Richard Johns (racing driver)

Richard Johns
Richard Johns
Born	October 23, 1981 (age 43); 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)
NASCAR Craftsman 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)

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.

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 31	MAR	ATL 30	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	152	^[2]

ARCA Re/Max Series