1975 - First NASCAR Winston Cup race at North Carolina Motor Speedway
1977 - Winston Cup Rookie of the Year
1981 - Joined DiGard Racing Winston Cup team
First Winston Cup pole at Martinsville Speedway on April 24th
1982 - Joined Richard Childress Racing Winston Cup team
1983 - First Winston Cup victory at Riverside International Raceway on June 5th
1984 - Joined Bud Moore Engineering Winston Cup team
1988 - Joined King Racing Winston Cup Team
1990 - Joined Hendrick Motorsports Winston Cup Team
1991 - Finished 2nd in Winston Cup point standings
1992 - Finished 7th in Winston Cup point standings Won International Race of Champions Title
1993 - Finished 19th in Winston Cup point standings Announces
in June he is starting his own Winston Cup team, Rudd Performance Motorsports to start competition in 1994.
1994 - Wins first race as Owner/Driver at New Hampshire International Speedway in July
Started 500th career Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 13, 1994 Finished fifth in Winston Cup point standings
1995 - Finished ninth in Winston Cup point standings
1996 - Finished sixth in Winston Cup point standings
1997 - Finished 17th in Winston Cup point standings
1998 - Extended streak of at least on evictory a year to 16 years, a modern record,
and finished 22nd in Winston Cup points
1999 - Finished 31st in Winston Cup points and didn't win a race for the first
time since 1983
2000 - Finished 5th in first year with Robert Yates Havoline team
2001 - First win in 88 races at Pocono.
inducted on Oct. 20 to the Talladega walk of fame.
Made a bid for the title most of the year but a late season slump dropped him to 4th
2002 Took over the "Iron Man award for 656 consecutive WC Starts at Charlotte May 26, 2002 - Finished 10th in points - the season was mostly one of unmet expectations and frustration mixed with satisfaction
2003Ricky Rudd, driver of the #21 Motorcraft Racing Ford Taurus reached a milestone in
NASCAR racing at Pocono Raceway on July 27, 2003 in Sunday’s Pennsylvania 500. made his
700th Consecutive Winston Cup start