Richard Johns (racing driver)

Richard Johns
Born (1981-10-23) October 23, 1981
Lawrenceville, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
15 races run over 1 year
Best finish 44th (2007)
First race 2007 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
Last race 2007 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish 97th (2008)
First race 2008 Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega)
Last race 2008 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Richard Johns is an American race car driver from Lawrenceville, Georgia. He is currently racing in the Georgia Asphalt Series and the Camping World East Series. Johns also works as an engineering consultant for several teams in NASCAR.

Pre-NASCAR

Johns began racing in go-karts at the age of nine, Johns spent time on the go-kart dirt tracks throughout Georgia and the southeast. Moving up, he competed in the PARTS, the GAS and the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Along the way, Johns met Bobby Hamilton, who would be his mentor throughout his career.

Entry into NASCAR

Johns attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte while an employee at Team Rensi Motorsports. He graduated UNC-Charlotte with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. At the same time, he was promoted to Rensi's head engineer. In 2007, Rensi turned to Johns in driving their #25 car to fill in for NEXTEL Cup driver David Gilliland when his Cup and Busch schedule conflicted in 15 races, sponsored by freecreditreport.com. Johns had two top-twenty finishes and ended the season with a 44th-place finish in points. Losing not only both sponsors but Gilliland as well, who had mutually left due to the struggles of Yates Racing, Team Rensi downsized to a one team operation. During the offseason, Johns left Team Rensi and signed a sponsorship deal with family internet portal havfun.com. He and havfun were to compete in the Craftsman Truck Series for Wyler Racing in 2008, but the sponsor money never materialized and the deal fell through before Speedweeks, leaving Johns without a ride.

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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.)

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Johns – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Richard Johns – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Richard Johns − 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Richard Johns − 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

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