Racecar driver from Maryland Bill Bowman Born, United States career 8 races run over 3 years Best finish 57th – 1957 season First race 1955 race at Last race 1957 race at Wins Top tens 0 6 0 Bill Bowman is a retired Grand National Series driver from. He raced from to. Bowman managed to get four 'top ten finishes' after racing for 1,673 laps and earning $1,220 ($10,883.15 when adjusted for inflation).
His average start is 24th and his average finish is 15th place. Dirt tracks were his favorite racing venue as Bowman managed to finish an average of 11th place. Intermediate tracks were his downfall; giving him difficulties as he finished an average of 35th place there. Gave Bowman the most grief with an average finish of 35th place while he found pleasure in and giving him average finishes of 8th place. Mostly associated with the #71 Chevrolet, Bill Bowman was an independent driver for most of his career.