Daytona 500: 33 Days and Counting
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 11:34am CST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
Ricky Rudd
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2007 Stats
- Organization: Robert Yates Racing
- Car Number: 88
- Crew Chief: Butch Hylton/Cully Barraclough
- Sponsor: Snickers
- Points: 33rd :: 2622 :: -4101
- Starts: 31
- Poles: 0
- Wins: 0
- Top 5’s: 0
- Top 10’s: 1
- Winnings: $3,704,400
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2008 Preview
- Organization: N/A
- Car Number: N/A
- Crew Chief: N/A
- Sponsor: N/A
- Notes: Retired at the end of 2007
While the driver he replaced went to help a friend, so did Ricky Rudd in returning to Robert Yates Racing. As the veteran mentor to rookie David Gilliland, his primary role was to help evaluate and improve the slowly sinking Robert Yates Racing.
Last August Ricky announced he would be calling it quits at the end of the season. As the dominos fell, a web of controversy soon was weaved througout the fall.
First talks were ongoing about Kenny Wallace succeeding Ricky Rudd for 2008. That went south when Robert Yates announced his was also retiring at the end of 2007, and that Doug would lead the way.
Doug quickly sold out and worked a deal to get pretty much everything from Roush, essentially making the new Yates Racing a second shop for Roush.
Roush needed a place for Travis Kvapil, and into the #88 he slid (sponsor still in the air, but we’d bet that Roush Fenway is working it).
Also coming to light is where Roush will move his 5th team that must come out from under his banner in 2009. If you’re wondering where, you’re not paying attention.
Note: information is accurate as of date published. Check Thunder Lounge for additional updates and information.
Filed Under: Drivers, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Ricky Rudd, Robert Yates Racing #88, Sprint Cup, Teams
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