Rudd to make final Nextel Cup career start at Homestead
Quote selected text Published November 15th, 2007 in NASCAR News
The Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the final start for Ricky Rudd in the Nextel Cup Series and Sunday’s Ford 400 will be Rudd’s 906th career start in the series. NASCAR’s ‘Iron Man,’ who holds the record for the most consecutive number of starts with 788, will start the final Cup series race of his career Sunday.
Rudd holds numerous accolades on his resume including: 1992 IROC Champion, 1997 Brickyard 400 Winner, 2006 Virginian of the Year, and was named one of NASCAR’s ‘50 All-Time Great’ drivers to name a few. Rudd has an average starting position of 12.9, and an average finish of 23.4 at Homestead, completed 1,770 of 1,873 laps at Homestead (94.5%) and has led 49 laps, his best starting position at Homestead is from second which he accomplished in 2000 and best finish was the sixth in the same race.
[RickyRudd.com]
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good for him, make sum room for the young guns!!!
dude hot rod todd nascar would be nothing without these older guys show some respect for them they made the sport what it is and personally the young guns in racing now a days are spoiled little brats.
P.S all this come from an 18 year old so im not bi est
way to go jensen you show respect and you have my respect, Todd should read more about the the history of Nascar
I respect what Ricky Rudd has done for the sport. A great veteran who has helped some drivers establish themselves, but it is also time for him to hang it up. Still, I will miss him.