Josh Richards (racing driver)

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Josh Richards
Josh Richards 39 2012 Road America Sargento 200.jpg
Richards in 2012
BornJoshua Richards
(1988-03-22) March 22, 1988 (age 35)
Shinnston, West Virginia
World of Outlaws Late Model Series career
Debut season2004
Current teamBoom Briggs Racing
Car number1R
Starts474
Championships2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
Wins78
Poles19
Best finish1st in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
Finished last season39th (2021)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career
Debut season2004
Current teamBoom Briggs Racing
Car number1R
Starts326
Championships2017
Wins33
Poles24
Best finish1st in 2017
Finished last season8th (2021)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 1 year
2012 position27th
Best finish27th (2012)
First race 2012 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Last race 2012 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
9 races run over 2 years
Best finish30th (2011)
First race 2011 UNOH 225 (Kentucky)
Last race 2012 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of April 3, 2022.

Joshua Richards (born March 22, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver from Shinnston, West Virginia. [1] He last competed full-time in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, in the No. 1R Rocket Chassis for Boom Briggs Racing, where he had been a champion in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Richards was also a champion in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2017.

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Richards has also 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. [1]

Racing career

NASCAR and ARCA

Richards' 2012 Xfinity car at Road America 39 Josh Richards Turn 13 2012 Road America Sargento 200.jpg
Richards' 2012 Xfinity car at Road America

Richards raced in eight NASCAR Truck races in 2011 with a top finish of thirteenth at Talladega. [1] In 2012, he raced in one Truck race and fourteen Nationwide races. [1] His best Nationwide finish was a sixteenth-place finish at Daytona. [1] 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. [2]

Dirt track racing

2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Lucas 1R Josh Richards.jpg
2018 Lucas Oil Late Model
Richards emerging from his 2018 Late Model Lucas Josh Richards 2018.jpg
Richards emerging from his 2018 Late Model

Richards raced the house car for his father's Rocket Chassis team in national dirt late model series for eleven years until 2016. [3] He won the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2009, 2010, and 2013. [3] 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. [3] He switched to Clint Bowyer Racing in 2019, remaining in a Rocket chassis. [4] [3] As of 2019, Richards has over 100 wins in Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws competition. [3] 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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NNSCPtsRef
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 27th256 [6]
Randy Hill Racing 08 Ford IOW
34
GLN CGV

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
2011 Kyle Busch Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN
29
IOW ATL
21
CHI NHA 30th166 [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 98th01 [8]

1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011NKNPSECPtsRef
2009 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Chevy GRE
4
TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP 32nd360 [9]
Dave Davis Motorsports 03 Chevy NHA
18
Dodge DOV
24
2010 1 Chevy GRE SBO IOW
6
MAR
28
NHA LRP LEE JFC NHA DOV 39th221 [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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARSCPtsRef
2007 Tony Stewart Racing20 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF
3
CHI SLM TAL TOL 102nd215 [11]
2009 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN
32
BLN POC ISF CHI TOL 120th165 [12]
15 DSF
27
NJE SLM KAN CAR
2010 Ken Schrader Racing 99 Chevy DAY
42
PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC 76th245 [13]
RAB Racing 99 Ford MCH
36
IOW
Venturini Motorsports 55 Chevy MFD
13
POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR
2011 25 Toyota DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI
3
POC 36th615 [14]
Chevy ISF
9
MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL
15 Toyota MCH
10
WIN BLN IOW IRP POC

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Pope, Thomas (October 2019). Why the House Usually Wins. Speedway Illustrated. pp. 66–70.
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  10. "Josh Richards – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  11. "Josh Richards – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
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