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a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and followed that with his only win the following year at Dover International Speedway.  In May 1981 The Mason Dixon 500 had David Pearson on the pole.  There would be a yellow on lap 21, but when the race restarted it ran green all the way to the end.  Neil Bonnet was by FAR the class of the field.  He was leading by over two laps when he blew up on lap 459 after leading 404 laps.  Cale Yarborough then took the lead and led for 21 laps before his motor also blew up.  Suddenly Ridley found himself out from with just 20 laps to go, and would cruise to a 22 second win over Bobby Allison.  It would be the only win for car owner Junie Donlavey.  Ridley drove for Donlavey through the 1982 season before starting to drive part time for car owner Robert McEntyre with Cumber Mills as the sponsor in 1983 and 1984. Ridley did not compete in any CUP events in 1985; but returned to racing part-time in 1986 driving for RahMoc Enterprises.  He posted a best of tenth that season.  Ridley ran in 140 Cup races having the one Cup win and seven top five finishes.  He had just three starts in the Xfinity Series and finished second two times.  He was a short track ace, as he was the NASCAR Slim-Jim All Pro series (Now K&N) champion every season from1987 through 1993.  He was also the 1985 Snow Ball Derby winner.  His first Cup race was at Atlanta in the 1973 Dixie 500.  His final event was in the 1986 FireCracker 400 at Daytona.  He was inducted in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2007.  Some info from WikiPedia