Buster Graham

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Buster Graham
Born (1966-02-11) February 11, 1966 (age 57)
Lafayette, Louisiana
ARCA Menards Series career
25 races run over 5 years
Best finish23rd (2012)
First race 2011 Pocono ARCA 200 (Pocono)
Last race 2015 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
Statistics current as of June 20, 2023.

Buster Graham (born February 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 2011 to 2015.

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Racing career

In 2011, Graham would make his ARCA Racing Series debut at Pocono Raceway driving the No. 59 Dodge for Mark Gibson Racing, where he would finish twentieth after starting 21st. He would return with the team at Iowa Speedway, where he would finish fifteenth. In the series' return to the track in August, Graham would be involved in a crash on the second lap involving Kyle Martel, Tom Berte, Brandon Kidd, and Brent Brevak, where Graham's car would be hit by Kidd's car, leading Graham to slide through the infield grass and eventually striking a paved path and launched over the third-tier guardrail wall before coming to read just inside the guardrail. [1] He would be classified in 37th position. He would return at Kansas Speedway later in the year, this time in a Ford, where he would finish twentieth. It was also during this year that he would make select starts in the X-1R Pro Cup Series with a best finish of tenth at Dillon Motor Speedway. [2]

In December 2011, it was announced that Graham would run a minimum of ten races for Team BCR Racing driving the No. 88 Ford for the 2012 season. [3] In eleven starts, he would get a best finish of tenth at Michigan International Speedway. He would return with the team for 2013, this time only running five races, and would get a best result of ninth at Michigan.

In 2014, Graham would join Roulo Brothers Racing in the No. 99 Ford at the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway. He would officially start third after ARCA had disqualified multiple cars in post-qualifying inspections, with some of the drivers affected including Bobby Gerhart, Justin Boston, and Spencer Gallagher. [4] In the race, Graham was running within the top-ten until the thirteenth lap, where he was involved in an incident with Chase Elliott that would ultimately collect multiple cars, leading to a confrontation involving crew members of Graham's team and members of Elliott's team. [5] He would return with the team at Talladega Superspeedway, where he would finish tenth after starting seventeenth. He would also make a start at Chicagoland Speedway, this time driving the No. 47 Ford for Team Stange Racing where he would start seventeenth and finish sixteenth. [6] In 2015, he would return to Roulo Brothers Racing for Daytona and Talladega, this time in the No. 17 Ford with sponsorship from Louisiana Tech University, finishing 37th at Daytona due to a crash, and finishing twelfth at Talladega after starting fourteenth. [7] [8] The Talladega event would be his most recent ARCA event, as he had not competed in the series since then.

Motorsports results

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ARSCPtsRef
2011 Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC
20		 MCH WIN BLN IOW
15		 IRP POC
37		 ISF MAD DSF SLM 51st460 [9]
Ford KAN
20		 TOL
2012 Team BCR Racing 88 Ford DAY
17		 MOB
23		 SLM TAL
15		 TOL
23		 ELK POC
16		 MCH
10		 WIN NJE IOW
19		 CHI
19		 IRP
16		 POC
18		 BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN
27		23rd1515 [10]
2013 DAY
17		 MOB SLM TAL
17		 TOL ELK POC
13		 MCH
9		 ROA WIN CHI NJM POC
20		 BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 36th770 [11]
2014 Roulo Brothers Racing 99 Ford DAY
35		 MOB SLM TAL
10		 TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN 45th390 [12]
Team Stange Racing 47 Ford CHI
16		 IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN
2015 Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Ford DAY
37		 MOB NSH SLM TAL
12		 TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 87th215 [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Buster Graham; Mark Gibson Racing Battered In Pocono". CarsAndRacingStuff.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Buster Graham". The Third Turn. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Buster Graham; Team BCR Exceptionally Pleased With Daytona Test". Speedway Digest. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Motorsports Notebook: Mass disqualifications shake up ARCA starting lineup at Daytona". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Hollering and shoving" breaks out in ARCA garage". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Team Stange Racing, LLC Announces Car Number 47 and Driver For Chicagoland ARCA Race". Speedway Digest. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ "La. Tech stock car to run at Talladega in ARCA series race". The News Star. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Louisiana Tech race car, driver Buster Graham greet fans on board the USS Alabama". Louisiana Tech University. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Buster Graham – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Buster Graham – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Buster Graham – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Buster Graham – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Buster Graham – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
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