Josh Richards
Josh Richards | |||||||
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![]() Richards in a 2012 NASCAR start | |||||||
Born | Joshua Richards March 22, 1988 Shinnston, West Virginia | ||||||
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career | |||||||
Current team | Clint Bowyer Racing | ||||||
Car number | 14 | ||||||
Championships | 2017 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2017[1] | ||||||
Finished last season | 3rd | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
World of Outlaws Late Model Series | |||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2016, 2013, 2010, and 2009[1] | World of Outlaws Late Model Series | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 1 year | |||||||
2012 position | 27th | ||||||
Best finish | 27th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2012 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2011 UNOH 225 (Kentucky) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 30, 2020. |
Joshua Richards (born March 22, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver from Shinnston, West Virginia.[2] He currently races dirt Late Models in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series where he was the champion in 2017. Richards was a four-time champion in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series (2016, 2013, 2010, and 2009).
Richards has raced on asphalt. He competed in the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and peaked with 14 starts in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series.[2]
Racing career[]
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NASCAR and ARCA[]
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Richards raced in eight NASCAR Truck races in 2011 with a top finish of thirteenth at Talladega.[2] In 2012, he raced in one Truck race and fourteen Nationwide races.[2] His best Nationwide finish was a sixteenth-place finish at Daytona.[2] He made a few dirt late model starts in 2012, and switch back to late models in 2013 after he had no stock car ride.[3]
Dirt track racing[]
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Richards raced the house car for his father's Rocket Chassis team in national dirt late model series for eleven years until 2016.[1] He won the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2009, 2010, and 2013.[1] He raced for Best Performance Motorsports in 2016 and won the World of Outlaws championship in a Rocket chassis as well as the 2017 Lucas Oil championship.[1] He switched to Clint Bowyer Racing in 2019, remaining in a Rocket chassis.[4][1] As of 2019, Richards has over 100 wins in Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws competition.[1] Richards won his third dirt late model race of 2020 at Eldora Speedway by winning the $10,000 opening night of the Intercontinental Classic against a field of invitation-only drivers.[5]
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.)
Nationwide Series[]
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
2012 | Go Green Racing | 39 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL 30 |
DAR 25 |
IOW 34 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 22 |
MCH 30 |
ROA 31 |
KEN 20 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 24 |
CHI 20 |
IND | BRI 19 |
ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN 21 |
DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 27th | 256 | [6] | |||
Randy Hill Racing | 08 | Ford | IOW 34 |
GLN | CGV |
Camping World Truck Series[]
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2011 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN 29 |
IOW | ATL 21 |
CHI | NHA | 30th | 166 | [7] | |||||||||||
18 | NSH 22 |
IRP 22 |
POC | MCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | BRI 17 |
KEN 34 |
LVS | TAL 13 |
MAR 28 |
TEX | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Wauters Motorsports | 5 | Ford | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR 17 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 98th | 01 | [8] |
1 Ineligible for series points
K&N Pro Series East[]
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | |||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
2009 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Chevy | GRE 4 |
IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP | LRP | 32nd | 360 | [9] | ||||
03 | Chevy | NHA 18 |
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Dodge | DOV 24 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Chevy | GRE | SBO | IOW 6 |
MAR 28 |
NHA | LRP | GRE | NHA | DOV | 39th | 221 | [10] |
ARCA Racing Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
2007 | Tony Stewart Racing | 20 | Chevy | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF 3 |
SLM | TOL | 102nd | 215 | [11] | ||||
2009 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW | KEN 32 |
BLN | POC | ISF | CHI | TOL | 120th | 165 | [12] | ||||||||
15 | DSF 27 |
NJE | KAN | CAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Ken Schrader Racing | 99 | Chevy | DAY 42 |
SLM | TAL | TOL | POC | 76th | 245 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||
RAB Racing | 99 | Ford | MCH 36 |
IOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Chevy | 13 |
BLN | ISF | CHI | DSF | SLM | KAN | CAR | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 25 | Toyota | DAY | TAL | SLM | TOL | 3 |
POC | 36th | 615 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | ISF 9 |
DSF | SLM | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Toyota | 10 |
WIN | BLN | IOW |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Pope, Thomas (October 2019). Why the House Usually Wins. Speedway Illustrated. pp. 66–70.
- ^ a b c d e "Driver Josh Richards Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ McWilliams, Chris (10 February 2013). "Josh Richards Returns Full-Time to WoO Late Models With New Sponsor". OneDirt. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Staff, SPEED SPORT (27 November 2018). "Josh Richards Joins Clint Bowyer Racing". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Intercontinental Classic at Eldora Speedway". Intercontinental Classic. September 10, 2020. Event occurs at 21:45. FloRacing.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Richards – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
External links[]
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- Official website
- Josh Richards driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- NASCAR drivers
- 1988 births
- Living people
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- Racing drivers from West Virginia
- People from Shinnston, West Virginia