Buster Graham | |||||||
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Born | (1966-02-11)February 11, 1966 (age 59) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
25 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Best finish | 23rd (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2011Pocono ARCA 200 (Pocono) | ||||||
Last race | 2015International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 20, 2023. |
Buster Graham (born February 11, 1966) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who has previously competed in theARCA Racing Series from 2011 to 2015.
In 2011, Graham would make hisARCA Racing Series debut atPocono Raceway driving the No. 59Dodge forMark Gibson Racing, where he would finish twentieth after starting 21st. He would return with the team atIowa 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 involvingKyle Martel,Tom Berte,Brandon Kidd, andBrent 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 atKansas Speedway later in the year, this time in aFord, where he would finish twentieth. It was also during this year that he would make select starts in theX-1R Pro Cup Series with a best finish of tenth atDillon Motor Speedway.[2]
In December 2011, it was announced that Graham would run a minimum of ten races forTeam BCR Racing driving the No. 88Ford for the 2012 season.[3] In eleven starts, he would get a best finish of tenth atMichigan 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 joinRoulo Brothers Racing in the No. 99Ford at the season opening race atDaytona International Speedway. He would officially start third after ARCA had disqualified multiple cars in post-qualifying inspections, with some of the drivers affected includingBobby Gerhart,Justin Boston, andSpencer Gallagher.[4] In the race, Graham was running within the top-ten until the thirteenth lap, where he was involved in an incident withChase 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 atTalladega Superspeedway, where he would finish tenth after starting seventeenth. He would also make a start atChicagoland Speedway, this time driving the No. 47Ford forTeam Stange Racing where he would start seventeenth and finish sixteenth.[6] In 2015, he would return toRoulo Brothers Racing for Daytona and Talladega, this time in the No. 17Ford with sponsorship fromLouisiana 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.
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 51st | 460 | [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 | 23rd | 1515 | [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 | 36th | 770 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 99 | Ford | DAY 35 | MOB | SLM | TAL 10 | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | 45th | 390 | [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 | 87th | 215 | [13] |