Robert Powell (racing Driver)
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Bobby "Robert" Powell (born June 16, 1965) is an American
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who won the
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Weekly Series national championship in 1988.Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. . pp. 43-47. He competed in 15 NASCAR Busch Series (now
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) races spread throughout in the 1980s and 1990s.


Driving career

Driving an asphalt
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that he owned, Powell won 23 of the 31 NASCAR-sanctioned races that he entered at race tracks in Summerville,
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, and Anderson (all in South Carolina). Powell races in the NASCAR Busch Series in the 1980s and 1990s. He scattered 15 starts with 1989 being the season where he had more than one start. His best career result was a fourth-place finish at Lanier National Speedway; his others Top 10 finishes were an 8th at
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, a tenth at
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and a tenth at
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. Powell ran 32 races in the NASCAR Southeast Series, with 5 Top 5s, 13 Top 10s and 3 pole-positions. He also ran one USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series race in 2000, he finished 7th and led 20 laps.


Arrest

He was arrested in December 2014 in Goose Creek, SC for manufacturing
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. Many materials for the manufacture of methamphetamine were found in his garbage can.


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