Richard Lee “Ricky” Rudd was only 12 years old when he decided what his life’s work would be. While taking a fan bus tour around the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Rudd, who was in ...

Tough. As. Nails. There is no other way to describe Ricky Rudd. Known as NASCAR’s Ironman for more than a decade, the Virginia native held the premier series record for consecutive starts (788 ...

Today I think we drove it in 15 minutes.” Rudd, along with Carl Edwards and Ralph Moody, are next year’s inductees to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd at the 2007 Ford 400 at ...

Ricky Rudd left the sport in 2007 with 23 wins ... He literally taped his eyes open and raced in the Daytona 500." Driving the No. 15 Ford for Bud Moore Engineering, Rudd qualified 14th in ...

Jeff Gordon became the Ironman of the NASCAR Cup Series after the former driver surpassed Ricky Rudd, another former driver ...

Ricky Rudd, Carl Edwards and Ralph Moody have been ... at the Charlotte Convention Center to debate and vote upon the 15 nominees for the induction class of 2025 and the five nominees for the ...

Fortunately, that hasn’t happened with 1997 Brickyard 400 winner Ricky Rudd’s iconic Tide-liveried NASCAR hauler. It’s been in the care of Earl Brooks for more than two decades, and after ...

That depends. In the case of retired NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd’s Tide-liveried Ford Aeromax, it’s still putting in work, just in a different field—a tobacco field, that is. The orange big rig ...

Ricky Rudd is one of nine drivers to win a race in the NASCAR Cup Series for team owner Richard Childress. Rudd was the last driver to skip all of the NASCAR feeder series, international series ...

Thirty-two years and it was over. Truly over. Ricky Rudd had run his final race. Ricky Rudd's best points finish was a runner-up effort in 1991. Doug Murray/Icon SMI He emerged from the Snickers ...

N.C. – Ricky Rudd was clearing away leaves by his pool when he got an anonymous text message that he might want to make the 20-minute drive south to Charlotte — quickly. Rudd knew right away ...