Bruce Bechtel

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Bruce Bechtel
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1955-02-13) February 13, 1955 (age 69)
Corona, California
Previous series
1997–1998
1997–2001
2002
NASCAR Winston West Series
NASCAR Southwest Series
ARCA Re/Max Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 3 years
Best finish76th (2003)
First race 2002 Auto Club 300 (Fontana)
Last race 2004 Target House 300 (Fontana)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Last updated on: June 25, 2020.

Bruce Alan Bechtel [1] (born February 13, 1955) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed in ten races in the NASCAR Busch Series between 2002 and 2004. He also competed part-time in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour between 1997 and 2001, and the NASCAR Winston West Series part-time in 1997 and 1998 (where he had two top 10 finishes in 1998).

Contents

Racing career

Personal life

Bechtel is from Corona, California where he works as an electrical contractor by trade.[ citation needed ]

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334NBSCPtsRef
2002 Moy Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL
26
RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR
40
IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL
36
CAR PHO HOM 76th250 [2]
2003 DAY CAR LVS
24
DAR BRI TEX
32
TAL NSH CAL
28
RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL 84th274 [3]
Means Racing 52 Ford PHO
42
CAR HOM
2004 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR
34
IRP MCH BRI 108th125 [4]
Moy Racing 77 Ford CAL
33
RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NWWCPtsRef
1997 Stroppe Motorsports 8 Ford TUS AMP SON TUS MMR LVS CAL
24
EVG POR PPR AMP SON MMR LVS 74th91 [5]
1998 Bechtel Motorsports 50 Chevy TUS
DNQ
LVS
18
21st647 [6]
Info not availableInfo not available PHO
DNQ
CAL HPT
43 Chevy MMR
8
AMP
15
POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR
9
LVS

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122ARSCPtsRef
2002 Jason Rudd Racing 10 Ford DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL
DNQ
CLT N/A0 [7]

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References

  1. "Bruce Alan Bechtel, Born 02/13/1955 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. "Bruce Bechtel – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. "Bruce Bechtel – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. "Bruce Bechtel – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  5. "Bruce Bechtel – 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  6. "Bruce Bechtel – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  7. "Bruce Bechtel – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2020.