It was pretty obvious Rudd mugged Allison in that corner, especially considering how wide he got afterwords, even if he was avoiding Allisons car afterwords. Hell, the Earnhardt-Labonte deal in Bristol in 99 was nothing more than a hard racing deal with a nudge gone bad.
i bet if Gordon or Jimmie or dale Jr try that or any of the notable drivers do that now they wouldn't get the same punishment that rudd got, they just probably wanted to see Allison win at the road course.
I'll tell you what though, Martin was making an extremely difficult pass on the outside of the 42, and he just plain got taken out. I wish ol' Mark was still this good at the road courses.
With the finish of this past week's IndyCar race at Edmonton, all I could think of was THIS race. Those are two of the worst calls I can remember seeing in racing.
Also, this race was a few weeks before Tommy Kendall broke both legs in a bad crash at Watkins Glen...one of the wrecks that led to them adding the "inner loop" on the back straightaway.
It was a combination of both, I think. Kendall had his crash in the IMSA Camel Continental at the end of June, when some of the sports cars were hitting 210 + on the back straightaway. JD McDuffie had his in the Winston Cup race in August (I know it's on youtube, but I won't watch it). I was at both races, and if I remember right, somebody had a hard crash in turn five in the IROC race on the Cup weekend. So it all added up. The McDuffie crash more or less confirmed it.
Rudd got fucked by Nascar. Nascar only screwed Rudd over cause he wrecked Allison. If Rudd would of spun somebody like Ken Schrader or Micheal Waltrip , Nascar would of gave Rudd the win. Now I'm a Earnhardt fan, but what is the difference between this race and The goody's 500 in 1999? If Jimmie johnson would of wreck Denny Hamlin at martinsville, johnson wouldn't of got in trouble. But if it was reverse, Hamlin would of got in trouble. I'm A Eanhardy SR and Jr fan but Rudd got screwed.
The difference is that Terry Labonte didn't finish second in the '99 Bristol race. If NASCAR had given him a several second penalty Jimmy Spencer would have won the race, which would have been an awkward scenario. If Labonte was second rather than eighth, they might have stripped Earnhardt of the win. Having said that, I don't believe Rudd should have been penalized here, because there are WAY too many instances of NASCAR not penalizing people for contact far more incidental than that.
They eventually cretided Rudd 2nd in the final order, 1 second back, because Rudd was 4 seconds in front of Davey, but Rudd got a 5 second penalty, hence the 1 second margin of victory for Davey Allison.
It's had at least 3 different names, maybe 4. Only Infineon Raceway and Sears Point Raceway have been used since the Cup cars have raced there. At one point, it was called something along the lines of Golden State International Raceway.
Davey in 1991 was alot like Dale Earnhardt in the later years in terms of popularity.Looking at the replay, you can argue both sides. If Ricky snickered on the radio or something and they heard it, I could see them giving him the black flag.
Funny thing now seeing this, history repeated itself when they gave Harvick the win over Robby Gordon in the Montreal race last year.
I've always wondered how this race would have ended if Kendall and Martin dueled to the finish instead of colliding. Kendall had the best equipment you may ever see a ringer in, driving Kyle Petty's car as he recovered from an injury at Talladega, and was, IMO, the best road racer of the 90s. However, Martin was obviously more familiar with the Cup cars and was no slacker on the roadies in his own right, as he proved with his threepeat at Watkins Glen in later years.
NASCAR has always been so full of crap...! There is no way you can take a win away from Ricky Rudd, due to incidental contact. It seems to me, CERTAIN drivers got away with a whole lot worse over the years and NASCAR always seemed to turn a blind eye.....
I remember watching this, but I don't think Ricky Rudd really intended to spin Davey out for the win. He is not the type of person who would do such a thing like that. Ricky really won this race had it not been for that black flag call.
Inconsistent call. Rudd didnt get the win, yet Earnhardt did when he spun Labonte at Bristol in 1999 and Vickers got the 2006 Talladega win by spinning Johnson.
Like Waddell said, this wasn't the first time anyone had ever spun out the leader on the last lap. If it was, this might be excusable, but not in this case. NASCAR goofed up.
Looking at that, Ricky Rudd did get screwed. That was a racing accident, plain and simple. If Ricky Rudd was stripped of the win here, then what about Earnhardt in 1999 at Bristol?
It was pretty obvious Rudd mugged Allison in that corner, especially considering how wide he got afterwords, even if he was avoiding Allisons car afterwords. Hell, the Earnhardt-Labonte deal in Bristol in 99 was nothing more than a hard racing deal with a nudge gone bad.
PYLrulz1984 3 months ago
i bet if Gordon or Jimmie or dale Jr try that or any of the notable drivers do that now they wouldn't get the same punishment that rudd got, they just probably wanted to see Allison win at the road course.
BigDaddy28027 8 months ago
Man what a finish. Ricky Rudd totally went left into him. But man, Tommy Kendall did a great job out there!
racing202 9 months ago
Never was a fan of Ricky Rudd, but Rudd was truly robbed of this one.
MotorsportRevolution 11 months ago 2
Ironic how he drove for the team after Ernie Irvan
gobackto82 1 year ago
I'll tell you what though, Martin was making an extremely difficult pass on the outside of the 42, and he just plain got taken out. I wish ol' Mark was still this good at the road courses.
kevantas5 1 year ago
@collegekid122 He's actually a pretty damn good sports car racer that was brought in to run a few Cup races in the '90s.
JSprague24 1 year ago
With the finish of this past week's IndyCar race at Edmonton, all I could think of was THIS race. Those are two of the worst calls I can remember seeing in racing.
Also, this race was a few weeks before Tommy Kendall broke both legs in a bad crash at Watkins Glen...one of the wrecks that led to them adding the "inner loop" on the back straightaway.
BSNFabricating 1 year ago
@BSNFabricating i think mcduffie's crash
gobackto82 1 year ago
@gobackto82
It was a combination of both, I think. Kendall had his crash in the IMSA Camel Continental at the end of June, when some of the sports cars were hitting 210 + on the back straightaway. JD McDuffie had his in the Winston Cup race in August (I know it's on youtube, but I won't watch it). I was at both races, and if I remember right, somebody had a hard crash in turn five in the IROC race on the Cup weekend. So it all added up. The McDuffie crash more or less confirmed it.
BSNFabricating 1 year ago
@gobackto82 oh yeah , i forgot about that!
gobackto82 1 year ago
talk about the biggest screw job ive ever seen in racing. well done nascar. we all know at the time they were sucking allison off
HBKshowstopper635 1 year ago
That should be my penalty for Carl Edwards a 5 second penalty and then Reed Sorenson would win. Have any opinions?
AutoRockinRacing94 1 year ago
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brookstheump 1 year ago
Rudd got robbed, NASCAR was giving Allison special treatment
S2KINDYCAR 1 year ago 3
That is just hard racing, nothing more.
And I wouldnt bust on Kendall too much, he is a hell of a road racer, one of the best in his time.
PYLrulz1984 2 years ago 5
Had Dave Marcis not been in the way... Davey would have won uncontroversially...
undisputed83 2 years ago 2
Rudd got fucked by Nascar. Nascar only screwed Rudd over cause he wrecked Allison. If Rudd would of spun somebody like Ken Schrader or Micheal Waltrip , Nascar would of gave Rudd the win. Now I'm a Earnhardt fan, but what is the difference between this race and The goody's 500 in 1999? If Jimmie johnson would of wreck Denny Hamlin at martinsville, johnson wouldn't of got in trouble. But if it was reverse, Hamlin would of got in trouble. I'm A Eanhardy SR and Jr fan but Rudd got screwed.
daverudynski 2 years ago 3
The difference is that Terry Labonte didn't finish second in the '99 Bristol race. If NASCAR had given him a several second penalty Jimmy Spencer would have won the race, which would have been an awkward scenario. If Labonte was second rather than eighth, they might have stripped Earnhardt of the win. Having said that, I don't believe Rudd should have been penalized here, because there are WAY too many instances of NASCAR not penalizing people for contact far more incidental than that.
arenasnow 2 years ago
Ah, the first NASCAR race I ever watched.
Mark Martin was screwed by Kendall. I felt so bad for Mark, I became his fan.
amitharmony 2 years ago
They eventually cretided Rudd 2nd in the final order, 1 second back, because Rudd was 4 seconds in front of Davey, but Rudd got a 5 second penalty, hence the 1 second margin of victory for Davey Allison.
racingformusic 2 years ago
Davey Allison won that race-RICKY RUDD drove dirty and got busted-that's all there is to it.
bamafreak4ever 2 years ago
he got 2nd place,they just penalized him a second
kidd1023 2 years ago
hey man do you have any videos of ricky rudds famous foot work on the road courses?
fireman3075 3 years ago
If anyone got screwed out of win it was Tommy Kendall.
Bizoyce008 3 years ago
How many different names has the Sears Point race had?
chrisuncleahmad 3 years ago
only the 2 i think
battalionfan888 3 years ago
It's had at least 3 different names, maybe 4. Only Infineon Raceway and Sears Point Raceway have been used since the Cup cars have raced there. At one point, it was called something along the lines of Golden State International Raceway.
Troggle84 3 years ago
@battalionfan888 Save Mart has been the main sponsor since 1992, although others (Dodge, Toyota...) have also been part of the race name.
bduddy55555 11 months ago
@chrisuncleahmad
Only 2, Sears Point, and Infineon.
PYLrulz1984 1 year ago
@chrisuncleahmad 3, Sears Point, Sonoma, and Infineon.
racing202 9 months ago
Davey in 1991 was alot like Dale Earnhardt in the later years in terms of popularity.Looking at the replay, you can argue both sides. If Ricky snickered on the radio or something and they heard it, I could see them giving him the black flag.
Funny thing now seeing this, history repeated itself when they gave Harvick the win over Robby Gordon in the Montreal race last year.
RDB17 3 years ago
I've always wondered how this race would have ended if Kendall and Martin dueled to the finish instead of colliding. Kendall had the best equipment you may ever see a ringer in, driving Kyle Petty's car as he recovered from an injury at Talladega, and was, IMO, the best road racer of the 90s. However, Martin was obviously more familiar with the Cup cars and was no slacker on the roadies in his own right, as he proved with his threepeat at Watkins Glen in later years.
znscr3 3 years ago
znscr, I wouldn't say that necessarily. Boris Said usually gets his equipment from Jack Roush, and we know Roush isn't no field filler.
Ron Fellows also had some good equipment whenever he was running for DEI (before its fall) or RCR on road courses.
PYLrulz1984 2 years ago
NASCAR has always been so full of crap...! There is no way you can take a win away from Ricky Rudd, due to incidental contact. It seems to me, CERTAIN drivers got away with a whole lot worse over the years and NASCAR always seemed to turn a blind eye.....
newjersey421 3 years ago
That was one of the craziest finishes ever at Sears Point. Maybe in Nascar history.
racingformusic 4 years ago 3
Tommy Kendall was an SCCA Road Racing Champion.
racingformusic 4 years ago
I remember watching this, but I don't think Ricky Rudd really intended to spin Davey out for the win. He is not the type of person who would do such a thing like that. Ricky really won this race had it not been for that black flag call.
Rooblakas 4 years ago 2
he is a kick ass road course racer
battalionfan888 4 years ago 5
Shitty call but I love Bob Jenkins call at the finish.
RDarth 4 years ago
Inconsistent call. Rudd didnt get the win, yet Earnhardt did when he spun Labonte at Bristol in 1999 and Vickers got the 2006 Talladega win by spinning Johnson.
m140m 4 years ago 2
Dumbest call in Nascar history, if Nascar was popular like it was today they would not have gotten away with that
Ruddfan1997 4 years ago
Like Waddell said, this wasn't the first time anyone had ever spun out the leader on the last lap. If it was, this might be excusable, but not in this case. NASCAR goofed up.
braves15 4 years ago
and you thought nascar makes bad calls now... this tops them all.
chad2909 4 years ago 3
Looking at that, Ricky Rudd did get screwed. That was a racing accident, plain and simple. If Ricky Rudd was stripped of the win here, then what about Earnhardt in 1999 at Bristol?
BadBooking 4 years ago
Well Dale was "rattling Terry's bird cage, not take him out" incase if you don't know.
RealRacer2442 4 years ago 2
Believe me, I know that. I'm just saying, the similarity between those two that intentional or not, they were racing accidents.
BadBooking 4 years ago
OK, that was kinda dumb that they didn't show Rudd getting the black flag.
thehackneyaccount 4 years ago
I love the old configuration of Sears Point. Back when it was called Sears Point.
rodan70 4 years ago 3