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Ricky Rudd: Robert Yates Racing
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Ricky Rudd driver of the Robert Yates #88 Snickers Ford, started racing the Cup Series in 1977. That same year, Ricky won the Rookie of the Year honors. In 1992, Rudd won the IROC (International Race of Champions) Championship. At the start of the 2007 season, Ricky Rudd had recorded 29 poles, 23 wins, and 19 top 10 finishes.
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Ricky Rudd's career has surged since he signed on with the Robert Yates team in 2000. With 27 Winston Cup career victories to his credit, Rudd set a modern day NASCAR Winston Cup record by posting at least one win every year from 1982 through 1998. In addition to comprehensive race data and track-by-track results, a selection of color photography spanning Rudd's entire NASCAR career includes candid shots of the driver and action photos of the cars he has driven through the 2001 season.
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Ricky Rudd returns to the Nextel Cup series as the oldest full-time driver, two months senior to Dale Jarrett, the driver he replaced at Robert Yates Racing. The number of full-time drivers 50 years of age or older will jump to three when Sterling Marlin's birthday hits in June. The oldest driver at Daytona this week is Bill Elliott at 51.
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After many rumors and speculation, Rudd was hired to pilot the #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford Taurus for Robert Yates Racing for 2000. Although he still did not win that season, he had two poles and moved to fifth in the points standings. In 2001, Rudd got his first win in three years at Pocono Raceway, followed by another victory late in the season at Richmond. He ... matched a career-high 14 top-five finishes. He won his most recent race at Infineon in 2002, but dropped to tenth in the standings. Rudd left Yates at the end of the 2002 season.
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Ricky Rudd and Robert Yates Racing have announced that they will reunite for the 2007 NEXTEL Cup season. Rudd retired from NASCAR after the 2005 season but will be back full-time in 2007 driving the Snickers Ford for Robert Yates.
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Ricky Rudd makes a triumphant return to racing as driver of the No. 88 for Robert Yates Racing with longtime NASCAR sponsor SNICKERS®, America’s No. 1 candy bar! Unwrap this chocolate dipped car with SNICKERS® logos.
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