58 Facts About Ted Musgrave

Ted Musgrave finally retired so he could help my older brother, Tom, and I get started.

Ted Musgrave immediately rebuilt the car into a 1967 Ford Torino and won the track's rookie of the year award.

Originally from Illinois, Ted Musgrave moved across the nearby state line so that he could race five nights per week in the CWRA.

Ted Musgrave raced at LaCrosse, State Park Speedway in Wausau, Grundy County Speedway, Wisconsin Dells Speedway, and Waukegan.

Ted Musgrave returned the following week in a cast with a special arm support in the car.

Ted Musgrave won ten CWRA features in 1983, including the Holiday 50 at Capital Super Speedway, the Triple Hot Dog Dash at Wisconsin Dells, and the Race of Champions at Capital's Oktober Nationals.

Ted Musgrave won seven features at Capital in 1984, along with two features at LaCrosse, two at State Park, and two at Wisconsin Dells.

Ted Musgrave ran out of money to fund his team in 1985, and he ended his season early.

Ted Musgrave returned in 1986 with a new car which contained several of his experimental ideas.

Ted Musgrave finished tenth in CWRA points even though he started the season over a month late.

Ted Musgrave had numerous feature wins that season, including the Firecracker 100 at Capital.

Ted Musgrave finished 21 of 25 events, winning at the Milwaukee Mile, Birmingham, and Huntsville.

Ted Musgrave earned rookie of the year honors by finishing fifth in points.

In 1990, Ted Musgrave was called upon by Winston Cup team owner Ray DeWitt to replace Rich Vogler, who had been killed at a wreck at Salem Speedway.

Ted Musgrave had four starts in the Cup Series that year, his best finish being a 22nd at the Checker Auto Parts 500.

Ted Musgrave was runner-up to Bobby Hamilton for rookie of the year in 1991 and had 12 Top 10 finishes.

In 1995, Ted Musgrave had a breakout year of sorts, posting seven Top 5 finishes and 13 Top 10's.

Ted Musgrave slumped late in the season and finished 7th, but most felt his first race win was just around the corner.

Ted Musgrave usually ran well in most races, but could never find what he needed to get his first win.

Ted Musgrave had several Top 10's early in the season, but slumped in the second half and wound up 17th in points.

Ted Musgrave did win the pole for the final Winston Cup race ever held at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Ted Musgrave was running second late in the race and clearly had a faster car than leader Dale Jarrett in the closing laps.

Critics of Ted Musgrave said after the race that he should have been more aggressive and bumped Jarrett out of the way to get his first win.

Later in the season at Pocono Raceway, Musgrave had a strong car and was running 2nd late in the race with a chance to win when his car went unexpectedly loose.

Ted Musgrave was in the Top 10 in points for most of 1997, but a poor final race, at Atlanta, caused him to fall to 12th for the year.

In 1998, Ted Musgrave got full sponsorship from Primestar, and was 18th in points when he was suddenly replaced by rookie Kevin Lepage, to the shock of many.

Still, Ted Musgrave filled out 1998 by running part-time for Bud Moore Engineering and Bill Elliott Racing, as well as doing substitute duty for Travis Carter and Jasper Motorsports.

Ted Musgrave ended up missing only one race that year and gave Elliott's team its only Top 10 finish with a 5th-place run at Phoenix.

In 1999, Ted Musgrave was signed by Butch Mock Motorsports to run the No 75 Remington Arms-sponsored Ford.

Ted Musgrave struggled however, and only put together two Top 10 finishes before finally quitting the team after the Pennzoil 400.

Ted Musgrave began 2000 without a ride, but soon caught on with Joe Bessey Motorsports filling in for the injured Geoffrey Bodine, and ran five races with that team.

Ted Musgrave has run seven Cup races since then, six of them with Ultra Motorsports and one for Petty Enterprises, Ted Musgrave's last Cup race came at the 20-caution Sharpie 500 at Bristol in 2003, when he replaced Jimmy Spencer while he served his one race suspension.

Ted Musgrave made his Busch Series debut in 1989 in the All Pro 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving the No 98 Buick.

Ted Musgrave ran at North Carolina Speedway the next week, finishing 17th.

Ted Musgrave did not return to the series until 1995, when he was 14th at Charlotte in the No 9 Ford for Roush Racing.

In 1997, Ted Musgrave finished 12th at Darlington Raceway in the No 40 Ford for Doug Taylor.

Ted Musgrave returned for another race in the No 9 Roush Ford, finishing 36th at Talladega.

For 2000, Ted Musgrave signed with Team SABCO to run nine races in the No 82 Channellock Chevrolet.

Ted Musgrave earned three Top 20 finishes, including his first Top 10, an 8th at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ted Musgrave did not return to the series until 2003, when he signed a one-race deal with Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No 6 Dodge.

Ted Musgrave ran one race in 2004, the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway.

In 2006, Ted Musgrave was one of many to drive the No 12 and No 14 Dodges for FitzBradshaw Racing.

Ted Musgrave ran two more races the next year in Roush's No 99 truck, and finished 5th at Phoenix.

Ted Musgrave did not run trucks again until 2001, when he signed to drive the No 1 Mopar Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports full-time.

Ted Musgrave won three of out the first five races that year and seven races overall, and had 18 Top 10 finishes, but was unable to catch Jack Sprague for the title and would finish second in the point standings.

Ted Musgrave appeared to be in position to win the truck championship that year, but in the season-ending Ford 200, Ted Musgrave was penalized for attempting to pass a slower truck low on the final restart past the start-finish line, and surrendered the championship to fellow Wisconsinite Travis Kvapil.

In 2004, Ted Musgrave did not race dirty as promised, but still raced competitively, winning two races and finishing 3rd in points for the third consecutive year, behind Bobby Hamilton and Dennis Setzer.

In 2005, Ted Musgrave won just one race, winning from the pole position at Gateway International Raceway as he did in 2001, but he was able to claim the Craftsman Truck Series title.

Ted Musgrave moved on to Germain Racing's No 9 Toyota for 2006 with sponsorship from Team ASE after Ultra Motorsports closed the doors following the 2005 season.

Ted Musgrave finished 6th in points in 2006, but failed to win a race that season.

Ted Musgrave was the only driver representing the Craftsman Truck Series for the 2006 season.

In 2007, Ted Musgrave was parked for one race after hitting Kelly Bires out of anger under a caution at the Milwaukee Mile.

Ted Musgrave was parked, fined, and docked points, ending any legitimate shot he had to make a run at the championship.

Later that season, Ted Musgrave got his first career win for Germain Racing at Texas Motor Speedway, breaking a 66-race winless streak.

Ted Musgrave was replaced in the No 9 by rookie Justin Marks.

Ted Musgrave moved to HT Motorsports for 2008, bringing his ASE sponsorship with him to the No 59 truck.

Ted Musgrave was 13th in points at the time of his release.

In 2010, Ted Musgrave was entered in the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona.