That’s when it was racing now it’s just like WWE WRESTLING

Almost don’t recognize Ricky, age is catching up with him. Always liked him. That deal at NW I put on Dale, looked to me like he tried to dive to the bottom and wasn’t clear helluva lot more than it looked like Ricky came up. Either way always loved when Dale got a taste of his own medicine. Boy did he piss and moan and cry when drivers dished out what he gave for years.

Which is probably why his 1991 Sonoma win was taken away, kinda messed up

I always liked Ricky “The Rooster” Rudd especially when he drove the iconic Robert Yates Ford T-Bird with the big “Yates” horse power & he came close to winning a handful of championships but they didn’t happen just like Mark Martin. I remember when Kevin Harvick disrespected Ricky Rudd one race & when the race was done Ricky Rudd & Kevin Harvick were side by side coming down pit road until both of them stopped on pit road & both drivers got out of their cars to confront each other & Harvick was no slouch neither in terms of fighting but google eyed “Rooster” was so pissed at Harvick & if looks could kill Harvick would be in the Hospital 🏥 lol. I also remember when #10 Ricky Rudd drove the “Tide Ride” Ford which was his own team in which is not an easy thing to accomplish. Anyways Cheers🥂from Canada my fine American friends 🏁

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That guy is awesome. I've worked around many promoters over the years, and most of them never learned Gray's golden rule "JUST DONT SCREW IT UP."

A horrible set of circumstances. Why does it matter what "caused the accident?". They were racing without the same safety equipment, the track did not have inside bumper curbs, there were ruts where the grass met the track. The spotters (Not sure if JM even had one) were on the front straight and didnt have any real visibility back there. Bobby was my childhood hero like he was for so many others but it was just a crappy situation. I cannot imagine how many thousands of times since then that Jocko has wished he would have been somewhere else that day. Thanks Scene Vault for giving Jocko a voice .

Awesome interview! Ricky, if you ever do read this, theres so many race car drivers that have the highest respect for you and what you accomplished. . Start to finish history will always say about you "well done " (there was that one time when you should have beat Harvick's juvenile hyde but you took the high road, as usual)

Thanks for getting Ricky for the interview hope to see more from him

Ricky told my wife and I once that the “Intimidator” shit was made up for them to sell tee-shirts 😂

i meet ricky and his dad back in 1979 when he came to the school i was training at. lots of great stories

I miss Dale Earnhardt

Ricky Rudd was a class act .

I agree Ricky, you should have

"Dirty Dale"

Cost dale a 8th championship, what a loser

I'm from Chesapeake, not a mile from Rudd's used auto parts. Chip Bailey.

Ricky is the man

Jeff Gordon was earnhardt's daddy

Jeff Gordon was better than earnhardt anyway

I'm amazed that the King doesn't have 1 gray hair, but Kyle has more than enough. That's just how cool the King is

Ricky Rudd and Tim Richmond we just a couple of the VERY FEW who wouldn't put up with Dale's way of going through traffic. A lot of drivers didn't like Dale, but wished they could do what he did with a race car. Maaan, I sure miss that guy.

Dale wrecked his competition, never a car that could not win. Only cars that could beat him. Bill Jr looked the other way when Dale wrecked his competition. Dales head was up Bill Jr butt so deep he knew what Bill Jr had for breakfast.

The man won sears point and they just took it from him. How many times did Earnhardt do the same thing and never too his win.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. was NASCAR's original Golden Boy. Now because of Dale's legacy we have multitudes of drivers today like Austin Hill, Denny Hamlin, & Kyle Larson (To name a few) doing exactly what Sr. did. They are among today's Golden Boys. They know they can get away with it. We need more drivers like Ricky Rudd who'll stand up for themselves against NASCAR's Golden Boys & not allow themselves to be run over by them every single week.

He is one of the most authentic people on the planet.

i mean an eye for an eye , he had to stand up for himself..wudve been betr to see dale kick his ass right after and make rudd cry more

…and then slapped with a $10k fine for actions detrimental to the sport…

Richard Petty is still the King. Long live the King.

The sport used to be full of guys like this

Please, bore us with details Ricky...! And all other veteran drivers...!!!

Rudd knew he was going to spin dale, he always ran mid pack so he didn't get many chances, in wilksboro that day he cared more about taking out dale than winning. That's why he raced for 33 years and only won 23 wins. He won 1 big race in 33 years and that was Indy. He dam sure ain't no hall of fame driver

No I'll Tell ya What ya Done...You Cost Earnhardt that 8th Championship... AND Ya Know Ya Did...in the long run You Did... Because if That Hadn't Happened ...He Would Have Beat Rusty... because Rusty Just beat him by 11 points over your Foolish Move SMH 👎

Who started talking around the 8:30 mark? Sounded robotic.

Dale Earnhardt was the most overrated driver in NASCAR history. You can’t be the greatest driver ever if half your victories are tarnished. If you notice Earnhardt never messed with the old veterans like Pearson, Petty, Yarborough, The Allison Brothers, Buddy Baker,Benny Parsons.

It's addictive

Ricky Rudd always found himself on the outside with the France Family. Ricky was the step kid that was too good to kick out of the family though.

One of my favorite races was at North Wilkesboro yeah I didn't like the outcome with Geoff Bodine winning but I did enjoy Ricky taking Dale out Ricky Rudd deserves to be in the Nascar Hall of Fame more than any other driver out there right now and I'm so glad he is going into the Nascar Hall of Fame he is the last true owner driver to win a race Tony Stewart don't count because Tony done it with Gene Haas Ricky Rudd did it by himself with no help from outside people except for his crew keep up the good work have a good one and God bless

I was in the stands at that '89 Wilkesboro race. Ricky was right: it was a near riot with people around shouting "We want Rudd blood!" I was on the backstretch next to the pit gate and saw McReynolds come out in the van (didn't know Ricky was in the back). Also saw Earnhardt's crew van leave with Shelmerdine driving and giving the fans the bird. Very memorable day!

Ricky Rudd was my role model when I raced. He was a clean, smooth driver who got the most out of his equipment.

Nascar and GM were always thick as thieves to the point where if drove for another manufacturer, don’t expect any breaks from Nascar.

The rivalry began in 1983 over a ride swap regarding Childress and Bud Moore

always been a fan of ricky, dale not so much.

Man I could listen to these old stories all day. Thank you 😊

Waltrip said cause had google on and shield down on helmet

I've been racing my entire life, always for fun, from go carts, to motocross, motorcycle road racing, now at this point in my life I have settled into track day road racing with a Camaro built for road racing, I think the most fun any driver could ever have would be to race with Dale Earnhardt, I would have given anything to race with Dale, say what you want he is the best there ever was, he was more than just a driver, it was also a game to him.

That Wilkesboro race in 89 was costly seeing as how Dale lost that Cup to Rusty by only 12 points, I thought in all honesty he shoulda just let Rudd go BUT Dale was not a points racer, he tried to win every week...

I really miss that era. Smart racers, if ya had a problem they just sorted it out. We have lionized Earnhardt because of Daytona, but anybody that watched back then knew Earnhardt was as dirty as they came, generational talent, but dirty

12-4-A LOL

Thankyou!!! Saw Rudd win The Rock '96, Martinsville '98 and RIR '01