When Ricky Rudd Got Punched

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  • Ricky Rudd was involved in one of the most toxic team departures in NASCAR history during the 2002 Winston Cup Series Season.
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  • @bbodinefan11
    @bbodinefan11 2 года назад +98

    Rudd was a better driver than Sadler ever thought of being.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад +10

      True, but RYR was declining when they first got rid of Ricky.

    • @oprahsgreasyanus4252
      @oprahsgreasyanus4252 Год назад +2

      I have no idea how Sadler was the most popular Xfinity driver

    • @JnitraM078
      @JnitraM078 2 месяца назад +1

      @@oprahsgreasyanus4252 Or Chase Elliott the Most Popular Cup Driver...

  • @jeffsadowski9244
    @jeffsadowski9244 2 года назад +90

    2002 was the wackiest NASCAR season ever.
    Sterling Marlin tried to fix his fender under the red flag at the Daytona 500.
    Ward Burton wins the Daytona 500.
    Harvick gets suspended for a race.
    Dale Jr and Steve Park wrecked on the first lap of the July Pocono race.
    Jamie Mac wins in his 3rd start.
    Ricky Rudd gets punched.
    And Jimmie Johnson gets wrecked out of Talladega by Mark Martin before the race even started.

    • @joaquinfrancissilao975
      @joaquinfrancissilao975 2 года назад +14

      Of course on that same Talladega race,
      ALL Hendrick powered teams experienced engine issues and exited out of the race.
      Black Flags Matter did a video on that.

    • @kadens
      @kadens 2 года назад +16

      McMurray won in his 2nd start. Also in 2002, Sterling Marlin got injured while leading the points which opened the flood gates for Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Tony Stewart.

    • @chada75
      @chada75 2 года назад +9

      And the guy who won the Championship finished dead last at Daytona AND almost got suspended after The Brickyard 400.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад +7

      You forgot the biggest stories of all. Dale Jr hiding his concussion at Fontana and Stewart punching a journalist after Indy.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад +4

      @@chada75 Tony should have probably been suspended.

  • @austinemms9772
    @austinemms9772 2 года назад +346

    I think Ricky Rudd is very underrated. Yes, he isn’t the greatest of all time but he is a very talented driver who will make your team better just by adding him. He’s kinda like the Kurt Busch of the Winston Cup era of NASCAR.

    • @zoeyshoots
      @zoeyshoots 2 года назад +16

      Totally agree with the exception of the Busch analogy.. Rudd was actually a decent guy..

    • @xavierjuno4572
      @xavierjuno4572 2 года назад +17

      @@zoeyshoots I think he means Kurt Busch now and not when he was with Jack Roush

    • @rh1763
      @rh1763 2 года назад +10

      You know he won at least one race a year for like 15years?

    • @rh1763
      @rh1763 2 года назад +11

      And the Texaco 28 is the most beautiful race car of all time Davey's car

    • @jimb8601
      @jimb8601 2 года назад +8

      No doubt. Imagine what he might have accomplished if he hadn’t tried the owner driver route spurred by Kulwicki.

  • @JackCallSports
    @JackCallSports 2 года назад +159

    The Rooster should be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame

    • @KellieLeigh48
      @KellieLeigh48 2 года назад +17

      No doubt about that

    • @ashketchumsdad
      @ashketchumsdad 2 года назад +14

      I agree, but there are a lot of names nascar just doesn't want to put in. Smokey Yunick, should have been in like 8 years ago, Harry Hyde should have been in years ago, Jimmy Fennig should have been a first ballad. Then you have arguably the greatest team owner ever, and I bet the hall of Fame voters probably never heard of him. (Carl Kiekaefer). Then there is Carl. Hell Biffle too. So as far as Rudd goes, should be be in, absolutely. But nascar's hall of Fame voters can't drive a stick

    • @tylerpuszczewicz2535
      @tylerpuszczewicz2535 2 года назад +6

      @@ashketchumsdad They sadly won't let Yunick and Kiekaefer in the HOF because Bill Sr accused both of them cheating multiple times at some point in their career in the sport.

    • @ashketchumsdad
      @ashketchumsdad 2 года назад +2

      @@tylerpuszczewicz2535 to be honest I'm not even convinced that the voters even knew Kiekaefer existed

    • @andytn6507
      @andytn6507 2 года назад

      100%

  • @RJLightning68
    @RJLightning68 2 года назад +164

    I remember this happening almost 20 years ago, that was just plain dumb. Ricky getting that black eye was uncalled for. I mean why would they fine Ricky for getting assaulted?? He was one of my fav drivers during that Era.

    • @kelliekeicher9652
      @kelliekeicher9652 2 года назад +9

      He wouldn't have got fined if he hadn't thrown the water bottle.

    • @BeautifulAngelBlossom
      @BeautifulAngelBlossom 2 года назад

      @@kelliekeicher9652 so your going let somone hit you and walk away

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад +17

      @@kelliekeicher9652 I would have thrown the bottle after a man sucker punched me. The engine specialist was clearly angry about the engine comments.

    • @robertstone9988
      @robertstone9988 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@ethanweeter2732its not a sucker punch for fuck sake. Ok for last time I'll explain a "sucker punch". A sucker punch is one that can't be defended calls your not looking. If you are looking the guy in the face yelling back and forth ITS NOT A SUCKER PUNCH!! Unless you thank you should have to yell "ok im swinging on you now, are you ready for my punch? I'm using my right fist,ok you ready?"

  • @jc1424
    @jc1424 2 года назад +61

    NASCAR calling anything detrimental to stock car racing is ironic.

    • @brandonenglund7516
      @brandonenglund7516 2 года назад +9

      Lol right! They should fine themselves for what they’ve been doing to stock car racing the last two decades.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад

      @@brandonenglund7516 3 decades.

    • @chrish931
      @chrish931 2 года назад +6

      Brian France needs to fine himself

    • @kevinprendiville9429
      @kevinprendiville9429 2 года назад +1

      @@chrish931 He did. He fined himself a bottle of pills and booze lol.
      Then he went for a drive

    • @djs.7702
      @djs.7702 2 года назад

      they are detrimental.
      `

  • @sledgehammerk35
    @sledgehammerk35 2 года назад +74

    One thing that might’ve played a small part in this was the fact that earlier in his career, Ricky was ousted from RCR in favor of Dale Earnhardt after he had helped turn that team into a contender. My thinking is that the RYR deal with Sadler might’ve brought up some of those old feelings. After watching that season, I honestly think Ricky might’ve had a leg to stand on with what he said about those engines.

  • @runbmc35
    @runbmc35 Год назад +7

    Ricky belongs in the hall of fame. 23 career cup wins and at least 1 win for 16 consecutive seasons. He never won a championship because he was never in the right place at the right time but he drove the wheels off of every car he drove and he competed well through his mid 40s when the sport was being dominated by a bunch of younger drivers

  • @jamesbraun9842
    @jamesbraun9842 2 года назад +33

    Ironically Rudd would finish his career with Yates, (Basically as a last hope for the team).

  • @jaspal666
    @jaspal666 2 года назад +26

    Story about Ricky... he was in town for the Bristol event around 1982(?) and came to the Bristol Mall when the Cub Scouts were running Pinewood Derby cars. He made a lot of fans that day.

  • @KellieLeigh48
    @KellieLeigh48 2 года назад +91

    Ricky is one man u had better not f*ck with. Dude was legitimately mean as hell and a great man at the same time

    • @NotSteveCook
      @NotSteveCook 2 года назад +12

      Ol' Rooster

    • @kelliekeicher9652
      @kelliekeicher9652 2 года назад +14

      Ricky believed in standing up for yourself.

    • @elliotdaly6055
      @elliotdaly6055 2 года назад +7

      The Iron Man for a while iirc what a legend look at that poise and respect during that interview. Rusty, Rudd, Gordon, Spencer, Gordon, Stewart, Harvick, Kenseth, Ward Burton and Ward Burton. In a class of their own.

    • @brandonenglund7516
      @brandonenglund7516 2 года назад +2

      lol kinda my thoughts too. I remember watching all this but still today thinking I can’t believe anyone would throw a punch at the Rooster. Dude was a BAMF

    • @theRooster722
      @theRooster722 2 года назад +1

      @@brandonenglund7516 yeah he proved it. Lackey needed stitches to put his forehead back together.

  • @Ultimate23Dragon
    @Ultimate23Dragon 2 года назад +69

    Ah yes "The Water bottle fight."
    Not the weirdest fight in NASCAR history, but still very weird.

    • @brandonenglund7516
      @brandonenglund7516 2 года назад +4

      Not the only water bottle fight either if memory serves me right. Wasn’t there one involved in Earnhardt vs Rusty?

    • @Ultimate23Dragon
      @Ultimate23Dragon 2 года назад +2

      @@brandonenglund7516 That might have been 1995 Bristol, but I believe that was more of a shouting match.

    • @dmorris8661
      @dmorris8661 2 года назад +1

      @@Ultimate23Dragon I think Rusty squirted water at Dale after that race

  • @DiecastEmporium
    @DiecastEmporium 2 года назад +51

    In terms of toxic driver and team divorces, I encourage you to do some research on Team Penske, Kurt Busch and the 2011 season.

    • @jamesbraun9842
      @jamesbraun9842 2 года назад +5

      That was a well known one.

    • @BrettMKW
      @BrettMKW 2 года назад +12

      Vickers and Hendrick.

    • @DiecastEmporium
      @DiecastEmporium 2 года назад +12

      Ward and Bill Davis, 2003. Another good one that a lot of people don't know how bad it actually was.

    • @DiecastEmporium
      @DiecastEmporium 2 года назад +4

      @@BrettMKW oh yeah! That was a bad one

    • @kadens
      @kadens 2 года назад +9

      @@DiecastEmporium Facts, all of Bill Davis' wins came with Ward but they fired him. All of Ward's wins came with Bill Davis. Killed Wards career.

  • @alexthesniper1952
    @alexthesniper1952 2 года назад +61

    Well I don't blame Rudd Yates fell off a cliff in 2002, As a Sadler fan he did the best he could in Ricky's Ride, Considering Yates was not the same caliber of team that it was in the 90s. Granted they didn't fall as hard as Morgan McClure but it was still bad.

    • @Ibelikemj
      @Ibelikemj 2 года назад +10

      Morgan McClure somehow lasted longer than Yates Racing.

    • @kelliekeicher9652
      @kelliekeicher9652 2 года назад +3

      Morgan McClure was a home town team in my area. It was very sad to watch that team fall under that fast and hard. I wish they could have recovered.
      I miss Robert Yates. I always lived that team.

    • @sicfrynut
      @sicfrynut 2 года назад

      @@kelliekeicher9652 really would have liked to seen davey allison's career with yates. i think at least 1 title.

    • @TheGeonam
      @TheGeonam 2 года назад

      @@sicfrynut Davey was a great driver. I remember one race where he was running second to his father Bobby. It was at a high speed track and on the last lap Davey was going make on run on his dad and try to beat him to the finish line. Around turn three he tried to slingshot past his dad but couldn't do it. His voice load on TV from to his pit was, " he's to strong and I can't get around him". It was a father , son finish and one I'll always remember

    • @davidh6818
      @davidh6818 2 года назад +2

      @@TheGeonam That was the Daytona 500 in 1988 if my memory serves me correctly.I'm not 100 percent sure on the date,it was in the late 1980's though.

  • @joshcorvette
    @joshcorvette 2 года назад +36

    My favorite driver of all time. Was never quite in the right place at the right time, but drove the wheels off of everything he drove, and was one of the last of the old school iron men in the sport.

  • @Guiltless765
    @Guiltless765 2 года назад +26

    I was a huge Davey Allison fan when I first started watching NASCAR but we all know the tragedy that struck..After that I just cheered for the #28..Such a shame the whole thing is gone now.

    • @DoritoDoritio
      @DoritoDoritio Год назад

      then Kenny irwin

    • @michaelatkinson6730
      @michaelatkinson6730 10 месяцев назад

      I'm just like you. I really got excited about the 28 when they signed Rudd and they ran good.

  • @Moose6340
    @Moose6340 Год назад +4

    One of my favorite all-time drivers. One tough SOB and a hell of a wheelman. And boy did he never back down from anything or anybody.

  • @davidwalker1763
    @davidwalker1763 2 года назад +28

    I think in a fight Ricky would clean that dudes clock. Ricky was a pretty tough guy.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад +2

      bet the farm

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 года назад

      Maybe hit the guy with a box of Tide.

    • @jimbosc
      @jimbosc Год назад

      Rooster was not a driver to trifle with in the garage

    • @mrt601
      @mrt601 Год назад

      Thats why he suckered punch him Ricky would have cleaned his clock

  • @DiecastEmporium
    @DiecastEmporium 2 года назад +50

    FYI: Jarrett won twice in 2002. Pocono in June, Michigan in August.

    • @benkelley9973
      @benkelley9973 2 года назад

      And the thing is, Rudd nearly won that Pocono race in June, but a late race tire issue put him in the wall and the race ended under yellow.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад +3

      @@benkelley9973 Rudd was a better driver than Jarrett any day of the week.

    • @MrBurney12
      @MrBurney12 2 года назад +2

      Rudd won Sonoma guys

    • @00petrified001
      @00petrified001 2 года назад +2

      @@x-man5056 Jarrett had more success than Rudd in a shorter cup career.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад

      @@00petrified001 How many road races did he win? How many also ran teams did he have to drive for? Jarret was very good on ovals and restrictor plate tracks. Not taking anything away from DJ (former champ and 3x Daytona 500's) but Rudd had to go into races with many more second or third rate cars than Jarret, much of it during a time when fewer cars had any legit chance to win. Rudd's daddy wasn't a admired former champ opening doors for him.
      If success is measured in win stats, DJ wins the day. If you look over their complete careers, who they drove for, the quality of the rides, DJ had a silver platter career and Rudd fought, kicked and gouged his way through many also ran rides, though many more years.

  • @stewpuddy4161
    @stewpuddy4161 2 года назад +13

    Ricky Rudd was one tough S.O.B. and I wouldn't consider messing with him!

    • @pinnedthrottle7690
      @pinnedthrottle7690 2 года назад +1

      He was given the nickname “The Rooster” by a crew chief because of his tendency to get angry when provoked.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад

      Motocross racer before coming to NASCAR. He was used to getting his kidneys rattled every week.

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 года назад

      Ricky ended up with the black eye.

  • @steveblack7432
    @steveblack7432 2 года назад +9

    Larry Lackey actually went to DEI for a year after he left Yates(02-03) then went back to Yates (03-12).

  • @PerryWhyte
    @PerryWhyte 2 года назад +10

    As much as I loved the big Texaco star on the 28 car, the 2002 paint scheme still looked sharp.

  • @furioussherman7265
    @furioussherman7265 2 года назад +6

    The fact that someone punched Ricky Rudd, a man so tough even Dale Earnhardt was afraid to cross him, and lived to tell the tale is a miracle in and of itself. There's a damn good reason why they called him "The Rooster."

    • @thecausalgamer7916
      @thecausalgamer7916 Год назад

      Because he was surrounded by a group of people and it was on camera haha I’m sure if they would have been alone the rooster definitely would have given him the claws

  • @CJODell12
    @CJODell12 2 года назад +8

    Ricky Rudd finished in the Top 10 in points a whopping 19 times during his career, with a runner up finish in 1991.

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 2 года назад +11

    Ricky Rudd certified lived up to his nickname The Rooster

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 года назад

      By getting punched in the face and then throwing a bottle? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @RealisticFisHed
    @RealisticFisHed 2 года назад +14

    Rudd's 2002 Havoline car is my favorite primary Cup scheme, it's simple but looked great on track. Bit of a shame it wasn't more successful though

    • @chrish931
      @chrish931 2 года назад

      To each his own, but it was my least favorite of the Yates Havoline Cars. Davey's full black 28 of the early 90's is my favorite, then the white and black of the late 80's. Something about those Texaco Havoline paint schemes, because I loved the Newman-Hass cars in CART as well.

    • @chrish931
      @chrish931 2 года назад

      By the way even though it was my least favorite, it was still a good looking car.

  • @ricklane8342
    @ricklane8342 2 года назад +15

    Probably should have added the part where him and Dale Earnhardt used to hang out hunting and fishing until Dale snagged his ride at Richard Childress Racing. Things like that leave scars but the guy knew his stuff about racing.

    • @vinewood8295
      @vinewood8295 2 года назад +6

      I wouldn't say Dale snagged his ride, the ride was Earnhardt's before it was Rudd's. Dale drove for Richard briefly I think at some point in either 1981 or early 82 & they at the time couldn't make it work so he & Childress mutually parted ways with the promise that once RCR had better equipment to put under Dale that they would reunite. Turned out better cause you think Childress wins all those races & 6 Winston Cups with Rudd behind the wheel...

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад +1

      @@vinewood8295 Ricky could have won a title or two, but not 6. Kirk was a great crew chief though. As was Andy Petree. Ricky always seemed to be at teams at the wrong time. He was at RCR before they got good, at Bud Moore before they got a little better, the 26 was never elite, but he and Larry Mac made that team competitive, then he got to HMS before Gordon and that era.

    • @vinewood8295
      @vinewood8295 Год назад +2

      @@ethanweeter2732 HMS was title capable during Rudd's time there, Darrell Waltrip proved that, Rudd just wasn't a championship caliber driver. He got to Robert Yates Racing the year after Jarrett won them their first title as a team, what happened that season, he never had it in him to win a season title... Just my opinion though...

  • @hendrixjcs10
    @hendrixjcs10 2 года назад +3

    5:07 The radio convo and Fuel in the background just made it feel like a fight was coming lol.

  • @ChrisMolyneaux93
    @ChrisMolyneaux93 2 года назад +56

    Man that Sonoma race was full of mixed emotions. On one end, you have Ricky Rudd scoring what would end up being his final career win. On the other, you have yet another heartbreaking loss for Jerry Nadeau.

    • @kadens
      @kadens 2 года назад +3

      I guess in a way it was what the racing gods wanted. Considering he got robbed in 1991 at the very same track, which gave the win to Allison.

    • @halweilbrenner9926
      @halweilbrenner9926 2 года назад +1

      Glad you mentioned Nadeau. Funny name great at saving himself from wrecking his car.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад +3

      NASCAR stole a Sears Point win from Rudd and handed it to Davey Alison. NASCAR was wrong, wrong, wrong.

  • @briangriffinfamilyguyfan81
    @briangriffinfamilyguyfan81 2 года назад +27

    Ricky Rudd always reminded me of Dale Sr. and Tony Stewart imo
    All three of those drivers were beasts on the track and I miss that in today's NASCAR like it did in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's

  • @thedyno7929
    @thedyno7929 2 года назад +5

    I’d watched NASCAR since 1997, but 2002’s wildness is what hooked me for life. One of my all time favorite seasons. Even 2001 was a bit odd (even without the unfortunate circumstances at Daytona). 1997-2001 made me a Gordon fan. 2002 made a NASCAR fan. I should add that I was a child during these years. In my kid brain, it was crazy all the things that happened. Then, Bobby flipped at Dega in the polar bear car. WILD.

    • @MoparRob440
      @MoparRob440 11 месяцев назад

      Jeff Gordon was the beginning of the downfall of Nascar.

    • @Bond007er
      @Bond007er 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@MoparRob440jeff Gordon was the best modern day driver period 4 championship 93 wins shows it

  • @CHOUT86
    @CHOUT86 Год назад +2

    Rudd was tough as nails. one of the best of the B drivers of the era. drove with his eyes taped open after his Busch clash crash.

  • @stevenwolford3754
    @stevenwolford3754 2 года назад +4

    Love that instrumental! Nine Black Alps-Cosmopolitan

  • @DrSamwpepper
    @DrSamwpepper 2 года назад +4

    Ricky Rudd once kicked the air,we now call it wind.
    Team owners sign contracts to race for Ricky Rudd.
    Oxygen needs ricky rudd to survive.
    The dark is scared of Ricky Rudd.
    Ricky Rudd once built a snowman out of rain.
    Ricky Rudd tested positive for COVID...COVID passed away 5 days later

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 года назад +1

      Stupid stolen stuff. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @DrSamwpepper
      @DrSamwpepper 2 года назад

      @@sludge8506 cry

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 года назад +1

      @@DrSamwpepper whine

  • @patrickracer43
    @patrickracer43 2 года назад +9

    It looked like Rudd tried to punch back but that member of Rusty's crew got in the way

    • @toddtaylor6506
      @toddtaylor6506 2 года назад

      Guy is probably lucky NASCAR didn't fine him for being detrimental to NASCAR, lol. I mean why not, if getting punched gets you fined, they'd probably fine you for anything.

  • @larosa823
    @larosa823 2 года назад +4

    This is an awesome channel ! Bringing back my childhood here man, 35 now , lifetime Earnhardt \ Gordon fan. Thanks again!

  • @DennyDeliversYT
    @DennyDeliversYT 2 года назад +47

    thinking about when Ricky Rudd put strips of tape on his face…
    …and no, this isn’t because he got punched lol

    • @NASCARFAN93100
      @NASCARFAN93100 2 года назад +8

      Wasn't it after his crash in the Daytona Clash in '84?

    • @pampoos
      @pampoos 2 года назад +2

      yeah it was because he had to tape his eyes open because of the swelling.. what a warrior

    • @pinnedthrottle7690
      @pinnedthrottle7690 2 года назад +4

      And he won a week later at Richmond while still using tape to keep his eyes open.

    • @x-man5056
      @x-man5056 2 года назад +3

      It was from a nasty crash he had the week earlier and his eyes were nearly still swollen shut. He used duct right over his eyebrows too. The guy must have ate nails and gunpowder for breakfast.

  • @wesleyblanton2432
    @wesleyblanton2432 2 года назад +2

    Ricky would be a great politician, he says F You with out saying F You all with a smile on his face!

  • @iKaresaboutNASCAR
    @iKaresaboutNASCAR 2 года назад +4

    That race in Sonoma was my first race on 2002. It's weird you made this video because I just bought this diecast, being it was my first race. Great video!

  • @pinnedthrottle7690
    @pinnedthrottle7690 2 года назад +3

    I was there Sonoma 2002. I was 9 years old at that race (my first NASCAR race) and had been a Rudd fan since I was 4 years old when his number 10 Tide Ride was on display in front of a local grocery store in Sacramento Ca. While not a championship winner, he had an amazing career and definitely deserves a place in the hall of fame. Loved watching “The Rooster” on TV and I hope he is enjoying retirement.

    • @flatearthisnonsense
      @flatearthisnonsense Год назад

      What an awesome experience man. That was the first race my now wife ever watched with me. We were 15 at the time. So she got to see him win the first time she ever watched nascar with me. I was so heartbroken when he didn’t pass Ken Schrader at Kansas in 03.

  • @blakeplays2992
    @blakeplays2992 2 года назад +2

    You should have mentioned the funny irony of how Ricky Rudd went back to Robert Yeates Racing for the 2007 season, but great video.

  • @TrackMaster914
    @TrackMaster914 2 года назад +6

    That's odd then. Why did Ricky drive for Yates in 2007 if his 2002 departure was so toxic?

  • @markcrew3696
    @markcrew3696 2 года назад +2

    I meant Ricky Rudd he was a class act I enjoyed chit-chatting with him a little bit and he actually paid attention to me when I asked him a couple of questions. I think he made a comment at the end of that race that his engine that night was running kind of flat and it ticked that engine worker off. I think he made that comment while he was being interviewed. he was really really a great driver in that 28 and mercilessly got wrecked by Rusty Wallace several times during that season. to this day I cannot stand Rusty Wallace because of that. I think the racing gods paid back Rusty Wallace when his son Steven proved to be a real dud on the racetrack nearly bankrupted Rusty Wallace.

  • @mrboaty9427
    @mrboaty9427 2 года назад +5

    Ricky was one of my all time favorite drivers. I guarantee Ricky would’ve gave that dude all he wanted if he hadn’t been sucker punched.

  • @Sebastian-M
    @Sebastian-M 2 года назад +6

    Next video: *When Spencer Gallagher got WWE'd*

  • @bhumiriady
    @bhumiriady 2 года назад +5

    Interesting video as always!
    It made me know more about how the relationship between Ricky Rudd and RYR deteriorated.

  • @hogziller
    @hogziller 2 года назад +4

    What was really "detrimental to the sport" was the single network TV contract that went into effect in 2001....... NASCAR still paying the price to this day.

    • @NotSteveCook
      @NotSteveCook 2 года назад +1

      Fox and NBC are different networks, as were their cable partners FX and TNT.

    • @hogziller
      @hogziller 2 года назад

      @@NotSteveCook they never work with each other to promote NASCAR when they don't have the races..... no other sport in the last 22 years intentionally reduced its number of TV broadcast partners except NASCAR. Every other major sport still has the same number or has increased them because they know more TV partners equals more vested interest in promoting positively your sport.

  • @chrisguardiano6143
    @chrisguardiano6143 2 года назад +2

    I still have a die cast car of Ricky Rudd's Havoline Texaco Ford along with Christian Fittipladi's CART machine with the same sponsorship that I bought at a local Texaco station when I was 5. Those were the first die cast race cars I bought. Loved watching Ricky Rudd as a kid that grew up watching NASCAR along with F1, CART & the WRC. Keep these great videos coming.

    • @pinnedthrottle7690
      @pinnedthrottle7690 2 года назад +1

      I’ve got two of Ricky’s hot wheels 1/24 scale cars. One of his number 10 and one of 28 (yellow and black scheme) while not mint (played with them while I was a kid) but still in great shape I currently have them each framed.

  • @brianfarrell269
    @brianfarrell269 2 года назад +3

    5:17 GIMMIE FUELLLLL

  • @plisskenationbackfromthede3657
    @plisskenationbackfromthede3657 2 года назад +4

    'Yeaaaa they come to snuff the rooster!'

  • @HtwhlsZteam
    @HtwhlsZteam 2 года назад +3

    Seeing this brought back my childhood! I was a Rudd Freak back to the 10 days. Remember watching my first race as a kid and seeing that bright orange car. Loved this era of racing, miss the iron man Rooster! Was so sad that when Rudd retired that he left the sport all together. We need more Rudd in today's Nascar!

    • @A1FAHx
      @A1FAHx 2 года назад

      Right on! To this day I only use Tide 😀👍

  • @TheSimpPolice33
    @TheSimpPolice33 2 года назад +9

    Nascar busts:
    Spencer Gallagher

  • @knobdikker
    @knobdikker 2 года назад +6

    Rudd surviving that crash at Daytona in 1984 then driving in the 500 a week later with his eyes taped open is the damnedest thing I remember about him!
    He survived a crash like that and Earnhardt hits the wall and it kills him.

  • @douglasolomon5191
    @douglasolomon5191 2 года назад +4

    Rudd was my favorite driver when he was driving the Tide car. I thought he could have won alot of races and championships had he been given better equip

  • @ThatAlcornGuy
    @ThatAlcornGuy 2 года назад

    How have I never seen this incident?!! Thanks for the content dude 🤘🏼

  • @jefferyrobertson7520
    @jefferyrobertson7520 2 года назад +4

    Thanks For Uploading ☺😎

  • @alandenson6649
    @alandenson6649 Год назад +1

    He was probably the only driver to give Dale Earnhardt his "just deserves" at North Wilkesboro in '89!

  • @FromNowhereMusic
    @FromNowhereMusic 2 года назад +11

    Ah yes, replacing Rudd with Sadler, Excellent move! Surely This will keep Yates at the forefront of competitive teams in the sport for the forseeable future.
    .... oh wait......

    • @FallenStar2565
      @FallenStar2565 2 года назад

      Just like with Kenny Irwin, amirite?

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад

      @@FallenStar2565 Wasn’t that because Ernie could not see to drive though.

    • @FallenStar2565
      @FallenStar2565 2 года назад

      @@ethanweeter2732 He was still capable of winning, though.

    • @gth804f
      @gth804f 2 года назад

      @@ethanweeter2732 That ended up being basically mutual. Ernie talks in his book about how he started to feel unappreciated by both Yates and Texaco.

  • @chasermalloy7406
    @chasermalloy7406 2 года назад +3

    Ricky was just in shock for a second trying to figure out what the hell ? Then if there hadn't been 3 guys between them this clown would have had his head handed to him.

    • @theRooster722
      @theRooster722 2 года назад

      He got his anyway, Rudd's perfect bottle shot gashed the moron's head to the tune of 4 staples.

  • @Chiracingfan
    @Chiracingfan 2 года назад +5

    Darien uploads=Good day

  • @doubleutubefan5
    @doubleutubefan5 2 года назад +1

    This was the year I seriously started following NASCAR. I have put many hours on EA Sports Nascar Thunder 2003, based of the 2002 season.

  • @jaysalazar107
    @jaysalazar107 2 года назад +5

    Rudd got screwed so many times In 2002 he easily could have had 5 wins

    • @stevenwolford3754
      @stevenwolford3754 2 года назад

      I don't really remember there being 5 races he could have won. I'd say he should have won spring Richmond instead of Sonoma. What races are you referring to?

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 2 года назад

      @@stevenwolford3754 Pocono he blew a tire while leading. Otherwise, I don’t know. Wonder if they did sabotage Ricky though. DEI did it to Jr in 2007.

    • @stevenwolford3754
      @stevenwolford3754 2 года назад

      @@ethanweeter2732 DEI sabotaged Jr? I had no idea and I would like to know more. I know he didn't win in 07 and I just thought he had bad luck. Huge revelation to me if he was being sabotaged.

  • @MikeG42
    @MikeG42 2 года назад +2

    Good video BFM. I was angry about what happened to Ricky but glad he fired back with the water bottle scoring a direct hit. He was a good man and didn't deserve that fine at all. It's a shame a veteran driver was treated like that. Thanks for the video.

  • @ruddfan8810
    @ruddfan8810 Год назад +1

    So many races that season he had a chance to win, Rockingham hit kill switch, dover loose tire, Pocono flat tire, just to name a few.

  • @ilackedtheheart
    @ilackedtheheart 2 года назад

    Love the background music. I haven't heard Cosmopolitan by Nine Black Alps in forever. This was my jam back in HS lol

  • @rashinsalter756
    @rashinsalter756 10 месяцев назад

    Aye BFM nice choice of music for this video nine black alps - cosmopolitan instrumental

  • @masonmetcalf4322
    @masonmetcalf4322 2 года назад +1

    Ricky Rudd having 19 T10 points standings finishes with stretches of 8 and 7 consecutive T10s is not a stat I was expecting to learn today

  • @csx4402
    @csx4402 2 года назад +1

    The video should be titled Yates Racing bad decision. When Rudd departed, it was all downhill for the team.

  • @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925
    @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 2 года назад +6

    Good Seasons: Ricky Rudd 1994

    • @brianbooher7318
      @brianbooher7318 2 года назад

      What about 97 brickyard winner biggest win of Carrier

    • @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925
      @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 2 года назад

      @@brianbooher7318
      1994: 6th in Winston Cup points
      1997: 16th in Winston Cup points

    • @brianbooher7318
      @brianbooher7318 2 года назад

      @@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 yes but won his biggest race of his career way bigger than a 6 in points

    • @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925
      @coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 2 года назад

      @@brianbooher7318 After the Brickyard Rudd got tons of bad luck as he was dealing with injuries sustained in the Pepsi 400 crash weeks prior

  • @MinisterManDan
    @MinisterManDan 11 месяцев назад +2

    The decisions Yates made around Ricky Rudd that year basically killed his race team. Sadler was a good guy but he wasn’t Ricky Rudd, and ultimately what they were really mad about is that they had a driver telling them the truth: their shit wasn’t as good as it used to be. Ricky was used to getting points with shit equipment from being a driver owner and could drive the crap they were giving him, but they got butthurt that he said it wasn’t title worthy. He was right.

  • @titanironwolf7986
    @titanironwolf7986 2 года назад +1

    Video idea. I recall a couple years ago you did a video on LW Wright. I think it should be revisited as the man behind the mystery was in a podcast recently

    • @gth804f
      @gth804f 2 года назад

      That would be The Scene Vault

  • @happywrenching960
    @happywrenching960 2 года назад +2

    That was a bonehead move replacing Rudd with Sadler. No comparison in talent.

  • @pepperjackttv
    @pepperjackttv 2 года назад +1

    Rudd was my favorite as a kid, but I had no idea he was so based until later years

  • @peepawghost
    @peepawghost 2 года назад +2

    Rudd was tough as hell.

  • @rockingham20
    @rockingham20 2 года назад +1

    One of the most toxic team departures in NASCAR history? Kurt Busch: "hold my beer"

    • @gth804f
      @gth804f 2 года назад

      Jeremy Mayfield, anyone? Multiple times.

  • @petewill1136
    @petewill1136 2 года назад +2

    I think everyone was really surprised he didn’t win with the wood brothers. Honestly i thought he’d get at least 1, but I also thought Bobby Labonte would get 1 with petty

  • @toddtaylor6506
    @toddtaylor6506 2 года назад +1

    Biggest issue is thinking Elliot Sadler would be an upgrade from Rudd.

  • @aaronz9410
    @aaronz9410 2 года назад +2

    Lucky they stepped between them right after... If Rudd had any chance at all he would have handled that idiot. The Rooster was a tough SOB and wouldn't start something but wouldn't mind finishing it.

  • @parkersheline3640
    @parkersheline3640 Год назад

    How have I never seen this before? So hilarious 👍👍

  • @elosogonzalez8739
    @elosogonzalez8739 2 года назад +1

    Always liked Ricky Rudd. He may not have won a ton of races, but he was in the hunt most of the time.

  • @VenkCutterman
    @VenkCutterman 2 года назад +4

    Ricky Rudd: **talking about incident at Richmond**
    Me: **vibing to Man of Constant Sorrow that’s playing over the track speakers**

    • @kcewing1
      @kcewing1 Год назад

      Me "vibing" to you whilst listening to Nowhere Man by The Beatles...

  • @kimconn3415
    @kimconn3415 Год назад +1

    We have to remember that’s when racing a car was amazing!! It’s changed. Rudd was apart the best.

  • @mikaelhaggard8031
    @mikaelhaggard8031 2 года назад +4

    If I remember right Ricky lost his ride to Dale Earnhardt sr. early in his career and had to fight and scratch to compete for years in his own stuff mainly until finally getting another sweet ride at Yates in the end. He was a very good driver. Him and Tide are synonymous. Elliott Sadler was a clear downgrade, he should have been insulted.

  • @DD-sw1dd
    @DD-sw1dd 2 года назад

    With “Constant Sorrow” playing in the background 😆

    • @kcewing1
      @kcewing1 Год назад

      Still lookin' for your name anywhere in history...

  • @Joetime90
    @Joetime90 2 года назад +1

    Ricky Rudd was always my favorite as a kid, a guy I worked with knows him. I wanna meet him. He was born in the same city as me (Norfolk, VA) and his birthday is a day ahead of mine (September 11 vs 12). A weird relation but it's the small things. I remember I'd always collect all the #10 Tide cars whenever I went to Toys R Us in the 90s. I used to have a bigger replica car.
    Honestly Rudd was in the right, I'd have done the same. Not one for violence, but a water bottle... C'mon.

  • @pewpscoop
    @pewpscoop 2 года назад

    lol the accuracy of that throw though

  • @Slinger43
    @Slinger43 2 года назад +1

    The Rooster was & still is highly underrated as a driver. He, like several past successful-winning driver's, ended up with career number's that were beneath their skill level as a Wheelman. I don't know if it was Bill Jr, or one of his NASCAR executive goon's that had it in for Ricky, but somebody upstairs sure didn't like Mr Rudd, that Sears Point deal with Davey is still one of the biggest hack job's ever put on a driver, I loved Davey Allison, but The Rooster won that race & NASCAR flat screwed him over "HARD" 👎🧐

  • @SuperNASCARrocks
    @SuperNASCARrocks 2 года назад +2

    If there is one guy you don’t want to mess with, it would be Ricky Rudd

  • @frankshuffitt3925
    @frankshuffitt3925 2 года назад +1

    Like the way Rudd waited for everything to be perfect before he threw the water bottle.

    • @kcewing1
      @kcewing1 Год назад

      Cuz yer a hero keyboard warrior. looked for yer name in the NASCAR history books...still lookin....

    • @frankshuffitt3925
      @frankshuffitt3925 Год назад

      @@kcewing1 well you won't find It Mr.Cuz.

  • @MidTennPews
    @MidTennPews Год назад +2

    Rudd deserved that punch and a few more. You NEVER talk down to your crew or the guys in the shop. They work their asses off day in and day out and from what Fatback has said, Rudd was never at the shop like he should have been, never offered any encouragement and was all around a diva of sorts.

    • @theRooster722
      @theRooster722 Год назад +1

      OK Larry time to get over it. Your forehead healed eventually after they removed the staples, and you got another job at petty enterprises.

  • @user-ed1yx2fq7l
    @user-ed1yx2fq7l 2 года назад +3

    Rudd never outperformed Jarrett at Yates Racing lol. Jarrett won the 1999 championship and the 2000 Daytona 500.

    • @Americalovesme2008
      @Americalovesme2008 2 года назад

      2001 Rudd was a title contender until late while DJ wasn't after the summer. Rudd at moments was stronger than Jarrett but he didn't come over until 2000. Kenny Irwin Jr was still the 28 driver in 1999.

  • @johnpyle702
    @johnpyle702 Год назад

    AWESOME WHEEL MAN RIGHT THERE "FORD PERFORMANCE"

  • @fearend3299
    @fearend3299 2 года назад +4

    Yooo new vid

  • @jinglebell61
    @jinglebell61 2 года назад +1

    Future uploads: What’s Next For Kurt Busch and Rewatching The 1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500.

  • @lanternsown3525
    @lanternsown3525 2 года назад +1

    An Interesting Piece of NASCAR History.

  • @jamesmcintire3800
    @jamesmcintire3800 2 года назад +1

    Rudd was always a good driver who was almost always competitive and capable of winning the race. And when he didn’t have the car to win he was smart enough to stay out of the way and stay clean

  • @davidpeters2625
    @davidpeters2625 2 года назад +4

    Well Damn.... I thought the whole Kurt Busch Roush Racing Phoenix incident was atrocious, but this is NOTHING compared to that.....

  • @danh5631
    @danh5631 2 года назад +1

    Rudd always brought out the best In people, Dale Sr., Kevin Harvick his crew etc.

  • @FeartheCyr611
    @FeartheCyr611 2 года назад

    What's the song in the background over the PA system when rudd is being interviewed in his car?
    I've heard it before but I don't recall the lyrics to look it up!

    • @TankSlappr
      @TankSlappr 2 года назад

      The name of the song is "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" (From "O Brother, Where Art Thou.") By "The Soggy Bottom Boys."

  • @breezed2154
    @breezed2154 2 года назад +1

    Haven’t heard cosmopolitan since madden 06