Jim Bown

Jim Bown (born June 24, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has run a total of 23 Winston Cup Series races. He scored one top-ten result, a tenth-place finish at Riverside International Raceway in 1982.^[2] In the NASCAR Busch Series, he competed in 122 races, with four top-fives and one pole.^[1] He also made one Craftsman Truck Series race in 1997 at Portland Speedway and he finished sixteenth.^[3]

Jim Bown
Born	James Bown (1960-06-24) June 24, 1960 (age 64) Portland, Oregon
NASCAR Cup Series career
23 races run over 10 years
Best finish	56th (1982)
First race	1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 (Riverside)
Last race	1990 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
122 races run over 10 years
Best finish	15th (1994)[1]
First race	1991 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Last race	2000 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 (Lowe's)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 11 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	70th (1997)
First race	1997 Craftsman 200 (Portland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

He is the younger brother of 1990 Busch champion Chuck Bown.^[4]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1981	Bown Racing	16	Olds	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD 32	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL		75th	122	[5]
			Buick																															RSD 36
1982				DAY	RCH	BRI	ATL	CAR	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	POC	RSD 17	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	CLT	MAR	CAR	ATL	RSD 10		56th	246	[6]
1983	Bill Morehart	96	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	BRI	CLT	RSD 23	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL			74th	152	[7]
	John Kieper	93	Buick																														RSD 35
1984				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD 28	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	RSD 36		69th	139	[8]
1985		98		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	RSD 28	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL					59th	194	[9]
			Chevy																												RSD 16
1986				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD 32			112th	67	[10]
1987	Hamby Motorsports	12	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC 23																				93rd	70	[11]
			Olds													RSD 31	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	RSD	ATL
1988	Bown Racing	1	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD 41	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO 42	ATL			76th	77	[12]
1989		41		DAY DNQ	CAR 36	ATL 41	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT DNQ	DOV	SON 29	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS						59th	-	[13]
	AAG Racing	34	Buick																											CAR 37	PHO	ATL
1990	U.S. Racing	2	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON 22	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT						61st	207	[14]
	Osterlund Racing	57	Pontiac																											CAR 27	PHO 28	ATL 39
1994	John Kieper	63	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR DNQ	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	[15]
1996	Balough Racing	57	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	[16]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1989	Bown Racing	Chevy	DNQ
1996	Balough Racing	Chevy	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1991	Bown Racing	16	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY 30	DAR	BRI	LAN 27	SBO 30	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU 27	HCY 20	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO 23	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 13	NHA	CAR 17	MAR DNQ		41st	743	[17]
1992		98	Chevy	DAY 42		RCH 14	ATL 32		DAR 33	BRI					CLT 31	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL 15	IRP					DAR 20			CLT 35					20th	1793	[18]
			Buick		CAR 13			MAR 28			HCY 20	LAN 26	DUB 22	NZH										ROU 3	MCH	NHA	BRI		RCH 12	DOV		MAR 23	CAR 14	HCY 4
1993			Chevy	DAY 34			DAR 11	BRI 32					CLT 17	DOV				TAL 30	IRP	MCH 30	NHA		DAR 36				CLT DNQ	MAR	CAR 21		ATL 32					26th	1564	[19]
			Buick		CAR 42	RCH 13			HCY 28	ROU 26	MAR	NZH			MYB 10	GLN	MLW					BRI 27		RCH 24	DOV	ROU 15
	Henderson Motorsports	75	Olds																											HCY 29
1994	HVP Motorsports	63	Chevy	DAY 42	CAR 14	RCH 14	ATL 24	MAR 18	DAR 33	HCY 11	BRI 5	ROU 7	NHA 21	NZH 33	CLT 18	DOV 26	MYB 8	GLN 32	MLW 13	SBO 10	TAL 39	HCY 12	IRP 34	MCH 11	BRI 11	DAR 38	RCH 27	DOV 20	CLT 6	MAR 28	CAR 22					15th	2853	[20]
1995	Bown Racing	51	Chevy	DAY 6	CAR 21	RCH 30	ATL 3	NSV 29	DAR 15	BRI 16	HCY 9		NZH 36	CLT 17	DOV 23	MYB 23	GLN 34	MLW 31	TAL 38	SBO 25	IRP	MCH	BRI 33	DAR 28	RCH 18	DOV	CLT 23	CAR 33	HOM DNQ							24th	2026	[21]
		5										NHA 35
1996		51		DAY 29	CAR 29	RCH 28	ATL DNQ	NSV 16	DAR 35	BRI	HCY		CLT 41	DOV	SBO	MYB 34	GLN 24	MLW 13	NHA 34	TAL 30	IRP	MCH	BRI 26	DAR 21	RCH 26	DOV 26	CLT 28	CAR	HOM							33rd	1346	[22]
		5										NZH 35
1997		51		DAY 36	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 34	RCH	DOV	CLT 40	CAL	CAR	HOM			81st	159	[23]
1998				DAY	CAR 41	LVS	NSV	DAR 42	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 37	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW							DAR 34	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM		65th	286	[24]
	Mark III Racing	78	Chevy																		MYB 24	CAL	SBO DNQ	IRP	MCH	BRI
1999	Bown Racing	51	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR DNQ	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH												DAR 19	RCH	DOV	CLT 41	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	93rd	151	[25]
	Sasser Motorsports	65	Chevy														CLT DNQ	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI
2000	Bown Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT DNQ	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 40	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	112th	43	[26]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1997	Gloy Racing	55	Ford	WDW	TUS	HOM DNQ	PHO DNQ																							70th	259	[27]
	Marquardt Racing	87	Chevy					POR 16	EVG DNQ	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS

References

1. "NASCAR Busch Series results". NASCAR. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
2. "NASCAR Cup Series results". NASCAR. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. "NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series Results". NASCAR. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
4. Spoor, Mark (February 24, 2006). "Viewer's Guide: Fontana". NASCAR. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
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6. "Jim Bown – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
7. "Jim Bown – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
8. "Jim Bown – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
9. "Jim Bown – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
10. "Jim Bown – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
11. "Jim Bown – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
12. "Jim Bown – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
13. "Jim Bown – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
14. "Jim Bown – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
15. "Jim Bown – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
16. "Jim Bown – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
17. "Jim Bown – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
18. "Jim Bown – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
19. "Jim Bown – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
20. "Jim Bown – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
21. "Jim Bown – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
22. "Jim Bown – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
23. "Jim Bown – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
24. "Jim Bown – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
25. "Jim Bown – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
26. "Jim Bown – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
27. "Jim Bown – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.