Rick Mast

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Mast
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1957(1957-03-04)
Age	67
Birthplace	Rockbridge Baths
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Pisces

Rick Mast Biography

Rick Mast is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on March 4, 1957 in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, United States. He was a former NASCAR driver and won nine races during his career in the Nationwide Series. After suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, he retired in 2002. NASCAR decided to redesign the cars used in races.

He was second to He finished second behind Dale Earnhardt at Rockingham Speedway in 1994. at Rockingham Speedway 1994.

Mast grew up in racing as his father and uncle were both race team owners. He began racing at age 16 at Natural Bridge Speedway and Eastside Speedway, after he traded an Angus cattle for his first car. After racing at the local track level for the decade, Mast began running the Busch Series in 1982, and had four top-ten finishes in eleven starts in his No. 22. Mast’s first full-time season came in 1985, where he had fifteen top-ten finishes and finished seventh in the season points. Two years later, he won his first NASCAR race, at the Grand National 200, then followed it up with another win the next week. He finished 11th in points that year. He improved to eighth position in 1988 the same year he made his Winston Cup debut for Buddy Baker at the Busch 500, finishing 28th at that race. Mast won five Busch races while running full-time the next two years, before focusing his efforts on the Cup Series.

Mast ran thirteen races for Mach 1 Racing in 1989, finishing sixth at the Daytona 500 in an unsponsored car, which Mast called his proudest achievement in racing. He still believes he would have won had his team been willing to gamble on fuel mileage. Mast ran selected races in 1990 for D.K. Ulrich before finishing the year with Travis Carter Motorsports. In 1991, Mast signed to drive the No. 1 Skoal Classic-sponsored Oldsmobile for Richard Jackson’s Precision Products Racing. He started out the season by leading fourteen laps in the Daytona 500 and finished fourth. He had three top-tens and finished 21st in points. That year, the Talladega Superspeedway produced a couple of highlights for Mast. In the Winston 500, he pushed a fuel-deficient Harry Gant (driving for Leo Jackson, Richard’s brother) during the final lap of the race, helping Gant win (Mast was one lap down in tenth). This action is prohibited after the white flag by NASCAR rules, regardless of who the individual drivers are, but he was not fined money or points. With less than 25 laps to go in the DieHard 500, Mast was tapped by Buddy Baker entering the tri-oval and flipped over. He slid to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the start-finish line and soon climbed out of the car, much to the delight of the crowd. He was not injured, but half-jokingly said afterwards, “I’m okay but I need another pair of underwear”. The next year, Mast won his first career Cup pole at the final race of the 1992 season, the 1992 Hooters 500, which was Richard Petty’s final race, Jeff Gordon’s first race, and the day that Alan Kulwicki won the championship by one race position over Bill Elliott. Mast’s race ended on the first lap in a crash. The team switched to Ford in 1993. Mast had a career year in 1994, with ten top-ten finishes and a career-high-tying eighteenth, finishing a career-best second at Rockingham Speedway, a race where he slid sideways while racing side-by-side with winner Dale Earnhardt coming out of the final corner. In August of that season, he won the pole position at the inaugural Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (a race for which 90 cars were entered), finishing eighteenth in points. In comparison, 1995 was disappointing for Mast, with only three top-tens. Skoal left at the end of the season, and Hooters replaced them, as the team switched to Pontiac. He had three top-tens late in the year, but when the season came to a close, he and Hooters left PPR.

Both his father and uncle owned racing teams.

Rick Mast Net Worth

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

At sixteen, he started racing at Eastside Speedway and Natural Bridge Speedway.

He was a stunt driver in scenes that were filmed at Daytona International Speedway during the 1990 film “Days of Thunder.”

Richard K. Mast (born March 4, 1957) is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. He holds a business administration degree from Blue Ridge Community College.

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Who is Rick Mast Dating?

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As of 2007, he currently resides in his hometown of Rockbridge Baths, Virginia. He owns and operates RKM EnviroClean, Inc. which specializes in environmental clean-up services, underground utilities contracting, and site demolition. Additionally, Mast also remains actively involved with his charitable organization, the Rick Mast Foundation.

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Mast celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )

What happened to Rick Mast?

Former NASCAR driver Rick Mast struggled to find out what was causing his illness. He underwent a series of tests in Florida and Colorado back in 2002 to determine what had been making him sick. The eventual result was carbon monoxide poisoning.

How old is Rick Mast?

65 years (March 4, 1957)

What is Nascar driver Jimmy Spencer doing now?

These days, Spencer and his wife split time between homes in North Carolina and their native Pennsylvania. You’ll usually find him tinkering with old cars, attending car shows or playing poker with friends.

What's Jeremy Mayfield doing now?

Jeremy Mayfield hopes to return to racing on the big stage Jeremy Mayfield said that while he no longer competes in NASCAR, he didn’t quit racing altogether when he stepped away more than a decade ago. He’s continued to race late models on the dirt and short track.

What happened to Bobby Hamilton?

Bobby Hamilton, the longtime NASCAR driver who won the 2001 Talladega 500 and was the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series champion, died yesterday of cancer , said Liz Allison, a family friend who co-hosted a radio show with Mr. Hamilton.