Ken Bouchard (pronounced BOO-shard, born April 6, 1955) is an American former

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driver and the

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Rookie of the Year. His brother

Ron Bouchard Ronald R. Bouchard (November 23, 1948December 10, 2015) was an American NASCAR driver who was the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. His brother Ken Bouchard was the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. His father-in-law, Ed Flemk ...

was the

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Rookie of the Year and one-time

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race winner.

Modified career

Before he came to

, Bouchard was a modified racer in the

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. He won eleven

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

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schedule. He has driven for car owners including Sonny Koszela #15, and Len Boehler #3. Bouchard had success driving the Ted Marsh #55 in which he won several races and championships.

Winston Cup career

He made his

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debut in 1987 at the Miller American 400 at

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, finishing 32nd after suffering oil pressure problems. The next year, he raced full-time in

in an unsponsored car owned by Bob Whitcomb. Despite this, he finished 8th at

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and defeated promising rivals

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and Brad Noffsinger to become the 1988

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. In 1989, however, he was released from his ride after just four races. He returned in 1993, running three races for

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in his #85

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. He ran his last

race in 1994 at the

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, where his #67

expired after 280 laps because of valve trouble, finishing 29th. Since then, Bouchard has competed in 5

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races. He also attempted several

events, but failed to qualify for each of them, the last of which was the 1999

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, in the #84

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Driving instructor career

Bouchard now operates the Drive to Victory Lane Racing School at

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. He finished 13th in the "Icebreaker 2006"

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event at the track.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

=Daytona 500

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Busch North Series

Winston West Series

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

Official Website of Bouchard's racing schoolDriver statistics at racing-reference.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Ken 1955 births Living people NASCAR drivers Sportspeople from Fitchburg, Massachusetts Racing drivers from Massachusetts