Ricky Rudd News

Coca-Cola 600 Notes:

Coca-Cola 600 Notes:

May 29, 2005
• Jimmie Johnson won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, scoring his 16th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 123rd career start. • Johnson became the first driver to score three straight Coca-Cola 600 victories. It was Johnson’s fourth victory and seventh finish

Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

May 29, 2005
We ran 400 laps tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and the winner wasn't decided till the last turn of the last lap! Jimmie Johnson passed Bobby Labonte on the outside coming off turn 4 for the final time and pulled off the three-peat tonight in the Coca-Cola 600. Johnson

#6 has sponsor, not ready on a driver:

#6 has sponsor, not ready on a driver:

May 26, 2005
Geoff Smith, Roush Racing's general manager says of the #6 Ford ride that is open for 2006 [Martin retiring] "For Mark's ride, we have sponsorship ready and waiting for us to announce our driver, but we're not quite ready on the driver side." Smith says that Roush'

Rudd to decide by mid-summer whether to retire; #850 3rd best:

Rudd to decide by mid-summer whether to retire; #850 3rd best:

May 13, 2005
#21-Ricky Rudd knows what he'll do, or at least not do, when he retires. It's just that he doesn't know if this will be his last NASCAR Nextel Cup season. A season besieged by accidents and mechanical woes have pinned him deep into the points standings heading into

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Talladega:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Talladega:

May 1, 2005
Plate racing reared it's ugly head again today, and we had a "Big One" that was almost as big a one as we've ever seen. 25 cars in a tussle going into turn one on lap 133 brought out the red flag and that (combined with a lap 187 accident that put us into green/white

Talladega Qualifying News and Notes

Talladega Qualifying News and Notes

April 29, 2005
Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Aaron's 499, lapping Talladega Superspeedway in 50.452 seconds at 189.804 mph. Bill Elliott track-qualifying record of 44.998 seconds, 212.809 mph, set April 30, 1987, prior to the implementation of restrictor

Testing at Richmond:

Testing at Richmond:

April 27, 2005
Two drivers will be at Richmond International Raceway testing Tuesday, April 26th, in preparation for the FUNAI 250 and Chevy American Revolution 400. Mark Martin will test his #9 Busch car and #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr. will test his Cup car. Many drivers are scheduled

Samsung/RadioShack 500 qualifying notes:

Samsung/RadioShack 500 qualifying notes:

April 15, 2005
* Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Samsung/RadioShack 500, lapping Texas Motor Speedway in 28.040 seconds at 192.582 mph. Bill Elliott holds the track-qualifying record of 27.803 seconds, 194.224 mph, set April 5, 2002.* This is Newman'

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Texas:

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Texas:

April 15, 2005
#19-Jeremy Mayfield made it interesting, but it was #12-Ryan Newman (again!) taking the Bud Pole today at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday's Samsung/ RadioShack 500. Newman's time of 28.040 (192.582 mph) was a little over 2/100th's of a second better than that of Mayfield

Testing at Richmond:

Testing at Richmond:

April 9, 2005
Several NASCAR Busch Series drivers turned the first laps of the 2005 season at Richmond International Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6, including #22-Kenny Wallace, #32-Shane Hmiel,#44- Justin Labonte, and #10-Michel Jourdain. Kenny Wallace, who currently sits

Bristol Race Notes:

Bristol Race Notes:

April 3, 2005
* Kevin Harvick won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, scoring his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 147th career start. His last victory came at Indianapolis in August 2003, 56 races ago. * Harvick is the fifth different race winner in five races in

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Bristol:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Bristol:

April 3, 2005
We had a typical Bristol slugfest today, but when the final 69 laps went green Kevin Harvick led 67 of 'em! Harvick survived another wild and wooly short track event at Bristol Motor Speedway today to win the Food City 500 in front of a mere 160,000 fans. We had our

Stockcar Fans – Ramblings – Bristol:

Stockcar Fans – Ramblings – Bristol:

April 2, 2005
We beat the rain today at Bristol Motor Speedway, and it was Elliott Sadler who grabbed the Bud Pole for Sunday's Food City 500 at the sweetest little half-miler on the planet. Sadler's time of 15.022 (127.733 mph) was good enough for his 3rd career pole and first

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP – Qualifying Notes – Bristol:

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP – Qualifying Notes – Bristol:

April 1, 2005
* Elliott Sadler won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Food City 500, lapping Bristol Motor Speedway in 15.022 seconds at 127.733 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 14.908 seconds, 128.709 mph, set March 21, 2003. * This is the 42nd Bud

Testing at Texas:

Testing at Texas:

March 31, 2005
Eight NASCAR teams tested Tuesday and Wednesday at Texas Motor Speedway, preparing for the upcoming Samsung/RadioShack 500 race week. The flurry of testing activity marks the second straight week NASCAR teams trekked to Texas in search of speed. Drivers putting their