Josh Richards (racing driver) explained

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.

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.

Racing career

NASCAR and ARCA

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

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. 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. He switched to Clint Bowyer Racing in 2019, remaining in a Rocket chassis.^[4] As of 2019, Richards has over 100 wins in Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws competition. 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
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		Pts	Ref
2012	Go Green Racing	39	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND				BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	27th	256	[6]
	Randy Hill Racing	08	Ford																				IOW	GLN	CGV

Camping World Truck Series

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		Pts	Ref
2011	Kyle Busch Motorsports	15	Toyota	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW						ATL	CHI	NHA							30th	166	[7]
		18													NSH	IRP	POC	MCH
		51																	BRI				KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	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	TEX	PHO	HOM				98th	01	[8]

Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		Pts	Ref
2009	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Chevy	GRE	TRI	IOW	SBO	GLN	NHA	TMP	ADI	LRP			32nd	360	[9]
	Dave Davis Motorsports	03	Chevy										NHA
			Dodge											DOV
2010		1	Chevy	GRE	SBO	IOW	MAR	NHA	LRP	LEE	JFC	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
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		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	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	102nd	215	[11]
2009	Venturini Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL								120th	165	[12]
		15																		DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR
2010	Ken Schrader Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	PBE	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC																	76th	245	[13]
	RAB Racing	99	Ford								MCH	IOW
	Venturini Motorsports	55	Chevy										MFD	POC	BLN	NJE	ISF	CHI	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR
2011		25	Toyota	DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC																	36th	615	[14]
			Chevy														ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KAN	TOL
		15	Toyota								MCH	WIN	BLN	IOW	IRP	POC

Notes and References

1. Web site: Driver Josh Richards Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info . racing-reference.info . May 31, 2018.
2. Web site: McWilliams . Chris . Josh Richards Returns Full-Time to WoO Late Models With New Sponsor . OneDirt . October 12, 2019 . 10 February 2013 . 12 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012041000/https://www.onedirt.com/news/josh-richards-returns-full-time-to-woo-late-models-with-new-sponsor/ . dead .
3. Book: Pope . Thomas . Why the House Usually Wins . October 2019 . Speedway Illustrated . 66–70.
4. Web site: Staff . SPEED SPORT . Josh Richards Joins Clint Bowyer Racing . SPEED SPORT . October 12, 2019 . 27 November 2018.
5. Intercontinental Classic at Eldora Speedway . Intercontinental Classic . . September 10, 2020 . 21:45 .
6. Web site: Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
7. Web site: Josh Richards – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
8. Web site: Josh Richards – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
9. Web site: Josh Richards – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
10. Web site: Josh Richards – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
11. Web site: Josh Richards – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
12. Web site: Josh Richards – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
13. Web site: Josh Richards – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.
14. Web site: Josh Richards – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results . Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 30, 2020.