1988 NASCAR Busch Series

The 1988 NASCAR Busch Series began February 13, 1988 and ended October 30, 1988. Tommy Ellis of J&J Racing won the championship.

Schedule

Schedule as follows:

No.	Race title	Track	Date
1	Goody's 300	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 13
2	Mountain Dew 400	Hickory Speedway, Hickory	February 28
3	Goodwrench 200	North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham	March 5
4	Miller Classic	Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville	March 13
5	Country Squire 200	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	March 26
6	Budweiser 200	Bristol International Speedway, Bristol	April 9
7	Hampton 200	Langley Speedway, Hampton	April 30
8	Pennsylvania 300	Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth	May 7
9	Busch 200	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	May 14
10	CarQuest 200	Nashville Speedway USA, Nashville	May 21
11	Winn-Dixie 300	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 28
12	Budweiser 200	Dover International Speedway, Dover	June 4
13	Roses Stores 150	Orange County Speedway, Rougemont	June 11
14	Big Star/Coca-Cola 200	Lanier Speedway, Gainesville	June 19
15	Granger Select 200	Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville	June 25
16	Myrtle Beach 200	Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach	July 2
17	Oxford 250	Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford	July 10
18	Coors 200	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	July 16
19	Pepsi 200	Hickory Speedway, Hickory	July 23
20	Busch 200	Langley Speedway, Hampton	July 30
21	Kroger 200	Indianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont	August 6
22	Poole Equipment 150	Orange County Speedway, Rougemont	August 13
23	Tri-City Pontiac 200	Bristol International Speedway, Bristol	August 26
24	Gatorade 200	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	September 3
25	Commonwealth 200	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	September 10
26	Grand National 200	Dover International Speedway, Dover	September 17
27	Advance Auto 150	Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville	September 24
28	All Pro 300	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	October 8
29	AC-Delco 200	North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham	October 22
30	Winston Classic	Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville	October 30

Races

Goody's 300 powered by Sprite">Goody's 300">Goody's 300 powered by Sprite

The Goody's 300 powered by Sprite was held February 13 at Daytona International Speedway. Mike Swaim won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Mountain Dew 400]

The Mountain Dew 400 was held February 28 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Goodwrench 200]

The Goodwrench 200 was held March 5 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Miller Classic]

The Miller Classic was held March 13 at Martinsville Speedway. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Country Squire 200">Diamond Hill Plywood 200">Country Squire 200

The Country Squire 200 was held March 26 at Darlington Raceway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Budweiser 200">Scotts Turf Builder 300">Budweiser 200

The Budweiser 200 was held April 9 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Hampton 200]

The Hampton 200 was held April 30 at Langley Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Pennsylvania 300]

The Pennsylvania 300 was held May 7 at Nazareth Speedway. Mike Alexander won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Busch 200">Busch 200 (South Boston)">Busch 200

The Busch 200 was held May 14 at South Boston Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.
Top Ten Results

#21-Larry Pearson
#84-Mike Alexander
#99-Tommy Ellis
#14-Ronnie Silver
#6-Tommy Houston
#2-L. D. Ottinger
#25-Rob Moroso
#07-Tommy Sigmon
#24-Joe Thurman
#22-Rick Mast

[CarQuest 200]

The CarQuest 200 was held May 21 at Nashville Speedway USA. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Winn-Dixie 300">CarQuest Auto Parts 300">Winn-Dixie 300

The Winn-Dixie 300 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Budweiser 200

The Budweiser 200 was held June 4 at Dover International Speedway. Mike Alexander won the pole.
Top Ten Results

On lap 195; Larry Pollard, serving as a substitute driver for his father-in-law Harry Gant after Gant suffered a broken leg following a crash at the 1988 Coca-Cola 600, suffered a serious crash that left him with a basilar skull fracture; which he ended up managing to survive.

[Roses Stores 150]

The Roses Stores 150 was held June 11 at Orange County Speedway. Tommy Houston won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Big Star/Coca-Cola 200]

The Big Star/Coca-Cola 200 was held June 19 at Lanier Speedway. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Granger Select 200

The Granger Select 200 was held June 25 at Louisville Motor Speedway. Bobby Dotter won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Myrtle Beach 200]

The Myrtle Beach 200 was held July 2 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. L. D. Ottinger won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Oxford 250]

The Oxford 250 was held July 10 at Oxford Plains Speedway. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

#0-Dick McCabe
#47-Kelly Moore
#66-Randy LaJoie
#71-Bobby Dragon
#88-Larry Caron
#26-Darren Bernier
#99-Tommy Ellis
#11-Jack Ingram
#33-Joey Kourafas
#7-Chuck Bown

Coors 200

The Coors 200 was held July 16 at South Boston Speedway. Rob Moroso won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Pepsi 200

The Pepsi 200 was held July 23 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Rob Moroso won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Busch 200

The Busch 200 was held July 30 at Langley Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Kroger 200">Kroger 200 (Busch)">Kroger 200

The Kroger 200 was held August 6 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Kelly Moore won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Poole Equipment 150

The Poole Equipment 150 was held August 13 at Orange County Speedway. Larry Pearson won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Tri-City Pontiac 200">Food City 250">Tri-City Pontiac 200

The Tri-City Pontiac 200 was held August 26 at Bristol International Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Gatorade 200]

The Gatorade 200 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Commonwealth 200">Emerson Radio 250">Commonwealth 200

The Commonwealth 200 was held September 10 at Richmond International Raceway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top Ten Results

''NOTE: This was the first race held at the newly expanded Richmond International Raceway, expanded from.542 mile to the new.750 mile distance in February.''

Grand National 200">RoadLoans.com 200">Grand National 200

The Grand National 200 was held September 17 at Dover International Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Advance Auto 150]

The Advance Auto 150 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[All Pro 300]

The All Pro 300 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[AC-Delco 200]

The AC-Delco 200 was held October 22 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.
Top Ten Results

[Winston Classic]

The Winston Classic was held October 30 at Martinsville Speedway. Tommy Houston won the pole.
Top Ten Results

Full Drivers' Championship

Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. ** - All laps led.

	Driver	DAY	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR
1	Tommy Ellis	18	4	6	22	14	2	1*	10	3	20	12	6	6	17	1	25*	7	2	3	1*	3*	7	24	14	4	2	15*	6	9	3	4281
2	Rob Moroso	9	10	22	3	6	4	13	2*	7	16	4	12	4	18	20	1	40	13*	9	6	33	3	27	8	3	34	10	1	11	2	3986
3	Larry Pearson	30	6	35	23	7	14*	2	22	1*	4	39	2	2	3	19	2	29	1	5	7	4	21	1*	13	2*	12	4	22	12	20	3981
4	Mike Alexander	7	1*	2	4	11	13	9	18	2	9	9	10*	5	5	4	20	43	20	18	8	11	2	2	7	24	22	2	26	17	22	3966
5	Tommy Houston	11	2	36	11	16	7	4	19	5	7	25	20	1*	1*	17	3	38	3	1	4	2	6	8	11	33	37	9	11	5	9*	3964
6	Jimmy Hensley	17	7	10	1	12	11	22	5	14	6	18	24	7	2	3	15	28	12	2*	5	12	22	5	29	6	15	27	7	19	25	3837
7	Jimmy Spencer	29	16	11	8	20	5	8	8	12	3	16	28	3	8	5	18	11	17	22	9	17	16	6	6	16	6	5	29	13	16	3801
8	Rick Mast	10	15	7	7	33	9	11	1	10	13	21	23	14	12	21	6	13	5	8	5	18	1*	17	12	25	21	6	25	27	5	3773
9	L. D. Ottinger	22	14	30	2*	29	17	14	20	6	10	15	11	9	4	2*	21	24	14	23	13	13	5	9	21	8	8	23	24	14	4	3670
10	Jack Ingram	25	3	23	5	25	3	3	4	23	2	19	25	24	19	22	5	8	4	4	2	35	11	22	18	28	9	25	28	34	13	3485
11	Ed Berrier	38	19	28	20	38	6	12	31	21	5	10	4	13	13	6	26	37	7	21	10	23	4	26	30	10	27	28	16	21	26	3204
12	Billy Standridge	39	23		12	19	26	16	30	13	14	32	32	10	7	23	14	19	18	16	16	22	13	14	20	17	14	19	8	38	21	3040
13	Steve Grissom	15		15	18	17	16	17	9	19	22	42	8	18	14	8	24	46	22	17	20	24	23	19	36	5	25	31	17	26	18	2969
14	Mike Swaim	13	18	20	17	35	27	20	29	18	12	26	35	20	10	10	10	31	24	20	14	15	19	21	26	19	17	14	41	23		2918
15	Ronald Cooper			18	16			21	25	20	15	22	26	15	16	12	22		6	11	12	26	8	18	19	20	5	7	15	28	14	2843
16	Elton Sawyer	28	21	38	21	23	22	6	34	15	25	36					7	35	8	12	15	16	9	15	17	29	36	3	34	15	7	2686
17	Tommy Sigmon		25		15	28	15	7	27	8	11		13	23	11	9	13		9	10	19	32	24	31	25	7		24	31	35	32	2639
18	Joe Thurman	20		25		26	25	18	14	9	17			13	15	14	12		19	19	21	21	12	20	23	13	31	21	35	30		2486
19	Harry Gant	8	11	5		2*	8					6					23							4	1*	1	7	1	38	1	1	2238
20	Ronnie Silver	16					21	10		4	8	28		8	9	7	11	DNQ	10	7	11		14	13				22		32	17	2217
21	Bobby Hillin Jr.	24		4		5			23			2	1				9					30		12	31	12	4	16	3	7	10	2105
22	Kenny Burks	26	22		9		28	15		11			27	12	6	13	28		23	15	17		10	30			38	26			23	1968
23	Brad Teague	40	20	29	14	34	10		12			34	5				8							11	10		11*	32	39	18	8	1781
24	Morgan Shepherd	44	24	8		32	29		28			8	29				30	17				1			5	32	3		42	16	6	1646
25	Dale Earnhardt	37	8	27*		4	1		6	25		5					27					29		3	32				33	2		1633
26	Dale Jarrett	5	5	3	25	3	20					1*	30											32	35	34		30	10	40	11	1607
27	Bobby Dotter	DNQ	13	21	24		24	19	21	24	24			17		24	17			6		6		16				29	DNQ			1600
28	Larry Pollard	14	9	9	10	13	12	5	7	22	21	24	15																			1489
29	Darrell Waltrip	3*				10					1*	37	31			16						5		29					5	4		1262
30	Mark Martin	4		1		9	23					33										7		10	38	9	35	18	36	39		1211
31	Geoff Bodine	2				1						29*												25	2	26			2*	6	27	1171
32	Davey Allison	6		13		40			32			40										28		7	4		10		DNQ	3*		1111
33	Ken Schrader	42		12		15			33			17	3												39		28		4	8		1050
34	Patty Moise	33		24		18	19					31													27	15	26		19	33	19	1001
35	Max Prestwood		12		6												4			14				28		27		12				846
36	Dale Shaw	43		19		27			16				33					20				25			37	18	19					756
37	Bobby Allison	1				30	30		3			3																				656
38	Tom Peck	DNQ										20	9												24		16		30	29		596
39	Jamie Aube								11				16					14				20				11	18					587
40	Jeff Burton				28					17				11					11				15									569
41	Bosco Lowe	35		16	26	39	31				18																				31	553
42	Kelly Moore			32		36							7					2*				10				31	29					548
43	Kyle Petty	12		14		37	18					14	34									8			15		30		37	25		537
44	Tom Harrington										19					15			16			9										477
45	Joe Millikan																						20					8	44	37	12	455
46	Sterling Marlin										23	11														14			21			445
47	Mike Porter	19											11	31														13				430
48	Joe Bessey								38				19					21				27				21	24					428
49	Donny Ling Jr.																						18			23		20			15	424
50	Brett Hearn	32		26		22			15			41	21																			410
51	Dave Rezendes												14																27	10		337
52	Chuck Bown	Wth				24			24									10									13					306
53	Bobby Labonte			37		31						27													16		32		43			298
54	Rusty Wallace	27				8			13			30													9				9			297
55	Billy Hicks		17		19																					30			DNQ			291
56	Tommy Riggins	36		34		21						35																	DNQ			274
57	Bill Gratton				14				37					22																		273
58	Dick McCabe	21																1				19					36					270
59	Ben Hess																								24				20	31		270
60	Andy Petree																									36		17		22	30	240
61	Bill Elliott											7																	23			240
62	Michael Waltrip																					14		23	3		1		12			221
63	Donnie Allison	23										13																	DNQ			218
64	Rickie Smith													21			16						17									215
65	Dave Lind								17				22					DNQ														209
66	Larry Brolsma								26				17																			197
67	Hut Stricklin													19						24												197
68	Pete Silva								36									33				34									28	195
69	Joe Cudmore											23															23		DNQ			188
70	Frank Fleming																								28					24		170
71	Neil Bonnett	41																											13			164
72	John Linville	DNQ		31																25												158
73	Jeff McClure								35								29		21		18											134
74	Kenny Wallace																											11				130
75	Gary Neice																			13												124
76	Rich Vogler	Wth		17																												112
77	Joey Kourafas												18					9														109
78	Ken Bouchard																												18			109
79	Wes Burnette																19															106
80	Tim Nooner																											20				103
81	Dave Davis			39									36					DNQ														101
82	Bobby Dragon																	4								22						97
83	Ed Ferree							27		16									15													94
84	Wayne Patterson																														24	91
85	Allen Applegate										26																					85
86	Robert Ingram	31																														70
87	Brian Weber																					31										70
88	Dave Simpson																												32			67
89	Joe Harrison	Wth		33																												64
90	Preston Brown																								33				DNQ			64
91	Glenn Jarrett	34																														61
92																									34				DNQ			61
93	Robbie Crouch																	18								35						58
94	Kirk Bryant																												DNQ	36		55
95	Larry Cates																					36										55
96	Darrell Holman											38																				49
97	Randy LaJoie																	3											40			43
98	Paul Redford				27
99	Gregg Lessard																	DNQ													29
100	Bobby Hamilton																												14	20
101	Jeff Stevens																	47
102	Bob Healey																	45
103	Bobby Gada																	44
104	Dave Dion																	42
105	Leland Kangas																	41
106	Bobby Gahan																	39
107	Bobby Babb Jr.																	36
108	Jon Lizotte																	34
109	Mike Johnson																	32
110	Ron Moon																	30
111	Bruce Haley																	27
112	Steve Knowlton																	26
113	Jimmy Burns																	25
114	Kenny Robbins																	23
115	Leo Poirier																	22
116	Larry Caron																	5
117	Darren Barnier																	6
118	Stub Fadden																	12
119	Mike Rowe																	16
120	Billy Clark																	15
121	Rodney Cundiff													25
122	Randy Craft															18
123	Rodney Combs	DNQ
124	Jimmy Horton	DNQ
125	Ed Champagne																	DNQ
126	Reggie Gammon																	DNQ
127	Roger Godin																	DNQ
128	Kevin Heath																	DNQ
129	Jeff Kazmierski																	DNQ
130	Dave Kimball																	DNQ
131	Ray Lee																	DNQ
132	George Libby																	DNQ
133	Mike Maietta																	DNQ
134	Barney McRae																	DNQ
135	Kenny Wilkenson																	DNQ
136	Roger Laperle																	DNQ
137	Jay Currier																	DNQ
138	Terry Clattenburg																	DNQ
139	Aaron Bennett																	DNQ
140	David Smith																	DNQ
141	Steve Nelson																	DNQ
142	Glenn Josselyn																	DNQ
143	Gary Caron																	DNQ
144	Dave Bath																	DNQ
145	Jim Field																	DNQ
146	Gary Pulcifer																	DNQ
147	Tracy Gordon																	DNQ
148	Lloyd Gillie																	DNQ
149	Del Thompson																	DNQ
150	Richard Tibbetts																	DNQ
151	Bob Ailes																	DNQ
152	Dale Verrill																	DNQ
153	Albert Hammond																	DNQ
154	Jeff Spraker																	DNQ
155																		DNQ
156	Bob Gerry																	DNQ
157	Alan Strobridge																	DNQ
158	Paul Richardson																	DNQ
159	Mike Potter																												DNQ
160	Karen Schulz																												DNQ
161	Mark Smith																												DNQ
162	Jack Matava	Wth
163	Dickie Boswell	Wth
164	Stuart Huffman	Wth
165	Brett Bodine	Wth
166	Ricky Vanadore	Wth
167	Bill Ingle	Wth
168	Jim Sauter	Wth
	Driver	DAY	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR