Chuck Bown is the older brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown.
33 Facts About Chuck Bown
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Chuck Bown started 22nd but finished 32nd that day after crashing on lap 88.
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Chuck Bown made 2 more starts in the No 27 that year, with his best finish being fourteenth at the second Riverside race.
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In 1973, Chuck Bown returned to the Winston Cup Series driving his father's No 03 Dodge, finishing in the top-10 for the first time in his career at the Tuborg 400 at Riverside.
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In 1974, Chuck Bown again competed in the three California races on the Winston Cup Series schedule, the two events at Riverside as well as at Ontario Motor Speedway.
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In 1976, Chuck Bown began driving for Gerald Cracker, driving the No 01 Chevrolet in four races, and the No 03 at Riverside, where he had his best finish.
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Chuck Bown was named the Most Popular Driver of the Year in the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1977.
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In 1979, Chuck Bown drove Jim Testa's No 68 Buick and Chevrolet in 7 Winston Cup events.
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Chuck Bown scored a 7th-place finish in the Daytona 500 and a 6th-place finish in the Firecracker 400.
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Chuck Bown drove eleven races for the next two years for different owners, but did not reach the top-ten.
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In 1986, Chuck Bown returned to NASCAR, running in the Busch Series.
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Chuck Bown's first start came at the Goody's 300, where he started 28th but finished 40th after wrecking his No 67 Buick early in the race.
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Chuck Bown made his only other start of the year at the Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, where he's started 13th and won his first career Busch race.
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In 1989, Chuck Bown ran his first full season in Busch driving the No 63 Pontiac at Lanier Speedway and at South Boston Speedway.
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Chuck Bown finished the season with 5 top-5s and 12 top-10s wound up ninth in the championship standings.
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Chuck Bown had a total of thirteen top-fives and won the Busch Series championship over Jimmy Hensley by 200 points.
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In 1991, Chuck Bown won three times and garnered four poles, but dropped 4th in the Busch Series points.
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Chuck Bown made one Winston Cup start driving Cale Yarborough's No 66 Pontiac at North Wilkesboro Speedway where he finished 26th.
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In 1993, Chuck Bown won his final career pole at Richmond International Raceway and won his final race at Martinsville Speedway.
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Chuck Bown recorded 5 top-5s and 13 top-10s en route to a fourth-place points finish.
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Chuck Bown made one Winston Cup start driving the Roulo Brothers' No 39 Chevrolet at Phoenix, finishing 24th.
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In 1994, Chuck Bown moved back up to the Cup series, driving the No 12 Ford Thunderbird for Bobby Allison.
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Chuck Bown won the pole for the Food City 500, setting a new track record.
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Chuck Bown was seriously injured in a wreck at Pocono Raceway which sidelined him for the season.
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Chuck Bown returned to racing in 1995 in four Busch races, finishing ninth at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the No 05 Key Motorsports Ford.
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Chuck Bown competed in nine Cup races in the No 32 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Active Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Charlotte.
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In 1996, Chuck Bown drove for a variety of teams in the Busch Series, his best finish 21st at Darlington Raceway.
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Chuck Bown drove the Sadler Brothers Racing' No 95 Ford in three Winston Cup Series events but only finished one race.
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In 1997, Chuck Bown began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 99 Ford F-150 for Roush Racing.
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Chuck Bown moved to the No 57 CSG Motorsports Ford driving in six events before being released.
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Chuck Bown ended the season driving the No 67 Chevrolet Silverado in a pair of races, finishing seventeenth at Phoenix.
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In 1999, Chuck Bown returned to Hensley to drive their No 63 Chevrolet.
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Chuck Bown was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Rick Carelli.