A TUMS ‘FIGHTS BACK FAST’ MOMENT – RUDD OVERCOMES FLAT TIRE, GETS FIRST SUPERSPEEDWAY WIN

A TUMS “FightS back fast”MOMENT

(For each of the 36 races during the 2011 Sprint Cup season, TUMS will provide a brief historical recap of a moment when a team fought back to overcome an obstacle, one that can easily be described as a TUMS “Fights Back Fast” Moment. This week, the focus is on Dover International Speedway).

RUDD OVERCOMES FLAT TIRE, GETS FIRST SUPERSPEEDWAY

The date was Sept. 14, 1986. Ricky Rudd had a TUMS moment at one of the most demanding tracks on the NASCAR schedule, but prevailed in the end.

NOTE: TUMS is the sponsor of the TUMS Fast Relief 500, the seventh race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, at Martinsville Speedway on October 30.

After suffering a flat tire on lap 122 of the 500-lap Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway, Rudd fought back from a lap down to post his first superspeedway victory. The Chesapeake, Va. native wheeled the Bud Moore-owned Ford around Terry Labonte with 93 laps remaining and held off the challenge of Neil Bonnett for the win.

Crashes by Tim Richmond and Dale Earnhardt and a transmission issue suffered by Darrell Waltrip helped pave the way for Rudd’s victory.

“It took a long time to finally win a superspeedway race,” Rudd said. “I’ve won on short tracks and road courses. It sure feels good to finally get one on a big oval track.”

Similar to how TUMS fights back fast, Rudd and his team fought back for the win by a margin of five seconds to post his first superspeedway victory.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com

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