Josh Richeson

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.

Josh Richeson
Born	Joshua Richeson (1981-09-04) September 4, 1981 (age 43) Troutman, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
24 races run over 5 years
Best finish	57th (2002)
First race	2001 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2006 Busch Silver Celebration 250 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	97th (2004)
First race	2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 29, 2020.

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
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	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
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					105th	95	[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		57th	495	[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		79th	316	[3]
	Ortec Racing	96	Ford																			CHI 40
2004	Curb Agajanian Motorsports	43	Chevy	DAY 27	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL																											84th	244	[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	148th	34	[5]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
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	97th	88	[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
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	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2001	LJ Racing	91	Chevy	DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY	KEN	CLT 19	KAN	MCH																	83rd	385	[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				100th	230	[8]
2005	Ken Schrader Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM QL†	KEN	TOL	LAN																				122nd	150	[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/A	0	[10]
† - Qualified for Ken Schrader

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.

External links

• Josh Richeson driver statistics at Racing-Reference