# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tim-richmond
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:44.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tim-richmond"
name: "Tim Richmond"
slug: "tim-richmond"
description: "Timothy Lee Richmond was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series. Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which later became an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons."
tagline: "American racing driver (1955-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tim_Richmond_(2785125135)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1955-06-07"
deathDate: "1989-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.11
  momentum:             1.410925061762284
  historical:           10.71562266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725167/"
    handle:    "nm0725167"
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    title: "Tim Richmond"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
    title: "Tim Richmond"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Richmond"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump