Rick Mast

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Richard K. Mast (born March 4, 1957) is a former NASCAR racer.

Before retiring in 2002, he competed in both the Winston Cup (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) and Busch Series (now Xfinity Series).

He obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Blue Ridge Community College.

Personal life

Ricky, Kaitie, and Sarah are three children of Mast and his wife Sharon. After being disappointed out on most of Ricky's childhood, he did some announcing but decided he wanted to stay home to help raise his twin girls. Ricky is the Atlanta Braves' digital content manager. Sarah and Kaitie are students at the University of Virginia and James Madison University, respectively.

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Early and Busch career

Mast joined racing as his father and uncle were both race team owners. Since trading an Angus for his first vehicle, he began racing at Natural Bridge Speedway and Eastside Speedway at age 16. Mast began racing at the local track level for a decade and won four top-ten finishes in eleven starts in his No. 107 series. The 22nd century is the most popular in the United States. Mast's first full-time season came in 1985, where he had 15 top-ten finishes and finished seventh in the season's rankings. He won his first NASCAR race at the Grand National 200 two years ago, and then won another one the next week. He came in 11th in points this year. He finished eighth at the Busch 500 last year, the same year he made his Winston Cup debut for Buddy Baker, finishing 28th in the event. Mast competed in five Busch races during his two years as a full-time player before focusing on the Cup Series.

Cup career

Mast made his Cup debut in a two-race series for Baker-Schiff Racing as an injury substitute for Buddy Baker.

In 1989, Mast ran thirteen races for Mach 1 Racing, finishing sixth at the Daytona 500 in an unsponsored vehicle, which Mast characterized as his highest achievement in racing. He still believes he would have won if his team was able to lose on fuel mileage. In 1990, Mast competed in select races for the United Kingdom. Ulrich was an athlete before completing the year with Travis Carter Motorsports. Mast first registered to drive the No. 94 in 1991. Richard Jackson's Precision Products Racing is a sponsor of 1 Skoal Classic-sponsored Oldsmobile. He started the season by leading fourteen laps in the Daytona 500 and placing fourth. He had three top-tens and finished 21st in points. The Talladega Superspeedway had a few highlights for Mast in the last year. During the final lap of the race, he throttled a fuel-deficient Harry Gant (driving for Leo Jackson, Richard's brother) to win, assisting Gant in winning (Mast was one lap behind in tenth). This is barred from taking action after the white flag is raised by NASCAR rules, regardless of who the individual drivers are, but he was not fined or points. Mast was tapped by Buddy Baker, who was racing in the DieHard 500, but he did not have more than 25 laps to go. He came to a halt a few hundred feet beyond the finish line and soon climbed out of the vehicle, much to the delight of the crowd. He was not hurt, but half-jokingly said afterwards, "I'm fine, but I need another pair of underwear." Mast's first pole at the 1992 Hooters 500, Richard Petty's last race, and the day that Alan Kulwicki defeated Bill Elliott by a single race point over Bill Elliott, will be back to the championship next year. In a crash, Mast's race came to a close on the first lap. In 1993, the company switched to Ford. Mast had a career in 1994, with ten top-ten finishes and a career-high eighteenth, completing a career-best second at Rockingham Speedway, a race in which he slid sideways, with winner Dale Earnhardt leading the way out of the final corner, with a tenacious third. He earned pole position at the inaugural Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in August (a race for which 90 cars were registered), finishing eighth in points in eighth. Mast's 1995 was dismal, with only three top-tens. Skoal was left at the end of the season and the Hooters were replaced as the team moved to Pontiac. He had three top-tens late in the year, but when the season came to an end, he and the Hooters earned PPR.

Mast has registered to drive the No. 2. In 1997, Butch Mock Motorsports was sponsored by Remington Arms for Butch Mock Motorsports. Misfortune came early as Mast failed to qualify for the Daytona 500, but the season was a struggle. Mast placed 32nd in points this year. Mast's 1998 got off to a promising start when he claimed the pole at the GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400, but the team's season came to an end, and he left the team early.

After rumors that Mast would return to Travis Carter to drive a Kmart-sponsored vehicle, he joined the No. 66. 98 Cale Yarborough-owned team, despite the fact that the team did not have sponsorship, the team did not have one. Midway through the season, the team received support from Universal Studios, and Mast posted two top-tens and became the first driver since Yarborough to complete the season without failing to finish a single race. Universal did not renew their deal, and with concerns about Yarborough's attempts to buy the team, Mast was out of work again.

Mast climbed on board to drive the No. During the early part of 2000. Larry Hedrick Motorsports was the 41 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Mast left for A.J. after the Food City 500. Foyt Racing, Inc., has two top-ten finishes, with two of which have reached the top ten.

Mast began with Midwest Transit Racing in 2001, but they only ran part-time due to sponsorship issues, and Mast soon went back to drive the No. No. 27 Sauer Pontiac Grand Prix for Eel River Racing, but the team called off the season early, and Mast was out of work for the first time. For the final races of the season, he signed a Donlavey Racing contract.

Mast was originally hired by car owner Richard Childress to replace Earnhardt in the legendary RCR bike following Dale Earnhardt's unexpected death in the 2001 Daytona 500. After the crash (February 20th), Mast was called into the store on Tuesday. Childress and Mast could make official decisions on Wednesday, February 21st, but Childress and Mast will call up and invite Kevin Harvick, a 25-year old Busch Series sensation, to run full time in Winston Cup as a back-up plan if Mast does not want to drive the car. While Harvick was competing in the Busch Series Championships that year, the team's original 2001 aim was for him to complete in 2002 in a 3rd RCR car, which was the #30 AOL machine, and have him run a part-time Winston Cup schedule. Harvick will go full throttle, but the remainder will be history from here on out. Kevin Harvick was the only driver in NASCAR history to win the Busch Series Championship and win Winston Cup Rookie Of The Year in the same season during the 2001 season. Harvick has stated that he initially didn't want to drive the legendary car at first, but that, as a whole, he had to do what felt right in order to help the RCR company get back to its feet. Mast would have been the full-time driver if Harvick declines the bid.

NASCAR racers migrated to a full-face helmet with a forced-air induction tube in the 1990s, beginning in the 1990s. Mast was sick for the first time in May 2002. He had lost weight and was forced to miss races to perform medical tests to find out what was wrong. Mast was forced to leave because he had been poisoned with carbon monoxide poisoning. He officially retired on January 22, 2003 at the age of 45. Helton, the Canadian racing president, met with NASCAR president Mike Helton about having teams redesign their air intake systems to minimize exhaust fumes from entering the fresh-air systems in driver's helmets.

Mast's Petty Enterprises bid him to drive the team's No. 11 when he stopped racing. The 2002 season saw a 45 car in the back half.

Following Mast's retirement, NASCAR's involvement in forced-air induction technologies has increased research into forced-air induction systems. Teams were using forced-air inlet systems to transfer air from the vehicle to the pilot as NASCAR had mandated full-face helmets. NASCAR had approved a carbon monoxide filter in air intake systems by the Coca-Cola 600 in May 2003. In 2007, NASCAR phased out leaded racing fuel, with specification fuel manufacturer Sunoco switching to unleaded racing fuel beginning with the second round of the season. NASCAR's fifth-generation Cup Series car changed the exhaust exit location to be away from the driver, and the manufacturer cited carbon monoxide poisoning cases like Mast's as a reason for the change.

Motorsports career results

(Bold) – Pole position gained by qualifying time. Italics – pole position earned by points standings or practice time. (Most laps led) – The most laps led.)

(Bold) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time) (British) (Bold – Key) (Bold – Byedd's pole position (by qualifying time). Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. (Most laps led) – True story.)

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