Tim Richmond (racing driver, born 1998)

Timothy Richmond (born September 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 27 car for his team, Richmond Motorsports.

Tim Richmond
Richmond at Pocono Raceway in 2021
BornTimothy Richmond
(1998-09-12) September 12, 1998 (age 26)
Ottawa, Illinois
ARCA Menards Series career
55 races run over 6 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 27 (Richmond Motorsports)
Best finish8th (2019)
First race2019 ARCA Pensacola 200 (Pensacola)
Last race2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
5 races run over 4 years
Best finish40th (2020)
First race2020 Royal Truck & Trailer 200 (Toledo)
Last race2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish52nd (2021)
First race2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 8, 2024.

Racing career

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Richmond's No. 06 at Pocono in June 2019. This was one of the races where he drove a newer composite car.

Prior to driving in the ARCA Menards Series, Richmond competed in a road racing series.[1]

Richmond made his debut in ARCA and stock car racing as a whole at Five Flags in 2019, driving for Wayne Peterson in his team's No. 06 car. Although he did finish 25 laps down (in 14th), he left the team impressed, as he was able to finish the race, something the team had not been able to accomplish much with other drivers. Being an underfunded team, WPR was still competing with steel-bodied cars, which ARCA was starting to shift away from. So, Richmond raced against newer cars and made it to the finish of the race in an older car.[2] After that, the team quickly signed him on for more races, which later turned out to be almost a full-season effort.[1] He also joined the battle for rookie of the year in 2019. Richmond would go on to finish eighth in points that season, although largely because the series had few full-time drivers that year. It was the highest points finish and first one in the top-10 for one of Wayne Peterson's drivers, topping teammate Con Nicolopoulos' two consecutive 11th-place finishes in the standings the previous two years when he ran nearly the full season both years.

It was revealed in an article on the ARCA website on December 23, 2019, that Richmond would return to the Peterson team and run the full season in 2020.[3]

Richmond and Peterson started the 2020 season off with an 18th-place finish at the season-opener at Daytona, and then a 23rd place DNF at Phoenix.

In 2021, Richmond left Peterson's team and started his team with fellow ARCA driver Alex Clubb, Richmond Clubb Motorsports. The team competed full-time in the series with both driver/co-owners sharing the car No. 27. The team also fielded second car at the Milwaukee Mile, meaning both drivers would be in that race. The cars and equipment that the Richmond family owned were also taken from WPR to RCM. The crew chief of the No. 06, Brad Frye, also moved over to the new team with Richmond.[4] Richmond missed the rest of the reason after he was injured in a crash at Michigan when Drew Dollar hit him. For the 2022 season, Richmond drove solely for Richmond Motorsports after Alex Clubb returned to his own team, Clubb Racing Inc.

Personal life

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Richmond and his family live in Ottawa, Illinois. The Richmond family helped out Peterson's team and crew improve in the 2019 season, particularly having fast enough speed to qualify for races and buying newer equipment such as the new composite cars (which would eventually be required in ARCA).[2][1] Tim is not related to NASCAR's past Tim Richmond.

Motorsports career results

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ARCA Menards Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2019 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Dodge DAY FIF
14
SLM
14
TAL NSH
13
TOL
11
CLT MAD
14
ISF
13
DSF
14
SLM
15
8th 3170 [5]
Toyota POC
14
MCH
15
CHI
12
IOW
16
POC
15
IRP
17
KAN
17
Chevy GTW
18
Ford ELK
16
2020 Toyota DAY
18
PHO
23
TAL
17
POC IRP
20
KEN IOW
13
KAN TOL
9
TOL
12
MCH
11
DAY GTW
16
L44
11
TOL
13
BRI WIN MEM
13
ISF
11
KAN
11
12th 331 [6]
2021 Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Toyota DAY
19
TAL
24
MOH
13
GLN
17
14th 253 [7]
Chevy PHO
13
KAN TOL CLT
13
POC
14
ELK BLN IOW
13
WIN MCH
17
ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN
2022 Richmond Motorsports Toyota DAY
18
PHO TAL
29
KAN 34th 107 [8]
Chevy CLT
26
IOW
23
BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF
06 MLW
17
DSF KAN BRI SLM
QL
TOL
2023 27 Toyota DAY
36
PHO TAL
25
KAN CLT BLN ELK 52nd 74 [9]
06 Toyota MOH
19
IOW POC MCH IRP GLN
22
ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL
2024 27 Toyota DAY
5
PHO TAL
16
DOV KAN CLT
17
IOW MOH
12
BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH
22
ISF MLW DSF GLN
26
BRI
16
KAN TOL 22nd 194 [10]
– Qualified but replaced by Nate Moeller

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Toyota NSM TOL DOV TOL
13
BRI FIF 37th 31 [11]
2021 Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Chevy NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW
13
MLW BRI 44th 31 [12]
2022 Richmond Motorsports NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW
23
36th 48 [13]
06 MLW
17
BRI
2024 Richmond Motorsports 27 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI
16
53rd 28 [14]

ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AMSWC Pts Ref
2021 Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Chevy PHO
13
SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 52nd 31 [15]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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  1. ^ a b c "By Any Measure, 2019 Season a Success for Tim Richmond". ARCARacing.com. November 8, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Krall, Charles (April 4, 2019). "Rookie Tim Richmond Exceeds Expectations at Five Flags". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Krall, Charles (December 23, 2019). "Solid Rookie Season by Tim Richmond Results in Tenth-Place in Owners Standings for Wayne Peterson". ARCARacing.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 22, 2021). "Alex Clubb and Tim Richmond Form Richmond Clubb Motorsports". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  12. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Tim Richmond – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
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