The Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the final start for #88-Ricky Rudd in the Nextel Cup Series and Sundays Ford 400 will be Rudds 906th career start in the series. NASCARs Iron Man, who holds the record for the most consecutive number of starts with 788, will start the final Cup series race of his career Sunday.
Rudd holds numerous accolades on his resume including: 1992 IROC Champion, 1997 Brickyard 400 Winner, 2006 Virginian of the Year, and was named one of NASCARs 50 All-Time Great drivers to name a few. Rudd has an average starting position of 12.9, and an average finish of 23.4 at Homestead, completed 1,770 of 1,873 laps at Homestead (94.5%) and has led 49 laps, his best starting position at Homestead is from second which he accomplished in 2000 and best finish was the sixth in the same race.(
Ricky Rudd, another of the unsung STARS of Nascar. Always a clean racer, no controversy and just not enough wins to match his ability and heart.
I hope Ricky does something fun with his retirement.