Ricky Rudd News

Rudd Walks:

Rudd Walks:

October 19, 2001
Rudd Walks: The current driver of the #28 Ford will be honored this race weekend during festivities at the park named for the driver that got the ride rolling. Ricky Rudd won the fans' voting as the active driver to be inducted at the Talladega/Texaco Walk of Fame.

AMS Testing day 2:

AMS Testing day 2:

October 17, 2001
AMS Testing day 2: Johnny Benson set the fast lap of the day in a test with four other NASCAR Winston Cup drivers preparing for the Nov. 18 NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The speeds: #10-Johnny Benson, 184.493 #19-Casey Atwood, 184.309 #20-Tony Stewart, 183.942

Atlanta Speeds:

Atlanta Speeds:

October 16, 2001
Atlanta Speeds: Tony Stewart set the fast lap of the day in a test with four other NASCAR Winston Cup drivers preparing for the Nov. 18 NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The speeds: #20-Tony Stewart, 183.942 #18-Bobby Labonte, 183.273 #19-Casey Atwood, 183.031 #10

Testing at Homestead:

Testing at Homestead:

October 16, 2001
Testing at Homestead: Winston Cup testing sessions at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be open to the public beginning Tuesday, October 16. Testing runs from 9:00am - 5:00pm. Admission to the testing sessions is free to the public. Driver participation is subject to change

No Bull 5 pairings and 2002 plans UPDATE:

No Bull 5 pairings and 2002 plans UPDATE:

October 10, 2001
No Bull 5 pairings and 2002 plans UPDATE: R.J. Reynolds officials have a news conference scheduled for Tuesday in Charlotte to pair drivers and fans for the next No Bull 5 race at Talladega on Oct. 21 and to announce plans for the No Bull 5 program and The Winston

Marlin wins at Charlotte:

Marlin wins at Charlotte:

October 7, 2001
Marlin wins at Charlotte: #40-Sterling Marlin won the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway. Marlin's crew met him on the frontstretch after the checkered flag, bringing two large American flags with them. Marlin took one of the flags and drove with it to victory

McSwain breaks arm:

McSwain breaks arm:

October 5, 2001
McSwain breaks arm: Michael McSwain, crew chief for Ricky Rudd, broke his left arm Thursday morning while leaving his motorhome in the infield of Lowe's Motor Speedway. McSwain has a half-cast on his arm and is expected to get a full cast next week.(That's Racin')(

Cup car stolen UPDATE 3 Petty and Yates? new Petty engine supplier:

Cup car stolen UPDATE 3 Petty and Yates? new Petty engine supplier:

October 2, 2001
Cup car stolen UPDATE 3 Petty and Yates? new Petty engine supplier: At sometime over the past weekend someone stole an official Winston Cup race car from a race team's parking lot. Investigators are not saying which team owns the car. But they are saying the car is

Rusty to be penalized? UPDATE:

Rusty to be penalized? UPDATE:

October 2, 2001
Rusty to be penalized? UPDATE: NASCAR is expected to issue a penalty against Wallace by Tuesday for his bump and spin of Rudd during last weekend's race at Dover, Del. Rudd was the race leader at the time. Sources said the penalty is being issued for Wallace's "unrepentant

Gordon wins at Kansas:

Gordon wins at Kansas:

September 30, 2001
Gordon wins at Kansas: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Protection One 400 at Kansas Speedway, his 6th win of the 2001 season and 58th of his 285 race career. #02-Ryan Newman was 2nd. #28-Ricky Rudd was third abd lost 10 points to Gordon and is now 222 points behind Gordon

Rudd changes seat belt manu:

Rudd changes seat belt manu:

September 29, 2001
Rudd changes seat belt manu: Ricky Rudd responded to increasing concerns over safety this week by changing the brand of seat belts he installs in his #28 Texaco Ford. After a briefing from NASCAR earlier in the week and viewing the belts from Jeremy Mayfield’s car,

Rudd, Wallace meet with NASCAR:

Rudd, Wallace meet with NASCAR:

September 27, 2001
Rudd, Wallace meet with NASCAR: Rusty Wallace and Ricky Rudd, who have had on-track incidents in three of past four races, met with NASCAR officials Thursday to discuss their "feud." Both drivers said they consider the incidents, which included a confrontation in the

Little E wins at Dover:

Little E wins at Dover:

September 23, 2001
Little E wins at Dover: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr won the MBNA Cal Ripken Jr 400 at Dover. Great scene with Dale Jr carrying a large USA Flag around the track on his backwards victory lap. 2nd place finisher was #25-Jerry Nadeau who started 41st using a provisional. #28

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3:

September 20, 2001
Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3: Lowe’s Motor Speedway will be open for NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams to test on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 19, no word yet on which teams will test(LMS PR)(9-4-2001) UPDATE: actually no update nor any word on what teams will

Rudd bumps way to Win:

Rudd bumps way to Win:

September 9, 2001
Rudd bumps way to Win: #28-Ricky Rudd won the Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond after nudging #29-Kevin Harvick out of the way in the final laps of the race, returning the favor as Harvick had bumped his way past Rudd on lap 383 of the 400 race. The win coupled