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Tim Richmond Biography

Tim Richmond is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on June 7, 1955 in Ashland, Ohio, United States. Fan fan in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series who won numerous championships and led an extremely well-known life outside of the track.

Tom Cruise played Cole Trickle, a character loosely based on Richmond, in the 1990 film Days of Thunder. played Cole Trickle, a character that was loosely based on Richmond in the film of the same name from 1990. Days of Thunder.

Richmond excelled in sports; he set a conference record in high hurdles and his high school football career was stellar enough that the academy retired his sports jersey after his gridiron days were over. Miami Military Academy named him Athlete of the Year in 1970. Richmond’s other interests included flying, and he earned his private pilot license at age 16. Following high school graduation, Richmond attended Ashland University for about one year before dropping out.

A friend of Richmond’s father co-owned a sprint car and Richmond joined the team as a crew member for Dave Shoemaker. In 1976, 21-year-old Richmond took the car onto Lakeville Speedway at Lakeville, Ohio for some practice laps. “Somebody put a stopwatch on me,” Richmond said. “I was running laps faster than Dave had been. It was the first time I had ever driven a race car.” Richmond and his father found a red, white and blue-colored No. 98 car in Pennsylvania, which was the same number and paint scheme that Richmond used on model cars as a child. In his first competition at the track, officials placed Richmond in the slowest heat. He passed several cars before spinning out and breaking an axle. Although he made several attempts to get the car pointed in the right direction, the broken axle prevented the car from driving straight. After being towed to the pits, he parked the car for the rest of the event. Later that season, they towed the car to Eldora Speedway, only to have Richmond crash the car again. In response, Richmond’s father fired him as the driver. The next season, Al Richmond bought a SuperModified better suited to his son’s driving style. In 1977 Tim Richmond became both Sandusky Speedway’s Rookie of the Year and the SuperModified class track champion.

He was born living in Ashland, Ohio.

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Richmond’s father bought an Eagle Indy Car chassis and an Offenhauser engine for the 1979 race at Michigan International Speedway. Richmond qualified 21st fastest with a 175.768 mph (282.871 km/h) lap, significantly slower than Bobby Unser’s 203.879 mph (328.111 km/h) pole position speed. The race ended for him when his motor blew up on the fourth lap, and he finished last (23rd). Owner Pat Santello was looking for a driver to replace Larry Rice for his CART team at the following race at Watkins Glen International, so he gave Richmond a test at Willow Springs Raceway where he had previously set the student record. Santello hired Richmond, who then qualified 15th fastest for the event and finished in eighth place, the best of his IndyCar career. Richmond raced in three more events that season.

Tim Richmond Net Worth

Tim Richmond is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tim Richmond's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

With 13 wins and with 78 Top Ten finishes over his eight years of racing In 1998, he has been named as one of NASCAR’s fifty Greatest Drivers of All Time in 1998.

He was among the first NASCAR drivers to move out of open wheel race to standard cars, paving the way for other drivers.

Timothy Lee Richmond (June 7, 1955 – August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series. Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which later became an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons.

Pocono Raceway President Joseph Mattioli III convinced Richmond to make the change to stock car racing on the NASCAR circuit. Richmond made his first NASCAR start two months after winning the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. He debuted at the Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono on July 27, 1980, finishing 12th in a D. K. Ulrich-owned Chevrolet. That season, he competed in five events, with two DNFs (did not finish) and three 12th-place finishes. Overall, he finished the 1980 season 41st in points.

During practice for the 1980 Indianapolis 500, Richmond set the fastest unofficial practice speed of the month, besting even race favorite Johnny Rutherford in the vaunted Chaparral. His hopes for the pole were dashed with a crash in morning practice on the first day of qualifying. After repairs he qualified 19th for the race. He worked his way up to the top 10 during the race, led a lap, and finished ninth as he ran out of fuel at the end of the race. To the delight of the crowd, winner Rutherford gave him a ride back to the pits. He was named the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. “I busted up a few Indy cars right after that,” he said. “Milwaukee, Mid-Ohio. . . at Michigan I cut one in two. I was afraid my racing career would come to a halt. So when I got an offer to drive stock cars, I took it, and it turned out I liked driving them better.”

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Richmond returned to racing sprint cars in the United States Automobile Club’s (USAC) national sprint car tour in 1978. Competing in 12 races, he finished 30th in points as the series’ Rookie of the Year. That year he attended Jim Russell’s road racing school at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, setting a student course record. Richmond raced in a 1978 Mini Indy car event at Phoenix International Raceway, winning the Formula Super Vee support event in a Lola T620. The win attracted sponsors and attention from major owners like Roger Penske. He also competed in USAC’s Silver Crown series.

Richmond started 1982 without a ride before getting a one-race deal to drive for Mike Lovern’s Fast Company Limited, Billie Harvey, at the Rockingham track. Richmond completed 112 laps of the 492-lap event to finish 31st, retiring from the race with engine problems. For the following event, Richmond was hired to drive J.D. Stacy’s No. 2 car. In his first race for the team, Richmond earned his first career top 5 finish when he placed fifth at Darlington Raceway. Returning to Pocono, he finished second, before winning his first race on the road course at Riverside, California the following week. Later that season, he earned his first pole position at Bristol. The tour returned to Riverside for the final race of the season where Richmond won his second race, sweeping both events at the track. Benny Parsons said that “watching Richmond go through the Esses was unbelievable”. For the season, Richmond had twelve top 10s, two wins, and one pole to finish 26th in points.

Who is Tim Richmond Dating?

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Richmond raced for three teams in 1981. He started the season by competing in 15 events for Ulrich. He had his first career top 10 finish, taking tenth place at Bristol Motor Speedway, soon followed by a sixth at Talladega and a seventh-place finish at Texas World Speedway. After Kennie Childers hired him away from Ulrich mid-season, Richmond had top 10 finishes at Pocono and Bristol. For the final seven races of the season, he drove for Bob Rogers and had a top 10 finish at Dover International Speedway. Overall for the season, Richmond had six top 10 finishes to place 16th in season points.

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Tim Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tim Richmond celebrates birthday on June 7 of every year.

In 1983, Richmond began racing for Raymond Beadle whom he had known before he started racing. He returned to the three-cornered Pocono racetrack, earning his first oval victory. During the season, he accumulated four pole positions (Darlington, Pocono, Charlotte, and Atlanta), one win (Pocono), and fifteen top 10s on his way to finishing tenth in season points. He made his first appearance in a NASCAR Busch Series car, but did not finish any of the three races he entered that season.

Is Tim Richmond Arca related to Tim Richmond?

Yes, that’s really his name. Tim Richmond is of no relation to the late NASCAR Cup Series driver from the 1980s, beyond attempting to carve out a career path as a stock car racer, as well.

Who is Tim Richmond in the ARCA series?

Timothy Richmond (born September 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 27 car for his team, Richmond Motorsports. Statistics current as of February 12, 2021.

Is Tim Richmond dead?

August 13, 1989

Was Tim Richmond ever married?

A former beauty queen and actress says race car driver Tim Richmond infected her with the AIDS virus the night he proposed marriage, three years before he died of the disease.

Is Days of Thunder based on Tim Richmond?

The character was largely based on Dale Earnhardt, and Cruise’s Cole Trickle was a sketch of Tim Richmond. Randy Quaid was a slicker version of the team owner Rick Hendrick, and Robert Duvall’s crew chief Hogge was, as Hendrick said, “a better Harry Hyde than Harry Hyde ever was. That just blew me away.”

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