Tim Richmond (racing driver, born 1998)

Timothy "Tim" Richmond (born September 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 06 car for Wayne Peterson Racing.

This article is about the racing driver who currently competes in ARCA. For the racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Cup Series in the 1980s, see Tim Richmond.
Tim Richmond
Richmond in 2019
Nationality American
BornTimothy Richmond
(1998-09-12) September 12, 1998
Ottawa, Illinois
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamWayne Peterson Racing
Car number06
EngineToyota
Crew chiefBrad Frye
Starts24
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish8th in 2019
Finished last season8th (2019)
Last updated on: August 9, 2020.

Racing career
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 in 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 due to the fact that 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 Nicolopolous' 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.

Personal life

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] Richmond is not related to former NASCAR Cup Series driver Tim Richmond.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

(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 [4]
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 DSF BRI MEM KAN SLM MAD ISF 12th* 208* [5]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "By Any Measure, 2019 Season a Success for Tim Richmond". ARCARacing.com. November 8, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. 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. "Driver Tim Richmond (2) 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  5. "Tim Richmond – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
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