RahMoc Enterprises

Rahmoc Enterprises

Owner(s)	Bob Rahilly (1978–2018) Butch Mock (1978–1992)
Base	North Carolina
Series	Winston Cup, Busch Grand National
Race drivers	Neil Bonnett, Morgan Shepherd, Dick Trickle
Sponsors	Valvoline
Manufacturer	Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Ford
Opened	1978
Career
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	4

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

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

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

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 ^[update] .

Team Results

Results as Butch Mock Motorsports/Galaxy Motorsports

Car No. 75 results

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

RahMoc Enterprises

• Butch Mock (1978–79)
• Bill Elswick (1979–81)
• Bobby Brack (1979)
• Harry Gant (1980)
• Lennie Pond (1980)
• John Anderson (1980)
• Chuck Bown (1980)
• Kyle Petty (1980)
• Jim Sauter (1980, 1986)
• Joe Millikan (1980–81)
• Dick May (1981)
• Tim Richmond (1981)
• Gary Balough (1981–82)
• Joe Ruttman (1982, 1987, 1991)
• Jimmy Insolo (1982)
• Neil Bonnett (1983, 1987–88)
• Dave Marcis (1984)
• Lake Speed (1985–86)
• Jody Ridley (1986)
• Morgan Shepherd (1986, 1988–89, 1996)
• Rick Wilson (1990)
• Dick Trickle (1992 Daytona 500, suspended operations; returned in 1993 with Butch Mock Motorsports)
• Todd Bodine (1993-1995)
• Rick Mast (1997-1998)
• Ted Musgrave (1999)
• Wally Dallenbach (2000, for Galaxy Motorsports)

References

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.

External links

• RahMoc Enterprises Winston Cup Owner Statistics (1978–1992)