Josh Williams (racing driver)

Josh Williams (born August 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 90 and 92 Chevrolet Camaros for King Autosport. He previously raced in the ARCA Racing Series, accumulating 100 starts in that series.^[1]

Racing career

Early years

Williams raced go-karts, quarter midgets and Allison Legacy cars to help advance his early racing career.^[2]

ARCA Racing Series

Williams' 2013 Kimmel ARCA car at Road America

Williams drove five races in the 2010 ARCA Racing Series in his family car, numbered 02. He recorded a best finish of 15th at Iowa Speedway.^[3] Williams caught the attention of those in the racing community with those performances, as he ran three races for Andy Belmont the following year and another three for his family team, which later developed an alliance with Lira Motorsports. Williams recorded two top-tens in Belmont's car and one more in his own car.^[4] For 2012, Williams took his Josh Williams Motorsports team full-time, running all but one race while having limited funding. He failed to finish three races and hads our top tens with a best finish of seventh.^[5]

The 2013 season was a struggle to begin with for Williams, who remained sponsorless through the first five races of the season despite having two top ten finishes. He then signed a four race deal with Roulo Brothers Racing, making sporadic appearances in their Ford racecars. Running in between races for Roulo with his family team, Williams was signed by Frank Kimmel to drive one of his cars at Road America, starting and parking. Williams drove the next race for GMS Racing, again start and parking at Michigan International Speedway. Williams carried the sponsorship from Allegiant Air for the rest of the year, grabbing his first top-five finish (a second at Chicagoland Speedway). He finished fifth in points while utilizing four teams to get there.^[6]

Again hampered by limited funding, Williams scaled back to just over half the schedule in 2014, always running near or in the top ten. He scored another runner-up finish in the season's penultimate race.^[7] He raced the full season with the number six in 2015, except for one race with Cunningham Motorsports. He only finished outside of the top ten in five races and finished third in the drivers standings,^[8] behind Grant Enfinger and Austin Wayne Self, who passed Williams for second during the final race. 2016 brought new success for Williams, as he won his first two races, at Madison International Speedway^[9] and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.^[10] He finished fifth in points after an inconsistent season with 11 top tens.^[11]

Williams has said that he would like to run more ARCA Racing Series races in 2017.^[12]

National series

Williams and family made one Camping World Truck Series start, falling out at Martinsville Speedway in 2014.^[13] He made two Xfinity Series starts as a start and park driver, one for Jimmy Means Racing and one for King Autosport.^[14] He was announced as the driver of King's No. 90 entry for the spring Bristol Motor Speedway Xfinity race on April 21, 2017.^[15] Longtime friend Mario Gosselin helped Williams get the ride.^[16] Along with the Bristol race, Williams wants to run about six Truck races for his family team in 2017.^[17]

Personal life

Williams visits children's hospitals to give back to the community in his free time.^[18]

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.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

External links

• Josh Williams driver statistics at Racing-Reference