Josh Williams | |||||||
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Born |
Port Charlotte, Florida |
August 3, 1993 ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 90 (King Autosport) | ||||||
2016 position | 80th | ||||||
Best finish | 80th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Menards 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 84th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of July 1, 2017. |
Josh Williams (born August 3, 1993) is an American professional 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.
Williams raced go-karts, quarter midgets and Allison Legacy cars to help advance his early racing career.
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. 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. 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.
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.