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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 19 2007, 08:29 AM (66 Views) | |
| Orangesmoke20 | Aug 19 2007, 08:29 AM Post #1 |
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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Rudd to retire at end of 2007 season: #88-Ricky Rudd says he’ll leave NASCAR Nextel Cup racing after this, his 28th full-time season. The 50-year-old Chesapeake native said Saturday that he’s told car owner Robert Yates he won’t be back and that he has no plans to race full time again. “It’s time. It’s time,’’ Rudd said at Michigan International Speedway. “It’s time for me to step back from the active schedule.’’ At the end of the 2005 season, Rudd said he’d take a break from racing but refused to call it a retirement. Other than filling in for Tony Stewart in one race, Rudd skipped all of last season before returning this year. While Rudd says he’d consider a part-time ride with a strong team, he’s not pursuing such an opportunity. He’s at peace with leaving the series. “As you grow older, your interests change,’’ Rudd said. “I’m not going about it saying I’m scared to death of it. To me, it’s exciting.’’ This has been a tough season for Rudd. He started alongside teammate David Gilliland on the front row for the Daytona 500 but finished 26th. His best finish this season is seventh in the Coca-Cola 600. Rudd enters today’s race 29th in the points. Rudd said he’s not sure what he’ll do. A television career could be a possibility. Rudd said ESPN offered him a job last year, but he declined it because of the travel schedule. If nothing else, he’ll have plenty of time to spend with his wife, Linda, and son, Landon, who turns 13 this month. “It’s not like, 'Oh, man, what am I going to do with my life?’’’ Rudd said. “I’m kind of looking forward to the next chapter. I just don’t know what it is yet.”(Virginian Pilot)(8-19-2007) |
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| grey__fox | Aug 19 2007, 04:30 PM Post #2 |
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Yep. It's me.
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I'll miss him. I remember the good 'ol days when he was Jarrett's teammate at RYR. They were my boys. |
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| Dewy9 | Aug 19 2007, 06:20 PM Post #3 |
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7X Raceski Cup Champion
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I didn't know Ricky Rudd was racing this year. |
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