Tim Richmond

Born:  June 7, 1955
Died:  August 13, 1989
Hometown:  Ashland, Ohio, USA

Former Winston Cup driver between 1980 and 1989.  In that short career he accumulated 14 poles and 13 wins in 195 starts.  He was also Rookie of the Race in the 1980 Indianapolis 500.

His career ended in 1987 because he did not want to take a physical that he knew would show that he had AIDS.  Without the physical, NASCAR did not give him medical clearance to race.  His final race was the Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway where he finished 29th after an engine failure.  Tim Richmond died of reasons relating to AIDS in 1989.

In 2009 the ARCA RE/MAX Series ran a race called the Tim Richmond Memorial ARCA RE/MAX 200 at Mansfield Motorsports Park.

Photographs

	1983 Van Scoy 500 The Raymond Beadle owned Old Milwaukee Pontiac of Tim Richmond finished 4th in the 1983 Van Scoy 500. Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Tim Richmond at the 1983 Van Scoy 500 - 411KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-SA 2.0).
	Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Tim Richmond at Pocono - 287KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-SA 2.0).
	1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,436KB
	1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,452KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,322KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,386KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,518KB
	1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 450KB
	1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,299KB
	1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 111KB
	1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission. View photo of Tim Richmond Car at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,487KB
	View photo of Tim Richmond Car - 1,391KB

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
11 April 1984	Late Race Developments Give Wilkes to Richmond For such to have happened on Easter Sunday would have been appropriate. A bunny won the Northwestern Bank 400.	News Article (text & photograph) Publication: National Speed Sport News Byline: Benny Phillips Dateline: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Topics: Northwestern Bank 400, Tim Richmond, Darrell Waltrip
17 June 2006	Forgotten NASCAR Greats:  1980's:  Tim Richmond	Bill Crittenden