a Baskin reported that Dr. Forest Tennant , who was then the National Football League 's drug adviser , " falsified drug tests " that ultimately helped shorten Richmond 's NASCAR career . Baskin reported that sealed court documents and interviews showed Tennant and NASCAR used " allegedly false drug @-@ test results in 1988 to bar Richmond from racing " . Baskin also stated that NASCAR had targeted Richmond , requesting that Tennant establish a substance @-@ abuse policy with Richmond in mind . A series of drug tests and falsely reported positive results shortly before the 1988 Daytona 500 kept Richmond from driving in what was to have been his last big race ... " , the report said . The New York Times published the findings . While neither Tennant nor NASCAR supplied an official response at the time , NASCAR did confirm that they were seeking to replace Tennant .   The Ashland County Sports Hall of Fame inducted Richmond in their second class in 1996 . In 1998 , NASCAR named Richmond one of its 50 greatest drivers of all time . He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2002 . The Mansfield Motorsports Park ARCA Re / Max Series race in 2009 was named the Tim Richmond Memorial ARCA Re / Max 250 in honor of the area native . The race at Mansfield was co @-@ promoted by Mattioli 's son Joseph Mattioli III .   The documentary film Tim Richmond : To The Limit was produced as part of ESPN 's 30 for 30 series with a premiere date of October 19 , 2010 .   = = 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 = = = =   = = = = = Daytona 500 = = = = =   = = = = Busch Series = = = =   = Trout Creek Mountains =   The Trout Creek Mountains are a remote , semi @-@ arid Great Basin mountain range mostly in southeastern Oregon and partially in northern Nevada in the United States . The range 's highest point is Orevada View Benchmark , 8 @,@ 506 feet ( 2 @,@ 593 m ) above sea level , in Nevada . Disaster Peak , elevation 7 @,@ 781 feet ( 2 @,@ 372 m ) , is another prominent summit in the Nevada portion of the mountains .   The mountains are characteristic of the Great Basin 's topography of mostly parallel mountain ranges alternating with flat valleys . Oriented generally north to south , the Trout Creek Mountains consist primarily of fault blocks of basalt , which came from an ancient volcano and other vents , on top of older metamorphic rocks . The southern end of the range , however , features many granitic outcrops . As a whole , the faulted terrain is dominated by rolling hills and ridges cut by escarpments and canyons .   Most of the range is public land administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management . There is very little human development in the remote region — cattle grazing and ranching are the primary human uses — but former mines at the McDermitt Caldera produced some of the largest amounts of mercury in North America in the 20th century . Public lands in the mountains are open to recreation but are rarely visited . Vegetation includes large swaths of big sagebrush in addition to desert grasses and cottonwood and alder stands . Sage grouse and mountain chickadee are two bird species native to the range , and common mammals include pronghorn and jackrabbits .   Despite the area 's dry climate , a few year @-@ round streams provide habitat for the rare Lahontan cutthroat trout . Fish populations in the Trout Creek Mountains declined throughout much of the 20th century . In the 1980s , the effects of grazing allotments on riparian zones and the fish led to land @-@ use conflict . The Trout Creek Mountain Working Group was formed in 1988 to help resolve disagreements among livestock owners , environmentalists , government agencies , and other interested parties . The stakeholders met and agreed on changes to land @-@ use practices , and since the early 1990s , riparian zones have begun to recover .   = = Geography = =   The Trout Creek Mountains are in a very remote area of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada , in Harney and Humboldt counties . The nearest human settlements are the Whitehorse Ranch , about 20 miles ( 32 km ) directly north from the middle of the mountains ; Fields , Oregon , about 23 miles ( 37 km ) to the northwest ; Denio , Nevada , about 15 miles ( 24 km ) to the west ; and McDermitt , Nevada – Oregon , about 30 miles ( 48 km ) to the east . The mountains are about 150 miles ( 240 km ) directly southwest of Boise , Idaho , and
a ĠB ask in Ġreported Ġthat ĠDr . ĠForest ĠTenn ant Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġthen Ġthe ĠNational ĠFootball ĠLeague Ġ' s Ġdrug Ġadviser Ġ, Ġ" Ġfals ified Ġdrug Ġtests Ġ" Ġthat Ġultimately Ġhelped Ġshorten ĠRichmond Ġ' s ĠNASCAR Ġcareer Ġ. ĠB ask in Ġreported Ġthat Ġsealed Ġcourt Ġdocuments Ġand Ġinterviews Ġshowed ĠTenn ant Ġand ĠNASCAR Ġused Ġ" Ġallegedly Ġfalse Ġdrug Ġ@ - @ Ġtest Ġresults Ġin Ġ1988 Ġto Ġbar ĠRichmond Ġfrom Ġracing Ġ" Ġ. ĠB ask in Ġalso Ġstated Ġthat ĠNASCAR Ġhad Ġtargeted ĠRichmond Ġ, Ġrequesting Ġthat ĠTenn ant Ġestablish Ġa Ġsubstance Ġ@ - @ Ġabuse Ġpolicy Ġwith ĠRichmond Ġin Ġmind Ġ. ĠA Ġseries Ġof Ġdrug Ġtests Ġand Ġfalsely Ġreported Ġpositive Ġresults Ġshortly Ġbefore Ġthe Ġ1988 ĠDaytona Ġ500 Ġkept ĠRichmond Ġfrom Ġdriving Ġin Ġwhat Ġwas Ġto Ġhave Ġbeen Ġhis Ġlast Ġbig Ġrace Ġ... Ġ" Ġ, Ġthe Ġreport Ġsaid Ġ. ĠThe ĠNew ĠYork ĠTimes Ġpublished Ġthe Ġfindings Ġ. ĠWhile Ġneither ĠTenn ant Ġnor ĠNASCAR Ġsupplied Ġan Ġofficial Ġresponse Ġat Ġthe Ġtime Ġ, ĠNASCAR Ġdid Ġconfirm Ġthat Ġthey Ġwere Ġseeking Ġto Ġreplace ĠTenn ant Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠAsh land ĠCounty ĠSports ĠHall Ġof ĠFame Ġinduct ed ĠRichmond Ġin Ġtheir Ġsecond Ġclass Ġin Ġ1996 Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1998 Ġ, ĠNASCAR Ġnamed ĠRichmond Ġone Ġof Ġits Ġ50 Ġgreatest Ġdrivers Ġof Ġall Ġtime Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġinduct ed Ġinto Ġthe ĠInternational ĠMotors ports ĠHall Ġof ĠFame Ġin Ġ2002 Ġ. ĠThe ĠMans field ĠMotors ports ĠPark ĠAR CA ĠRe Ġ/ ĠMax ĠSeries Ġrace Ġin Ġ2009 Ġwas Ġnamed Ġthe ĠTim ĠRichmond ĠMemorial ĠAR CA ĠRe Ġ/ ĠMax Ġ250 Ġin Ġhonor Ġof Ġthe Ġarea Ġnative Ġ. ĠThe Ġrace Ġat ĠMans field Ġwas Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġpromoted Ġby ĠMatt iol i Ġ' s Ġson ĠJoseph ĠMatt iol i ĠIII Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġdocumentary Ġfilm ĠTim ĠRichmond Ġ: ĠTo ĠThe ĠLimit Ġwas Ġproduced Ġas Ġpart Ġof ĠESPN Ġ' s Ġ30 Ġfor Ġ30 Ġseries Ġwith Ġa Ġpremiere Ġdate Ġof ĠOctober Ġ19 Ġ, Ġ2010 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠMotors ports Ġcareer Ġresults Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠNASCAR Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ( Ġkey Ġ) Ġ( ĠBold ĠâĢĵ ĠPole Ġposition Ġawarded Ġby Ġqualifying Ġtime Ġ. ĠItal ics ĠâĢĵ ĠPole Ġposition Ġearned Ġby Ġpoints Ġstandings Ġor Ġpractice Ġtime Ġ. Ġ* ĠâĢĵ ĠMost Ġlaps Ġled Ġ. Ġ) Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠWinston ĠCup ĠSeries Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠDaytona Ġ500 Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠBus ch ĠSeries Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountains Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountains Ġare Ġa Ġremote Ġ, Ġsemi Ġ@ - @ Ġar id ĠGreat ĠBasin Ġmountain Ġrange Ġmostly Ġin Ġsoutheastern ĠOregon Ġand Ġpartially Ġin Ġnorthern ĠNevada Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠThe Ġrange Ġ' s Ġhighest Ġpoint Ġis ĠO rev ada ĠView ĠBench mark Ġ, Ġ8 Ġ@ , @ Ġ50 6 Ġfeet Ġ( Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ5 93 Ġm Ġ) Ġabove Ġsea Ġlevel Ġ, Ġin ĠNevada Ġ. ĠDisaster ĠPeak Ġ, Ġelevation Ġ7 Ġ@ , @ Ġ7 81 Ġfeet Ġ( Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ372 Ġm Ġ) Ġ, Ġis Ġanother Ġprominent Ġsummit Ġin Ġthe ĠNevada Ġportion Ġof Ġthe Ġmountains Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġmountains Ġare Ġcharacteristic Ġof Ġthe ĠGreat ĠBasin Ġ' s Ġtop ography Ġof Ġmostly Ġparallel Ġmountain Ġranges Ġalternating Ġwith Ġflat Ġvalleys Ġ. ĠOri ented Ġgenerally Ġnorth Ġto Ġsouth Ġ, Ġthe ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountains Ġconsist Ġprimarily Ġof Ġfault Ġblocks Ġof Ġbas alt Ġ, Ġwhich Ġcame Ġfrom Ġan Ġancient Ġvolcano Ġand Ġother Ġvents Ġ, Ġon Ġtop Ġof Ġolder Ġmet amorph ic Ġrocks Ġ. ĠThe Ġsouthern Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġrange Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, Ġfeatures Ġmany Ġgran itic Ġout cro ps Ġ. ĠAs Ġa Ġwhole Ġ, Ġthe Ġfault ed Ġterrain Ġis Ġdominated Ġby Ġrolling Ġhills Ġand Ġrid ges Ġcut Ġby Ġesc arp ments Ġand Ġcan y ons Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMost Ġof Ġthe Ġrange Ġis Ġpublic Ġland Ġadministered Ġby Ġthe Ġfederal ĠBureau Ġof ĠLand ĠManagement Ġ. ĠThere Ġis Ġvery Ġlittle Ġhuman Ġdevelopment Ġin Ġthe Ġremote Ġregion ĠâĢĶ Ġcattle Ġgrazing Ġand Ġranch ing Ġare Ġthe Ġprimary Ġhuman Ġuses ĠâĢĶ Ġbut Ġformer Ġmines Ġat Ġthe ĠMcD erm itt ĠCalder a Ġproduced Ġsome Ġof Ġthe Ġlargest Ġamounts Ġof Ġmercury Ġin ĠNorth ĠAmerica Ġin Ġthe Ġ20 th Ġcentury Ġ. ĠPublic Ġlands Ġin Ġthe Ġmountains Ġare Ġopen Ġto Ġrecreation Ġbut Ġare Ġrarely Ġvisited Ġ. ĠVeget ation Ġincludes Ġlarge Ġsw aths Ġof Ġbig Ġsage brush Ġin Ġaddition Ġto Ġdesert Ġgrass es Ġand Ġcotton wood Ġand Ġa lder Ġstands Ġ. ĠSage Ġgrou se Ġand Ġmountain Ġchick ade e Ġare Ġtwo Ġbird Ġspecies Ġnative Ġto Ġthe Ġrange Ġ, Ġand Ġcommon Ġmammals Ġinclude Ġpron gh orn Ġand Ġjack r abb its Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDespite Ġthe Ġarea Ġ' s Ġdry Ġclimate Ġ, Ġa Ġfew Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġround Ġstreams Ġprovide Ġhabitat Ġfor Ġthe Ġrare ĠLah ont an Ġcut thro at Ġtrout Ġ. ĠFish Ġpopulations Ġin Ġthe ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountains Ġdeclined Ġthroughout Ġmuch Ġof Ġthe Ġ20 th Ġcentury Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġ1980 s Ġ, Ġthe Ġeffects Ġof Ġgrazing Ġallot ments Ġon Ġrip arian Ġzones Ġand Ġthe Ġfish Ġled Ġto Ġland Ġ@ - @ Ġuse Ġconflict Ġ. ĠThe ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountain ĠWorking ĠGroup Ġwas Ġformed Ġin Ġ1988 Ġto Ġhelp Ġresolve Ġdisagreements Ġamong Ġlivestock Ġowners Ġ, Ġenvironmentalists Ġ, Ġgovernment Ġagencies Ġ, Ġand Ġother Ġinterested Ġparties Ġ. ĠThe Ġstakeholders Ġmet Ġand Ġagreed Ġon Ġchanges Ġto Ġland Ġ@ - @ Ġuse Ġpractices Ġ, Ġand Ġsince Ġthe Ġearly Ġ1990 s Ġ, Ġrip arian Ġzones Ġhave Ġbegun Ġto Ġrecover Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠGe ography Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠTrout ĠCreek ĠMountains Ġare Ġin Ġa Ġvery Ġremote Ġarea Ġof Ġsoutheastern ĠOregon Ġand Ġnorthern ĠNevada Ġ, Ġin ĠHar ney Ġand ĠH umb old t Ġcounties Ġ. ĠThe Ġnearest Ġhuman Ġsettlements Ġare Ġthe ĠWhite horse ĠRanch Ġ, Ġabout Ġ20 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ32 Ġkm Ġ) Ġdirectly Ġnorth Ġfrom Ġthe Ġmiddle Ġof Ġthe Ġmountains Ġ; ĠFields Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ, Ġabout Ġ23 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ37 Ġkm Ġ) Ġto Ġthe Ġnorthwest Ġ; ĠDen io Ġ, ĠNevada Ġ, Ġabout Ġ15 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ24 Ġkm Ġ) Ġto Ġthe Ġwest Ġ; Ġand ĠMcD erm itt Ġ, ĠNevada ĠâĢĵ ĠOregon Ġ, Ġabout Ġ30 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ48 Ġkm Ġ) Ġto Ġthe Ġeast Ġ. ĠThe Ġmountains Ġare Ġabout Ġ150 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ240 Ġkm Ġ) Ġdirectly Ġsouthwest Ġof ĠBoise Ġ, ĠIdaho Ġ, Ġand