Robert Richardson Jr. (racing driver)

Robert Richardson Jr. (born April 4, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Camry for BK Racing.

He began driving at the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Team Texas Driving School at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002. He was runner-up in Rookie of the Year honors the following season in Romco Super Late Models. In 2004, he made his Auto Racing Club of America debut at Chicagoland Speedway. He is a former quarterback at Southern Methodist University.

Racing career

Richardson leaves pit road during the 2007 Ford 300.

Richardson made his NASCAR debut in 2005 Las Vegas 350, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for Mighty Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series. He started 35th and finished 29th, seven laps down. He ran two more races that season. During the off-season, he purchased equipment from Ultra Motorsports and formed his own team to compete for NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors in the No. 1 WinYourMortgage.com Chevrolet. He failed to qualify for five races, had a best finish of 16th at Talladega Superspeedway and ended up 30th in season points. His team reportedly shut down after the season ended.

In 2007, Richardson moved up to the NASCAR Busch Series, driving the No. 28 Checkers/Rally's/United States Border Patrol Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Jay Robinson Racing. He made sixteen starts and finished 46th in points, with a best finish of 19th at Talladega Superspeedway. He signed with Robinson to drive the No. 4 JVC/Phantom EFX Chevy at least 20 races for JRR in 2008, but he was released. Later that summer, he formed his own team with his father and Rob Fuller, and has driven the No. 23 team for them since. He shared the No. 23 with Ken Butler III in 2009, and also drove the No. 0 part-time for JD Motorsports.

Richardson ran the Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega for Tommy Baldwin Racing, with sponsorship from Mahindra Tractors; he finished 18th this was the best finish for Tommy Baldwin's team in the Sprint Cup in 2009 debut, the team start and parked for most of the season. Richardson ran four races for Front Row Motorsports in 2010; he also drove the No. 92 Dodge at the Sprint Showdown for Brian Keselowski.

Richardson ran the 2011 Daytona 500 in the No. 37 Front Row Motorsports Ford with sponsorship from North Texas Pipes, while running the majority of the Nationwide Series schedule in 2011.

In 2012, he attempted to qualify for the Daytona 500 in a family-owned No. 23 Chevrolet,^[1] but failed to make the field. Richardson ran the 2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 in the No. 23 StalkIt car to 9th place, his best career finish, and ran a limited schedule for the remainder of the year.

In 2016, Richardson returned to the Cup Series for the Daytona 500 with sponsorship from StalkIt. He would drive the No. 26 car for BK Racing.^[2] Despite not being locked into the race due to his team not possessing a charter (which would have guaranteed his team a spot in the 500),^[3] Richardson was able to finish 18th in the second Can-Am Duel^[4] to qualify for the 500.^[5]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup 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	36	NSCC	Pts
2009	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL 18	TEX	PHO	HOM	59th	109
2010	Front Row Motorsports	38	Ford	DAY 31	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX																													54th	301
		37										TAL 26	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY 23	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR
		34																																		TAL 37	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011		37		DAY 38	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	77th	0¹
2012	R3 Motorsports	23	Toyota	DAY DNQ	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL 27	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY DNQ	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV								68th	0¹
2012	R3 Motorsports	23	Chevy																														TAL 35	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	0¹
2016	BK Racing	26	Toyota	DAY 38	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	51st	3

* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2010	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	37	31
2011	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	28	38
2012	R3 Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ
2016	BK Racing	Toyota	40	38

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	NNSC	Pts
2006	Richardson Racing	80	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM DNQ	NA	-
2007	Jay Robinson Racing	28	Chevy	DAY 28	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH 31			TAL 19	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV 36	NSH 30	KEN 34	MLW 33	NHA 39	DAY 26	CHI	GTY 22	IRP 27	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI 38	CAL	RCH	DOV 27	KAN	CLT	MEM 31	TEX 32	PHO	HOM 63	46th	1146
2007	Richardson Racing	80	Chevy								TEX DNQ	PHO																											46th	1146
2008	Jay Robinson Racing	4	Chevy	DAY 31	CAL 25	LVS 19	ATL 32	BRI 32	NSH 35	TEX 29	PHO 30	MXC	TAL 19	RCH 34	DAR																								45th	1105
2008	R3 Motorsports	23	Chevy													CLT 38	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 32	CHI DNQ	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH 35	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN 23	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX 36	PHO	HOM DNQ	45th	1105
2009		23		DAY 34	CAL		BRI 29	TEX 24	NSH	PHO	TAL 16	RCH	DAR	CLT 33	DOV	NSH 21	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 26	CHI 28	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH 24	BRI	CGV	ATL 22	RCH 28	DOV	KAN 22	CAL	CLT	MEM 32	TEX 26	PHO	HOM	41st	1248
2009		0				LVS 34																																	41st	1248
2010		23		DAY 25	CAL 33	LVS 26	BRI	NSH 23	PHO	TEX 23	TAL 20	RCH	DAR	DOV 35	CLT 23	NSH 27	KEN 30	ROA	NHA 27	DAY 32	CHI 31	GTY	IRP 15	IOW 23	GLN	MCH 33	BRI 28	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 31	CAL 26	CLT 33	GTY	TEX 27	PHO	HOM 20	27th	1882
2011			Dodge	DAY 32	PHO 24	LVS 22	BRI 37	CAL 29	TEX 26	TAL 28	NSH 34	RCH 20	DAR	DOV	IOW 22	CLT 36	CHI 32	MCH 31	ROA	DAY 31																			24th	377
2011			Chevy																		KEN 33	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW 23	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL 26	RCH 22	CHI 29	DOV	KAN	CLT 30	TEX 25	PHO 22	HOM 22		24th	377
2012				DAY 35	PHO	LVS 24	BRI	CAL 21	TEX 34	RCH 34	TAL 26	DAR	IOW	CLT 39	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY 17	NHA	CHI	IND 31	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI 24	ATL 31	RCH 22	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT 20	KAN 39	TEX 27	PHO	HOM 33			28th	248
2013				DAY 9	PHO	LVS 29	BRI 27	CAL	TEX 31	RCH 32	TAL 20	DAR	CLT 40	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY 32	NHA	CHI	IND 30	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 30	ATL 25	RCH 34	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT 27	TEX 28	PHO	HOM			32nd	222
2014				DAY 38	PHO	LVS 31	BRI	CAL	TEX 34	DAR	RCH	TAL 32	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY 40	NHA	CHI	IND 32	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX 29	PHO	HOM			42nd	72

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts
2005	Mighty Motorsports	24	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS 29						62nd	216
	Maverick Motorsports	82	Chevy																					MAR 28	ATL	TEX	PHO
	Richardson Racing	35	Chevy																									HOM 34
2006		1	Dodge	DAY 17	CAL 33	ATL 30	MAR 28			MFD 33																			30th	1514
2006		1	Chevy					GTY 36	CLT DNQ		DOV DNQ	TEX 23	MCH DNQ	MLW 33	KAN 27	KEN DNQ	MEM 36	IRP 30	NSH 27	BRI 36	NHA 36	LVS 28	TAL 16	MAR 24	ATL 27	TEX 28	PHO 34	HOM DNQ	30th	1514
2009	Rob Fuller Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX 35	PHO	HOM	109th	58

References

↑ "Daytona 500 Entry List". NASCAR via Jayski's. ESPN. February 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (February 7, 2016). "BK Racing adds Stalk It as sponsor for Robert Richardson Jr.'s effort". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
↑ Bruce, Kenny (February 14, 2016). "BLANEY, DIBENEDETTO LOCK UP DAYTONA 500 SPOTS". NASCAR. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
↑ "22016 Can-Am Duel 150 #2". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
↑ Pistone, Pete (February 18, 2016). "Michael McDowell and Robert Richardson Jr. Make The Daytona 500". Motor Racing Network. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

External links

Official website
Robert Richardson Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

BK Racing

Personnel

Ron Devine
Anthony Marlowe
Wayne Press
Mike Wheeler
Thomas Uberall
Mike Ford
Doug Richert

Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(23) TBA (26) Robert Richardson Jr. (83) TBA (93) Ryan Ellis / Dylan Lupton

Crew chiefs	(23) Patrick Donahue (26) Mike Ford (83) Gene Nead (93) Mike Ford

Former drivers

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