Nice Shiner Rudd!

Firetiger(MN) · September 9, 2002

I saw Ricky Rudd on Totally Nascar and he had a nice black eye!! Evidently one of the crewmembers took exception to what he said about not getting the engine HP that the other teammates were, so after the race he poked him. hahaha. I wonder who it was? Robert Yates? He comes off like someone that would do that. Quite the year.

Firetiger(MN) · September 10, 2002

Just a quick follow-up. On Speedvision's Nascar show, they had video of the punch and Ricky's retaliation of throwing a bottle. This is the show with Waltrip, Benson, and Kenny Schrader reviewing the weekend of racing. It re-airs on Wed. nights at 10 pm CST. Good show.

MountaineerTom · September 10, 2002

So, did they say who hit him?

Firetiger(MN) · September 10, 2002

A name was never mentioned. You could see the guy clearly in the video though. They just said it was a crew member.

General Lee 01 · September 10, 2002

It re-airs on Wed. nights at 10 pm CST.

For those of us who can't wait that long (Throw me in that category ) it also re-airs tonight @ Midnight.

Watch it be Mike Mcswaim ("Fatback" )

MountaineerTom · September 10, 2002

Here's the story from Jayski's.

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Rudd tangles with team member after race: Winston Cup driver [#28] Ricky Rudd and a member of his Robert Yates Racing team got into a physical confrontation following Saturday night's race at Richmond. As Rudd was preparing to leave the garage area, he and the crew member - whose name the team declined to reveal - started a heated exchange, apparently over comments made by Rudd earlier in the week to USA Today questioning the quality of engines his #28 team receives from RYR. According to witnesses, the crew member threw a punch at Rudd and Rudd responded by throwing a water bottle at the crew member, hitting him in the head. The two were then separated. Team spokesman Steve Post said the incident was considered a "family matter" and would be handled internally. NASCAR spokeswoman Danielle Frye said the sanctioning body was made aware of the incident.(ThatsRacin.com)(9-8-2002)

AND FSN's Totally NASCAR has exclusive video of the Ricky Rudd-RYR crew member altercation, which will be aired tonight at 6: 00pm/local or 6:30pm/et on Speed Channel. The RYR employee was Engine R&D man, Larry Lacky, punched Rudd in the left eye, Rudd fired a water bottle back at Lacky, hitting him on the head.(9-9-2002)

Elwood · September 11, 2002

UPDATE:I just heard on Totally NASCAR Rudd was fined by NASCAR, and the crewmember, named Lackey I think, has resigned from RYR.

ryr8828 · September 24, 2002

My opinion is that Rudd had it coming. There's no telling what he said to the guy to make him go off. Ricky has been running his mouth all summer. I'll be glad when he's out of the Yates Rocket.