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Josh Richards (racing driver)

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.

Josh Richards
Richards in 2012
BornJoshua Richards
(1988-03-22) March 22, 1988 (age 36)
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 race2012 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Last race2012 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
9 races run over 2 years
Best finish30th (2011)
First race2011 UNOH 225 (Kentucky)
Last race2012 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of April 3, 2022.

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

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NASCAR and ARCA

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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

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2018 Lucas Oil Late Model
 
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

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NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
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 		TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP 32nd 360 [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 39th 221 [10]

ARCA Racing Series

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(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
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 KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF
3 		CHI SLM TAL TOL 102nd 215 [11]
2009 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN
32 		BLN POC ISF CHI TOL 120th 165 [12]
15 DSF
27 		NJE SLM KAN CAR
2010 Ken Schrader Racing 99 Chevy DAY
42 		PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC 76th 245 [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 36th 615 [14]
Chevy ISF
9 		MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL
15 Toyota MCH
10 		WIN BLN IOW IRP POC

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Driver Josh Richards Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. ^ McWilliams, Chris (10 February 2013). "Josh Richards Returns Full-Time to WoO Late Models With New Sponsor". OneDirt. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e Pope, Thomas (October 2019). Why the House Usually Wins. Speedway Illustrated. pp. 66–70.
  4. ^ Staff, SPEED SPORT (27 November 2018). "Josh Richards Joins Clint Bowyer Racing". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Intercontinental Classic at Eldora Speedway". Intercontinental Classic. September 10, 2020. Event occurs at 21:45. FloRacing.
  6. ^ "Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Josh Richards – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Josh Richards – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  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.
  12. ^ "Josh Richards – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. ^ "Josh Richards – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Josh Richards – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
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