Chuck Bown

Richard Charles "Chuck" Bown Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is a former NASCAR champion.

Bown made his NASCAR debut in 1972 in the Winston Cup Series.

At the age of seventeen, he ran the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway the No.

In 1973, Bown returned to the Winston Cup Series driving his father's No.

In 1974, 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.

Bown was named the Most Popular Driver of the Year in the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1977.

He had a total of thirteen top-fives and won the Busch Series championship over Jimmy Hensley by 200 points.

In 1991, Bown won three times and garnered four poles, but dropped 4th in the Busch Series points.

The following season, Bown failed to win a race and had only five top-five finishes, and dropped to eleventh in the standings.

In 1996, Bown drove for a variety of teams in the Busch Series, his best finish 21st at Darlington Raceway.

Despite a seventh-place finish at Charlotte, Bown was released from the team halfway into the season, and soon retired.

Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time.

Bown was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2009 along with Wayne Spears, Doug George, and Rick Carelli.

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