Richard Johns (racing driver)

Richard Johns (born October 23, 1981) is an American professional 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.

Richard Johns
Born (1981-10-23) October 23, 1981
Lawrenceville, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
15 races run over 1 year
Best finish44th (2007)
First race2007 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
Last race2007 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish97th (2008)
First race2008 Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega)
Last race2008 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

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
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
2007 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH
34		 TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
34		 KEN
28		 MLW
19		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
31		 IRP
15		 CGV
25		 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH
30		 DOV
28		 KAN
26		 CLT
27		 MEM
23		 TEX
34		 PHO
31		 HOM
35		 44th 1185 [1]

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
2008 Lafferty Motorsports 89 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL
30		 MAR ATL
31		 TEX PHO HOM 70th 152 [2]

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 ARSC Pts Ref
2006 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Ford DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN
7		 KEN
29		 BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 90th 285 [3]
2007 DAY USA NSH
16		 SLM KAN WIN KEN
14		 TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL
4		 TOL 54th 525 [4]

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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