Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd
Richard L. "Ricky" Rudd, nicknamed "The Rooster", is an American former racing driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and former NASCAR Busch Series driver Jason Rudd. He retired in 2007 with 23 career wins. He was named the 2006 Virginian of the Year and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In October 2010, he was selected to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors those who have contributed to sports...
fans kept none support thank worthwhile
I especially want to thank the fans -- without them, none of this would be possible, and their support for this sport and for me have made it all very worthwhile and have kept me going for many years,
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I have a really good group of fans who have followed me through thick and thin over the years and the last thing we want to do is to make it look like we are sloughing them off, ... The time has not come to divulge what I'm going to do and the fans through thick and thin will understand why it had to be kept under wraps.
breaks course fun good luck mind regular road run seeing sort
I have fun when I go road racing. I like them. I wouldn't want to run a road course every weekend, but I wouldn't mind seeing one or two more on the schedule. I like them because it sort of breaks up the regular routine, and we've had good luck on them over the years.
cleaner conditions pack running smaller staying tendency
A smaller pack that's staying in line, you have a tendency to have cleaner air, more like conditions are when you're running by yourself,
brothers enjoy great racing wood
I really enjoy racing for the Wood Brothers - they are great people,
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I'm really sort of surprised at this run because we spent 98 percent of our time yesterday working on race setup and I got really comfortable with what I had there, ... Within the rules structure they allow you to do a few things for qualifying and the guys took advantage of that.
tony wish work
I wish it could have been a little better, better than Tony ran, ... But it didn't work out that way.
bottom faster five guys line
The bottom line is five guys can go faster than 40.
last race three wrecked
We've wrecked out of this race the last three times,