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词条 Rodney Combs
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  1. Racing career

     Winston Cup Series  Busch Series  Craftsman Truck Series 

  2. Motorsports career results

     NASCAR  Winston Cup Series  Daytona 500  Busch Series  Craftsman Truck Series  ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series 

  3. References

  4. External links

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Rodney Combs is a former NASCAR driver. He has not been in NASCAR since 1997, when he was released from his ride in the Busch Series. Combs was born on March 27, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Combs entered NASCAR after many years on the open-wheel and short track circuit in the Midwest, racing with Mark Martin and Dick Trickle. Combs was a 2001 inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.

Racing career

Winston Cup Series

Combs made his debut in 1982, in the then Winston Cup Series. Driving the #5 for J.D. Stacy, Combs qualified the Stacy-Pak Buick to 28th on the starting position in the fall race at Atlanta, and finished in 9th place, leading five laps.

Combs was invited back by Stacy to drive the #12 Stroh's Buick in the 1983 fall race at Charlotte. Combs started 33rd and appeared to earn another top-ten, but extremely late in the going, Combs' car blew an engine, putting him to 22nd.

The next time Combs showed up was in 1984. This time, Combs was behind the #2 Red Roof Inns Buick owned by Robert Harrington. Combs made it into the August Michigan race with a 19th place qualifying effort. He completed all but eight laps en route to a 25th-place finish.

Combs, who was still doing Midwest racing, disappeared back to those ranks for a year, and then returned with a five-race deal in 1986. Driving Harrington's #2 Solder Seal/Gunk Pontiac, Combs had a best of 16th at Charlotte and a 19th at Talladega, where he led four laps. However, Combs only finished the Charlotte race, falling out of the other four.

Combs drove for a number of teams in 1987, yet still could not crack the top ten. His best run was a 16th at Pocono, although he did have five other top-20s. He ran the majority of the races for Elmo Langley's #64 team, although he did have some runs with DiGard Motorsports and Roger Hamby. Overall, he had 14 starts in 1987, and earned a 35th-place position in points.

Combs ran nineteen races in 1988, the most active year of his career. Seventeen of them were for the #97 ACDelco team, while Combs competed in one race for Ken Allen and another for Richard Childress Racing. Despite all the starts, Combs had a worse year than in 1987, despite matching the 35th in points. His best finish was 11th at Bristol, but he only had one other top-20, a 14th at Michigan. Combs, however, did earn his first career top-10 starting spot, a 9th at Richmond. Combs' biggest issue was 11 DNFs, though to Combs' defense, all but one of them was mechanical.

In 1989, Combs only made nine starts and did not even crack the top-20. His best run was a 23rd at Darlington, driving for Lake Speed. Yet, Combs ran the majority of the races for the #89 Evinrude Pontiac. The best run for that team was a 27th at Phoenix. Combs also had three races in 1989 for Allen.

Combs made his last five career Cup starts in 1990. Combs ran all five races for the #89 team, but could only manage a best of 27th at Phoenix. In addition, Combs only finished two of the races. Overall in his Cup career, Combs had one top-ten finish and one top-10 start.

Busch Series

Combs made his Busch debut in 1982, the same year he made his Cup debut. Driving for J.D. Stacy again, Combs drove the #4 Stacy Pontiac into the Charlotte field with a 7th place starting position. Like he would in his Cup debut, Combs came home with a 9th place showing.

Combs made another one-off start in 1983. Once again, Combs ran at Charlotte, where he qualified a 4th. This time, Combs could not improve on his first finish, but still came home with a 10th-place showing.

Combs disappeared for three years, and was back in 1987, with a four-race deal with the #67 J&J Steel car. His best run once again came at Charlotte, adding another tenth place on. Also noteworthy was a start and finish of 13th at Darlington.

Combs next race came in 1990, driving for Ferree Racing at Charlotte. He started 26th, but finished 37th after his carburetor failed.

Combs finally made his first full season in NASCAR in 1993, driving the #1 Luxaire Ford for the full season, qualifying for all but one race. Combs earned three top-10s in 1993, with a career-best eighth at Milwaukee Mile and back-to-back tenths at Martinsville and Nazareth. Even more to Combs advantage, were a low DNF count of three, an impressive number for someone who is basically a rookie. Most impressive of all, by far, is his lowest finish. His lowest finish of the year was at Darlington, where he finished 26th. This contributed to Combs earning a 15th in points, despite missing one race. Lastly, Combs qualified well too, the best being a triplet of fourth-place starts, of which he converted into a 10th, 12th and 15th-place finish in the race.

With an impressive season with a low-budget team, Combs was hired by Petty Enterprises to drive the #43 Black Flag/French's Pontiac the following year. Despite the famous ride, 1994 was a roller coaster. Combs did not make four of the 27 races, but matched his three top-10s of '93. Combs best runs were a pair of 9th at Martinsville and Myrtle Beach and a 10th at Bristol. Yet, Combs did have seven other top-20s. However, in addition to poor qualifying results with the first year team, Combs' team had 9 DNFs, a tough thing to overcome. (In Combs' defense, all but two were mechanical) This led to a poor 21st place showing in points.

Combs' best career year in any NASCAR series came in 1995, where he finished 11th in points. This year, Combs made all the races, and this enabled him to once again earn three top-10s. Combs earned new career bests of 6th at Myrtle Beach and Atlanta, and tacked on a 10th at Dover International Speedway and a large 16 other top-20s to boot. Along with a lesser DNF count (4), Combs' team looked in good shape for 1996.

However, 1996 was not Combs' best year, and it began to lead to his departure from the sport. Combs made all but one start in 1996, and earned 18th in points, after another up-and-down year. Combs earned a pair of sixths as his only top-10s in 1996 at Daytona and Atlanta. (Combs would later prove to have a career best finish of 6th-four times)

Combs did earn what would prove to be his best career start: a 3rd at Myrtle Beach. However, on the flipside, Combs only earned 9 top-20s, down from 19 in 1995, the primary reason for his points slide.

1997 was the end of Combs' career. Petty Enterprises sold the team to David Ridling. He only made five starts for the team before being released, the best being an 11th-place finish at Atlanta. He was replaced by Dennis Setzer and replaced Setzer in the #78 Mark III Financial Chevy. He ran a best of 20th at Richmond in three races for the team. Yet, after Nashville, Combs disappeared from the team and has not been racing in big-league NASCAR since.

Craftsman Truck Series

When racing for Petty Enterprises in 1995 and 1996, Combs made five starts in 1995 and one in 1996 for in the Truck Series. Combs made his series debut at Milwaukee, qualifying ninth and finishing 10th. Combs then came back at IRP, qualifying 9th and once again coming home with a top-10: this time a solid 4th. Combs made three more starts in 1995, with finishes of 11th, 14th and 16th. Combs also added on one more start in 1996. Driving at North Wilkesboro, Combs managed a career-best 4th place start. However, he came home with a career-worst finish of 20th.

Combs has not raced in NASCAR since.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team 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 30NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification Pts Ref
1982Jim Stacy Racing 5Buick DAY RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CARATL
9		 RSD 71st 143 [1]
1983 12 DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWSCLT
22		 CAR ATL RSD 87th 97 [2]
1984 Harrington Racing 2 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TALMCH
25		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL RSD NA 0 [3]
1986Harrington Racing2 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCHDAY
32		 POCTAL
19		 GLNATL
37		 RSD44th421[4]
PontiacMCH
29		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWSCLT
16		 CAR
1987DiGard Motorsports10 OldsDAY
19		 CAR RCH ATL35th1098[5]
ChevyDAR
37		NWS
20		 BRI MAR TAL CLT
Langley Racing 64 FordDOV
20		POC
20		 RSDMCH
23		DAY
31		POC
16		TAL
19		GLN
23		MCH
31		BRI
23		DAR
27		 RCH DOV MAR NWS
Hamby Motorsports 12 ChevyCLT
37		 CAR RSD ATL
1988 0 OldsDAY
Wth		 RCH CAR35th1468[6]
Winkle Motorsports 97 BuickATL
27		DAR
32		BRI
DNQ		NWS
23		MAR
DNQ		TAL
38		CLT
32		DOV
29		 RSDPOC
34		MCH
30		DAY
33		POC
36		TAL
29		GLN
24		MCH
14		BRI
11		DAR
21		RCH
21		DOV
40		MAR
DNQ
Richard Childress Racing 22 ChevyCLT
DNQ		 NWSCAR
40		 PHO
AAG Racing 34 BuickATL
29
1989 Mueller Brothers Racing 89 PontiacDAY
37		CLT
DNQ		 DOV SON POCMCH
40		 DAY POCTAL
DNQ		 GLNMCH
DNQ		 BRICLT
32		 NWS CARPHO
27		ATL
41		42nd470[7]
AAG Racing 34 BuickCAR
40		 ATLRCH
32		DAR
29		 BRI NWS MARTAL
DNQ
Speed Racing 83 OldsDAR
23		 RCH DOV MAR
1990 Mueller Brothers Racing 89 PontiacDAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TALCLT
33		 DOV SON POCMCH
40		 DAY POC TAL GLNMCH
34		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWSCLT
DNQ		 CARPHO
27		ATL
30		 46th 323 [8]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1987 DiGard Motorsports Oldsmobile3619
1988 OldsmobileWth
1989Mueller Brothers RacingPontiac3037
1990DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team 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 35NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification Pts Ref
1982 Jim Stacy Racing 4 Pontiac DAY RCH BRI MAR DAR HCY SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY CLT ASH HCY SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY LGY IRP BRI HCY RCH MARCLT
9		 HCY MAR 112th 138 [9]
1983 89 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR HCY MAR NWS SBO GPS LGY DOV BRI CLT SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU CRW ROU SBO HCY LGY IRP GPS BRI HCY DAR RCH NWS SBO MAR ROUCLT
10		 HCY MAR 107th 134 [10]
198767PontiacDAY
10		 HCY MARDAR
13		 BRI LGY SBOCLT
32		DOV
28		 IRP ROU JFC OXF SBO HCY RAL LGY ROU BRI JFC DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 41st 404 [11]
1988DAY
DNQ		 HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR NA - [12]
1990 Ferree Racing 49 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCYCLT
37		 DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 117th 0 [13]
1993 Rexrode Galiano Motorsports 1 FordDAY
14		CAR
23		RCH
19		DAR
18		BRI
23		HCY
21		ROU
12		MAR
10		NZH
10		CLT
19		DOV
18		MYB
22		GLN
16		MLW
8		TAL
14		IRP
25		MCH
14		NHA
11		BRI
20		DAR
26		RCH
DNQ		DOV
25		ROU
19		CLT
19		MAR
19		CAR
15		HCY
25		ATL
14		 15th 2969 [14]
1994Petty Enterprises43PontiacDAY
11		CAR
27		RCH
38		ATL
18		MAR
9		DAR
28		HCY
DNQ		BRI
10		ROU
28		NHA
29		NZH
38		CLT
27		DOV
14		MYB
9		GLN
11		MLW
14		SBO
13		TAL
28		HCY
DNQ		IRP
17		MCH
39		 BRIDAR
42		RCH
35		DOV
24		CLT
32		 MAR CAR 21st 2131 [15]
1995DAY
16		CAR
11		RCH
20		ATL
6		NSV
16		DAR
17		BRI
19		HCY
19		NHA
12		NZH
21		CLT
41		DOV
11		MYB
6		GLN
14		MLW
23		TAL
39		SBO
13		IRP
33		MCH
17		BRI
15		DAR
20		RCH
36		DOV
10		CLT
15		CAR
17		HOM
22		 11th 2782 [16]
1996 ChevyDAY
6		ATL
6		NZH
17		GLN
21		MLW
28		NHA
27		TAL
35		IRP
28		MCH
20		BRI
22		DAR
17		RCH
17		DOV
12		CLT
DNQ		CAR
34		HOM
38		18th2396[17]
PontiacCAR
DNQ		RCH
11		NSV
19		DAR
34		BRI
28		HCY
11		CLT
26		DOV
11		SBO
24		MYB
22
Ken Wilson 02 ChevyCAR
39
1997 Ridling Motorsports 43 ChevyDAY
11		CAR
15		RCH
31		ATL
33		LVS
17		45th743[18]
Mark III Racing 78 ChevyDAR
32		HCY
DNQ		 TEXBRI
20		NSV
28		TAL
DNQ		 NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team 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 24NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification Pts Ref
1995 Petty Enterprises 43 Chevy PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRIMLW
10		 CNS HPTIRP
4		 FLMRCH
16		MAR
14		NWS
11		 SON MMR PHO 34th 660 [19]
1996 Combs Racing 49 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MARNWS
20		 SON MMR PHO LVS 104th 103 [20]

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

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

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19APSC|ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series classification Pts Ref
1988 4 OldsDAY
18		 ATL TAL FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 96th - [21]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1982/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1983/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1984/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1986/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1987/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1988/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1989/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1990/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1982/W|title=Rodney Combs – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1983/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1987/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1988/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1990/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1993/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1994/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1995/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1996/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1997/B|title=Rodney Combs – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1995/C|title=Rodney Combs – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1996/C|title=Rodney Combs – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/combsro01/1988/A|title=Rodney Combs – 1988 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}

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