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After racing in Winston Cup, Bouchard returned home to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, opening Ron Bouchard's Auto Stores, which currently represents Honda, Acura, Stellantis, Kia, and Nissan. Bouchard married Paula Flemke, daughter of New England Modified racer "Steady" Ed Flemke, Sr. and sister to Ed Flemke Jr, in June 1983.
The 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 28th iteration of the event.The race was held on Sunday, March 15, 1987, before an audience of 60,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway.
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama.It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln.
Talladega 500 – Bobby Allison led the most laps but slipped back in the final laps, leaving Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte, and rookie Ron Bouchard in contention for the win. On the final lap in Talladega's trioval, Labonte swung high on Waltrip and as the two jostled, Bouchard dove to the bottom and beat them to the stripe by inches.
Ron Bouchard United States: Brothers-in-law; Bouchard married Flemke's sister Paula. [53] John Force: Robert Hight United States: Father-in-law; Hight married Force's eldest daughter, Adria. Graham Rahal: Father-in-law; Rahal married Force's youngest daughter, Courtney. Manuel Gião: Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Portugal
Notable drivers to race at the speedway included Joe Sostilio in the track's inaugural season, [5] and Geoff Bodine and Ron Bouchard in the mid-1970s. [6] In 1982, the track hosted two races on the NASCAR North Tour, one in June and one in September. [7] The final race held at the speedway was contested on September 14, 1985. [8]
"I think I was only there the first day. Maybe I made it to day two," she added. "We did the read-throughs and they staged it, and then they're like, we better get somebody else."
Bouchard, in third place, slipped by on the inside and won by 2 feet or 0.61 metres in a spectacular 3-wide photo finish in front of 75,000 spectators. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It would be the only Cup victory of his career.