Owner(s) | Ricky Rudd |
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Base | 292 Rolling Hills Road, Mooresville, North Carolina |
Series | Winston Cup Series |
Race drivers | Ricky Rudd |
Sponsors | Tide |
Manufacturer | Ford |
Opened | 1994 |
Closed | 1999 |
Career | |
Races competed | 192 |
Race victories | 6 |
Rudd Performance Motorsports was a stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1994 and 1999. Owned by Ricky Rudd, the team's only driver, it posted six wins during its existence.
Rudd founded the team following the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season; Tide detergent, which would be the team's only sponsor, followed Rudd to his new team from his previous ride with Hendrick Motorsports. [1] The team finished fifth in points in its first season, then ninth in 1995, [2] and sixth in 1996, before falling to 17th in 1997, 22nd in 1998 and 31st in 1999. [3] Rudd and the team scored one win each season from 1994 to 1998, except for two in 1997, before going winless in the team's final year. [4]
Towards the end of the 1999 season Tide announced they were leaving the team and moving to PPI Motorsports who was entering NASCAR from CART with driver Scott Pruett. Following the 1999 season without a sponsor, Rudd closed his team, having decided that the stress of balancing team ownership with driving was unprofitable[ citation needed ] and moved to drive Robert Yates Racing's No. 28 starting in 2000. [3] The assets of Rudd Performance Motorsports were auctioned off on December 1, 1999. [5]
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 |
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1994 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | Ford | DAY 8 | CAR 11 | RCH 18 | ATL 9 | DAR 9 | BRI 32 | NWS 6 | MAR 12 | TAL 25 | SON 14 | CLT 6 | DOV 19 | POC 21 | MCH 4 | DAY 17 | NHA 1 | POC 6 | TAL 7 | IND 11 | GLN 5 | MCH 10 | BRI 12 | DAR 4 | RCH 5 | DOV 18 | MAR 25 | NWS 11 | CLT 29 | CAR 4 | PHO 7 | ATL 14 | 6th | 4050 | |||
1995 | DAY 13 | CAR 4 | RCH 21 | ATL 8 | DAR 41 | BRI 5 | NWS 29 | MAR 30 | TAL 22 | SON 4 | CLT 5 | DOV 31 | POC 13 | MCH 38 | DAY 8 | NHA 5 | POC 3 | TAL 41 | IND 20 | GLN 4 | MCH 30 | BRI 36 | DAR 6 | RCH 8 | DOV 10 | MAR 27 | NWS 5 | CLT 4* | CAR 13 | PHO 1 | ATL 10 | 9th | 3734 | ||||||
1996 | DAY 9 | CAR 4 | RCH 9 | ATL 8 | DAR 9 | BRI 14 | NWS 15 | MAR 23 | TAL 28 | SON 7 | CLT 15 | DOV 8 | POC 2 | MCH 31 | DAY 33 | NHA 3 | POC 2 | TAL 37 | IND 6 | GLN 34 | MCH 8 | BRI 9 | DAR 16 | RCH 12 | DOV 34 | MAR 35 | NWS 7 | CLT 13 | CAR 1 | PHO 14 | ATL 8 | 6th | 3845 | ||||||
1997 | DAY 9 | CAR 4 | RCH 6 | ATL 30 | DAR 23 | TEX 5 | BRI 27 | MAR 13 | SON 34 | TAL 11 | CLT 10 | DOV 1 | POC 21 | MCH 13 | CAL 3 | DAY 34 | NHA 9 | POC 36 | IND 1 | GLN 40 | MCH 29 | BRI 19 | DAR 5 | RCH 28 | NHA 42 | DOV 6 | MAR 13 | CLT 41 | TAL 34 | CAR 40 | PHO 36 | ATL 37 | 17th | 3330 | |||||
1998 | DAY 42 | CAR 43 | LVS 12 | ATL 23 | DAR 33 | BRI 30 | TEX 27 | MAR 14 | TAL 24 | CAL 11 | CLT 31 | DOV 6 | RCH 11 | MCH 37 | POC 41 | SON 28 | NHA 19 | POC 42 | IND 31 | GLN 14 | MCH 13 | BRI 9 | NHA 10 | DAR 22 | RCH 34 | DOV 13 | MAR 1 | CLT 37 | TAL 18 | DAY 27 | PHO 27 | CAR 10 | ATL 24 | 23rd | 3131 | ||||
1999 | DAY 30 | CAR 30 | LVS 43 | ATL 25 | DAR 27 | TEX 19 | BRI 38 | MAR 29 | TAL 19 | CAL 41 | RCH 36 | CLT 28 | DOV 14 | MCH 38 | POC 15 | SON 38 | DAY 13 | NHA 27 | POC 27 | IND 9 | GLN 32 | MCH 38 | BRI 3 | DAR 34 | RCH 27 | NHA 42 | DOV 37 | MAR 18 | CLT 38 | TAL 3 | CAR 19 | PHO 5 | HOM 41 | ATL 7 | 31st | 2922 |
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