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{{Short description|American racing driver (1939–2017)}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
| name              = Sam Ard 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1939|2|14}}  
| birth_place       = [[Pamplico, South Carolina]] 
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2017|4|2|1939|2|14}} 
|death_place = [[Florence, South Carolina]]
| achievements      = [[1983 NASCAR Busch Series|1983]], [[1984 NASCAR Busch Series|1984]] [[NASCAR Busch Series]] Champion<br>Tied with [[Noah Gragson]] and [[Connor Zilisch]] for most consecutive wins in the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] (4 in [[1983 NASCAR Busch Series|1983]])
| awards            = 1983, 1984 Busch Series [[NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award|Most Popular Driver]] <br> Named one of [[NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers|NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers]] (2023) 
| Total_Cup_Races   = 1 
| Years_In_Cup      = 1 
| Best_Cup_Pos      = 104th ([[1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1984]]) 
| First_Cup_Race    = [[1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1984]] [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|Goody's 500]] ([[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]]) 
| Last_Cup_Race     = 
| Cup_Wins          = 0 
| Cup_Top_Tens      = 0 
| Cup_Poles         = 0 
| Total_Busch_Races = 92 
| Years_In_Busch    = 3 
| Best_Busch_Pos    = 1st ([[1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series|1983]], [[1984 NASCAR Busch Series|1984]]) 
| First_Busch_Race  = [[1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series|1982]] [[DRIVE4COPD 300|Goody's 300]] ([[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]]) 
| Last_Busch_Race   = [[1984 NASCAR Busch Series|1984]] [[Target House 200|Komfort Koach 200]] ([[Rockingham Motor Speedway|Rockingham]])
| First_Busch_Win   = [[1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series|1982]] [[Miller 500 (Busch race)|Dogwood 500]] ([[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]]) 
| Last_Busch_Win    = [[1984 NASCAR Busch Series|1984]] [[Coca-Cola 300 (North Wilkesboro)|Coca-Cola 300]] ([[North Wilkesboro Speedway|North Wilkesboro]]) 
| Busch_Wins        = 22 
| Busch_Top_Tens    = 79 
| Busch_Poles       = 24 
}}

'''Samuel Julian Ard''' (February 14, 1939{{spaced ndash}}April 2, 2017) was an American professional [[stock car racing]] driver. He won two [[NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series]] championships, in 1983 and 1984. Ard also made one [[NASCAR Winston Cup]] start. He retired from driving after being injured in late 1984 and became a car owner. He had [[Parkinson's disease]] later in life and died in April 2017 at age 78.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-02 |title=Jayski: Sad News - Sam Ard; obituary |url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/19058368/sad-news-sam-ard-obituary |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Racing career==
===Late Model Sportsman Division (1975–1981)===
Ard was a regular competitor, earning at least nine wins and scoring multiple top-five finishes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Ard |url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Sam_Ard |website=The Third Turn |accessdate=15 March 2019}}</ref>
In 1981, Ard finished fifth in the season-long NASCAR National Championship point standings.<ref>1982 Nascar Yearbook & Press Guide</ref>

===Late Model Sportsman / Busch Grand National Series===
Ard was the runner-up in 1982 of NASCAR's Late Model Sportsman Series, winning four races and finishing out of the top ten only six times.<ref name=":0" /> 

On the heels of that season, Ard won ten races and had twenty-three top-five finishes, and won the 1983 Busch Grand National (now [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]]) points championship.<ref name=":1"/>

He continued his dominant streak in 1984, with eight wins and twenty-four top-fives in 28 starts.<ref name=":2" /> Ard was seriously injured in a crash at the [[Rockingham Speedway]] on October 20, 1984. Despite missing the season's final race at Martinsville, Ard captured the Busch Grand National championship for the second year in a row, but was never able to race again.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/19058368/sad-news-sam-ard-obituary|title=Jayski: Sad News - Sam Ard; obituary|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

He previously held the record for most consecutive top-fives in the series with 15 until [[Connor Zilisch]] broke the record in [[2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series|2025]]. Zilisch and [[Noah Gragson]] ties Ard's record for most consecutive wins in-a-row in the series with 4.

=== Winston Cup Series ===
Ard made his first and only [[Winston Cup Series]] start on September 23, 1984, at [[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]]. He started 27th in the 31-car field but lasted just one lap before a steering failure ended his day.<ref name=":4" />

== Post-racing career ==
After retiring as a driver, Ard became an owner, fielding cars for several drivers, most notably [[Jimmy Hensley]] and [[Jeff Burton]], who claimed his first Grand National win driving Ard's car.<ref name=":3" />

=== Later life and death ===
Ard battled [[Alzheimer's disease]] and [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-short-track-star-sam-ard-dies-at-78|title=NASCAR short-track star Sam Ard dies at 78|date=2017-04-03|work=Fox News|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-US}}</ref> His family often received donations and aid from the racing community to help him. In 2006, drivers [[Kevin Harvick]] and [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] led a charge to donate a substantial amount of funds for the care of Ard and his family. After tying Ard's Nationwide Series single-season victory record in 2008, [[Kyle Busch]] announced that he would give $100,000 to aid Ard's family with his care and mounting medical expenses in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/11/03/kybusch.sard.donation/index.html|title=Ards can't put price on Busch $100,000 donation|agency=Associated Press|work=[[NASCAR]]|publisher=NASCAR Media Group|date=November 3, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211201305/http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/11/03/kybusch.sard.donation/index.html|archivedate=December 11, 2008}}</ref>

Ard died on April 2, 2017, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2017/4/2/sam-ard-dies-78-xfinity-series-champion.html|title=SAM ARD, TWO-TIME XFINITY SERIES CHAMPION, DIES AT 78|work=[[NASCAR]]|date=April 2, 2017|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Ard served in the [[Vietnam War]] as a member of the [[U. S. Air Force]]. He married his wife Jo in 1961, and they had four children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scnow.com/obituaries/article_878dfd0a-b32a-5e71-b190-3ce5591554d3.html|title=Samuel Julian "Sam" Ard|work=SCNow|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en}}</ref>

==Motorsports career results==

===NASCAR===
([[Template:NASCAR driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)

====Winston Cup Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
|-
! colspan="37" | [[NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup Series]] results
|-
! 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
! 22
! 23
! 24
! 25
! 26
! 27
! 28
! 29
! 30
! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! [[1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1984]]
! [[Zervakis Enterprises]]
! 02
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| [[1984 Daytona 500|DAY]]
| [[Miller High Life 400 (Spring Richmond)|RCH]]
| [[Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500|CAR]]
| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]
| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]
| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]
| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]
| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]
| [[1984 Winston 500|TAL]]
| [[Coors 420|NSV]]
| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]
| [[1984 World 600|CLT]]
| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]
| [[Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500|POC]]
| [[Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]
| [[1984 Firecracker 400|DAY]]
| [[Pepsi 420|NSV]]
| [[Like Cola 500|POC]]
| [[1984 Talladega 500|TAL]]
| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]
| [[Busch 500|BRI]]
| [[Southern 500 (1950-2004)|DAR]]
| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]
| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br><small>31</small>
| [[Miller High Life 500 (Charlotte)|CLT]]
| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]
| [[Warner W. Hodgdon American 500|CAR]]
| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]
| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]
! 104th
! 0<sup>1</sup>
! <ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ardsa01/1984/W|title=Sam Ard – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
|}

{{sup|1}} Ard's team was a post-entry for the race and thus did not receive points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1984/25/data/results_official.html|title=1984 Official Race Results: Goody's 500|work=NASCAR|publisher=NASCAR Media Group|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821094116/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1984/25/data/results_official.html|archivedate=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

====Busch Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
!colspan=42| [[NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series|NASCAR Busch Series]] results
|-
! 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
! 22
! 23
! 24
! 25
! 26
! 27
! 28
! 29
! 30
! 31
! 32
! 33
! 34
! 35
! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
!rowspan=2| [[1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series|1982]]
!rowspan=4| [[Thomas Brothers Racing]]
!rowspan=4| 00
! [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Goody's 300|DAY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Eastern 150|RCH]]<br><small>21</small>
|
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Dogwood 500|MAR]]<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[TranSouth 200|DAR]]<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Mountain Dew 300|HCY]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Busch 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Budweiser 200 (Caraway)|CRW]]'''<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Spring 220|RCH]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Hampton Chevy 200|LGY]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sportsman 200|DOV]]<br><small>17</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Sunkist 200|HCY]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Mello Yello 300|CLT]]<br><small>12</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Inaugural 200|ASH]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston 200|HCY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Roses Stores 200|SBO]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 200 (Rockingham)|CAR]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Goody's 200 (Caraway)|CRW]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Lowe's 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Goody's 200 (Hickory)|HCY]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Gene Lovelace 200|LGY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Kroger 200 (Nationwide)|IRP]]'''<br><small>28</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Pet Dairy 150|BRI]]<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Bobby Isaac Memorial 200|HCY]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Harvest 150|RCH]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Autumn 150|MAR]]'''<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Miller Time 300|CLT]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern Auto Racing News 200|HCY]]<br><small>18</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Cardinal 250|MAR]]<br><small>6</small>
| colspan=6|
!rowspan=2| 2nd
!rowspan=2| 4448
!rowspan=2| <ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ardsa01/1982/B|title=Sam Ard – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| colspan=2|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 150|BRI]]<br><small>20</small>
| colspan=32|
|-
! [[1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series|1983]]
!rowspan=2| [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Goody's 300|DAY]]'''<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Eastern 150|RCH]]'''<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 200 (Rockingham)|CAR]]<br><small>12</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mello Yello 200 (Hickory)|HCY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Miller Time 250|MAR]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Holly Farms 200|NWS]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[WDVA 200|SBO]]<br><small>25</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Coca-Cola 200 (Greenville)|GPS]]'''<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Hampton Chevy 200|LGY]]<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Budweiser 200 (Dover)|DOV]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Southeastern 150|BRI]]'''<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mello Yello 300|CLT]]<br><small>32</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Busch 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]<br><small>11</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Shoney's 200|HCY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[L.D. Swain & Son 200|ROU]]'''<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Roses Stores 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]<br><small>15</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Mason Day Paving 200|ROU]]'''<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Goody's 200 (Caraway)|CRW]]'''<br><small>7*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Mello Yello 200 (Rougemont)|ROU]]'''<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Goody's 200 (Hickory)|HCY]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Virginia 200|LGY]]<br><small>7</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Kroger 200 (Nationwide)|IRP]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[DAPCO 200|GPS]]<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Free Service 150|BRI]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bobby Isaac Memorial 200|HCY]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Darlington 250|DAR]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Miller Time 150|RCH]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 200 (North Wilkesboro)|NWS]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Miller 300|SBO]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Autumn 150|MAR]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Solomon Enterprises 200|ROU]]<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Miller Time 300|CLT]]<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Yount 200|HCY]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Cardinal 250|MAR]]<br><small>1*</small>
! 1st
! 5454
! <ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ardsa01/1983/B|title=Sam Ard – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! [[1984 NASCAR Busch Series|1984]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Goody's 300|DAY]]<br><small>4*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Wrangler 150|RCH]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Komfort Koach 200 (spring)|CAR]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mountain Dew 200|HCY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Miller Time 250|MAR]]<br><small>9</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie Cup 200|DAR]]<br><small>4*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mason Day Paving 200|ROU]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Nashville 200 (Busch)|NSV]]'''<br><small>2*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Hampton 200|LGY]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Red Carpet 200|MLW]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Budweiser 200 (Dover)|DOV]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Mello Yello 300|CLT]]<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Busch 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Yount 200|HCY]]'''<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[L.D. Swain & Son 200|ROU]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Roses Stores 200 (South Boston)|SBO]]'''<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Miller 200 (Rougemont)|ROU]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Goody's 200 (Hickory)|HCY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Kroger 200 (Nationwide)|IRP]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Busch 200 (Langley)|LGY]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Miller 300|SBO]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Free 200|BRI]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Darlington 200 (Busch)|DAR]]<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller 150|RCH]]<br><small>11</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Coca-Cola 300 (North Wilkesboro)|NWS]]<br><small>1*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Miller Time 300|CLT]]<br><small>3*</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Bobby Isaac Memorial 200|HCY]]'''<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Komfort Koach 200 (fall)|CAR]]<br><small>33</small>
| [[Cardinal 250|MAR]]
| colspan=6|
! 1st
! 4552
! <ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ardsa01/1984/B|title=Sam Ard – 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref>
|}

===ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series===
([[Template:NASCAR driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
|-
! colspan="27" | [[ARCA Menards Series|ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series]] results
|-
! Year
! Team
! No.
! Make
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! 20
! {{Tooltip|APSC|ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! [[1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series|1983]]
! [[Thomas Brothers Racing]]
! 10
! [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[ARCA 200|DAY]] <br><small>36</small>
| [[Fairgrounds Speedway|NSV]]
| [[Permatex 500K|TAL]]
| [[ARCA Twin 100's Race No. 1|LPR]]
| [[ARCA Twin 100's Race No. 2|LPR]]
| [[Texaco Lomax Piggyback American 100|ISF]]
| [[O'Reilly Raceway Park|IRP]]
| [[Spartan Speedway|SSP]]
| [[Flat Rock Speedway|FRS]]
| [[Baer Field Speedway|BFS]]
| [[Winchester 100|WIN]]
| [[Lonesome Pine International Raceway|LPR]]
| [[Quaker State 150|POC]]
| [[Talladega ARCA 200|TAL]]
| [[Mount Clemens Speedway|MCS]]
| [[Flat Rock Speedway|FRS]]
| [[Milwaukee Sentinel 200|MIL]]
| [[DuQuoin State Fairgrounds|DSF]]
| [[Muskingham County Speedway|ZAN]]
| [[Sandusky Speedway|SND]]
! NA
! -
! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ardsa01/1983/A|title=Sam Ard – 1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=June 28, 2020}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Racing-Reference driver|Sam_Ard}}
*{{Racing-Reference owner|Sam_Ard}}
*[http://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/a/ardsam.php NASCAR Budweiser/Busch Late Model Sportsman Series Win List] at The Crittenden Automotive Library

{{s-start}}
{{succession box |
  before= [[Jack Ingram (NASCAR driver)|Jack Ingram]] |
  title= [[Busch Series|NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Champion]] |
  years= 1983–1984|
  after= [[Jack Ingram (NASCAR driver)|Jack Ingram]] |
}}
{{s-end}}

{{NASCAR Xfinity Series Champions}}

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