Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd
Rudd at Daytona International Speedway in 2004
Born	Richard Lee Rudd (1956-09-12) September 12, 1956 South Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Achievements	1992 IROC Champion 1997 Brickyard 400 Winner 2006 Dan Wheldon Cup (Robo-Pong 200) winner Most career starts in NASCAR Cup Series modern era (906)
Awards	1977 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 2006 Virginian of the Year Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (2007) Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame (2010) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2025)
NASCAR Cup Series career
906 races run over 32 years
Best finish	2nd (1991)
First race	1975 Carolina 500 (Rockingham)
Last race	2007 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win	1983 Budweiser 400 (Riverside)
Last win	2002 Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 23 374 29
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Best finish	65th (1983)
First race	1983 Sportsman 200 (Dover)
Last race	1983 Miller Time 300 (Charlotte)
First win	1983 Sportsman 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 1 0
Statistics current as of February 16, 2015.

Richard Lee Rudd (born September 12, 1956), nicknamed "the Rooster", is an American former racing driver and racing team owner. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and former NASCAR Busch Series driver Jason Rudd. He retired in 2007 with 23 career wins; twenty were done in a span from 1983 to 1998, where he won at least one race in sixteen consecutive seasons, a mark only surpassed by three other drivers. He was named the 2006 Virginian of the Year and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In October 2010, he was selected to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors those who have contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia.

Career

Early life

Rudd was born in South Norfolk, Virginia (now Chesapeake), the son of Margaret (née McMannen) and Alvin R. Rudd Sr., the president of Al Rudd Auto Parts. He began racing as a teenager in karting and motocross, but did not attempt stock car racing until he was eighteen years old, when he made his NASCAR debut at North Carolina Speedway in 1975, driving the No. 10 Ford for family friend Bill Champion.

Qualifying 26th, he finished in 11th place despite running 46 laps down. He then ran an additional three races for Champion, his best finish being a tenth at Bristol Motor Speedway. He drove another four races in 1976 for his father, posting another tenth finish at the Firecracker 400. He went full-time in 1977, again driving the No. 22 for his father. He had ten Top 10 finishes and was named Rookie of the Year. Rudd ran part-time the following season. Despite the abbreviated schedule, he earned four top-tens and finished 31st in points. In 1979, he signed with Junie Donlavey to pilot the No. 90 Truxmore-sponsored car, garnering four Top 5’s and a ninth-place finish in the final points standings.

He did not return to Donlavey in 1980, and started out in a part-time run for his dad and D. K. Ulrich. He finished season in the No. 7 Sanyo-sponsored car for Nelson Malloch, for whom he had one tenth-place finish.

1981–1987

Ricky Rudd's 1983 Riverside International Raceway-winning No. 3 Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Rudd in 1984

In 1981, Rudd signed with DiGard Motorsports to drive the No. 88 car. Although he had no victories, he won his first three pole positions, and began his lengthy streak of consecutive race starts. In 1982 Rudd stepped into the No. 3 Pontiac for Richard Childress Racing. Rudd had six Top 5s but dropped down to ninth in the points standings. In the 1983 Daytona 500, Rudd became the youngest pole winner in Daytona 500 history at the age of 26 and would hold that record until 2014 when it was broken by a 23 year old Austin Dillon. He was able to get his first two career wins in 1983 at Riverside and Martinsville respectively, but he again finished ninth in points. He also ran the only three Busch Series races of his career that season, winning in his debut event at Dover Downs.

In 1984, Rudd and Dale Earnhardt swapped rides, with Rudd moving over to the No. 15 Ford for Bud Moore. The move came after Earnhardt signed with Childress, leaving Rudd disappointed and out of a ride until he drove for Moore. Rudd was involved in a horrific crash in the Busch Clash at Daytona, in which his car went airborne (in a crash that Ned Jarrett described as something like a "bucking horse") before suffering a concussion and a torn cartilage in his rib cage. His eyes were swollen so badly he taped his eyes open to be able to race in the Daytona 500, as well as a flak jacket for his rib injury. After learning of this long after the fact, NASCAR instituted the policy of examining all drivers involved in wrecks to ensure that they will be able to race safely the next week. He won his first race for this team in only his second start at Richmond and improved to seventh in points. He moved up one spot in points in the following season, and then a career-best 5th-place finish in 1986. Despite an additional 2 victories in 1987, Rudd left Moore Engineering at the end of the season.

1988–1993

1989 No. 26 Buick Regal

Rudd joined King Racing beginning in 1988 in the No. 26 Buick Regal owned by drag racing legend Kenny Bernstein. He struggled with engine failures all season long and finished 11th in the point standings, his worst points finish in eight years. In addition, Rudd suffered a knee injury in a crash at The Winston. At North Wilkesboro, Rudd was fined $10,000 for actions detrimental to stock car racing after spinning Dale Earnhardt late in the race. After his only win of 1989, which came at the inaugural Sears Point event, Rudd departed the operation. He tangled with Earnhardt again at North Wilkesboro, as a last-lap altercation while fighting for the lead handed the win to Geoff Bodine. In 1990, Rudd signed with Hendrick Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Lumina. He was able to win The Bud at the Glen and finished seventh in the point standings. However, he was involved in a fatal pit road accident in the season-finale Atlanta Journal 500, in which he spun into Bill Elliott's pit and accidentally crushed Elliott's tire changer Mike Rich, who died hours later in surgery. That fatal incident caused NASCAR to implement pit road speed limits at every NASCAR track, for all of the series.

In 1991, Rudd won his only race of the year at Darlington Raceway. Later in the year at Sonoma, Rudd was the center of controversy in one of the most bizarre finishes in NASCAR. Rudd started on pole at the race, and was offered a bonus paycheck with the winning money if he won the race. Rudd took the second spot with 3 laps left, and when the white flag was waved Rudd tapped Davey Allison to take the lead. When Rudd came back around to the finish line he waved to his pit crew but was shown a black flag for the tap. His win was taken away and given to Allison who refired to end up in second place. Rudd ended up in second place; Rick Hendrick, and crew chief Waddell Wilson unsuccessfully tried to appeal the penalties.

He finished the year a career-best 2nd-place finish in points. The following season, he won the Peak Antifreeze 500, but dropped to seventh in points. After finishing another three spots lower in points in 1993, he left Hendrick to start his own racing corporation Rudd Performance Motorsports.

1994–1999

Rudd at 1994 Brickyard 400.

1997 Tide-sponsored racecar at Pocono

Ricky Rudd walks down pit road, before qualifying at Pocono Raceway 1998

Rudd took Tide and formed his own race team in 1994, Rudd Performance Motorsports, and drove the No. 10 Ford Thunderbird that season. His first win as an owner/driver came at New Hampshire International Speedway, which led to a fifth-place points finish. 1995 saw his consecutive winning streak almost end before he won the Dura Lube 500 at Phoenix, the second-to-last race of the season. He had another near miss in 1996, but won late in the year at North Carolina Speedway.

In 1997, Rudd had two wins, one in the Brickyard 400 and the other at Dover International Speedway, making this his highest win total since 1987, but he dropped to 17th in the points standings, making this the first time he finished outside of the Top 10 in nine years. His only win in 1998 came at Martinsville Speedway, dealing with high air temperatures and a faulty cooling system. As a result, Rudd suffered burns and blisters over most of his body, and gave his victory lane interview lying on the ground breathing from an oxygen mask. This was the last win of his consecutive victory streak, as he struggled with mechanical failures and wrecks throughout the season. With 16 winning seasons in a row, he nonetheless broke a new record that still stands today, though Jimmie Johnson managed to tie it in 2017. The following year, Rudd failed to win a race, snapping a 16-season streak with at least one victory. When Tide left his team, Rudd chose to liquidate his equipment and close his team.

2000–2005

After many rumors and speculation, Rudd was hired to pilot the No. 28 Texaco/Havoline-sponsored Ford Taurus for Robert Yates Racing in 2000. Although he still did not win any races that season, he did have two poles and moved to fifth in the points standings, a 26-spot improvement over the previous season. In 2001, Rudd got his first win in three years at Pocono, followed by another win at Richmond late in the season. He also matched a career-high 14 top-five finishes. Rudd scored his final win at Sonoma in 2002, but dropped to 10th in points. Following the fall Richmond race, Rudd had a heated argument with RYR engine specialist Larry Lackey on pit road, with Lackey punching Rudd in the face and Rudd retaliating with a water bottle. Rudd was fined US$5,000 and placed on probation while Lackey was fined US$10,000 before resigning from his position at RYR. Rudd left RYR at the end of the 2002 season.

In 2003, Rudd signed to drive the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing, replacing Elliott Sadler, who took over Rudd's seat at RYR. Rudd scored four top-fives and a 23rd-place finish in points that year. The following year, he won his final career pole at Talladega, but fell a spot in the standings. He was able to recover to earn nine top 10s in 2005 and improved to 21st in points. The closest he came to winning a race between 2003 and 2005 was at Sonoma in 2005, when he led several laps and finished second to Tony Stewart after being passed by him with nine laps to go.

At the end of the 2005 season, Rudd left the No. 21 team and announced he would "take a break from racing", although he was not retiring. At the time he was known as NASCAR's "ironman", or record holder for most consecutive starts, ending at 788, and holding the record until it was surpassed by Jeff Gordon in 2015.

2006–2007

2007 car

Rudd spent most of 2006 out of racing, racing only at Dover, where he filled in for an ailing Tony Stewart. He made an appearance to meet and sign autographs for fans at the 2006 Carl Casper's Custom Auto Show at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky and meanwhile, he also raced in a karting event called the RoboPong 200 in Newcastle, Indiana in a race full of IndyCar stars, and eventually etching his name on the Dan Wheldon Cup, the trophy that since 2012 has become that event's signature trophy. Late in the season, his return to Yates was announced, to drive the No. 88 Ford full-time. His best finish since his return to the sport was seventh in the Coca-Cola 600. Since he missed the Chevy Rock & Roll 400, it was the first time in his career where he did not make a start due to an injury. Kenny Wallace drove the No. 88 on an interim basis until Rudd healed, except at Talladega, where Mike Wallace drove the car. Rudd made his return at Charlotte, where he finished 11th. He finished his career with a 21st-place finish at the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami.

After racing

After the 2007 season, and a 32-year career, Rudd resides at his home in Cornelius, North Carolina. In 2007, Rudd was inducted into the 2007 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and in 2010, he was selected to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame that honors those who have contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia. Rudd now lives what he calls "a very simple lifestyle" with his family. On February 7, 2012, Rudd signed to be an analyst for Speed Channel's weekend motor sports news program, SPEED Center. Following the announcement he said, "I'm really looking forward to the next chapter. It’s going to be a lot of fun working with the gang at SPEED." In 2013, Rudd made appearances in Series Two of the TV show Dallas in scenes filmed at Texas Motor Speedway as the hired driver for Christopher Ewing's methane-powered race car.

On February 17, 2014, Rudd was inducted into the Daytona Beach Stock car Hall of Fame by Rotary International.

Even though he retired from professional racing, Rudd still races go-karts at GoPro Motorplex in the Charlotte area.

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel 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	32	33	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
1975	Champion Racing	10	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR 11	BRI 10	ATL 25	NWS 28	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT							47th	431
1976	Rudd Racing Enterprises	22	Chevy	RSD	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 23	NSV	DOV 33	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY 10	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 16	CAR	ATL	ONT							53rd	407
1977				RSD	DAY 22		CAR 19	ATL	NWS	DAR 22	BRI 10	MAR	TAL 28	NSV 10	DOV 27	CLT 17	RSD	MCH 28	DAY 36	NSV 10	POC 7	TAL 4	MCH 7	BRI 16	DAR 7	RCH 11	DOV 32	MAR 27	NWS 7	CLT 24	CAR 25	ATL 8	ONT 8							17th	2810
			Ford			RCH 26
1978			Chevy	RSD	DAY 37	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR 10	NWS	MAR			CLT 28	NSV	RSD	MCH 9			POC 6	TAL 39	MCH 28	BRI	DAR 36	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 23	CAR 25	ATL 9	ONT DNQ							31st	1260
			Buick										TAL 27	DOV					DAY 21	NSV
1979	Donlavey Racing	90	Mercury	RSD	DAY 31			ATL 9			DAR 8		TAL 27			CLT 6	TWS 28	RSD	MCH 8	DAY 13	NSV	POC 5	TAL 3	MCH 7		DAR 8				CLT 11			ATL 8	ONT 10						9th	3642
			Ford			CAR 34			NWS 14	BRI 10		MAR 12		NSV 10	DOV 14												RCH 3	DOV 8	MAR 6		NWS 5	CAR 20
			Chevy				RCH 11																		BRI 9
1980	Ulrich Racing	40		RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR 12	ATL 31	BRI	DAR 19	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV																									35th	1213
	Al Rudd Auto	22														CLT 9	TWS	RSD	MCH 32												CLT 4	CAR	ATL	ONT
	Nelson Malloch Racing	7	Olds																	DAY 13			TAL 20
			Chevy																		NSV 28	POC 10		MCH 34	BRI 28	DAR 34	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR
1981	DiGard Motorsports	88		RSD 19																	NSV 4	POC 6		MCH 3	BRI 2	DAR 23	RCH 12	DOV 5	MAR 8	NWS 25	CLT 3	CAR 18								6th	3988
			Olds		DAY 3	RCH 2	CAR 31		BRI 2				TAL 4				TWS 24			DAY 40
			Buick					ATL 22		NWS 6	DAR 11	MAR 3		NSV 5*	DOV 5	CLT 4		RSD 5	MCH 30				TAL 23										ATL 38	RSD 40
1982	Richard Childress Racing	3	Pontiac	DAY 35	RCH 22	BRI 27	ATL 25	CAR 15	DAR 29	NWS 9	MAR 4	TAL 24	NSV 19	DOV 22	CLT 7	POC 6	RSD 29	MCH 5	DAY 7	NSV 4	POC 31	TAL 9	MCH 14	BRI 7	DAR 31	RCH 4	DOV 11	NWS 25	CLT 31	MAR 2	CAR 28	ATL 7	RSD 2							9th	3537
1983			Chevy	DAY 24	RCH 28	CAR 6	ATL 10	DAR 4	NWS 27	MAR 5	TAL 8	NSV 14	DOV 24	BRI 26	CLT 32	RSD 1*	POC 31	MCH 6	DAY 21	NSV 5	POC 7	TAL 16	MCH 27	BRI 14	DAR 25	RCH 2	DOV 13	MAR 1*	NWS 6	CLT 9	CAR 3	ATL 26	RSD 37							9th	3693
1984	Bud Moore Engineering	15	Ford	DAY 7	RCH 1	CAR 7	ATL 8	BRI 6	NWS 3*	DAR 9	MAR 18	TAL 22	NSV 4	DOV 8	CLT 11	RSD 9	POC 18	MCH 40	DAY 15	NSV 16	POC 39	TAL 14	MCH 12	BRI 16	DAR 5	RCH 2	DOV 3	MAR 27	CLT 8	NWS 6	CAR 23	ATL 3	RSD 15							7th	3918
1985				DAY 5	RCH 25	CAR 32	ATL 4	BRI 2	DAR 25	NWS 4	MAR 2	TAL 5	DOV 4	CLT 13	RSD 4	POC 7	MCH 7	DAY 7	POC 14	TAL 18	MCH 31	BRI 9	DAR 6	RCH 5	DOV 3	MAR 4	NWS 5	CLT 15	CAR 7	ATL 31	RSD 1									6th	3857
1986				DAY 11	RCH 30	CAR 28	ATL 26	BRI 2	DAR 26	NWS 2	MAR 1*	TAL 36	DOV 4	CLT 8	RSD 3	POC 4	MCH 10	DAY 6	POC 2	TAL 3	GLN 7	MCH 21	BRI 23	DAR 6	RCH 24*	DOV 1*	MAR 28	NWS 7	CLT 4	CAR 2	ATL 25	RSD 19								5th	3823
1987				DAY 9	CAR 2	RCH 28	ATL 1	DAR 30	NWS 5	BRI 3	MAR 16	TAL 30	CLT 25	DOV 12	POC 7	RSD 2	MCH 14	DAY 14	POC 26	TAL 15	GLN 4	MCH 25	BRI 3	DAR 7	RCH 3	DOV 1*	MAR 21	NWS 13	CLT 11	CAR 31	RSD 31	ATL 3								6th	3742
1988	King Racing	26	Buick	DAY 17	RCH 2	CAR 17	ATL 24	DAR 30	BRI 20	NWS 2	MAR 18	TAL 29	CLT 7	DOV 19	RSD 3	POC 30	MCH 11	DAY 22	POC 12	TAL 41	GLN 1	MCH 16	BRI 16	DAR 10	RCH 26	DOV 10	MAR 24*	CLT 8	NWS 7*	CAR 2	PHO 26*	ATL 4								11th	3547
1989				DAY 19	CAR 32	ATL 24	RCH 4	DAR 12	BRI 8	NWS 6	MAR 23	TAL 31	CLT 10	DOV 6	SON 1*	POC 20	MCH 4	DAY 9	POC 31	TAL 17	GLN 29	MCH 8	BRI 3	DAR 3	RCH 4	DOV 5	MAR 8	CLT 21	NWS 9	CAR 28	PHO 29	ATL 14								8th	3608
1990	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Chevy	DAY 4	RCH 3	CAR 31	ATL 27	DAR 24	BRI 3	NWS 4	MAR 23	TAL 33	CLT 28	DOV 11	SON 3	POC 32	MCH 9	DAY 13	POC 7	TAL 5	GLN 1	MCH 5	BRI 10	DAR 7	RCH 8	DOV 32	MAR 28*	NWS 11	CLT 6	CAR 7	PHO 32	ATL 16								7th	3601
1991				DAY 9	RCH 2*	CAR 4	ATL 6	DAR 1	BRI 5*	NWS 11	MAR 11	TAL 13	CLT 9	DOV 10	SON 2	POC 20	MCH 8	DAY 9	POC 20	TAL 4	GLN 2	MCH 11	BRI 5	DAR 15	RCH 5	DOV 7	MAR 8	NWS 12	CLT 32	CAR 12	PHO 11	ATL 11								2nd	4092
1992				DAY 40	CAR 28	RCH 6	ATL 12	DAR 5	BRI 6	NWS 3	MAR 23	TAL 26	CLT 9	DOV 6	SON 4	POC 36	MCH 5	DAY 7	POC 4	TAL 4*	GLN 13	MCH 36	BRI 8	DAR 10	RCH 6	DOV 1	MAR 10	NWS 15	CLT 5	CAR 3	PHO 30	ATL 25								7th	3735
1993				DAY 30	CAR 12	RCH 15	ATL 5	DAR 19	BRI 26	NWS 7	MAR 29	TAL 41	SON 3	CLT 37	DOV 35	POC 9	MCH 1	DAY 4	NHA 5	POC 11	TAL 24	GLN 24	MCH 35*	BRI 22	DAR 6	RCH 4	DOV 21	MAR 4	NWS 5	CLT 8	CAR 14	PHO 6	ATL 2							10th	3644
1994	Rudd Performance Motorsports	10	Ford	DAY 8	CAR 11	RCH 18	ATL 9	DAR 9	BRI 32	NWS 6	MAR 12	TAL 25	SON 14	CLT 6	DOV 19	POC 21	MCH 4	DAY 17	NHA 1	POC 6	TAL 7	IND 11	GLN 5	MCH 10	BRI 12	DAR 4	RCH 5	DOV 18	MAR 25	NWS 11	CLT 29	CAR 4	PHO 7	ATL 14						5th	4050
1995				DAY 13	CAR 4	RCH 21	ATL 8	DAR 41	BRI 5	NWS 29	MAR 30	TAL 22	SON 4	CLT 5	DOV 31	POC 13	MCH 38	DAY 8	NHA 5	POC 3	TAL 41	IND 20	GLN 4	MCH 30	BRI 36	DAR 6	RCH 8	DOV 10	MAR 27	NWS 5	CLT 4*	CAR 13	PHO 1	ATL 10						9th	3734
1996				DAY 9	CAR 4	RCH 9	ATL 8	DAR 9	BRI 14	NWS 15	MAR 23	TAL 28	SON 7	CLT 15	DOV 8	POC 2	MCH 31	DAY 33	NHA 3	POC 2	TAL 37	IND 6	GLN 34	MCH 8	BRI 9	DAR 16	RCH 12	DOV 34	MAR 35	NWS 7	CLT 13	CAR 1	PHO 14	ATL 8						6th	3845
1997				DAY 9	CAR 4	RCH 6	ATL 30	DAR 23	TEX 5	BRI 27	MAR 13	SON 34	TAL 11	CLT 10	DOV 1	POC 21	MCH 13	CAL 3	DAY 34	NHA 9	POC 36	IND 1	GLN 40	MCH 29	BRI 19	DAR 5	RCH 28	NHA 42	DOV 6	MAR 13	CLT 41	TAL 34	CAR 40	PHO 36	ATL 37					17th	3330
1998				DAY 42	CAR 43	LVS 12	ATL 23	DAR 33	BRI 30	TEX 27	MAR 14	TAL 24	CAL 11	CLT 31	DOV 6	RCH 11	MCH 37	POC 41	SON 28	NHA 19	POC 42	IND 31	GLN 14	MCH 13	BRI 9	NHA 10	DAR 22	RCH 34	DOV 13	MAR 1	CLT 37	TAL 18	DAY 27	PHO 27	CAR 10	ATL 24				22nd	3131
1999				DAY 30	CAR 30	LVS 43	ATL 25	DAR 27	TEX 19	BRI 38	MAR 29	TAL 19	CAL 41	RCH 36	CLT 28	DOV 14	MCH 38	POC 15	SON 38	DAY 13	NHA 27	POC 27	IND 9	GLN 32	MCH 38	BRI 3	DAR 34	RCH 27	NHA 42	DOV 37	MAR 18	CLT 38	TAL 3	CAR 19	PHO 5	HOM 41	ATL 7			31st	2922
2000	Yates Racing	28		DAY 15	CAR 6	LVS 12	ATL 11	DAR 17	BRI 14	TEX 10	MAR 22	TAL 27	CAL 4	RCH 4	CLT 17	DOV 5	MCH 12	POC 3	SON 5	DAY 5	NHA 10	POC 38	IND 21	GLN 11	MCH 2	BRI 10	DAR 8	RCH 9	NHA 3	DOV 3	MAR 4	CLT 3*	TAL 11	CAR 3	PHO 37	HOM 6	ATL 24			5th	4575
2001				DAY 4	CAR 39	LVS 19	ATL 6	DAR 8	BRI 10	TEX 37	MAR 2	TAL 14	CAL 6	RCH 5	CLT 7	DOV 10	MCH 2	POC 1	SON 4	DAY 14	CHI 3	NHA 3	POC 11	IND 39	GLN 4	MCH 42	BRI 4	DAR 7	RCH 1	DOV 3	KAN 3	CLT 21	MAR 39	TAL 26	PHO 3	CAR 8	HOM 21	ATL 35	NHA 13	4th	4706
2002				DAY 38	CAR 18	LVS 13	ATL 20	DAR 12	BRI 3	TEX 4	MAR 7	TAL 14	CAL 3	RCH 39	CLT 4	DOV 19	POC 17*	MCH 8	SON 1	DAY 15	CHI 19	NHA 17	POC 10	IND 18	GLN 5	MCH 12	BRI 39	DAR 30	RCH 7	NHA 12	DOV 14	KAN 20	TAL 3	CLT 39	MAR 3	ATL 32	CAR 20	PHO 13	HOM 19	10th	4323
2003	Wood Brothers Racing	21		DAY 15	CAR 11	LVS 19	ATL 35	DAR 15	BRI 4	TEX 26	TAL 42	MAR 11	CAL 24	RCH 34	CLT 33	DOV 17	POC 37	MCH 43	SON 15	DAY 3	CHI 13	NHA 12	POC 39	IND 38	GLN 21	MCH 29	BRI 33	DAR 16	RCH 3	NHA 2	DOV 11	TAL 36	KAN 10	CLT 23	MAR 15	ATL 31	PHO 17	CAR 40	HOM 31	23rd	3521
2004				DAY 18	CAR 19	LVS 28	ATL 31	DAR 33	BRI 37	TEX 22	MAR 20	TAL 17	CAL 17	RCH 11	CLT 26	DOV 30	POC 19	MCH 12	SON 35	DAY 17	CHI 32	NHA 39	POC 12	IND 28	GLN 8	MCH 24	BRI 40	CAL 17	RCH 21	NHA 37	DOV 12	TAL 12	KAN 2	CLT 16	MAR 14	ATL 12	PHO 19	DAR 16	HOM 9	24th	3615
2005				DAY 24	CAL 41	LVS 37	ATL 33	BRI 25	MAR 7	TEX 8	PHO 34	TAL 30	DAR 13	RCH 11	CLT 35	DOV 40	POC 28	MCH 33	SON 2	DAY 13	CHI 7	NHA 23	POC 10	IND 41	GLN 16	MCH 19	BRI 4	CAL 9	RCH 38	NHA 20	DOV 12	TAL 18	KAN 9	CLT 9	MAR 11	ATL 17	TEX 13	PHO 20	HOM 37	21st	3667
2006	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV QL†	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2007	Yates Racing	88	Ford	DAY 26	CAL 27	LVS 30	ATL 26	BRI 38	MAR 13	TEX 33	PHO 26	TAL 33	RCH 37	DAR 26	CLT 7	DOV 39	POC 27	MCH 22	SON 11	NHA 30	DAY 31	CHI 21	IND 24	POC 13	GLN 38	MCH 33	BRI 38	CAL 40	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT 11	MAR 27	ATL 17	TEX 15	PHO 35	HOM 21	33rd	2622
† - Qualified for Tony Stewart

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1976	Al Rudd Auto	Chevy	DNQ
1977			21	22
1978			36	37
1979	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	11	31
1981	DiGard Motorsports	Olds	5	3
1982	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	16	35
1983		Chevy	1	24
1984	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	14	7
1985			9	5
1986			22	11
1987			31	9
1988	King Racing	Buick	27	17
1989			36	19
1990	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevy	19	4
1991			9	9
1992			8	40
1993			12	30
1994	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford	20	8
1995			18	13
1996			10	9
1997			13	9
1998			40	42
1999			29	30
2000	Yates Racing	Ford	2	15
2001			30	4
2002			9	38
2003	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	5	15
2004			16	18
2005			11	24
2007	Yates Racing	Ford	2	26

Late Model Sportsman Series

NASCAR Late Model Sportsman 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	NLMC	Pts	Ref
1983	Zervakis Racing Team	01	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV 1	BRI	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY										65th	311
			Pontiac																											DAR 31	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT 34	HCY	MAR

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1992	Dodge	DAY 2*	TAL 3	MCH 3	MCH 2	1st	68.5
1993		DAY 5*	DAR 5	TAL 4	MCH 7	4th	49
1995	Dodge	DAY 4	DAR 11	TAL 8	MCH 10	10th	28
1996	Pontiac	DAY	TAL	CLT	MCH 10	NA	0
2001	Pontiac	DAY 2	TAL 4	MCH 10	IND 6	6th	45

References

• Driver Spotlight

External links

• Ricky Rudd driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Ricky Rudd owner statistics at Racing-Reference