28 Facts About Rick Mast

Richard Kenneth Mast was born on March 4,1957 and is a former NASCAR driver.

Rick Mast competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series, retiring in 2002.

Rick Mast holds a business administration degree from Blue Ridge Community College.

Rick Mast grew up in a racing family as both his father and uncle were race team owners.

Rick Mast began racing at age 16 at Natural Bridge Speedway and Eastside Speedway, after he traded an Angus for his first car.

Rick Mast improved to eighth position in 1988 the same year he made his Winston Cup debut for Buddy Baker at the Busch 500, finishing 28th at that race.

Rick Mast won five Busch races while running full-time the next two years, before focusing his efforts on the Cup Series.

Rick Mast made his Cup debut in a two-race schedule for Baker-Schiff Racing as an injury substitute for Buddy Baker.

Rick Mast ran 13 races for Mach 1 Racing in 1989, finishing sixth at the Daytona 500 in an unsponsored car, which Rick Mast called his proudest achievement in racing.

In 1991, Rick Mast signed to drive the No 1 Skoal Classic-sponsored Oldsmobile for Richard Jackson's Precision Products Racing.

Rick Mast started out the season by leading 14 laps in the Daytona 500 and finished fourth.

Rick Mast had three Top 10's and finished 21st in points.

Rick Mast slid to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the start-finish line and soon climbed out of the car, much to the delight of the crowd.

Rick Mast was not injured, but half-jokingly said afterwards, "I'm okay but I need another pair of underwear".

The next year, Rick Mast won his first career Cup pole at the final race of the 1992 season, the 1992 Hooters 500, which was Richard Petty's final race, Jeff Gordon's first race, and the day that Alan Kulwicki won the championship by one race position over Bill Elliott.

Rick Mast had a career year in 1994, with ten Top 10 finishes and a career-high-tying eighteenth, finishing a career-best second at Rockingham Speedway, a race where he slid sideways while racing side-by-side with winner Dale Earnhardt coming out of the final corner.

Rick Mast had three Top 10's late in the year, but when the season came to a close, he and sponsor Hooter's left PPR.

Rick Mast signed to drive the No 75 Remington Arms-sponsored Ford for Butch Mock Motorsports in 1997.

Misfortune appeared early as Rick Mast failed to qualify for the Daytona 500, and the season was a struggle.

Midway through the season, the team got sponsorship from Universal Studios, and Rick Mast posted two Top 10's and became the first driver since Yarborough to go the whole season without failing to finish a race.

However, Universal did not renew their contract, and with questions surrounding Yarborough's plans on continuing to own the team, Rick Mast was out of work again.

Rick Mast made a deal with Donlavey Racing for the final races of the season.

Rick Mast was called into the shop on the Tuesday after the accident.

Rick Mast had lost weight and was forced to miss races to take medical tests to find out what was wrong.

Rick Mast officially retired on January 22,2003 at age 45.

When he stopped racing, Rick Mast had an offer from Petty Enterprises to drive the team's No 45 car for the back half of the 2002 season.

Rick Mast owns and operates RKM EnviroClean, Inc which specializes in environmental clean-up services, underground utilities contracting, and site demolition.

Rick Mast did some announcing after he retired from racing, but decided that he wanted to stay home to help raise his twin daughters after missing out on most too much of Ricky's upbringing.