Ricky Craven
Ricky Craven
Richard Allen "Ricky" Cravenis an ESPN broadcaster who works as a NASCAR analyst for the network. Prior to his ESPN duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the K&N Pro Series, and the three national series. He occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR aired on TBS in the mid-1990s. Craven is perhaps most well known for winning the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, beating Kurt Busch in the closest finish in Cup Series history...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth24 May 1966
days fact
The fact is that some days are not your days and some days you get lucky. Over the long haul, that probably evens out.
fuel race save
If we come into the race with the idea that we have to do everything we can to save fuel, there will be 36 cautions and fuel will be irrelevant,
enjoy finish good hopefully season week
I'm just going to enjoy this week more than any other on the schedule, ... Hopefully we can come out of here with a good finish and finish the season strong.
ended fact package race wish
You can't wish for more fuel. The fact is, the package we started the race with ended up costing us.
favorites good
It's good for the sport because every sport has favorites and underdogs.
reward
It's a sport that will reward you for being selfish.
good race track
This race track has been good to me,
came ended fact fuel mileage teams
The fact is, we didn't get the fuel mileage the other teams got, ... As a result, we ended up having to stop, which was very disappointing. Essentially, we came up a half-gallon short.