Richard Allen Craven (1966-05-24) May 24, 1966 (age 58) Newburgh, Maine, U.S.
Achievements
1991 Busch North Series Champion
Awards
1981 Unity Raceway Rookie of the Year 1990 Busch North Series Rookie of the Year 1990, 1991 Busch North Series Most Popular Driver 1992 Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1995 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
278 races run over 11 years
Best finish
15th (2002)
First race
1991 AC Delco 500 (Rockingham)
Last race
2004 EA Sports 500 (Talladega)
First win
2001 Old Dominion 500 (Martinsville)
Last win
2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers' 400 (Darlington)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
2
41
6
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
142 races run over 14 years
Best finish
2nd (1993, 1994)
First race
1986 Oxford 250 (Oxford)
Last race
2006 Goody's 250 (Martinsville)
First win
1991 True Value 250 (Oxford)
Last win
1994 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
4
57
7
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
26 races run over 2 years
Best finish
14th (2005)
First race
2004 Sylvania 200 Presented By Lowe's (Loudon)
Last race
2005 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win
2005 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
1
9
0
Statistics current as of December 2, 2012.
Richard Allen Craven (born May 24, 1966) is an American stock car racing analyst and former driver. Prior to his broadcasting duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the ARCA Menards Series, and the three national series.[1]
He occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR aired on TBS in the mid-1990s. Craven is perhaps most well known for winning the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, beating Kurt Busch in the closest finish in Cup Series history at the time. A margin of victory, 0.002 seconds, only tied by Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer in April 2011 at Talladega with Jimmie coming out on top. It stood for more than 20 years until Kyle Larson bested Chris Buescher by a margin of 0.001 seconds at Kansas in May of 2024.
for drivers such as Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, RickyCraven, David Ragan, Mark Martin, Travis Kvapil, and various others. Many of...
–Brett Bodine, 71-Dave Marcis, 91 –Andy Hillenburg, 27 –Jeff Fuller*, 50 –RickyCraven, and 34 –David Green Dale Jarrett won the Winston No Bull 5 Million Dollar...
Ward Burton 2 - Rusty Wallace 36 - Ken Schrader 17 - Matt Kenseth 32 - RickyCraven 93 - Dave Blaney 6 - Mark Martin The 43rd Daytona 500 was held February...
Carolina Speedway. Ricky Craven won the pole. 17- Matt Kenseth 40- Sterling Marlin 18- Bobby Labonte 20- Tony Stewart 32- RickyCraven 99- Jeff Burton 24-...
the pole winner. 88- Dale Jarrett 97- Kurt Busch 17- Matt Kenseth 32- RickyCraven 42- Jamie McMurray 2- Rusty Wallace 6- Mark Martin 48- Jimmie Johnson...
Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV (April 2, 1980 – October 24, 2004) was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports...
won the pole. Top ten results 3-Dale Earnhardt 88-Dale Jarrett 41-RickyCraven 10-Ricky Rudd 29-Steve Grissom 4-Sterling Marlin 81-Kenny Wallace 12-Derrike...
Wallace 7–Harry Gant 38–Elton Sawyer 25–Hermie Sadler 14–Terry Labonte 2–RickyCraven 60–Mark Martin 55–Tim Fedewa 57–Jason Keller • This was the only time...
(including Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., RickyCraven, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Dillon, Trevor Bayne, Brian Ickler, Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Truex), but for...
Johnson, and others such as Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, RickyCraven, Jerry Nadeau, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Busch, Casey Mears, and...
Champion Joe Nemechek left to start his own team, Rookie RickyCraven would drive the #41 Chevy. Craven won the Rookie of the Year award in 1995. Diamond Ridge...
"Ricky Rudd − 2001 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 16, 2015. Driver Spotlight Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ricky Rudd. Ricky...
record was held by the finish of the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 by RickyCraven and Kurt Busch, a record that stood for 21 years. Round 13: Goodyear...
the field in their positions at that moment. R. Wallace finished third, Ricky Rudd finished fourth, Elliott (the polesitter) finished fifth, R. Wallace's...
throughout the NASCAR world from 2004 to 2010. They first sponsored RickyCraven at Talladega in 2004, then moved to Tony Stewart in Busch Races with...
2001, PPI fielded a two-car Winston Cup effort, with RickyCraven taking over in the 32. Craven had a number of strong races, which he capped giving the...
Kenny Wallace 1992 30 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports RickyCraven Joe Nemechek 1993 28 Steve Grissom Chevrolet No. 31 Grissom Racing Enterprises...
Burton Kurt Busch Kyle Busch Ross Chastain Austin Cindric Joey Clanton RickyCraven Conor Daly Erik Darnell Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bobby East Carl Edwards...
Bodine Ron Bouchard Dick Brooks Jenson Button Rajah Caruth Landon Cassill RickyCraven Wally Dallenbach Jr. Tommy Ellis Blake Feese Adrián Fernández Jim Fitzgerald...
3–Dale Earnhardt 36–Kenny Wallace 72–Tracy Leslie 31–Steve Grissom 99–RickyCraven 1–Jeff Gordon 19–Tom Peck This was Ward Burton's first career victory...
Dick Trickle (No. 91), Dave Marcis (No. 71), Derrike Cope (No. 30), RickyCraven (No. 58), Dan Pardus (No. 50), Morgan Shepherd (No. 05), Randy LaJoie...
pole. Top ten results 60–Mark Martin 34–Mike McLaughlin 4–Jeff Purvis 2–RickyCraven 44–Bobby Labonte 95–David Green 74–Randy LaJoie 57–Jason Keller 5–Terry...
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