Donald Keith Ulrich | |||||||
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Born | Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S. | April 10, 1944||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
273 races run over 19 years | |||||||
Best finish | 12th (1979) | ||||||
First race | 1971 Maryville 200 (Maryville) | ||||||
Last race | 1992 Budweiser 500 (Dover) | ||||||
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NASCAR Grand National East Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 20th (1973) | ||||||
First race | 1972 Mr. D's 200 (Nashville) | ||||||
Last race | 1973 Cumberland 200 (Fayetteville) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of July 26, 2012. |
Donald Keith Ulrich (born April 10, 1944) is a former driver/owner in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. As a driver, he had sixteen top ten finishes in 273 starts. His last race came in 1992. [1]
As car owner, he fielded cars for many years for young drivers such as Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin, Rick Mast, Greg Sacks, Davy Jones, Parnelli Jones III, Morgan Shepherd, Tim Richmond, Ernie Irvan, and Richard Petty after his number 43 crashed in practice and the team's backup car was not allowed by NASCAR, the Petty team bought Ulrich's No. 6 Chevy and placed STP decals on the previously unsponsored car. Petty would finish 38th after an engine failure. [2] He sold the team to Jasper Motorsports in 1994.
He has two children Tammy Ulrich Langdon and Daniel Keith Ulrich, two grandchildren Truett and Patrick Langdon, and is the stepfather of actor Skeet Ulrich and his brother Geoff Ulrich.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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Year | Team | 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
1971 | Ulrich Racing | 40 | Ford | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | ONT DNQ | RCH | CAR | HCY | BRI | ATL | CLB | GPS | KPT 16 | CLT | DOV 19 | MCH | RSD | HOU | GPS 26 | DAY | BRI DNQ | AST 32 | ISP 12 | TRN 22 | NSV 24 | ATL | BGS | ONA | MCH | TAL DNQ | CLB 23 | HCY | DAR | MAR | CLT | DOV | CAR | MGR | RCH 22 | NWS | TWS 45 | 53rd | 443 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | SMR 29 | NWS | MAR | DAR | SBO 18 | TAL | ASH |
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1974 | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
1976 | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 27 | 19 |
1977 | 42 | 14 | ||
1978 | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 17 |
1979 | Buick | 35 | 13 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976 | J.R. DeLotto | 40 | Chevy | SLM | DAY | QCS | FMS | TAL 23 | QCS | AVS | SLM | FRS | TOL | NSV | TOL | SLM | NA | 0 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | U.S. Racing | 6 | Chevy | ATL | DAY | ATL | TAL | SIR | SSP | FRS | KIL | CSP | TAL 25 | BLN | ISF | DSF | TOL | MCS | ATL | 117th | - | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results before 1985 may be incomplete. |
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