Over NASCAR’s past quarter-century, few victory-lane celebrations can match the one at Martinsville Speedway Sept. 27, 1998. And that’s a good thing. Ricky Rudd ... of that win is that it ...

A radio reporter interviews Ricky Rudd on the ground of Victory ... But what the Virginia native did at tiny Martinsville Speedway in September 1998 might have been even more impressive.

The six-page letter was unsigned but included a long list of Rudd’s career achievements ... still showed up in Victory Lane in 1998 at Martinsville Speedway despite suffering second-degree ...

The Winston Cup championship chase might have ended in the rain-delayed and rescheduled Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway. It might have been settled when second-ranked Ricky Rudd lost his ...

Richard Lee “Ricky” Rudd ... win 23 Cup races in his career, finished in the top 10 in all but two seasons from 1979 through 1996, and was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.

using a set of tires 50 laps fresher than those of teammate Ricky Rudd to pass Rudd with five laps left and win the Virginia 500 Winston Cup race in Martinsville, Va. Jarrett, who never led until ...

The six-page letter was unsigned but included a long list of Rudd‘s career achievements ... still showed up in Victory Lane in 1998 at Martinsville Speedway despite suffering second-degree ...