Sad News - Ron Bouchard
Dec 10 2015 - 4:12pm
Former Modified great and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Ron Bouchard passed away Thursday. Bouchard, a native of Fitchburg, Mass. and a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame, was 67 years old. Ed Flemke Jr. confirmed that Bouchard passed away early Thursday morning after battling cancer for many years. "It was a tough battle," said Flemke, Bouchard's brother-in-law. "But he fought the good fight, as he always did." Bouchard's wife Paula is the daughter of legendary Modified driver Ed Flemke Sr. "They were such a tremendous team," Ed Flemke Jr. said. Bouchard was a member of the charter class of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 1998. Bouchard began his racing career at 14 years old at the former Brookline Speedway in the 1960's. He made his name winning in Modified events across the Northeast and became the star attraction at Stafford Motor Speedway in the 1970's. Though Bouchard was most known for his lone Sprint Cup Series victory, coming in the Talladega 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway on Aug. 2, 1981. It was his eleventh career Sprint Cup Series start. Bouchard was the 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year. He had 160 Sprint Cup Series starts between 1981 and 1987 with 19 top-five finishes, 60 top-10's and three poles. He won the Talladega event driving for New England car owner Jack Beebe and New England crew chief Bob Johnson. He also made 20 XFINITY Series starts from 1983 to 1987 with two victories and eight top-fives.(RaceDay CT)(12-10-2015)
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