24 Facts About Ricky Craven

1.

Richard Allen Craven was born on May 24,1966 and is an American stock car racing analyst and former driver.

2.

Ricky Craven occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR aired on TBS in the mid-1990s.

3.

Ricky 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.

4.

Ricky Craven began racing at the age of 15 at Unity Raceway, winning twice as well as the Rookie of the Year award.

5.

In 1984, Ricky Craven raced at Wiscasset Speedway in the Late Model Division; in this year he won the track championship along with the Rookie of the Year title.

6.

Ricky Craven moved to the Busch Series full-time in 1992 in the No 99 Chevy for Bill Papke, and was named Rookie of the Year.

7.

On October 9,1994, Ricky Craven would serve as a pit reporter for TBS's broadcast of that year's Mello Yello 500, serving as a precursor to his broadcasting career.

Related searches
Kurt Busch
8.

In 1995, Ricky Craven teamed up with Larry Hedrick Motorsports and Kodiak to run for Winston Cup Rookie of the Year.

9.

Ricky Craven began 1996 with three consecutive Top 10 finishes and his first career pole.

10.

Ricky Craven was fourth in points before the Winston Select 500, during which he was involved in a multi-car wreck.

11.

Ricky Craven walked away, but fell to twentieth in points and only had one Top 5 finish and one pole for the rest of the season.

12.

Ricky Craven finished in the Top 5 in the first two races of the season.

13.

Ricky Craven missed two races due to a concussion suffered from the wreck.

14.

Ricky Craven returned at his home track at New Hampshire International Speedway later that year won the pole.

15.

For 1999, Ricky Craven signed on to drive the No 58 Ford Taurus for Scott Barbour's SBIII Motorsports, a brand new team in NASCAR.

16.

Ricky Craven did not finish any better than 19th while driving the car and after he failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600, he was replaced by Loy Allen Jr.

17.

Ricky Craven returned to the team in 2000 but after failing to qualify for four of the first nine races of the season, the team switched to a part-time schedule.

18.

Ricky Craven won the pole in the summer race at Michigan International Speedway and in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway, he held off Dale Jarrett in the closing laps for his first career Winston Cup win.

19.

Ricky Craven failed to win races again that season and dropped 12 spots in the points standings.

20.

In 2005, Ricky Craven moved to the Craftsman Truck Series to drive the No 99 Ford for Roush Racing.

21.

Ricky Craven was second in points after 9 races, and there was talk about him being promoted to Mark Martin's No 6 Nextel Cup ride for 2006.

22.

Ricky Craven did win at Martinsville Speedway late in the year, and finished fourteenth in points.

23.

Ricky Craven finished 39th after the brakes failed on his No 14 Dodge.

24.

Ricky Craven previously owned a motorsports dealership by that name in Belfast, Maine.