Josh Richards (racing driver)
| Josh Richards | |||||||
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 Richards in a 2012 NASCAR start | |||||||
| Born | 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 Craftsman 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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Josh 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 2017 champion. 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 Xfinity Series.[2]
Dirt track racing
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 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 Bower Racing in 2019, remaining in a Rocket chassis.[3][1] As of 2019, Richards has over 100 wins in Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws competition.[1]
NASCAR career
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.[4]
Images
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2018 Lucas Oil Late Model -
Richards emerging from his 2018 Late Model -
Richards' 2012 Xfinity Car at Road America
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.
- ^ Staff, SPEED SPORT (27 November 2018). "Josh Richards Joins Clint Bowyer Racing". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ McWilliams, Chris (10 February 2013). "Josh Richards Returns Full-Time to WoO Late Models With New Sponsor". OneDirt. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Josh Richards driver statistics at Racing-Reference