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an American former race car driver. He currently lives in Franklin, Tenn. He actively competed in NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series and is a 13 time winner in the Truck Series, the seventh most wins by any driver in the Truck Series. He made his Cup debut in 1963 at Riverside International Raceway, running just that one event. The following year he also ran just one race, also at Riverside. Then he sat out of racing until 1977 when he ran one race at Ontario, and in 1980 he again ran just one race, also at Ontario. He ran most or all of the Cup schedule from 1981 through 1986, and then again in 1991; the remainder of the years he only ran a partial schedule through 1996. He finished 12th in series points in 1983, his best cup season result. Ruttman almost won his first Cup race in the 1982 Richmond race. Ruttman was leading

comfortably until his Rod Osterlund owned car's power steering went out and hit the wall ending his chances. The caution handed Dave Marcis the win when it rained and Marcis stayed out when all of the leaders pitted. He was one of the drivers in the first Truck Series season and won two races that year on his way to finishing second in the inaugural championship. He continued to be a full time driver in the truck series until 2001, winning 11 more series races and made his last truck series start at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002. He made seven Cup starts in 2004 and one Xfinity Series start in 2005 and retired from racing all together after 2009. In 2004, car owner James Finch failed to hire a crew, and was forced to park by NASCAR after completing just one lap. In 2009, he attempted a limited schedule in the Xfinity Series. He has one win in the Xfinity

Series, and a best finish of second in Cup. He returned to NASCAR after a three year retirement period in the 2007 Truck Series, driving the #18 Fastenal Dodge in four races for Bobby Hamilton Racing. For his career, he ran in 225 Cup events with a best finish of second on three occasions. 1981 at Riverside, 1986 at Richmond, and 1986 at Martinsville. He had more success in the Xfinity series running in only 21 events, but getting at win in his first season in 1982 at Dover driving the light blue colored #75 machine sponsored by Rahilly and Grady Engineering and owned by Butch Mock. He made his name racing in the NASCAR Truck series. He competed in 172 races, winning 13 events, and finished second in the points in 1995. He posted 68 top five finishes. One of Ruttman's wins came at Infineon in 1997 in the Kragen/Exide 151. (I LOVE this video because it shows the "old" Sonoma; when they still ran the carousel part of the track) Ruttman is the younger

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JOE RUTTMAN - 10/28/1944