Editing Sam Ard (section)

===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>