Josh Richeson

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Josh Richeson
BornJoshua Richeson
(1981-09-04) September 4, 1981 (age 41)
Troutman, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
24 races run over 5 years
Best finish57th (2002)
First race 2001 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2006 Busch Silver Celebration 250 (Gateway)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish97th (2004)
First race 2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of July 29, 2020.

Joshua Richeson (born September 4, 1981) is an American stock car racing driver. He has made 24 career starts in the NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity), one start in the Truck Series, and five in the ARCA Racing Series. He is the nephew of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Brett Bodine.

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Racing career

Richeson made his Nationwide Series debut at Richmond International Raceway in September 2001. He drove the No. 06 Bodine Racing Ford Taurus into the field with a 33rd place qualifying effort, but was involved with a crash on lap 72 and finished 40th.

Bodine put together some sponsorship deals from Smucker's and Timberland to put Richeson in the car for seven races in 2002. He ran better at Daytona, starting 25th and finishing 30th. In these seven events, his best finish was only 28th place, at Rockingham Motor Speedway.

Other than driving his uncle's car, Richeson ran for other teams in 2001 and 2002. But after being released from Bodine Racing, Richeson found only one-race deals for the next few years.

In 2002 and 2003, he drove eight races for the Havill-Spoerl team in car No. 67. However, the team struggled, and Richeson did not finish any races. His best finish was a 35th at Memphis, but he did record his career-best start of 19th at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

In 2004, he twice recorded his best career finish of 27th, first at Daytona driving the No. 43 for Curb Agajanian Performance Group and later at Gateway in the No. 49 Advil Ford (for the injured Derrike Cope). He drove for Jay Robinson Racing's No. 28 team at Milwaukee, finishing 40th. He drove in the No. 97 AmericInn Chevy at New Hampshire, finishing 42nd.

In 2004, Richeson drove the Curb-Agajanian Craftsman Truck Series truck. Josh started the race at Darlington in 36th, the last truck in the field, but drove to a 25th-place finish. In 2006, he returned to the Busch Series, driving the No. 28 Ford for Jay Robinson at Gateway International Raceway.

In 2019 Josh found himself back behind the driver's seat. Josh began driving for legendary chassis builder Billy Hess. Hess had found success as a chassis builder and was branching out from pavement cars to dirt late models. Josh won several late model races in the 2019 season. Josh currently participates in regional super late model racing throughout the southeast. He is also building his own late model chassis in conjunction with Justin Shaw, the grandson of the late C.J. Rayburn.

Personal life

Josh has been a vegetarian since 2017.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2001 Brett Bodine Racing 6 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
40		 DOV KAN CLT
DNQ		 MEM PHO 105th95 [1]
HighLine Performance Group 8 Chevy CAR
37		 HOM
2002 Brett Bodine Racing 11 Ford DAY CAR
30		 LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
41		 NHA NZH CLT
43		 DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI BRI
DNQ		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV
33		 KAN CLT
35		 MEM ATL
35		 CAR
28		 PHO HOM 57th495 [2]
Havill-Spoerl Racing 85 Ford GTY
41		 PPR
38		 IRP MCH
2003 Schuler Racing 67 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL
28		 RCH GTY
41		 NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY NHA
40		 PPR IRP
42		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN
39		 CLT MEM
35		 ATL
42		 PHO
DNQ		 CAR
DNQ		 HOM 79th316 [3]
Ortec Racing 96 Ford CHI
40
2004 Curb Agajanian Motorsports 43 Chevy DAY
27		 CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL 84th244 [4]
Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford GTY
27		 RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
28 MLW
40		 DAY CHI
Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Chevy NHA
42		 PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM
2006 Jay Robinson Racing 28 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY
43		 IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 148th34 [5]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCTCPtsRef
2004 Edge Performance Group 43 Ford DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR
25		 HOM 97th88 [6]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425ARMCPtsRef
2001 LJ Racing 91 Chevy DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT
19		 KAN MCH 83rd385 [7]
Brett Bodine Racing 14 Ford POC
2		 MEM GLN KEN MCH POC
DNS		 NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL
2004 J&J Motorsports 70 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL
24*		 DSF CHI SLM
29		 TAL 100th230 [8]
2005 Ken Schrader Racing 99 Chevy DAY NSH SLM
QL†		 KEN TOL LAN 122nd150 [9]
Henriksen Racing 17 Pontiac MIL
14		 POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
2006 Ken Schrader Racing 99 Chevy DAY NSH SLM
QL†		 WIN KEN TOL
QL†		 POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW N/A0 [10]
† - Qualified for Ken Schrader

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References

  1. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Josh Richeson – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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