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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 | |||||||
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![]() Richards in 2012 | |||||||
Born | Joshua Richards March 22, 1988 Shinnston, West Virginia | ||||||
World of Outlaws Late Model Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2004 | ||||||
Current team | Boom Briggs Racing | ||||||
Car number | 1R | ||||||
Starts | 474 | ||||||
Championships | 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 | ||||||
Wins | 78 | ||||||
Poles | 19 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 | ||||||
Finished last season | 39th (2021) | ||||||
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2004 | ||||||
Current team | Boom Briggs Racing | ||||||
Car number | 1R | ||||||
Starts | 326 | ||||||
Championships | 2017 | ||||||
Wins | 33 | ||||||
Poles | 24 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2017 | ||||||
Finished last season | 8th (2021) | ||||||
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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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]
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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]
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]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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