Rich Woodland, Jr.

Sprint Cup

Woodland's Cup debut came in 1993, when he competed at Phoenix. Starting 39th in the field of forty-three, Woodland fell out of the race near the one-third marker of the race, winding up with a poor 38th place effort.

Unfortunately, Woodland didn't fare any better during his other Cup start, competing at Sonoma for Stroppe Motorsports in 1996. Starting last (44th) in the field, Woodland fell six laps behind the field in route to a middling 37th place showing.

Craftsman Truck Series

Woodland then transferred to the Truck Series in the 1999 season, making his initial start at Fontana. Starting 34th in the field of thirty-six, Woodland fell seven laps down in the race and ran to a midpack 26th place finish.

Woodland stepped it up to a four-race schedule during the 2000 season, the year he finished a career-high 56th in points. It started off with a solid show for the driver down at Daytona, managing a career-best 14th place finish despite late transmission woes. Yet, the rest of the year almost literally had the wheels run off it. Two DNFs in his three other races that year derailed his efforts at Gateway (30th) and California (35th).

Woodland's final four major NASCAR starts came during the 2001 Truck Series season. Again, it proved to be a frustrating year for the driver, who competed for three teams but found no results. His best run that year was a 22nd place finish at Nashville, which was the only race that he was running at the finish of. The rest of his runs were miserable: crashing to 35th at Daytona, 34th at Texas in June, and overheating to 33rd at Texas in October. The October Texas race was his final career race.

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