RahMoc Enterprises
Owner(s) | Bob Rahilly (1978–2018) Butch Mock (1978–1992) |
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Base | North Carolina |
Series | Winston Cup, Busch Grand National |
Race drivers | Neil Bonnett, Morgan Shepherd, Dick Trickle |
Sponsors | Valvoline |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Ford |
Opened | 1978 |
Closed | Rahmoc Ent. still exists today in its original location in Concord, NC as a racing engine building business |
Career | |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 9 |
Rahmoc Enterprises is a former NASCAR Winston Cup team that operated from 1978 to 1993. The team was owned by long-time engine builder Bob Rahilly and Butch Mock. Butch Mock and Bob Rahilly split in 1992, with the race team becoming Butch Mock Motorsports in 1993. Rahmoc Enterprises is still operating today, it's 46th year in business, with Dick and Bob Rahilly still turning the wrenches, as an engine builders, race car building/servicing and supplier for many NASCAR teams. They also house race cars and manage several smaller race teams.[1][2][3]
Beginnings
Rahmoc's debut in NASCAR came in 1978 competing in two events, at the NAPA National 500. Mock drove the No. 75 Chevrolet to a 26th-place finish. He also ran the Dixie 500 at Atlanta, finishing 24th. Mock ran the 1979 Daytona 500 the next year, but finished 35th when he was involved in a wreck not of his making early in the race. After the Daytona wreck, Mock ceased driving and Rahmoc had several different drivers. Some were Lennie Pond at Atlanta and Daytona, Bobby Brack at Charlotte, and Bill Elswick for numerous races, his best finish being 16th at Richmond. Harry Gant drove in 1980 for the team at Riverside International Raceway, finishing seventh and Texas world Speedway, finishing eighth. Elswick returned over the next eleven races, and the team also picked up sponsorship from his Performer Boats Company. John Anderson, Chuck Bown, Joe Millikan, and Elswick finished out the year. Millikan came back in 1981, but was replaced after the Gabriel 400 by Tim Richmond. Richmond got his first top 10 finish in that event at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Gary Balough drove for the rest of the 1981 season.
Balough returned in 1982, posting a top-ten at the Coca-Cola 500, but was released after his legal issues just five races into the season. Joe Ruttman took over for the rest of the season, Except for the Riverside Event, posting four top-fives, and numerous top tens. Jimmy Insolo filled in for the team at Riverside.
1983–1992
In 1983, Rahmoc signed a one-year driver/sponsor agreement for Neil Bonnett to drive for their team, their first full-time sponsored Hodgdon Chevy. Bonnett picked up wins in the Busch Clash and the UNO 125 at Daytona, the World 600 at Charlotte and the Atlanta Journal 500. He finished fourth in points that year. For the 1984 season, and again without any sponsorship, long-time independent Dave Marcis was named driver, and had nine top-tens and a thirteenth place in points. Lake Speed took over in 1985, finishing second in The Daytona 500 in his first start with the team. This result brought full-time sponsor Nationwize Auto Parts to them and they finished 10th in the points. Speed had two tenth-place finishes in 1986, but was released after four races by the sponsor. Jody Ridley stepped in as an interim driver and had one top-ten before moving on after 10 races. Jim Sauter had four starts, before Morgan Shepherd took over for the balance of the season, posting two top-tens.
In 1987, Bonnett returned with Valvoline as the sponsor of Rahmoc's Pontiacs. Bonnett had fifteen top-tens and was on his way to a top-ten points run, when he broke his hip in a crash at the Oakwood Homes 500. Morgan Shepard returned to the team to finish the season for the team, nearly winning the Rockingham Event.
Bonnett returned in 1988, finished 4th in the Daytona 500 and won at Richmond and Rockingham and at a special race held at Calder Park in Australia in the week between the Richmond and Rockingham races. But by mid season Bonnett began to have health issues related to the 87' Charlotte wreck, fell off the pace, and missed several races. Due to Neil's health, sponsor Valvoline called for a new driver going into the 1989 season. For the last race of the season, team returned to Calder Park again, for the Christman 500 at the end of 1988. With Bob Rahilly, two Pontiacs, a limited regular crew, and a volunteer crew being filled by local Australians. The "mates" assisted in preparing and qualifying both cars, including performing the pit crew duties, some for the first time, on race day. Scoring another pole position in qualifying and then dominating the race running one and two for most all of the race. Rick Wilson, in the second car #57, sustained some damage after being pushed into the wall on turn two in the final laps, causing him to drop to fourth. Morgan Sheppard continued on in a dominant performance coming home in first place in the #75. Rahmoc and the "mates" claiming back to back wins Down Under. Shepherd, who had filled in for Bonnett twice in 1988, was named as the full-time driver in 1989 with Valvoline again as the sponsor, the final of their 3-year agreement with Rahmoc. He garnered one pole and thirteen top-tens. Valvoline indicated they would return as a sponsor in 1990 if a younger driver could be had. So for 1990, Rick Wilson joined the team, which switched to Oldsmobile and with a late partial limited sponsorship from Food Lion/Dinner Bell Foods since Valvoline had ultimately decided instead to sit out the 1990 season. Wilson struggled heavily in his tenure, and mutually agreed to split with the team at season end. In 1991, Joe Ruttman, and with full sponsorship from Dinner Bell joined Rahmoc for the second time in his career. He finished third in the Daytona 500 and had four top-ten finishes and finished 20th in points.
Without a sponsor for 1992, Dick Trickle drove the car for Rahmoc in the Daytona 500, finishing fifth. After that event, team co-owner Bob Rahilly elected to retire from Winston Cup Racing, and return to his roots as an engine builder/supplier. Mock went on to form his own new team, Butch Mock Motorsports.
Final years
After the 1992 Daytona 500, Bob Rahilly and Butch Mock split, with Bob and Dick Rahilly continuing to build engines and race cars under the name RAHMOC Racing Engines at the original Rahmoc location in Concord, NC. Butch Mock would take only the race car related assets of Rahmoc and form Butch Mock Motorsports. The 75 would return in 1993, with Dick Trickle driving for most of the season, with Todd Bodine and Phil Parsons running the remaining schedule. Bodine would drive for the team through 1995. Morgan Shepherd would return to the 75 in 1996. Rick Mast would take over in 1997 and stay with the team through the 1998 season before being replaced by Ted Musgrave in 1999. Mock would eventually sell to Darwin Oordt, who would run the 75 under Galaxy Motorsports with Wally Dallenbach Jr. as the driver. Oordt's ownership was short-lived, and the 75 team shut down in 2001 after the team could not find sponsorship.
Bob and Dick Rahilly still continue to build championship-winning race engines and race cars, just as they have their whole lives, at the original Rahmoc facility on Flowes Store Road in Concord, NC as of 2023[update].
Team Results
Results as Butch Mock Motorsports/Galaxy Motorsports
Car No. 75 results
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Owners | Pts |
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1983 | Neil Bonnett | 75 | Chevy | DAY 22 | RCH 3 | CAR 12 | ATL 2 | DAR 7 | NWS 4 | MAR 16 | TAL 15 | NSV 13 | DOV 28 | BRI 4 | CLT 1 | RSD 13 | POC 7 | MCH 31 | DAY 28 | NSV 6 | POC 4 | TAL 35 | MCH 35 | BRI 10 | DAR 4 | RCH 8 | DOV 7 | MAR 6 | NWS 13 | CLT 26 | CAR 4 | ATL 1 | RSD 3 | 6th | 3842 | ||||
1984 | Dave Marcis | Pontiac | DAY 42 | RCH 11 | CAR 9 | ATL 18 | BRI 4 | NWS 13 | DAR 13 | MAR 19 | TAL 8 | NSV 10 | DOV 20 | CLT 36 | RSD 34 | POC 15 | MCH 21 | DAY 18 | NSV 23 | POC 26 | TAL 13 | MCH 19 | BRI 4 | DAR 21 | RCH 16 | DOV 4 | MAR 7 | CLT 24 | NWS 26 | CAR 9 | ATL 10 | RSD 20 | 13th | 3416 | |||||
1985 | Lake Speed | DAY 2 | RCH 10 | CAR 4 | ATL 40 | BRI 7 | DAR 9 | NWS 9 | MAR 8 | TAL 10 | DOV 24 | CLT 6 | RSD 25 | POC 12 | MCH 14 | DAY 34 | POC 11 | TAL 8 | MCH 16 | BRI 10 | DAR 16 | RCH 11 | DOV 10 | MAR 11 | NWS 12 | CLT 12 | CAR 29 | ATL 7 | RSD 9 | 10th | 3507 | ||||||||
1986 | DAY 10 | RCH 17 | CAR 10 | ATL 22 | 18th | 2896 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jody Ridley | BRI 23 | DAR 20 | NWS 15 | MAR 10 | TAL 42 | DOV 18 | CLT 21 | POC 11 | MCH 34 | DAY 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan Shepherd | RSD 27 | GLN 11 | BRI 22 | RCH 3 | DOV 10 | MAR 29 | NWS 25 | CLT 32 | CAR 24* | ATL 27 | RSD 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Sauter | POC 14 | TAL 12 | MCH 37 | DAR 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Neil Bonnett | DAY 12 | CAR 3 | RCH 22 | ATL 7 | DAR 6 | NWS 3 | BRI 11 | MAR 9 | TAL 7 | CLT 13 | DOV 9 | POC 8 | RSD 3 | MCH 17 | DAY 18 | POC 7 | TAL 32 | GLN 37 | MCH 9 | BRI 10 | DAR 32 | RCH 10 | DOV 3 | MAR 4 | NWS 11 | CLT 36 | 12th | 3352 | ||||||||||
Joe Ruttman | CAR 10 | RSD 7 | ATL 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Neil Bonnett | DAY 4 | RCH 1 | CAR 1* | ATL 22 | DAR 19 | BRI 11 | NWS 19 | MAR 30 | TAL 14 | CLT 36 | DOV 35 | RSD 10 | POC 11 | MCH 19 | DAY 18 | GLN 38 | MCH 40 | BRI 14 | DAR 16 | RCH 9 | DOV 8 | MAR 19 | CLT 18 | NWS 28 | CAR 10 | PHO 21 | ATL 13 | 14th | 3238 | |||||||||
Morgan Shepherd | POC 6 | TAL 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | DAY 15 | CAR 27 | ATL 10 | RCH 33 | DAR 16 | BRI 26 | NWS 17 | MAR 18 | TAL 4 | CLT 32 | DOV 33 | SON 7 | POC 5 | MCH 35 | DAY 2 | POC 8 | TAL 6* | GLN 6* | MCH 2 | BRI 26 | DAR 9 | RCH 27 | DOV 16 | MAR 28 | CLT 10 | NWS 5 | CAR 36 | PHO 12 | ATL 8 | 13th | 3403 | ||||||||
1990 | Rick Wilson | Olds | DAY 30 | RCH 30 | CAR 18 | ATL 17 | DAR 29 | NWS 22 | MAR 27 | TAL 39 | CLT 19 | SON 10 | POC 35 | MCH 10 | DAY 39 | POC 31 | TAL 35 | GLN 32 | MCH 29 | BRI 32 | DAR 12 | RCH 20 | DOV 27 | MAR 20 | NWS 18 | PHO 19 | ATL 33 | 23rd | 2666 | ||||||||||
Pontiac | BRI 5 | DOV 23 | CLT 11 | CAR 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Joe Ruttman | Olds | DAY 3 | RCH 29 | CAR 24 | ATL 27 | DAR 26 | BRI 13 | NWS 24 | MAR 16 | TAL 29 | CLT 21 | DOV 12 | SON 31 | POC 22 | MCH 19 | DAY 31 | POC 10 | TAL 10 | GLN 14 | BRI 17 | RCH 28 | DOV 13 | MAR 31 | CLT 16 | CAR 27 | PHO 22 | 20th | 2938 | ||||||||||
Chevy | MCH 30 | DAR 9 | NWS 29 | ATL 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Dick Trickle | Olds | DAY 5 | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | PHO | ATL | 62nd | 155 | ||||||
1993 | Ford | DAY 41 | CAR 29 | RCH 21 | ATL 37 | DAR 20 | BRI 22 | NWS 33 | MAR 14 | TAL 31 | SON 20 | CLT 19 | DOV 28 | POC 36 | MCH 31 | DAY 26 | NHA 33 | POC 30 | TAL 19 | 29th | 2322 | ||||||||||||||||||
Todd Bodine | GLN 30 | MCH 40 | BRI DNQ | DAR 27 | RCH 33 | DOV 35 | MAR 25 | NWS 23 | CLT 42 | CAR 25 | PHO 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phil Parsons | ATL 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Todd Bodine | DAY 36 | CAR 34 | RCH 25 | ATL 33 | DAR 22 | BRI 26 | NWS 19 | MAR 6 | TAL 28 | SON 38 | CLT 8 | DOV 16 | POC 14 | MCH 31 | DAY 7 | NHA 5 | POC 11 | TAL 16 | IND 9 | GLN 15 | MCH 38 | BRI 8 | DAR 26 | RCH 20 | DOV 16 | MAR 33 | NWS DNQ | CLT 38 | CAR 21 | PHO 32 | ATL 3 | 21st | 3048 | |||||
1995 | DAY 37 | CAR 31 | RCH 37 | ATL 21 | DAR 4 | BRI 33 | NWS 21 | MAR DNQ | TAL 8 | SON 8 | CLT 38 | DOV 30 | POC 24 | MCH 29 | DAY 23 | NHA 36 | POC 23 | TAL 29 | IND 21 | GLN 32 | MCH 19 | BRI DNQ | DAR 42 | RCH 24 | DOV 37 | MAR 24 | NWS DNQ | CLT 26 | CAR 17 | PHO 25 | ATL 40 | 33rd | 2372 | ||||||
1996 | Morgan Shepherd | DAY 31 | CAR 37 | RCH 32 | ATL 30 | DAR 8 | BRI 30 | NWS 27 | MAR 20 | TAL 43 | SON 24 | CLT 29 | DOV 32 | POC 6 | MCH 11 | DAY 15 | NHA 22 | POC 17 | TAL 14 | IND 5 | GLN 9 | MCH 11 | BRI 19 | DAR 24 | RCH 23 | DOV 18 | MAR 6 | NWS 14 | CLT 23 | CAR 29 | PHO 17 | ATL 28 | 19th | 3133 | |||||
1997 | Rick Mast | DAY DNQ | CAR 21 | RCH 18 | ATL 17 | DAR 19 | TEX 31 | BRI 17 | MAR 36 | SON DNQ | TAL 22 | CLT 20 | DOV 12 | POC 20 | MCH 30 | CAL 41 | DAY 18 | NHA 28 | POC 25 | IND 23 | GLN 23 | MCH 38 | BRI 33 | DAR 34 | RCH 26 | NHA 20 | DOV 10 | MAR 23 | CLT DNQ | TAL 9 | CAR 42 | PHO 31 | ATL 35 | 32nd | 2569 | ||||
1998 | DAY 30 | CAR 12 | LVS 11 | ATL 33 | DAR 43 | BRI 25 | TEX 41 | MAR 33 | TAL 18 | CAL 25 | CLT 26 | DOV 11 | RCH 43 | MCH 31 | POC 38 | SON 8 | NHA 32 | POC 37 | IND 22 | GLN 30 | MCH 26 | BRI 35 | NHA 22 | DAR 36 | RCH 31 | DOV 24 | MAR 41 | CLT 34 | TAL DNQ | DAY DNQ | PHO 29 | CAR 42 | ATL DNQ | 33rd | 2366 | ||||
1999 | Ted Musgrave | DAY 15 | CAR 40 | LVS DNQ | ATL 24 | DAR 29 | TEX 31 | BRI 7 | MAR 40 | TAL 28 | CAL 29 | RCH 11 | CLT 23 | DOV 24 | MCH 25 | POC 11 | SON 20 | DAY 35 | NHA 25 | POC 33 | IND 35 | GLN 27 | MCH 41 | BRI 16 | DAR 38 | RCH 8 | NHA 23 | DOV 28 | MAR 19 | CLT 31 | TAL 29 | CAR 32 | PHO 29 | HOM 42 | 33rd | 2689 | |||
Hut Stricklin | ATL DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | DAY 40 | CAR 20 | LVS 35 | ATL 39 | DAR DNQ | BRI 29 | TEX DNQ | MAR DNQ | TAL 16 | CAL 27 | RCH 16 | CLT 28 | DOV 24 | MCH 34 | POC 39 | SON 40 | DAY 21 | NHA 27 | POC 31 | IND 35 | GLN 9 | MCH 25 | BRI 33 | DAR 19 | RCH 23 | NHA 39 | DOV 21 | MAR 40 | CLT 33 | TAL DNQ | CAR 22 | PHO 22 | HOM 35 | ATL 29 | 34th | 2453 |
Driver history
RahMoc Enterprises
- Butch Mock (1978–79)
- Bill Elswick (1979–81)
- Bobby Brack (1979)
- Harry Gant (1980)
- Lennie Pond (1980)
- John Anderson (1980)
- Chuck Bown (1980)
- Kyle Petty (1980)
- Jim Sauter (1980, 1986)
- Joe Millikan (1980–81)
- Dick May (1981)
- Tim Richmond (1981)
- Gary Balough (1981–82)
- Joe Ruttman (1982, 1987, 1991)
- Jimmy Insolo (1982)
- Neil Bonnett (1983, 1987–88)
- Dave Marcis (1984)
- Lake Speed (1985–86)
- Jody Ridley (1986)
- Morgan Shepherd (1986, 1988–89, 1996)
- Rick Wilson (1990)
- Dick Trickle (1992 Daytona 500, suspended operations; returned in 1993 with Butch Mock Motorsports)
- Todd Bodine (1993-1995)
- Rick Mast (1997-1998)
- Ted Musgrave (1999)
- Wally Dallenbach (2000, for Galaxy Motorsports)
References
- ^ Reports\, Staff and Wire. "RACING TEAM FIRES DRIVER; HIRES TRICKLE". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Richard Petty will not be driving for the RahMoc..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Rick Wilson and the RahMoc Enterprises-Dinner Bell crew before the 1990 Firecracker 400..." www.floridastockcars.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
External links
- RahMoc Enterprises Winston Cup Owner Statistics (1978–1992)
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- Bob Rahilly
- Butch Mock
- John Anderson
- Gary Balough
- Todd Bodine
- Neil Bonnett
- Chuck Bown
- Bobby Brack
- Kerry Earnhardt
- Bill Elswick
- Harry Gant
- Jimmy Insolo
- Dave Marcis
- Dick May
- Joe Millikan
- Butch Mock
- Ted Musgrave
- Kyle Petty
- Lennie Pond
- Tim Richmond
- Jody Ridley
- Joe Ruttman
- Jim Sauter
- Morgan Shepherd
- Lake Speed
- Dick Trickle
- Rick Wilson
- 1983 (Bonnett)
- Butch Mock Motorsports
- Galaxy Motorsports