Jerry Bowman
Encyclopedia
Jerry Bowman is a retired NASCAR
Winston Cup driver from Havre de Grace
, Maryland
in the United States of America
. Bowman participated in five different Winston Cup Series seasons (1982 through 1989). In his career, Bowman has raced 3812 laps and has run 4682.2 miles (7,535.3 km) of racing. His total earnings for his career were $27,820 ($ in today's money). Participating in only nineteen races, Bowman has never won a race or finished in the top ten (he failed to qualify for three different races). His best showing was at the 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
season where he finished the season with a position of 43rd in the championship – in addition to having had an average start of 30th place during the entire season and an average finish of 25th place.
Bowman has never started higher than 27th in a Winston Cup race and never finished any lower than 38th place (out of 40 drivers). Therefore, he never finished in last place at any Winston Cup racing event.
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Winston Cup driver from Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Located at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of the Chesapeake Bay, Havre de Grace is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which was first named Le Havre de Grâce, meaning in French "Harbor of Grace." As...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
in the United States of America
United States
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. Bowman participated in five different Winston Cup Series seasons (1982 through 1989). In his career, Bowman has raced 3812 laps and has run 4682.2 miles (7,535.3 km) of racing. His total earnings for his career were $27,820 ($ in today's money). Participating in only nineteen races, Bowman has never won a race or finished in the top ten (he failed to qualify for three different races). His best showing was at the 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 10 and ended on Sunday November 17. Darrell Waltrip, driving for Junior Johnson, was crowned champion at the end of the season...
season where he finished the season with a position of 43rd in the championship – in addition to having had an average start of 30th place during the entire season and an average finish of 25th place.
Bowman has never started higher than 27th in a Winston Cup race and never finished any lower than 38th place (out of 40 drivers). Therefore, he never finished in last place at any Winston Cup racing event.
Races with DNQ results
- 1983 Daytona 5001983 Daytona 500In 1983, Cale Yarborough was the first driver to run a qualifying lap of more than at the 1983 Daytona 500 in his #28 Hardees Chevrolet Monte Carlo. However, on his second of two qualifying laps, Yarborough crashed and flipped his car in turn four. The car had to be withdrawn, and the lap did not...
- his first DNQ - 1984 Daytona 5001984 Daytona 500In 1984, Cale Yarborough completed a lap of , officially breaking the barrier at Daytona. He won the race for the second year in a row, and fourth time in his career, with the identical last-lap pass, this time victimizing Darrell Waltrip who would later go on to win the same race in...
- his second DNQ - 1986 First Union 400 - his third and final DNQ