Bones Bourcier

Mark “Bones” Bourcier is considered the number one motorsports writer in the country. Undoubtedly, he is among the leaders in that fraternity. Cutting his teeth on a pair of New England’s racing media outlets – namely Speedway Scene, he was hired at the age of 19, and later Trackside Magazine. In 1988, he began writing for Open Wheel, Stock Car Racing and Speedway Illustrated for Dick Berggren, and since 1999, has been a freelance writer. A resident of Indianapolis for some 20 years, he moved to be closer to the 500, his place in New England is as solid as ever. His long list of friends and acquiesces in the area is testimony to the influence he has had and continues to have here.

He has penned 20 books since 1999 and continues to pen a column for Speed Sport. He is the author of many racing books including Racing Safely, Living Dangerously: The Hard Life and Fast Times of a Motorsports Mogul (Bill Simpson}, Through the Fire (Bill Simpson), True Speed: My Racing Life (Tony Stewart}, As a Matter of Fact I am Parneli Jones, The People’s Champ: A Racing Life (Dave Darland),
Wicked Fast: Racing Through Life with Bentley Warren, Foyt, Andretti, Petty: America’s Racing Trinity, Ed Pink: The Old Master and Sammy!- 50 + Years of Winning (Sammy Swindell) Other works that he has done are Hot Shoe (Gary Balough), Sea to Shining Sea, Racing from the Wild West to Daytona (Ken Clapp’s autobiography), Mark Martin’s upcoming autobiography, Bugsy (Bugs Stevens), Richie (Richie Evans), Steady Eddie (Ed Flemke}, The Kid from Fitchburg (Ron Bouchard), and Utica- Rome: The Home of Heroes.

Bones has earned a place on the same shelf. He has won the sport’s most coveted journalism award – the Miller Racing Award of Excellence – twice; the Eastern Motorsports Association’s Frank Blunt Memorial Award, NEAR’s Mitchell-Ratta Award (2014) and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (2024). Over the years Bourcier has been an instrumental figure in the NEAR Hall of Fame process and has inducted numerous fellow Hall of Famers over the years at the annual induction ceremony.

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