DNQ DNQ 32 23 10 19 13 12 DNQ 19 16 36 23 DNQ 13 21 16 1833
15 Bobby Dragon 24 9 4 4 1* 11 1* 22 4 5 1* 1709
16 Bruce Haley 24 36 21 22 26 16 19 27 24 25 8 6 8 10 9 1668
17 Leo Poirier 21 DNQ DNQ 7 8 15 18 22 14 DNQ 8 31 18 18 1590
18 Jeff Spraker 22 DNQ DNQ 24 15 22 DNQ 10 19 31 DNQ 37 34 13 1365
19 Gary Pulcifer DNQ 37 18 22 DNQ 16 DNQ 23 18 37 20 24 28 1325
20 Randy LaJoie 20 23 6 33 27 14 DNQ 3 5 3 14 1316
21 Butch Chadbourne DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 10 DNQ 21 25 15 25 32 20 1226
22 Aaron Bennett 12 DNQ DNQ 21 13 11 17 11 16 DNQ 1214
23 Gregg Lessard 23 30 19 DNQ 10 6 DNQ 17 21 23 1090
24 Brian Weber 17 22 DNQ 20 20 22 31 30 DNQ 29 DNQ 1022
25 Billy Clark 9 6 7 32 15 21 37 19 1016
26 Dave Davis 39 16 33 28 36 DNQ 15 29 DNQ 922
27 Dave Bath DNQ DNQ 29 9 19 DNQ 19 DNQ 811
28 Gary Caron DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 11 810
29 Bob Brunell 14 DNQ DNQ 23 21 18 DNQ 676
30 Robbie Crouch DNQ 7 18 1* 35 590
31 David Smith 18 31 DNQ 28 20 DNQ 530
32 Dave Lind 17 DNQ 22 DNQ 24 437
33 Larry Brolsma 26 17 15 DNQ 434
34 J. C. Marsh 21 23 27 DNQ 35 36 DNQ 434
35 Alan Strobridge DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 432
36 Mike Maietta DNQ 26 16 24 430
37 Darren Bernier DNQ DNQ 19 21 6 421
38 Ed Ferree 9 12 15 383
39 Lloyd Gillie 14 18 DNQ DNQ 376
40 Jeff Fuller 11 28 17 348
41 Ed Lavoie 22 DNQ DNQ 346
42 Brad Smales 25 17 9 338
43 Dave Bushley 23 36 21 288
44 Norm Gevais DNQ 25 DNQ 285
45 Del Thompson 17 DNQ DNQ 246
46 Ray Lee DNQ DNQ DNQ 228
47 Tim Brackett 27 40 194
48 Bill Gratton 37 DNQ DNQ 180
49 Jimmy Spencer 4 160
50 Jeff Kazmierski DNQ 143
51 Tim Bender 9 138
52 Davey Allison 11 130
53 Pete Fiandaca 12 127
54 Buzzie Bezanson 17 124
55 Dave Rezendes 14 121
56 Dale Earnhardt 20 103
57 Dana Patten 22 97
58 Mike Weeden 22 97
Mike Rowe 1* 1 37 16 2 3 1*
Kenny Robbins 11 15 12 23 33 18 24
Leland Kengas 2 5 7 41 14 32 39
Ron Moon 12 9 4 30 39 38 13
Bobby Babb Jr. 20 18 35 36 13 12 26
Dale Verrill 15 8 8 DNQ 6 7 27
Bob Gerry 29 26 17 DNQ 24 10 30
George Babb 14 34 14 38 6 38
Jon Lizotte 35 35 39 34 30 25
Albert Hammond 19 17 13 DNQ 9 14
Tracy Gordon 31 20 DNQ 32 15 7
Jim Field 28 36 DNQ 27 19 19
Dave Dion 38 4 6 42
Reggie Gammon 10 33 25 DNQ 33
Larry Pottle 37 38 36 34
Dave Kimball 17 24 DNQ 21
Jeff Stevens 9 16 47
Jay Currier 16 19 DNQ
Richard Tibbets DNQ DNQ 26 31
George Coolidge 15
Morgan Shepherd 17
Sam Sessions 20
Steve Knowlton 26
Mike Johnson 32
Bruce Kane 34
Bobby Gahan 39
Bob Ailes DNQ
Geoffrey Bodine DNQ
Ed Champagne DNQ
Terry Clattenburg DNQ
Roger Godin DNQ
Kevin Heath DNQ
Glen Josselyn DNQ
Roger Laperle DNQ
George Libby DNQ
Jim McCallum DNQ
Barney McRae DNQ
Steve Nelson DNQ
Paul Richardson DNQ
Kenny Wilkenson DNQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1988 NASCAR Busch North Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  2. ↑ "1988 Goody's 300 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  3. ↑ "1988 Goodwrench 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ "1988 Country Squire 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  5. ↑ "1988 Pennsylvania 300 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ "1988 Budweiser 200 (Dover) results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ "1988 Oxford 250 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  8. ↑ "1988 Kroger 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ "1988 Gatorade 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  10. ↑ "1988 Commonwealth 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  11. ↑ "1988 Grand National 200 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Allison Captures Goody's 300". The Rocky Mountain News. February 14, 1988. p. 235. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Geoff Bodine overcame mid-race handling problems and..." Los Angeles Times. March 27, 1988. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  14. ↑ "IT WAS AN ENTERTAINING DAY – ESPECIALLY FOR RICK MAST". The Morning Call. May 8, 1988. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Pete Silva". NEW ENGLAND AUTO RACERS. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Looking Back on May 22". Lewiston Sun Journal. May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  17. ↑ Krall, Charles (May 29, 2020). "This Week In ARCA History: Bobby Bowsher Continued Family's Winning Ways at Flat Rock". ARCA. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  18. ↑ Troy, Tom (June 4, 1988). "Bobby Hillin Jr. won the Budweiser 200 at Dover..." United Press International. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Top 50 Drivers in Oxford 250 History - No. 15 - 11". Racing America. July 28, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  20. ↑ Modestino, Lou (April 21, 2017). "First paint schemes unveiled for Busch North Throwback at Thompson". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Morgan Shepherd". Morgan Shepherd. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Harry Gant won his second consecutive Grand..." Los Angeles Times. September 4, 1988. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  23. ↑ Pearce, Al (September 11, 2021). "75 (Yes, 75!) Greatest Moments in Richmond Raceway History Got 'Most of Them Right'". Autoweek. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Mike Waltrip took the checkered flag for..." Los Angeles Times. September 18, 1988. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
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