Rudd Performance Motorsports

Former NASCAR team

Rudd Performance Motorsports
Career
Owner(s)	Ricky Rudd
Base	292 Rolling Hills Road, Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	Winston Cup Series
Race drivers	Ricky Rudd
Sponsors	Tide
Manufacturer	Ford
Opened	1994
Closed	1999
Races competed	192
Race victories	6

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.

Winston Cup Series

Car No. 10 history

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. The team finished fifth in points in its first season, then ninth in 1995, and sixth in 1996, before falling to 17th in 1997, 22nd in 1998 and 31st in 1999. 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.

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 and moved to drive Robert Yates Racing's No. 28 starting in 2000. The assets of Rudd Performance Motorsports were auctioned off on December 1, 1999.

Car No. 10 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
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				6th	4050
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				9th	3734
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				6th	3845
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			17th	3330
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		23rd	3131
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	31st	2922

References

Harris, Mike (June 20, 1993). "Rudd decides to form own team next year". The Gadsden Times. Gadsden, AL. p. C4. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
"Profile: Ricky Rudd". Daily News. Kingsport, TN. October 26, 1996. p. B1. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
^ 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.
"Ricky Rudd - Ownership stats". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
"Ricky Rudd's Going out of Business Sale". Motorsport.com. November 16, 1999. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

External links

Rudd Performance Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference

v t e Rudd Performance Motorsports
Years active	1994–1999
Personnel	Ricky Rudd
Former drivers	Ricky Rudd Dick Trickle
Brickyard 400 wins	1997 (Rudd)
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Ricky Rudd

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