Rudd Performance Motorsports

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Rudd Performance Motorsports
Owner(s) Ricky Rudd
Base292 Rolling Hills Road, Mooresville, North Carolina
Series Winston Cup Series
Race drivers Ricky Rudd
Sponsors Tide
Manufacturer Ford
Opened1994
Closed1999
Career
Races competed192
Race victories6

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.

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Winston Cup Series

Car No. 10 history

Ricky Rudd in 1997 at Pocono RickyRudd1997Pocono.jpg
Ricky Rudd in 1997 at Pocono

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]

Car No. 10 results

YearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334OwnersPts
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		6th4050
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		9th3734
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		6th3845
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		17th3330
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		23rd3131
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		31st2922

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  2. ↑ "Profile: Ricky Rudd". Daily News . Kingsport, TN. October 26, 1996. p. B1. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  3. 1 2 Rhodes, Gary (February 10, 2000). "Chesapeake's Rudd in a new ride". The Free Lance–Star: NASCAR 2000. Fredericksburg, VA. p. 5. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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