Joe Ruttman

Joe Ruttman
Ruttman in 1996
Born	October 28, 1944 Upland, California, United States
Achievements	1980 USAC Stock Car champion
Awards	1978 USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
255 races run over 20 years
Best finish	12th (1983)
First race	1963 Riverside 500 (Riverside)
Last race	2004 MBNA America 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 60 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
21 races run over 8 years
Best finish	41st (1985)
First race	1982 Sportsman 200 (Dover)
Last race	2005 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
First win	1982 Sportsman 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 5 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
172 races run over 9 years
Best finish	2nd (1995)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2007 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 (Gateway)
First win	1995 Pizza Plus 150 (Bristol)
Last win	2001 Jelly Belly 200 (Pikes Peak)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 111 17

Joe Ruttman (born October 28, 1944), is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series. With 13 career wins in the Truck Series he is currently tied for 11th on the all-time wins list (as of February 21, 2014).

USAC Stock Cars

Ruttman was the United States Automobile Club's 1978 USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year, and the 1980 USAC Series champion.^[1]

NASCAR

Ruttman's 1983 NASCAR Cup car

Ruttman made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (then known as the Grand National Series) debut in 1963 at Riverside International Raceway, finishing 10th at the Winston Western 500.^[2] He drove in three more Series races between 1964 and 1980, while racing local tracks in between. Ruttman caught a big break in 1981 when J.D. Stacy, who had just bought Rod Osterlund's team, hired him to take over for Dale Earnhardt, who left the team mid-season to join Richard Childress Racing.^[3] Ruttman went on to run a full Series schedule from 1982 through 1984, 1986, and 1991. His best season was in 1983, when he finished 12th in points. During his 20 years in the Sprint Cup Series he had 60 top-ten finishes and 19 top-fives.^[4] He came very close to winning a race at Richmond in 1982, but a late power-steering failure sent his car into the wall and gave Dave Marcis the victory.

In 1995 Ruttman competed in the first Craftsman Truck Series season (now known as the Camping World Truck Series), winning two races that year on his way to finishing second in the inaugural championship. His success as a full-time driver in the Truck Series continued as he went on to win 11 more races between 1996 and 2007.

Personal life

Born in Upland, California, Ruttman is a resident of Franklin, Tennessee. He is the younger brother of Indianapolis 500 winner Troy Ruttman.^[5] His father, Ralph "Butch" Ruttman, was an award winning mechanic on top Indy teams.

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.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National 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	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	NGNC	Pts
1963	Carl Dane	98	Mercury	BIR	GGS	THS	RSD 10	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HBO	ATL	HCY	BRI	AUG	RCH	GPS	SBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	THS	DAR	ODS	RCH	CLT	BIR	ATL	DAY	MBS	SVH	DTS	BGS	ASH	OBS	BRR	BRI	GPS	NSV	CLB	AWS	PIF	BGS	ONA	DAR	HCY	RCH	MAR	DTS	NWS	THS	CLT	SBO	HBO	RSD								56th	1584
1964	Troy Ruttman	1W	Mercury	CON	AUG	JAC	SAV	RSD 34	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	ASW	HBO	PIF	CLB	NWS	MAR	SAV	DAR	LGY	HCY	SBO	CLT	GPS	ASH	ATL	CON	NSV	CHT	BIR	VAL	PIF	DAY	ODS	OBS	BRR	ISP	GLN	LIN	BRI	NSV	MBS	ASW	DTS	ONA	CLB	BGS	STR	DAR	HCY	RCH	ODS	HBO	MAR	SAV	NWS	CLT	HAR	AUG	JAC	127th	100

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup 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	35	36	NNCC	Pts
1977		25	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT 13							85th	124
1980	Jim Stacy Racing	5	Olds	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT 40						NA	0
1981		6	Buick	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL 10	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 29	NSV	DOV	CLT 7	TWS 9	RSD	MCH	DAY 29	NSV	POC	TAL 22																	28th	1851
		2	Pontiac																					MCH 6	BRI 21	DAR 15	RCH 30	DOV 6		NWS 26		CAR 5
			Buick																										MAR 17		CLT 19		ATL 25	RSD 2
1982				DAY 3	RCH 15	BRI 18	ATL 29	CAR 24	DAR																															16th	3021
	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Buick							NWS 12	MAR 14		NSV 4		CLT 41	POC 30		MCH 13	DAY 40	NSV 12	POC 7	TAL 11	MCH 38	BRI 24	DAR 13	RCH 31	DOV 18	NWS 6	CLT 4	MAR 5	CAR 18	ATL 5
			Pontiac									TAL 22		DOV 18			RSD 26
	Ranier-Lundy Racing	28	Pontiac																														RSD 40
1983	Benfield Racing	98	Chevy	DAY 4*							TAL 11				CLT 14				DAY 37			TAL 15	MCH 24							CLT 13										12th	3342
			Buick		RCH 7*	CAR 29	ATL 4	DAR 20	NWS 7	MAR 4		NSV 7	DOV 3			RSD 34		MCH 33			POC 9							MAR 7	NWS 14
			Pontiac											BRI 23			POC 10			NSV 22				BRI 18	DAR 38	RCH 27	DOV 20				CAR 30	ATL 30	RSD 41
1984			Chevy	DAY 28	RCH 10	CAR 17	ATL 28	BRI 10	NWS 30	DAR 19	MAR 6	TAL 21			CLT 41	RSD 7	POC 11	MCH 8	DAY 10	NSV 8	POC 14	TAL 37	MCH 20	BRI 29	DAR 13	RCH 30	DOV 33	MAR 29												18th	2945
			Buick										NSV 15
			Pontiac											DOV 14
	Barkdoll Racing	38	Chevy																										CLT 40	NWS
	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy																												CAR 34	ATL 35	RSD 10
1985				DAY 17	RCH	CAR 6	ATL 26	BRI 29	DAR 11	NWS	MAR	TAL 30	DOV	CLT 7	RSD	POC 35	MCH	DAY 35	POC	TAL 33	MCH	BRI 13	DAR 9	RCH	DOV 33	MAR	NWS	CLT 5	CAR 40	ATL 32	RSD									30th	1410
1986	King Racing	26	Buick	DAY 28	RCH 2	CAR 33	ATL 42	BRI 19	DAR 21	NWS 5	MAR 2	TAL 17	DOV 11	CLT 32	RSD 42	POC 7	MCH 9	DAY 7	POC 38	TAL 8	GLN 33	MCH 30	BRI 17	DAR 38	RCH 6	DOV 6	MAR 5	NWS 6	CLT 25	CAR 9	ATL 9	RSD 5								15th	3295
1987	Ball Motorsports	99	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL 36	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT											NA	0
	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Pontiac																											CAR 10	RSD 7	ATL 11
1988	Clark Racing	31	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT 20	DOV 30	RSD 29	POC 17	MCH 16	DAY 11	POC 27	TAL 42	GLN 9	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR													39th	803
	Barkdoll Racing	73	Chevy																									CLT 35	NWS
	Winkle Motorsports	97	Buick																											CAR 38
	Barkdoll Racing	73	Ford																												PHO 41	ATL
1989	CalCar Motorsports	45	Pontiac	DAY 13	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV																										43rd	469
	Baker-Schiff Racing	88	Olds												SON 6	POC	MCH	DAY
		62	Olds																POC 34					DAR 30	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR 27
	Speed Racing	83	Olds																	TAL 31	GLN	MCH 21	BRI 31
	Reno Enterprises	40	Chevy																												PHO 20	ATL
1990	CalCar Motorsports	32	Pontiac	DAY 26	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL								81st	85
1991	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Olds	DAY 3	RCH 29	CAR 24	ATL 27	DAR 26	BRI 13	NWS 24	MAR 16	TAL 29	CLT 21	DOV 12	SON 31	POC 22	MCH 19	DAY 31	POC 10	TAL 10	GLN 14		BRI 17		RCH 28	DOV 13	MAR 31		CLT 16		PHO 22									20th	2938
			Chevy																			MCH 30		DAR 9				NWS 29		CAR 27		ATL 20
1992	Moroso Racing	20	Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT 35	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL								84th	58
1993			Ford	DAY 38	CAR	RCH	ATL 38	DAR	BRI 19	NWS	MAR	TAL 5	SON	CLT 35	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL							43rd	417
1994	Melling Racing	9	Ford	DAY 18	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH																							54th	203
	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford															DAY DNQ	NHA	POC	TAL DNQ						RCH DNQ	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 23	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ
	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy																			IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR
1995	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford	DAY 19	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH																56th	106
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford																						BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1996	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL						NA	-
2004	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge	DAY	CAR 43	LVS	ATL 43	DAR 43	BRI 42	TEX	MAR 43	TAL	CAL 43	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV 41	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	60th	247

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	35	NNSC	Pts
1982	Butch Mock Motorsports	75	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	BRI	MAR	DAR	HCY	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV 1	HCY	CLT 32	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	BRI	HCY	RCH	MAR	CLT	HCY	MAR							88th	247
1983	Whitaker Racing	82	Pontiac	DAY 8	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI																									71st	288
		98													CLT 7	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT	HCY	MAR
1984			Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	DAR	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	CLT 39	HCY	CAR	MAR							98th	46
1985		7		DAY 40	CAR 2	HCY	BRI 20	MAR	DAR 34	SBO	LGY	DOV 7	CLT 27	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW		DAR 26	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR									41st	520
			Pontiac																			BRI 25
1993	Moroso Racing	20	Chevy	DAY 38	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI 33	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT 13	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL								63rd	237
2001	Phoenix Racing	1	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN 33	MLW 38	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR 21	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			78th	213
2002		51	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL 36	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM		NA	0
2005	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL 24	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	114th	91
2009	E.O.C. Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY DNQ	IRP DNQ	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-

Craftsman Truck Series

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	26	27	NCTSC	Pts
1995	Irvan-Simo Racing	84	Ford	PHO 8	TUS 4	SGS 13	MMR 8	POR 2	EVG 2	I70 4	LVL 2	BRI 1	MLW 6	CNS 6	HPT 2	IRP 6	FLM 7	RCH 4	MAR 1	NWS 6	SON 12	MMR 5	PHO 8								2nd	3098
1996	Roush Racing	80	Ford	HOM 19	PHO 7	POR 9	EVG 8	TUS 15	CNS 6	HPT 23	BRI 6	NZH 7	MLW 17	LVL 5	I70 20	IRP 22	FLM 27	GLN 6	NSV 13	RCH 4	NHA 8	MAR 6	NWS 5	SON 4	MMR 3	PHO 3	LVS 3				4th	3275
1997				WDW 1	TUS 28	HOM 26	PHO 2	POR 13	EVG 4	I70 6	NHA 9	TEX 9	BRI 5	NZH 2	MLW 9	LVL 2	CNS 12	HPT 1	IRP 4	FLM 2	NSV 19	GLN 4	RCH 12	MAR 12	SON 1	MMR 19	CAL 29	PHO 1	LVS 1		3rd	3736
1998		50		WDW 2																											3rd	3874
		99			HOM 22	PHO 7	POR 9	EVG 12	I70 2	GLN 1	TEX 3	BRI 3	MLW 7	NZH 5	CAL 11	PPR 3	IRP 3	NHA 3	FLM 4	NSV 24	HPT 9	LVL 27	RCH 4	MEM 4	GTY 18	MAR 21	SON 4	MMR 13	PHO 4	LVS 7
1999	Ultra Motorsports	12	Ford	HOM 33																											21st	2275
	SealMaster Racing	8	Chevy		PHO 34	EVG	MMR
	Wauters Motorsports	15	Ford					MAR 13	MEM	PPR	I70	BRI
	Bobby Hamilton Racing	18	Dodge										TEX 11	PIR 10	GLN 25	MLW 15	NSV 4	NZH 22	MCH 5	NHA 25	IRP 10	GTY 7	HPT 7	RCH 29	LVS 23	LVL 10	TEX 7	CAL 2
2000				DAY 19	HOM 4	PHO 1*	MMR 16	MAR 6	PIR 12	GTY 5	MEM 19	PPR 22	EVG 3	TEX 26	KEN 25	GLN 15	MLW 24	NHA 12	NZH 2*	MCH 14	IRP 1*	NSV 4	CIC 1	RCH 4	DOV 17	TEX 11	CAL 3				6th	3278
2001				DAY 1*	HOM 9	MMR 6	MAR 4	GTY 12	DAR 5	PPR 1	DOV 8	TEX 4	MEM 3	MLW 6	KAN 24	KEN 2	NHA 8	IRP 3	NSH 4	CIC 8	NZH 9	RCH 9	SBO 5	TEX 9	LVS 8	PHO 12	CAL 16				3rd	3570
2002	RDS Motorsports	79	Dodge	DAY 4																											40th	465
	Rosenblum Racing	28	Chevy		DAR 35	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP
	Petty Enterprises	45	Dodge															NSH 17	RCH
	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge																	TEX 11	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM
2007	Bobby Hamilton Racing	18	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN 25	CLT	MFD	DOV																				77th	170
		4										TEX 27	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP
		04																NSH 33	BRI	GTY 35	NHA	LVS	TAL
	Jim Blankenbaker	53	Dodge																					MAR DNQ	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM

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.)

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	ARSC	Pts
1994	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy	DAY	TAL	FIF	LVL	KIL	TOL	FRS	MCH	DMS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	IND	I70	ISF	DSF 21	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL		139th
1995				DAY 4	ATL	TAL	FIF	KIL	FRS	MCH 5	I80	OWO	FRS	POC 29	POC	KIL 26	FRS 1*	SBS	LVL	ISF	DSF 30	WIN	SLM	ATL		32nd	1050
1999	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy	DAY 39	ATL	SLM	AND	CLT	MCH	POC	TOL	SBS	BLN	POC	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL	ATL		143rd	35
2003	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Ford	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	TOL	KEN	CLT	BLN	KAN	MCH	LER	POC	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI 19	SLM	TAL	CLT	SBO	144th	135

References

1. "USAC Stock Car Championship History", ultimateracinghistory.com, Retrieved September 7, 2007
2. "ESPN Sprint Cup: 1963 Winston Western 500 Results". Retrieved February 27, 2014.
3. "Joe Ruttman Is Hoping To Make It in NASCAR". Reading Eagle. February 26, 1982. p. 44. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
4. "NASCAR Sprint Cup Statistics: Joe Ruttman". Retrieved February 27, 2014.
5. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E2DA173BF932A15756C0A961958260

External links

• Official website
• Joe Ruttman driver statistics at Racing-Reference