Ken Bouchard

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Kenneth Bouchard

Born

April 6, 1955
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

Awards

1988 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Modified Drivers

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

33 race(s) run over 5 year(s)

Best finish

25th (1988)

First race

1987 Miller American 400 (Michigan)

Last race

1994 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	1	0

NASCAR Nationwide Series career

44 race(s) run over 9 year(s)

Best finish

26th (1986)

First race

1983 Goody's 300 (Daytona)

Last race

1991 NE Chevy 250 (Loudon)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	12	0

Statistics current as of December 10, 2012.

Ken Bouchard (pronounced BOO-shard, born April 6, 1955, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts) is an American former NASCAR driver. His brother Ron Bouchard was the 1981 Rookie of the Year and one-time Winston Cup Series race winner.

Modified career

Before he came to NASCAR, he was a successful modified racer in the Northeast. He won eleven NASCAR modified races in one season. He was voted one of NASCAR Modified’s 50 Greatest Drivers of All-Time. He then ran a part-time Busch Series schedule. Ken has one daughter, Olivia. Olivia is a phenomenal athlete who plays college lacrosse for Bentley University in Waltham, MA. He has driven for legendary car owners such as Sonny Koszela #15, and Len Boehler #3. Bouchard had much success driving the Ted Marsh #55 in which he won several races and championships.

Winston Cup career

He made his Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup) debut in 1987 at the Miller American 400 at Michigan, finishing 32nd after suffering oil pressure problems. The next year, he raced full time in Winston Cup in an unsponsored car owned by Bob Whitcomb. Despite this, he finished 8th at North Carolina Speedway and defeated promising rivals Ernie Irvan and Brad Noffsinger to become the 1988 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. In 1989, however, he was released from his ride after just four races. He returned in 1993, running three races for Thee Dixon in his #85 Safety-Kleen/Burger King Ford. He ran his last Winston Cup race in 1994 at the Hooters 500, where his #67 Ford expired after 280 laps because of valve trouble, finishing 29th. Since then, Bouchard has competed in 5 Craftsman Truck Series races. He also attempted several Winston Cup events, but failed to qualify for each of them, the last of which was the 1999 Pepsi 400, in the #84 Chevy sponsored by Island Oasis.

Driving instructor career

Bouchard now operates the Drive to Victory Lane Racing School at Thompson International Speedway. He finished 13th in the "Icebreaker 2006" NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at the track.

Career results

* Season in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Year	Starts	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Winnings	Position	Team(s)
1987	1	0	35.0	32.0	$2,075	95th	#91 Sullivan Racing
1988	24	1	30.0	21.4	$109,410	25th	#10 Whitcomb Racing
1989	4	0	29.0	28.2	$33,930	48th	#10 Whitcomb Racing
1993	3	0	37.3	31.3	$25,785	52nd	#85 Mansion Motorsports
1994	1	0	40.0	29.0	$7,675	69th	#67 Clayton Cunningham Racing

NASCAR Nationwide Series

Year	Starts	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Winnings	Position	Team(s)
1983	2	1	19.0	11.0	$3,780	75th	#08 Boehler's Racing
1984	3	0	28.0	24.7	$4,540	58th	#65 Sullivan Racing
1985	6	3	22.5	14.7	$10,500	33rd	#65 Sullivan Racing
1986	12	5	23.1	17.0	$17,695	26th	#10 Whitcomb Racing
1987	7	3	23.0	15.6	$10,598	38th	#10 Whitcomb Racing
1988	1	0	42.0	18.0	$5,920	78th	#1 Whitcomb Racing
1989	3	0	32.7	28.3	$3,425	73rd	#0/#10 Whitcomb Racing #18 Ken Bouchard Racing
1990	5	0	24.4	28.2	$10,783	56th	#72 Ken Bouchard Racing
1991	5	0	38.0	29.4	$14,843	56th	#12/#72/#92 Ken Bouchard Racing

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Year	Starts	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Winnings	Position	Team(s)
1996	1	0	29.0	16.0	$4,250	98th	#1 Brevak Racing
1997	2	1	28.0	16.5	$23,600	99th	#42 Petty Enterprises #77 Doran Racing
1998	6	0	24.0	16.5	$12,175	48th	#11 Team Racing

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Preceded by Davey Allison	NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Dick Trickle

v t e NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse, Jr.

Nationwide Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen, Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse, Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney

Persondata
Name	Bouchard, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	American racing driver
Date of birth	April 6, 1955
Place of birth	Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Date of death
Place of death

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