Charlie Rudolph
| Charlie Rudolph | |||||||
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| Born | Charles Rudolph January 29, 1958 Ransomville, New York, U.S. | ||||||
| Retired | 1995 | ||||||
| Modified racing career | |||||||
| Debut season | 1978[1] | ||||||
| Car number | 72 | ||||||
| Championships | 12 | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1986 Mr. Dirt Champion[2] 1994 Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Tour | |||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 52nd (1987) | ||||||
| First race | 1987 Budweiser 500 (Dover) | ||||||
| Last race | 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)[3] | ||||||
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Charles Rudolph (born January 29, 1958) is a retired American stock car racing driver who was equally successful competing on both asphalt and dirt surfaces. An engineer by trade, after retiring from driving he became crew chief for Chuck Hossfeld and then for his son Erick Rudolph.[4]
Racing career
[edit | edit source]Charlie Rudolph made five appearances in the NASCAR Cup Series in 1987, bringing Sunoco into the sport for the first time [5] He spent the majority of his career racing in the modified division, competing at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including Fonda, New York; Riverside Park, Massachusetts; and Stafford and Thompson in Connecticut.[3][6]
Rudolph won at least a dozen track championships including New York State venues Lancaster Speedway, Ransomville Speedway, Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, Spencer Speedway in Williamson, and Weedsport Speedway.[4][7] He was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame and the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame.[2][8][9]
Motorsports career results
[edit | edit source]NASCAR
[edit | edit source]Winston Cup Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||
| 1987 | James Rudolph | 04 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV 19 |
POC 22 |
RSD | MCH DNQ |
DAY | POC 13 |
TAL | GLN | MCH 36 |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD | ATL | 52nd | 382 | [10] | |||||||||
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Charlie Rudolph driver statistics at Racing-ReferenceLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).