Ricky Rudd's Career
Highlights
- Set a modern day NASCAR Winston Cup Series record in
1998 of 16 consecutive years with at least one victory
- Won the 1997 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway
- Earned his 500th consecutive NASCAR
Winston Cup start on September 14, 1997 at New Hampshire International
Speedway
- Owner and driver of his own NASCAR Winston
Cup team from 1994 through 1999
- Won 1992 International Race of Champions championship
-- his first year in the series
- Second in 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup points championship
-- his career best finish
- Obtained 16 top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Winston Cup
points standings
- Earned the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year
title
- Finished 11th in his first NASCAR Winston
Cup race in 1975 at North Carolina Speedway
- Posted 20 wins, 24 poles, 151 top-five and
300 top-10 finishes in 661 starts from 1975 to 1999 having raced for DiGard
Racing, Richard Childress, Bud Moore, Hendrick Motorsports and Rudd
Performance Motorsports