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RahMoc Enterprises

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Rahmoc Enterprises
Owner(s)Bob Rahilly (1978–2018)
Butch Mock (1978–1992)
BaseNorth Carolina
SeriesWinston Cup, Busch Grand National
Race driversNeil Bonnett, Morgan Shepherd, Dick Trickle
SponsorsValvoline
ManufacturerChevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Ford
Opened1978
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories4

Rahmoc Enterprises is a former NASCAR Winston Cup team that operated from 1978 to 1993. The team was owned by long-time engine builder Bob Rahilly and Butch Mock. Rahilly and Mock split in 1992, with the race team becoming Butch Mock Motorsports in 1993. Rahmoc Enterprises remains in operation today, with Dick and Bob Rahilly still building, servicing and supplying engines for many NASCAR teams. They also house race cars and manage several smaller race teams.[1][2][3]

Beginnings

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Rahmoc's debut in NASCAR came in 1978, competing in two events, starting with the NAPA National 500. Mock drove the No. 75 Chevrolet to a 26th-place finish. He also ran the Dixie 500 at Atlanta, finishing 24th. Mock ran the 1979 Daytona 500 the next year, but finished 35th when he was involved in a wreck not of his making early in the race. After the Daytona wreck, Mock ceased driving and Rahmoc had several different drivers. Some were Lennie Pond at Atlanta and Daytona, Bobby Brack at Charlotte, and Bill Elswick for numerous races, his best finish being 16th at Richmond. Harry Gant drove in 1980 for the team at Riverside International Raceway, finishing seventh and Texas world Speedway, finishing eighth. Elswick returned over the next eleven races, and the team also picked up sponsorship from his Performer Boats Company. John Anderson, Chuck Bown, Joe Millikan, and Elswick finished out the year. Millikan came back in 1981, but was replaced after the Gabriel 400 by Tim Richmond. Richmond got his first top 10 finish in that event at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Gary Balough drove for the rest of the 1981 season.

Balough returned in 1982, posting a top-ten at the Coca-Cola 500, but was released after his legal issues just five races into the season. Joe Ruttman took over for the rest of the season, Except for the Riverside Event, posting four top-fives, and numerous top tens. Jimmy Insolo filled in for the team at Riverside.

1983–1992

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In 1983, Rahmoc signed a one-year driver/sponsor agreement for Neil Bonnett to drive for their team, their first full-time sponsored Hodgdon Chevy. Bonnett picked up wins in the Busch Clash and the UNO 125 at Daytona, the World 600 at Charlotte and the Atlanta Journal 500. He finished fourth in points that year. For the 1984 season, and again without any sponsorship, long-time independent Dave Marcis was named driver, and had nine top-tens and a thirteenth place in points. Lake Speed took over in 1985, finishing second in The Daytona 500 in his first start with the team. This result brought full-time sponsor Nationwize Auto Parts to them and they finished 10th in the points. Speed had two tenth-place finishes in 1986, but was released after four races by the sponsor. Jody Ridley stepped in as an interim driver and had one top-ten before moving on after 10 races. Jim Sauter had four starts, before Morgan Shepherd took over for the balance of the season, posting two top-tens.

Rahmoc's 1989 racecar.

In 1987, Bonnett returned with Valvoline as the sponsor of Rahmoc's Pontiacs. Bonnett had fifteen top-tens and was on his way to a top-ten points run, when he broke his hip in a crash at the Oakwood Homes 500. Morgan Shepard returned to the team to finish the season for the team, nearly winning the Rockingham Event.

Bonnett returned in 1988, finished 4th in the Daytona 500 and won at Richmond and Rockingham and at a special race held at Calder Park in Australia in the week between the Richmond and Rockingham races. But by mid season Bonnett began to have health issues related to the 87' Charlotte wreck, fell off the pace, and missed several races. Due to Neil's health, sponsor Valvoline called for a new driver going into the 1989 season. For the last race of the season, team returned to Calder Park again, for the Christman 500 at the end of 1988. With Bob Rahilly, two Pontiacs, a limited regular crew, and a volunteer crew being filled by local Australians. The "mates" assisted in preparing and qualifying both cars, including performing the pit crew duties, some for the first time, on race day. Scoring another pole position in qualifying and then dominating the race running one and two for most all of the race. Rick Wilson, in the second car #57, sustained some damage after being pushed into the wall on turn two in the final laps, causing him to drop to fourth. Morgan Sheppard continued on in a dominant performance coming home in first place in the #75. Rahmoc and the "mates" claiming back to back wins Down Under. Shepherd, who had filled in for Bonnett twice in 1988, was named as the full-time driver in 1989 with Valvoline again as the sponsor, the final of their 3-year agreement with Rahmoc. He garnered one pole and thirteen top-tens. Valvoline indicated they would return as a sponsor in 1990 if a younger driver could be had. So for 1990, Rick Wilson joined the team, which switched to Oldsmobile and with a late partial limited sponsorship from Food Lion/Dinner Bell Foods since Valvoline had ultimately decided instead to sit out the 1990 season. Wilson struggled heavily in his tenure, and mutually agreed to split with the team at season end. In 1991, Joe Ruttman, and with full sponsorship from Dinner Bell joined Rahmoc for the second time in his career. He finished third in the Daytona 500 and had four top-ten finishes and finished 20th in points.

Without a sponsor for 1992, Dick Trickle drove the car for Rahmoc in the Daytona 500, finishing fifth. After that event, team co-owner Bob Rahilly elected to retire from Winston Cup Racing, and return to his roots as an engine builder/supplier. Mock went on to form his own new team, Butch Mock Motorsports.

Final years

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After the 1992 Daytona 500, Bob Rahilly and Butch Mock split, with Bob and Dick Rahilly continuing to build engines and race cars under the name RAHMOC Racing Engines at the original Rahmoc location in Concord, NC. Butch Mock would take only the race car related assets of Rahmoc and form Butch Mock Motorsports. The 75 would return in 1993, with Dick Trickle driving for most of the season, with Todd Bodine and Phil Parsons running the remaining schedule. Bodine would drive for the team through 1995. Morgan Shepherd would return to the 75 in 1996. Rick Mast would take over in 1997 and stay with the team through the 1998 season before being replaced by Ted Musgrave in 1999. Mock would eventually sell to Darwin Oordt, who would run the 75 under Galaxy Motorsports with Wally Dallenbach Jr. as the driver. Oordt's ownership was short-lived, and the 75 team shut down in 2001 after the team could not find sponsorship.

Bob and Dick Rahilly still continue to build race engines and race cars at the original Rahmoc facility on Flowes Store Road in Concord, NC as of 2023.

Team Results

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Results as Butch Mock Motorsports/Galaxy Motorsports

Car No. 75 results

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Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Owners Pts
1983 Neil Bonnett 75 Chevy DAY
22
RCH
3
CAR
12
ATL
2
DAR
7
NWS
4
MAR
16
TAL
15
NSV
13
DOV
28
BRI
4
CLT
1
RSD
13
POC
7
MCH
31
DAY
28
NSV
6
POC
4
TAL
35
MCH
35
BRI
10
DAR
4
RCH
8
DOV
7
MAR
6
NWS
13
CLT
26
CAR
4
ATL
1
RSD
3
6th 3842
1984 Dave Marcis Pontiac DAY
42
RCH
11
CAR
9
ATL
18
BRI
4
NWS
13
DAR
13
MAR
19
TAL
8
NSV
10
DOV
20
CLT
36
RSD
34
POC
15
MCH
21
DAY
18
NSV
23
POC
26
TAL
13
MCH
19
BRI
4
DAR
21
RCH
16
DOV
4
MAR
7
CLT
24
NWS
26
CAR
9
ATL
10
RSD
20
13th 3416
1985 Lake Speed DAY
2
RCH
10
CAR
4
ATL
40
BRI
7
DAR
9
NWS
9
MAR
8
TAL
10
DOV
24
CLT
6
RSD
25
POC
12
MCH
14
DAY
34
POC
11
TAL
8
MCH
16
BRI
10
DAR
16
RCH
11
DOV
10
MAR
11
NWS
12
CLT
12
CAR
29
ATL
7
RSD
9
10th 3507
1986 DAY
10
RCH
17
CAR
10
ATL
22
18th 2896
Jody Ridley BRI
23
DAR
20
NWS
15
MAR
10
TAL
42
DOV
18
CLT
21
POC
11
MCH
34
DAY
13
Morgan Shepherd RSD
27
GLN
11
BRI
22
RCH
3
DOV
10
MAR
29
NWS
25
CLT
32
CAR
24*
ATL
27
RSD
38
Jim Sauter POC
14
TAL
12
MCH
37
DAR
13
1987 Neil Bonnett DAY
12
CAR
3
RCH
22
ATL
7
DAR
6
NWS
3
BRI
11
MAR
9
TAL
7
CLT
13
DOV
9
POC
8
RSD
3
MCH
17
DAY
18
POC
7
TAL
32
GLN
37
MCH
9
BRI
10
DAR
32
RCH
10
DOV
3
MAR
4
NWS
11
CLT
36
12th 3352
Joe Ruttman CAR
10
RSD
7
ATL
11
1988 Neil Bonnett DAY
4
RCH
1
CAR
1*
ATL
22
DAR
19
BRI
11
NWS
19
MAR
30
TAL
14
CLT
36
DOV
35
RSD
10
POC
11
MCH
19
DAY
18
GLN
38
MCH
40
BRI
14
DAR
16
RCH
9
DOV
8
MAR
19
CLT
18
NWS
28
CAR
10
PHO
21
ATL
13
14th 3238
Morgan Shepherd POC
6
TAL
40
1989 DAY
15
CAR
27
ATL
10
RCH
33
DAR
16
BRI
26
NWS
17
MAR
18
TAL
4
CLT
32
DOV
33
SON
7
POC
5
MCH
35
DAY
2
POC
8
TAL
6*
GLN
6*
MCH
2
BRI
26
DAR
9
RCH
27
DOV
16
MAR
28
CLT
10
NWS
5
CAR
36
PHO
12
ATL
8
13th 3403
1990 Rick Wilson Olds DAY
30
RCH
30
CAR
18
ATL
17
DAR
29
NWS
22
MAR
27
TAL
39
CLT
19
SON
10
POC
35
MCH
10
DAY
39
POC
31
TAL
35
GLN
32
MCH
29
BRI
32
DAR
12
RCH
20
DOV
27
MAR
20
NWS
18
PHO
19
ATL
33
23rd 2666
Pontiac BRI
5
DOV
23
CLT
11
CAR
18
1991 Joe Ruttman Olds DAY
3
RCH
29
CAR
24
ATL
27
DAR
26
BRI
13
NWS
24
MAR
16
TAL
29
CLT
21
DOV
12
SON
31
POC
22
MCH
19
DAY
31
POC
10
TAL
10
GLN
14
BRI
17
RCH
28
DOV
13
MAR
31
CLT
16
CAR
27
PHO
22
20th 2938
Chevy MCH
30
DAR
9
NWS
29
ATL
20
1992 Dick Trickle Olds DAY
5
CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 62nd 155
1993 Ford DAY
41
CAR
29
RCH
21
ATL
37
DAR
20
BRI
22
NWS
33
MAR
14
TAL
31
SON
20
CLT
19
DOV
28
POC
36
MCH
31
DAY
26
NHA
33
POC
30
TAL
19
29th 2322
Todd Bodine GLN
30
MCH
40
BRI
DNQ
DAR
27
RCH
33
DOV
35
MAR
25
NWS
23
CLT
42
CAR
25
PHO
25
Phil Parsons ATL
9
1994 Todd Bodine DAY
36
CAR
34
RCH
25
ATL
33
DAR
22
BRI
26
NWS
19
MAR
6
TAL
28
SON
38
CLT
8
DOV
16
POC
14
MCH
31
DAY
7
NHA
5
POC
11
TAL
16
IND
9
GLN
15
MCH
38
BRI
8
DAR
26
RCH
20
DOV
16
MAR
33
NWS
DNQ
CLT
38
CAR
21
PHO
32
ATL
3
21st 3048
1995 DAY
37
CAR
31
RCH
37
ATL
21
DAR
4
BRI
33
NWS
21
MAR
DNQ
TAL
8
SON
8
CLT
38
DOV
30
POC
24
MCH
29
DAY
23
NHA
36
POC
23
TAL
29
IND
21
GLN
32
MCH
19
BRI
DNQ
DAR
42
RCH
24
DOV
37
MAR
24
NWS
DNQ
CLT
26
CAR
17
PHO
25
ATL
40
33rd 2372
1996 Morgan Shepherd DAY
31
CAR
37
RCH
32
ATL
30
DAR
8
BRI
30
NWS
27
MAR
20
TAL
43
SON
24
CLT
29
DOV
32
POC
6
MCH
11
DAY
15
NHA
22
POC
17
TAL
14
IND
5
GLN
9
MCH
11
BRI
19
DAR
24
RCH
23
DOV
18
MAR
6
NWS
14
CLT
23
CAR
29
PHO
17
ATL
28
19th 3133
1997 Rick Mast DAY
DNQ
CAR
21
RCH
18
ATL
17
DAR
19
TEX
31
BRI
17
MAR
36
SON
DNQ
TAL
22
CLT
20
DOV
12
POC
20
MCH
30
CAL
41
DAY
18
NHA
28
POC
25
IND
23
GLN
23
MCH
38
BRI
33
DAR
34
RCH
26
NHA
20
DOV
10
MAR
23
CLT
DNQ
TAL
9
CAR
42
PHO
31
ATL
35
32nd 2569
1998 DAY
30
CAR
12
LVS
11
ATL
33
DAR
43
BRI
25
TEX
41
MAR
33
TAL
18
CAL
25
CLT
26
DOV
11
RCH
43
MCH
31
POC
38
SON
8
NHA
32
POC
37
IND
22
GLN
30
MCH
26
BRI
35
NHA
22
DAR
36
RCH
31
DOV
24
MAR
41
CLT
34
TAL
DNQ
DAY
DNQ
PHO
29
CAR
42
ATL
DNQ
33rd 2366
1999 Ted Musgrave DAY
15
CAR
40
LVS
DNQ
ATL
24
DAR
29
TEX
31
BRI
7
MAR
40
TAL
28
CAL
29
RCH
11
CLT
23
DOV
24
MCH
25
POC
11
SON
20
DAY
35
NHA
25
POC
33
IND
35
GLN
27
MCH
41
BRI
16
DAR
38
RCH
8
NHA
23
DOV
28
MAR
19
CLT
31
TAL
29
CAR
32
PHO
29
HOM
42
33rd 2689
Hut Stricklin ATL
DNQ
2000 Wally Dallenbach Jr. DAY
40
CAR
20
LVS
35
ATL
39
DAR
DNQ
BRI
29
TEX
DNQ
MAR
DNQ
TAL
16
CAL
27
RCH
16
CLT
28
DOV
24
MCH
34
POC
39
SON
40
DAY
21
NHA
27
POC
31
IND
35
GLN
9
MCH
25
BRI
33
DAR
19
RCH
23
NHA
39
DOV
21
MAR
40
CLT
33
TAL
DNQ
CAR
22
PHO
22
HOM
35
ATL
29
34th 2453

Driver history

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RahMoc Enterprises

References

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  1. ^ Reports\, Staff and Wire (21 February 1992). "RACING TEAM FIRES DRIVER; HIRES TRICKLE". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "Richard Petty will not be driving for the RahMoc..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. ^ "Rick Wilson and the RahMoc Enterprises-Dinner Bell crew before the 1990 Firecracker 400..." www.floridastockcars.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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