Joshua Richards (born March 22, 1988) is an American former professional

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driver from

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. He last competed full-time in the

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, 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 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is a Late model, dirt late model touring series owned and operated by Lucas Oil. The series competes on dirt track racing, dirt ovals across the United States, primarily throughout the east coast and the midwest. ...

in 2017. Richards has also raced on asphalt. He competed in the

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and peaked with 14 starts in the

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Racing career

NASCAR and ARCA

39 Josh Richards Turn 13 2012 Road America Sargento 200

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

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. 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.

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. 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. 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

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by winning the $10,000 opening night of the Intercontinental Classic against a field of invitation-only drivers.

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

Camping World Truck Series

Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

ARCA Racing Series

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Josh NASCAR drivers 1988 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers Racing drivers from West Virginia People from Shinnston, West Virginia Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers Sportspeople from Harrison County, West Virginia