Jody Ridley

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Jody Ridley

Born

May 19, 1942
Chatsworth, Georgia, United States

Achievements

1991 Slim Jim All Pro Series Champion
1992 Slim Jim All Pro Series Champion
1993 Slim Jim All Pro Series Champion
1987 ALL PRO Super Series Champion
1988 ALL PRO Super Series Champion
1990 ALL PRO Super Series Champion

1985 Snowball Derby Winner

Awards

1980 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1991, 1992, 1993 Slim Jim All Pro Series Most Popular Driver

Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (2007)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

140 race(s) run over 11 year(s)

Best finish

5th (1981)

First race

1973 Dixie 500 (Atlanta)

Last race

1986 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)

First win

1981 Mason-Dixon 500 (Dover)

Last win

1981 Mason-Dixon 500 (Dover)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
1	56	0

NASCAR Nationwide Series career

3 race(s) run over 2 year(s)

Best finish

75th (1982)

First race

1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)

Last race

1985 Winn-Dixie 300 (Charlotte)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	2	0

Statistics current as of March 25, 2013.

Jody Ridley (born May 19, 1942, in Chatsworth, Georgia) is a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and one race at Dover International Speedway the next year, the only Cup victory for Donlavey Racing.

His career statistics include 140 career starts, 1 win, 7 top fives, 56 top tens, and 2 top ten points finishes (5th in 1981, and 7th in 1980).

In the 1989 Daytona 500, Ridley took over for an injured Bill Elliott, but he would have a hard crash later in the race.

He now resides in Chatsworth, Georgia. He was inducted in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2007.^[6]

References

↑ (en) PIA02031: Maps of Mars Global Topography, sur NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photojournal,‎ 27 mai 1999
↑ (en) Argyre Planitia, sur Google Mars labs
↑ (en) Hellas Planitia, sur Google Mars labs
↑ (en) Utopia Planitia, sur Google Mars labs
↑ (en) Valles Marineris, sur Google Mars labs
↑ "Inductees". Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

Biography at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (PDF)

External links

Jody Ridley driver statistics at Racing Reference

Awards
Preceded by Butch Lindley	Snowball Derby Winner 1985	Succeeded by Gary Balough
Preceded by Dale Earnhardt	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1980	Succeeded by Ron Bouchard

v t e NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse, Jr.

Nationwide Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen, Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse, Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney

Persondata
Name	Ridley, Jody
Alternative names
Short description	American racing driver
Date of birth	May 19, 1942
Place of birth	Chatsworth, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death

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