01 · Championship record
Series Championships
- 1980 USAC Stock Car Series Champion
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Joe Ruttman
Dearborn, MI
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1972First Recorded Feature Race
19802 Feature Wins — Career High
2001Latest Recorded Feature Season
8Recorded Feature Wins
23Recorded Results
17Recorded Top-3 Finishes
0Track Championships
1Series Championships
1972–2001Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
4Tracks Won At
4Classes Won In
Late ModelTop Winning Class
Illiana Motor SpeedwayTop Winning TrackUSAC Stock Car SeriesTop Winning Series
Aug 27, 2000Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
Aug 18, 2001Chicago Motor SpeedwayNASCAR TruckP8Jun 30, 2001Milwaukee MileTruckP6Aug 27, 2000Chicago Motor SpeedwayNASCAR TruckP1Jul 3, 1999Milwaukee MileNASCAR TruckP15Jul 5, 1997Milwaukee MileNASCAR TruckP9Jul 6, 1996Milwaukee MileNASCAR TruckP17Jul 1, 1995Milwaukee MileNASCAR TruckP6Jul 10, 1983Milwaukee MileLate ModelP3Jul 19, 1981Milwaukee MileUSACP2Sep 7, 1980Milwaukee MileUSACP1
Feature Wins by Track
01Illiana Motor Speedway302Dells Motor Speedway203Milwaukee Mile204Chicago Motor Speedway1Feature Wins by Class
01Late Model3
02Stock Car2
03USAC2
04NASCAR Truck1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
20012 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
20001 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19991 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19971 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19961 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19951 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19831 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19811 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19804 Results2 Wins4 Top 3s
19793 Results2 Wins3 Top 3s
19782 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19762 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19751 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19731 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19721 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
No track championships are recorded yet.
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
2 additional images connected to this driver
Year UnknownKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Lacrosse Interstate SpeedwayKurt Luoma
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