# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-rudd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:04:46.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-rudd"
name: "Ricky Rudd"
slug: "ricky-rudd"
description: "Richard Lee Rudd, nicknamed \"the Rooster\", is an American former racing driver and racing team owner. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and former NASCAR Busch Series driver Jason Rudd. He retired in 2007 with 23 career wins; twenty were done in a span from 1983 to 1998, where he won at least one race in sixteen consecutive seasons, a mark only surpassed by three other drivers. He was named the 2006 Virginian of the Year and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In October 2010, he was selected to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors those who have contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia."
tagline: "American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Rudd.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.89
  momentum:             3.164482691179347
  historical:           7.642316
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748627/"
    handle:    "nm0748627"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "ريكي رود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rudd"
    title: "Ricky Rudd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1094429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump