RahMoc Enterprises

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, with Dick and Bob Rahilly still turning the wrenches, as an engine builder and supplier for many NASCAR teams. They also build racecars and manage several smaller race teams.[1][2][3]

Rahmoc Enterprises
Owner(s)Bob Rahilly (1978–2018)
Butch Mock (1978–1992)
BaseNorth Carolina
SeriesWinston Cup, Busch Grand National
Race driversNeil Bonnett, Morgan Shepherd, Dick Trickle
SponsorsValvoline
ManufacturerChevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Ford
Opened1978
ClosedRahmoc Ent. still exists today in its original location in Concord, NC as a racing engine building business
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories9

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 their first time for the team, 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 sixth 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.

Rahmoc's 1989 racecar.

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 at Calder Park in Australia in early 1988 with the team returning at the end of 1988 with Bob Rahilly,two Pontiacs,a limited regular professional race crew remaining crew being filled by local Australians preparing and qualifying both cars including performing the pit crews duties some for the first time on race day for the Calder Park Thunderdome Christmas 500 with another strong performance qualifying pole position then dominated the race day running one and two with Neil Bonnet in #57 sustaining damage after being pushed into the wall on turn two in the final laps causing him to drop a few places. Morgan Sheppard continued on in a dominant performance coming home in first in #75 with it claiming victory Lane for Rahmoc Racing with back to back wins Down Under, all in the first four races of the season. But eventually, he began to have health issues, fell off the pace, missing several races. Due to Neil's health, sponsor Valvoline called for a new driver going into the 1989 season.

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. Butch Mock would take the 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 at the original Rahmoc facility on Flowes Store Road in Concord, NC as of 2021.

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
1993 Dick Trickle 75 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
Todd Bodine GLN
30
MCH
40
BRI
DNQ
DAR
27
RCH
33
DOV
35
MAR
25
NWS
23
CLT
42
CAR
25
PHO
25
ATL
QL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

References

  1. Reports\, Staff and Wire. "RACING TEAM FIRES DRIVER; HIRES TRICKLE". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. "Richard Petty will not be driving for the RahMoc..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. "Rick Wilson and the RahMoc Enterprises-Dinner Bell crew before the 1990 Firecracker 400..." www.floridastockcars.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.


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