NASCAR Camping World East Series
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| NASCAR Camping World East Series | |
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| Sport | Auto racing |
| Founded | 1987 |
| No. of teams | 23 Fully Active |
| Country(ies) |  United States |
The Camping World Series East (formerly Busch East Series & Busch North Series) is a regional NASCAR Grand National stock car racing division.
Formed in 1987, the series races primarily in the Northeastern United States, including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The series was formerly known as the Busch North Series, but was changed to Busch East for the 2006 season after a race was added in Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina. Races were added in South Boston, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee for 2007 to continue the push south and west, as well as East-West combination races at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA and Elko Speedway in Elko, MN..
It is the only NASCAR series to have a driver win a series championship without winning a race. In 1994, Dale Shaw won the then-Busch Grand National North Series championship without a single win.
In 2003, NASCAR unified the rules of the West Series and North/East Series to a single rules package. In 2004, the Toyota All-Star Showdown was added as a post season invitational race to put the best drivers from both series head-to-head.
For 2007, NASCAR made several rule changes including a "spec" engine and a composite body to reduce the cost of competing in the Grand National Division.
On December 16,2007 NASCAR announced that Camping World would take over a Title sponsor of both series in the Grand National Division. [1]
The series is not only a developmental series for drivers. Both crew members and officials have moved on to work in one of the major Nascar series.
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[edit] List of champions
| Year | Champion | Most Popular Driver | Rookie of the Year |
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| 1987 | Joey Kourafas | Chuck Bown | N/A |
| 1988 | Jamie Aube | Dick McCabe | N/A |
| 1989 | Jamie Aube | Jamie Aube | Ron Lamell |
| 1990 | Jamie Aube | Ricky Craven | Ricky Craven |
| 1991 | Ricky Craven | Ricky Craven | Tony Hirschman |
| 1992 | Dick McCabe | Mike McLaughlin | Curtis Markham |
| 1993 | Dick McCabe | Mike McLaughlin | Andy Santerre |
| 1994 | Dale Shaw | Andy Santerre | Jerry Marquis |
| 1995 | Kelly Moore | Mike Stefanik | Brandon Butler |
| 1996 | Dave Dion | Brandon Butler | Brad Leighton |
| 1997 | Mike Stefanik | Mike Stefanik | Tracy Gordon |
| 1998 | Mike Stefanik | Mike Stefanik | Jeff Taylor |
| 1999 | Brad Leighton | Dave Dion | Mike Bruno |
| 2000 | Brad Leighton | Brad Leighton | Mike Johnson |
| 2001 | Mike Olsen | Mike Olsen | Brian Hoar |
| 2002 | Andy Santerre | Andy Santerre | Robbie Harrison |
| 2003 | Andy Santerre | Andy Santerre | Ryan Moore |
| 2004 | Andy Santerre | Mike Stefanik | Ryan Seaman |
| 2005 | Andy Santerre | Andy Santerre | Sean Caisse |
| 2006 | Mike Olsen | Matt Kobyluck | Ruben Pardo |
| 2007 | Joey Logano | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Joey Logano |
[edit] Career Victories
In 342 races, there have been 67 different winners. 39 of which have won multiple races.
| Wins | Driver | First Win | Last Win |
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| 27 | Kelly Moore | 6/12/87 | 6/16/06 |
| 24 | Brad Leighton | 7/12/69 | 8/14/04 |
| 21 | Andy Santerre | 7/12/96 | 8/14/04 |
| 19 | Dale Shaw | 7/18/97 | 7/25/02 |
| 14 | Bobby Dragon | 6/11/87 | 6/29/97 |
| 13 | Ricky Craven | 8/19/90 | 7/8/95 |
| 13 | Dave Dion | 6/28/92 | 8/27/05 |
| 13 | Matt Kobyluck | 8/26/01 | 6/8/08 |
| 12 | Tracy Gordon | 9/5/98 | 9/19/02 |
| 12 | Mike Stefanik | 6/28/91 | 7/15/05 |
| 10 | Ted Christopher | 9/8/96 | 9/16/05 |
| 9 | Jamie Aube | 7/12/87 | 8/28/93 |
| 8 | Joe Bessey | 8/26/89 | 9/24/95 |
| 8 | Robbie Crouch | 8/20/88 | 9/3/95 |
| 8 | Dick McCabe | 7/10/88 | 6/12/93 |
| 8 | Mike Rowe | 5/22/88 | 5/19/91 |
| 7 | Jerry Marquis | 5/15/94 | 7/12/97 |
| 7 | Mike McLaughlin | 9/2/90 | 7/10/93 |
| 7 | Tom Carey | 5/22/98 | 7/12/03 |
| 7 | Mike Johnson | 7/22/00 | 7/17/04 |
| 7 | Sean Caisse | 6/10/06 | 9/21/07 |
| 6 | Dale Quarterley | 9/9/01 | 9/24/04 |
| 6 | Mike Olsen | 6/10/01 | 7/14/06 |
| 5 | Bryan Wall | 6/5/99 | 8/10/02 |
| 5 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 7/8/00 | 7/19/03 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 4/28/07 | 9/14/07 |
| 4 | Butch Leitzinger | 6/5/94 | 10/12/96 |
| 4 | Stanley "Stub" Fadden | 5/17/92 | 9/4/94 |
| 3 | Joey Kourafas | 9/13/87 | 8/13/90 |
| 3 | Chuck Bown | 5/5/87 | 10/12/87 |
| 3 | Eddie MacDonald | 9/7/02 | 6/8/07 |
| 2 | Jimmy Spencer | 8/1/87 | 7/18/98 |
| 2 | Tom Bolles | 9/8/95 | 5/4/97 |
| 2 | Steve Park | 6/2/96 | 7/1/96 |
| 2 | Larry Carron | 6/25/88 | 7/1/89 |
| 2 | Billy Clark | 4/26/87 | 6/10/89 |
| 2 | Pete Silva | 5/5/88 | 7/2/88 |
| 2 | Ryan Moore | 7/9/05 | 8/10/05 |
| 2 | Brian Ickler | 5/18/08 | 5/31/08 |
| 1 | Bruce Haley | 5/25/87 | |
| 1 | Mike Weeden | 7/1/87 | |
| 1 | Tommy Houston | 7/14/87 | |
| 1 | Ralph Nason | 8/28/87 | |
| 1 | Rick Martin | 9/26/87 | |
| 1 | Ken Bouchard | 9/8/90 | |
| 1 | Bobby Gada | 8/29/92 | |
| 1 | Tony Hirschman | 9/5/92 | |
| 1 | Brian Ross | 5/29/93 | |
| 1 | Ken Schrader | 10/16/93 | |
| 1 | John Preston | 5/28/94 | |
| 1 | Martin Truex, Sr. | 7/9/94 | |
| 1 | Glenn Sullivan | 7/24/94 | |
| 1 | Keith Lamell | 7/29/94 | |
| 1 | Tom Rosati | 8/20/94 | |
| 1 | Jeff Fuller | 9/22/96 | |
| 1 | Kip Stockwell | 8/1/97 | |
| 1 | Rick Fuller | 7/3/98 | |
| 1 | Kim Baker | 8/8/98 | |
| 1 | Dennis Demers | 7/23/99 | |
| 1 | Denny Doyle | 10/26/02 | |
| 1 | Joey McCarthy | 6/28/03 | |
| 1 | Brian Hoar | 8/30/03 | |
| 1 | Bryon Chew | 6/24/06 | |
| 1 | Tim Andrews | 9/22/06 | |
| 1 | Ruben Pardo | 9/30/06 | |
| 1 | Rogelio Lopez | 7/22/07 | |
| 1 | Austin Dillon | 4/19/08 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- NASCAR Busch East Series Website
- EastSeries.com - Series News & Coverage
- 2008 NASCAR Camping World Series East Schedule
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