Charles "Charlie" Rudolph is a retired American
stock car
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses. It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It originated in the southe ...
racing driver who was equally successful competing on both asphalt and dirt surfaces. An engineer by trade, after retiring from driving he became crew chief for
Chuck Hossfeld
Chuck Hossfeld (born January 4, 1977) is an American race car driver and team owner. He is a former racer in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
Hossfeld began racing at the ...
and then for his son
Erick Rudolph.
Racing career
Charlie Rudolph made five appearances in the
NASCAR Cup Series
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The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
in 1987, bringing
Sunoco
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into the sport for the first time He spent the majority of his career racing in the
modified division, competing at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including
Fonda NY,
Riverside Park MA,
Stafford
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CT, and
Thompson CT.
Rudolph won at least a dozen track championships including New York State venues
Lancaster Speedway,
Ransomville Speedway,
Rolling Wheels Raceway,
Spencer Speedway and
Weedsport Speedway.
He was inducted into the
New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame and the
Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
NASCAR drivers
Racing drivers from New York (state)
Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame