1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series

The 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series was the 1st season of the series. The title was won by Joey Kourafas, making him the inaugural champion in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

Schedule and results

The 1987 season included 23 individual races, although multiple tracks hosted multiple races, with Oxford Plains Speedway having 6 dates and Darlington Raceway, Seekonk Speedway, and Dover Downs International Speedway having 2 dates each.[1] Multiple events were in combination with the NASCAR Busch Series.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
March 28 Country Squire Homes 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Dale Earnhardt
April 26 Diet Coke 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Billy Clark
May 3 Busch North 150 Seekonk Speedway Seekonk, Massachusetts Chuck Bown
May 25 Miller American 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Bruce Haley
May 30 Budweiser 200 Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Delaware Mark Martin
June 6 Kroger NASCAR 200 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Larry Pearson
June 11 Murray's Ford 150 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, Pennsylvania Bobby Dragon
June 12 Thomas Chevrolet 150 Jennerstown Speedway Jennerstown, Pennsylvania Kelly Moore
June 19 Hancock Lumber 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Kelly Moore
July 1 Bud 150 Star Speedway Epping, New Hampshire Mike Weeden
July 12 Oxford 250 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Jamie Aube
July 14 Busch/Stafford 125 Stafford Motor Speedway Stafford Springs, Connecticut Tommy Houston
July 18 Delia Pontiac 100 Holland International Speedway Holland, New York Dale Shaw
August 1 Busch North 150 Shangri-La Speedway Owego, New York Jimmy Spencer
August 15 7-Up 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Dale Shaw
August 28 Coca-Cola 125 Unity Raceway Unity, Maine Ralph Nason
September 5 Gatorade 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Harry Gant
September 13 Busch Empire 100 Spencer Speedway Williamson, New York Joey Kourafas
September 19 Grand National 200 Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Delaware Rick Mast
September 26 Busch Seekonk 150 Seekonk Speedway Seekonk, Massachusetts Richard Martin
October 10 All-Pro Auto Parts 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina Harry Gant[10]
October 12 Big Three Ford Dealers 100 Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford, Maine Chuck Bown
October 24 AC-Delco 200 North Carolina Motor Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina Morgan Shepherd

Full Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.
Note: only the final points of the top 25 were recorded. Due to missing information, some finishes marked as not running may not be accurate - their final status is not definitively known.

Pos Driver DAR OXF SEE OXF DOV IRP CNB JEN OXF EPP OXF STA HOL TIO OXF UNI DAR SPE DOV SEE CLT OXF CAR Pts
1 Joey Kourafas 8 3 12 33 9 3 7 3 3 3 9 3 3 2 1* 34 5 41 39 2530
2 Chuck Bown 6 1* 15 29 7 12 3 2 42 2 7 7 11 5 4 22 4 1* 2525
3 Bobby Dragon 32 7 15 8 9 1* 9 12 7 33 8 5 2 9 11 10 3 13 3 9 6 2459
4 Kelly Moore 20 9 9 18 10 1* 1* 8 12 5 3 8 21 3 11 7 16 7 2406
5 Billy Clark 1* 3 4 2 2 14 6* 6 4* 5 20 9 9 7 4 2280
6 Dick McCabe 4 2 27 15 16 16 15 4 10 6 6 4 8 2 11 8 2228
7 Mike Weeden 32 8 24 23 6 4 9 1* 15 14 12 4 5 13 6 25 32 38 2221
8 Dale Shaw 25 3 19 38 11 9 9 1 18 1 4 14 2 24 1998
9 Larry Caron 36 6 30 5 5 28 10 DNQ 7 10 13 39 7 17 36 17 19 1904
10 Bob Healey 35 14 34 14 7 21 13 DNQ 17 11 11 10 16 8 19 27 1857
11 Greg Lessard 10 11 29 18 22 8 37 DNQ 12 17 12 19 10 22 1613
12 Dave Davis 11 18 19 32 11 18 14 19 34 20 22 31 17 35 31 1573
13 Stub Fadden 21 10 6 8 11 10 5 26 29 5 5 1446
14 Ron Moon 9 13 14 20 22 DNQ 18 9 18 12 16 15 1344
15 Jimmy Spencer 2 6 18 41 4 2 1* 29 1252
16 Bruce Haley 2 7 1 8 19 6 20 1115
17 Pete Silva 37 12 32 18 14 34 16 DNQ 23 15* 24 38 1098
18 Don Kreitz Jr. 22 23 23 10 16 20 20 8 936
19 Bob Johnson 21 15 17 13 16 15 26 930
20 Mike Rowe 24 16 11 4 DNQ 11 16 14 923
21 Lloyd Gillie 17 22 12 17 25 DNQ 15 16 26 876
22 Dana Patten 17 13 20 6 DNQ 32 22 839
23 Ralph Nason 4 35 25 1 641
24 Jeff Stevens 3 2* 5 38 2 2 581
25 Dave Dion 12 13 6 2 7 15 571
Jimmy Burns 15 16 4 DNQ 33 6 18
Leland Kangas 13 7 17 10 25 33
Reggie Gamon 19 11 19 DNQ 28 11
Jon Lizotte 17 36 23 DNQ 14 10
Leo Cleary 22 24 25 22 8
George Babb 14 31 32 DNQ 22 35
Bob Gerry 21 27 36 DNQ 30 36
Joe Bessey 22 DNQ 15 10 13
J. C. Marsh 5 10 15 DNQ 32
Buzzie Bezanson 18 5 37 8*
Albert Hammond 26 17 13 DNQ 12
Dale Verrill 30 26 DNQ 13 30
Tom Quinney 29 33 18 DNQ 22
Darren Bernier 31 28 27 37
Bob Glass 28 24 37 DNQ 36
Randy LaJoie 13 10 3
Norm Gervais 13 10 29
Brian Weber 26 16 15
Kenny Robbins 20 30 DNQ 16
Martin Leblanc 33 12 DNQ 34
Art Clark 8 12
Brad Smales 14 7
Robbie Crouch 4 29
Joe Cerullo 20 14
Randy MacDonald 21 20
Carroll Ryder 23 18 DNQ
Jack Matava 21 21
Tracy Gordon 24 DNQ 21
Bobby Allison 19 27
Mike Johnson 28 23
Dave Lebrecque 34 27 DNQ
Bobby Babb Jr. 31 31
Gale Ellis 38 34
Jamie Aube 1
Tommy Houston 1*
Richard Martin 1
Bugs Stevens 5
Steven Humphery 6
Bub Bilodeau 9
Mike Maietta DNQ 9
Jimmy Rosenfield 9
John Julicher 10
Paul Mauceri 10
Tom Akoury 12
Jim Field DNQ 12
Dan Mason 13
John Tripp DNQ 13
George Skora 14
Greg Stewart 14
Mike Wrobel 15
Rob Moroso 16
Dan Bezanson DNQ 17
Jay Caron 17
Ricky Craven 17
Mike MacKenzie 17
John Deminck 18
David Smith 18
Steven Sprague 18
Rick Wylie 18
Dave Bushley 19
Roger Godin 19
George Kent Jr. 19
Tom Richards 19
Reggie Ruggiero DNQ 19
John Thurber 19
Richard Caparco 20
Eldon King 20
Ed Spencer Jr. 20
Darryl Bobzin 21
Norm Holden 21
Alan Strobridge DNQ 21
Norm Walden 21
Daniel Solomon 23
Doug Averill DNQ 24
Bobby Gahan 24
Bob Brunell 25 DNQ
Bruce Kane 25
Dave Lind 25
Howie Lane 26 DNQ
Steve Woodcock 28
Gary Bellefleur Jr. 33 DNQ
Ryan Karkos 35 DNQ
Rusty Wallace 35
Harvey Sprague DNQ 37
Larry Pottle 38
Craig Hill 39 DNQ
Morgan Shepherd 39
Yvon Bedard 40

See also

References

  1. ^ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "1987 Country Squire 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ^ "1987 Budweiser 200 (Dover) - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  4. ^ "1987 Kroger 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. ^ "1987 Oxford 250 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ^ "1987 Gatorade 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  7. ^ "1987 Grand National 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  8. ^ "1987 All Pro 300 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  9. ^ "1987 AC-Delco 200 (NBS) - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  10. ^ "Pole-sitter Harry Gant grabbed the lead from Darrell Waltrip... - UPI Archives". UPI. October 10, 1987. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
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