Jason Rudd

{{short description|American racing driver}}

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Jason Rudd (born April 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Last racing for Means Racing in the NASCAR Busch Series, Rudd never ran a full-time season. He is the nephew of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Ricky Rudd.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/1983000-rudd-s-ready|title=RUDD'S READY|last=Series|first=ARCA Racing|website=ARCA Racing|language=en|access-date=2019-10-29}}

Career

Rudd started his NASCAR career in 1999, trying and failing to qualify for both Richmond races in the NASCAR Busch Series. After not trying to run any races in 2000, Rudd returned to NASCAR competition in 2001, racing for teams such as Means Racing, HighLine Performance Group, PRW Racing, and his grandfather Al Rudd's team. Rudd finished the season with a highest finish of 31st, and failing to qualify for two races, both while racing for his grandfather's team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Jason_Rudd/Results/NASCAR_Busch_Series/2001|title=Jason Rudd/Results/NASCAR Busch Series/2001 - The Third Turn|website=www.thethirdturn.com|access-date=2019-10-29}}

In 2002, Rudd moved down to ARCA, racing for his own team for six races. He would rack up 1 top-5 and 3 top-tens in the six races he raced in. He finished the series 32nd in the overall standings. In 2003, Rudd returned to the Busch series, driving a race for JD Motorsports and Moy Racing each. However, he also failed to qualify for 3 races, racing for himself.

In 2004, Rudd returned to both the Busch Series and ARCA. In the Busch series, he raced a single race for Means Racing, staying in the race for 8 laps before dropping out because of a vibration. Rudd's ARCA season didn't go quite as planned either, since although he made the two races he tried to race in, he was caught in a wreck early in the first race, and retired with a blown engine in the other.

In 2005, Rudd did not race in either series, but instead decided to try his shot at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but failed to qualify in both races he attempted. He has not attempted to run another NASCAR race since.

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Busch Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| NASCAR Busch Series results

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

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1999

!

! 81

!

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| NSV

| BRI

| TAL

| CAL

| NHA

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| PPR

| GTY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| DOV

| CLT

| CAR

| MEM

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=2|

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/1999/B|title=Jason Rudd – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

rowspan=4| 2001

! Means Racing

! 52

! Ford

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
40

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| TAL

| CAL

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
31

| colspan=8|

! rowspan=4| 64th

! rowspan=4| 342

! rowspan=4| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2001/B|title=Jason Rudd – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

Moy Racing

! 77

! Ford

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
34

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
33

| HOM

|

Al Rudd Auto

! 85

! Ford

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
34

| KEN

| MLW

| GLN

| CHI

| GTY

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| KAN
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| MEM

| PHO

| colspan=3|

Fitz Motorsports

! 8

! Chevy

| colspan=26|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
40

| colspan=7|

rowspan=3| 2003

! Jason Rudd Motorsports

! 10

! Dodge

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| NSH

| CAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| GTY

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| KEN
DNQ

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV
DNQ

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| ATL

| PHO

| CAR

| HOM

! rowspan=3| 107th

! rowspan=3| 143

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2003/B|title=Jason Rudd – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

Moy Racing

! 77

! Ford

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
24

| colspan=8|

JD Motorsports

! 70

! Chevy

| colspan=26|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
37

| colspan=7|

2004

! Means Racing

! 52

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| TAL

| CAL

| GTY

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
42

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| CAL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| ATL

| PHO

| DAR

| HOM

! 150th

! 12

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2004/B|title=Jason Rudd – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2005

! Brevak Racing

! 31

! Dodge

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAL
DNQ

| ATL

| MAR

| GTY

| MFD

| CLT

| DOV

| TEX

| MCH

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| MEM

| IRP

| NSH

| BRI

| RCH

| NHA

| LVS

| MAR

| ATL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2005/C|title=Jason Rudd – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

=ARCA Re/Max Series=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| ARCA Re/Max Series results
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

! {{Tooltip|ARMC|ARCA Re/Max classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2002

! rowspan=3| Jason Rudd Motorsports

! 10

! Dodge

| DAY

| ATL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSH
8

| SLM

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| KEN
3

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN
29

| POC

| MCH

| TOL

| SBO

| KEN

| BLN

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSH
18

| ISF

| WIN

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
24

! 32nd

! 925

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2002/A|title=Jason Rudd – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

rowspan=2| 2004

! 7

! rowspan=2| Ford

| DAY

| NSH

| SLM

| KEN

| TOL

| CLT

| KAN

| POC

| MCH

| SBO

| BLN

| KEN

| GTW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
25

| LER

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=2| 124th

! rowspan=2| 175

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/ruddja01/2004/A|title=Jason Rudd – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=October 29, 2019}}

02

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSH
32

| ISF

| TOL

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

References