Donald Joe Booher (February 22, 1941 – February 12, 1993) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Goody's Dash driver. He spent his time running a farming business when he was not racing. He was killed while competing in the 1993 Goody's Dash Cup season-opening Florida 200 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Prior to 1993, Booher had made 21 career starts in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series. He also competed in the ARCA stock car series. Broadcaster Bob Jenkins reported that during Daytona Speedweeks he often brought one of his cash crops, popcorn, to the media center for all to enjoy. ESPN race broadcast Feb. 13th, 1993

On February 12, 1993, Booher was competing in the Florida 200, the season opener of the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series for 4-cylinder compact cars. Running in mid-field during the second lap of the race, Booher's Chevrolet Beretta clipped the left front quarter panel of Carl Horton's Pontiac and went out of control. He then tagged the wall and was hit in the right front by Rodney White. The accident caused a brief red flag period before the race was restarted. White was in critical condition after suffering compression fractures of his vertebrae and was taken to Halifax Medical Center, but he survived and was not paralyzed. Horton was not hurt in the accident. After being taken to the same hospital, the 51-year-old Booher died of massive head and internal injuries.

Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston 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 31 Pts Ref 1975 Robertson Racing 25 Chevy RSD DAYDNQ RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH DAR DOV NWS MAR CLT RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT NA - 1977 Price Racing 45 Chevy RSD DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT NA - 1978 Wawak Racing 74 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS16 MAR TAL DOV CLT NSV RSD MCH34 DAY NSV 60th 273 Gray Racing 19 Chevy POC22 TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 1980 Wawak Racing 74 Buick RSD DAY17 ATL35 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS 56th 294 Ulrich Racing 40 Chevy RCH11 CAR Warren Racing 79 Dodge RSD19 MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH ONT34 Wawak Racing 74 Chevy DOV16 NWS MAR CLT CAR ATL 1981 Ulrich Racing 40 Buick RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH24 DAY NSV POC20 MCH22 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 82nd 97 Thomas Racing 25 Pontiac TAL42 1982 Ulrich Racing 40 Buick DAYDNQ RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC21 TAL MCH18 BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR ATLDNQ RSD NA - 1983 Spohn Racing 65 Ford DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC NA - Satterfield Racing 18 Buick MCHDNQ DAY NSV POC TAL MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL39 RSD 1984 DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL RSD NA - 1985 Booher Racing 65 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY POC28 TAL 65th 170 Chevy MCH24 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 1986 U.S. Racing 6 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV31 CLT RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN DOV18 MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 71st 179 Jerry Holden Racing 68 Chevy MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCH 1987 Booher Racing 02 Pontiac DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSD ATL NA - 1988 DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT 87th 49 41 Chevy DOV38 RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL 1990 Booher Racing 29 Pontiac DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - 1992 Nelson Malloch Racing 88 Pontiac DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA -

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1975 Robertson Racing Chevrolet DNQ 1977 Price Racing Chevrolet DNQ 1980 Wawak Racing Buick 28 17 1982 Ulrich Racing Buick DNQ 1983 Spohn Racing Ford DNQ 1984 Satterfield Racing Buick DNQ 1987 Booher Racing Pontiac DNQ 1988 DNQ 1990 Booher Racing Pontiac DNQ 1992 Nelson Malloch Racing Pontiac DNQ

ARCA SuperCar Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA 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 21 Pts Ref 1980 8 Olds DAY10 NWS FRS FRS NA - Hollar Racing 92 Chevy MCH20 TAL32 IMS FRS MCH 1981 9 DAY22 DSP FRS FRS BFS TAL FRS COR NA - 1984 Peterson Motorsports 06 Buick DAY21 ATL TAL CSP SMS FRS MCS LCS IRP TAL FRS ISF DSF TOL MGR NA - 1985 ATL DAY29 ATL35 20th - 41 Buick TAL39 ATL40 SSP IRP CSP FRS Olds IRP26 OEF ISF18 DSF TOL 1986 Peterson Motorsports 06 Buick ATL DAY33 ATL33 36th - 91 Pontiac TAL22 SIR SSP FRS KIL CSP 15 Buick TAL28 BLN ISF DSF TOL MCS ATL 1988 Wallace Racing 02 Pontiac DAY ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL20 DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 90th - 1989 20 Pontiac DAYDNQ ATL KIL TALDNQ FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL NA - 1991 46 Chevy DAY ATL25 KIL 32nd 865 Bahre Racing 65 Pontiac TAL40 TOL FRS Finney Racing 43 Pontiac POC21 HPT26 Olds MCH16 KIL FRS DEL 48 Pontiac POC14 Peterson Motorsports Pontiac TAL20 Brad Smith Motorsports 43 Dodge MCH36 ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL 1992 43 Buick DAY28 FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 80th -

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