Ricky Rudd News

Pocono Ramblings:

Pocono Ramblings:

August 3, 2007
It never hurts to have Mother Nature on your side.... Dale Earnhardt Jr took advantage of a shower cooled race track today at Pocono Raceway and took the Bud Pole for Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 with a time of 52.949 sec (169.975 mph). It's the 7th career top-spot for

Rudd to run Combos at Pocono:

Rudd to run Combos at Pocono:

August 2, 2007
This weekend the #88 Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team and driver Ricky Rudd will be running the bright orange Combos Ford Fusion for the first time this season instead of their traditional Snickers Ford paint scheme in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. Combos

Congrats to

Congrats to

August 2, 2007
Josh Sell and Christina Padgett, who tied the knot on Sat. July 28th in Concord, NC. Josh is an engineer for Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and travels with the #88 Snickers team of Ricky Rudd. Josh was also the recipient of the Alan Kulwicki Scholarship at the University

Indy Goodyear Tires Notes:

Indy Goodyear Tires Notes:

July 26, 2007
This is the first time Goodyear has brought this combination of left- and right-side tires to the track . . . Indianapolis is the only track at which teams will run this combination this season . . . this tire setup was tested at Indianapolis by Dale Jarrett, Jimmie

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

July 15, 2007
Tony Stewart dominated the second half of today's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway and pulled away from Matt Kenseth on the final restart (with 12 to go) for his first win of the season and the 30th of his Cup career (he's in 20th on the all-time win list).

Pedigree colors for Rudd at Chicago:

Pedigree colors for Rudd at Chicago:

July 10, 2007
The #88 team and driver Ricky Rudd will be running the bright yellow Pedigree Brand Food for Dogs Ford Fusion instead of their traditional Snickers Ford paint scheme. The team will also be using the same chassis which they ran at Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 earlier

Double M&M’s schemes at Daytona:

Double M&M’s schemes at Daytona:

July 6, 2007
Robert Yates Racing teammates' #38-David Gilliland and #88-Ricky Rudd will be running special M&M's paint schemes in Saturday's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Gilliland and Team 38 welcome the return of a fan-favorite special paint scheme

Some first wins since stuff, some ironies:

Some first wins since stuff, some ironies:

June 25, 2007
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya's win at Infineon Raceway is the first win for sponsor Texaco since Ricky Rudd won in the #28 RYR Ford...at Infineon Raceway in 2002 and the first win for the 42 number since Joe Nemechek won for Felix Sabates at New Hampshire in 1999, the 68th

Two-time Sonoma winner Rudd inducted onto Wall of Fame:

Two-time Sonoma winner Rudd inducted onto Wall of Fame:

June 23, 2007
#88-Ricky Rudd won the inaugural NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma, so it's only fitting that his mug was added to the track's Wall of Fame on Friday morning. When Rudd won way back in 1989, the current Infineon Raceway was called Sears Point. He finished in the Top 5 over

Rudd undecided on 2008 plans:

Rudd undecided on 2008 plans:

June 20, 2007
#88-Ricky Rudd on if he'll return next season: "I think until we see some good things happen on the race track because the [Robert Yates Racing] team has gotten stronger, I don't think ... it's time to talk about next year.''(Roanoke Times)(6-20-2007)

Rudd to Enter Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame:

Rudd to Enter Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame:

June 12, 2007
#88-Ricky Rudd and Save Mart Supermarkets chairman and CEO Bob Piccinini will be honored during the Toyota/Save Mart 350 weekend by being inducted into the Infineon Raceway Wall of Fame. Rudd, considered one of the best road-course drivers in NASCAR history, is a two

Rudd and Gilliland to visit home of M&M’s:

Rudd and Gilliland to visit home of M&M’s:

June 7, 2007
On Thursday, June 7th, #88-Ricky Rudd and #38-David Gilliland will visit the Masterfoods USA headquarters in Hackettstown, NJ where M&M's® are produced. They will be joined by the crew members of both teams and will tour the facility as well as meet with associates

Rumblings – Coca Cola 600:

Rumblings – Coca Cola 600:

May 27, 2007
If they told ya' a Hendrick Motorsports driver was gonna win tonight, it may have taken you four guesses.... Casey Mears won the Coca-Cola 600 tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and he did it on fumes. Running out of gas on the cool-down lap, he captured his first-ever

Testing at Nashville:

Testing at Nashville:

May 23, 2007
A closed-test session Tuesday [no word if it was with the COT or old car] at the Nashville Superspeedway featured #00-David Reutimann, #84-A.J. Allmendinger, #20-Tony Stewart, #14-Sterling Marlin, #38-David Gilliland, Mark Green, #66-Jeff Green, and #88-Ricky Rudd.

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

May 8, 2007
Final testing for the car of yesterday at Lowe's Motor Speedway ended Tuesday night. The fastest was #2A-Kurt Busch [Dodge] with a speed of 185.644mph [the second fastest lap after #40-Stremme's 187mph on Monday night] followed by #88B-Ricky Rudd [Ford], #36A-Jeremy