# Josh Williams (racing driver)

Joshua Lee Williams (born August 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet SS for Kaulig Racing. He also owns Josh Williams Motorsports, which fields cars for development drivers in the ARCA Menards Series, Late Model Stock Cars, Legend Cars and Bandoloero's.

## Racing career
### Early years

Williams started his racing career in go-kart racing and later raced Fastrucks and Legends cars to advance his early career, eventually earning a berth in the 2009 edition of "Humpy's Heroes", a summer driver development program run by Humpy Wheeler for young drivers.

### ARCA Racing Series

Williams drove five races in the 2010 ARCA Racing Series in his family car, numbered 02. He recorded the 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 had four 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.
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. 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 driver's standings, 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 and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. The Madison win came after he blew an engine in the previous contests and considered withdrawing from Madison; his crew pulled an all-nighter during the week to get the engine prepared. He finished fifth in points after an inconsistent season with 11 top tens.
Williams had said that he would have liked to run more ARCA Racing Series races in 2017. His team ran two races at the beginning of the season in a partnership with Lira Motorsports, and Williams himself went behind the wheel for the annual Salem Speedway throwback weekend, running fourth.
Williams returned once again in the 2018 season behind the wheel of the No. 6 Chevrolet at Talladega in a partnership between his own team and Our Motorsports. They finished 5th.

### National series

Williams and family made one Camping World Truck Series start in a partnership with T3R2 Racing, falling out at Martinsville Speedway in 2014. He made two Xfinity Series starts as a start and park driver in 2016, one for Jimmy Means Racing and one for King Autosport. He was announced as the driver of King's No. 90 entry for the spring Bristol Motor Speedway Xfinity race on April 21, 2017. Longtime friend Mario Gosselin helped Williams get the ride. Along with the Bristol race, Williams wanted to run about six Truck races for his family team in 2017. The Truck races never came, but Williams garnered six other starts split between King's 90 and 92 cars, mostly starting and parking in the 92 and running full races in the 90. At Daytona in the summer, Williams was running just outside the top ten before he was clipped by Daniel Suárez, finishing last. Williams broke the top thirty in all of his full races.
For 2018, Williams took over the majority of the races in the No. 90 and served as crew chief for drivers of the 90 like Donald Theetge and Andy Lally most weekends when he was not in the seat.
On January 29, 2019, it was announced that Williams would move over to DGM's No. 36 car for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. After gambling on pit strategy, Williams finished a then-career-best sixteenth in the Boyd Gaming 300 in early March. He later improved on that career-best with his first career top-ten, an eighth at Talladega Superspeedway in the spring. The finish helped Williams and DGM bounce back from a sponsor who failed to pay the team in the beginning portions of the year.
Williams returned to DGM in 2020, piloting the team's No. 92 entry. He reeled off two top-ten finishes in the month of October, including a career-best sixth-place finish at Kansas Speedway that came only a day after the death of one of Williams' employees. On October 31, Williams and the team confirmed another full-season effort in 2021. Following the 2021 season, Williams and DGM parted with Williams taking an opportunity that will help him reach racing on Sundays.
Williams moved to the No. 78 in 2022, driving for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.
Williams made his first career NASCAR Cup Series start at the 2022 Food City Dirt Race, and will drive the No. 78 for Live Fast Motorsports.
On August 22, 2022, Williams announced that he would be returning to his old No. 92 for DGM. He would drive that car as well as the team's No. 36 car for the rest of 2022. In 2023, Williams returned to the No. 92 car full-time. At Atlanta, he sustained heavy damage on lap 27; when debris from his repaired car caused another caution, NASCAR parked him under a provision in the Damaged Vehicle Policy. In response, Williams stopped his car on the start/finish line and walked back to pit road. On March 21, he was suspended for the COTA race for his actions.
Williams will drive the No. 11 car for Kaulig Racing in the 2024 season.

## Personal life

Williams was born in Florida but moved to the Charlotte area at age 15, taking online classes to get through high school while racing. As a teen, Williams was injured in a head-on four-wheeler collision and spent five days in the ICU. Williams visits children's hospitals to give back to the community in his free time. Williams, with his wife Trazia Rae, owns a company that prepares foreclosed homes for auction, which he works at during the week while racing. His wife is a social media influencer and they have one daughter together.

## 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.)

#### Cup Series

NASCAR 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 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Live Fast Motorsports | 78 | Ford | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | BRD 25 | TAL | DOV | DAR | KAN | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IRC 25 | MCH | RCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV 31 | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 54th | 0$^1$ | |
| 2024 | Kaulig Racing | 16 | Chevy | DAY | ATL 37 | LVS | PHO | BRI | COA | RCH | MAR 27 | TEX | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | RCH | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 57th | 0$^1$ | |

#### Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 | NXSC | Pts |
| 2016 | Jimmy Means Racing | 79 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH 38 | IOW | DAY | KEN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 80th | 4 |
| 2016 | King Autosport | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA DNQ | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN 37 | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 80th | 4 |
| 2017 | King Autosport | 90 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI 22 | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 26 | DOV | CLT | KAN | | | HOM 28 | 46th | 53 |
| 2017 | King Autosport | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 34 | IOW | DAY 40 | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | | | | | TEX 34 | PHO | | 46th | 53 |
| 2018 | DGM Racing | 90 | Chevy | DAY 22 | ATL 24 | LVS 21 | PHO 29 | CAL 25 | TEX 30 | BRI 22 | RCH | TAL 26 | DOV | CLT 38 | POC 21 | MCH 32 | IOW 34 | CHI 31 | DAY 24 | KEN 35 | NHA | IOW 24 | GLN | MOH | BRI 28 | ROA | DAR | IND 24 | LVS 20 | RCH | ROV | DOV | KAN 24 | TEX | PHO | | 32nd | 208 |
| 2018 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM DNQ | 32nd | 208 |
| 2019 | DGM Racing | 36 | Chevy | DAY 22 | ATL 21 | LVS 16 | PHO 29 | CAL 33 | TEX 14 | BRI 19 | | TAL 8 | DOV 22 | CLT 27 | POC 15 | MCH 23 | IOW 17 | CHI 26 | DAY 28 | KEN 18 | NHA 19 | IOW 15 | GLN 19 | MOH 22 | BRI 30 | ROA 31 | DAR 24 | IND 17 | LVS 18 | RCH 23 | ROV 20 | DOV 15 | KAN 21 | TEX 14 | PHO 15 | HOM 19 | 17th | 527 |
| 2019 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | RCH DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 527 |
| 2020 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | DAY 26 | LVS 13 | CAL 10 | PHO 16 | DAR 16 | CLT 14 | BRI 9 | ATL 28 | HOM 20 | HOM 12 | TAL 33 | POC 34 | IRC 22 | KEN 26 | KEN 15 | TEX 22 | KAN 20 | ROA 13 | DRC 24 | DOV 24 | DOV 22 | DAY 9 | DAR 15 | RCH 22 | RCH 25 | BRI 19 | LVS 18 | TAL 7 | ROV 34 | KAN 6 | TEX 9 | MAR 19 | PHO 13 | 15th | 609 |
| 2021 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | DAY 21 | DRC 17 | HOM 26 | LVS 16 | PHO 21 | ATL 16 | MAR 16 | TAL 28 | DAR 39 | DOV 38 | COA DNQ | CLT 21 | MOH 10 | TEX 17 | NSH 21 | POC 40 | ROA 17 | ATL 18 | NHA 22 | GLN 14 | IRC 15 | MCH 18 | DAY 17 | DAR 15 | RCH 23 | BRI 20 | LVS 24 | TAL 14 | ROV 11 | TEX 19 | KAN 26 | MAR 11 | PHO 32 | 18th | 531 |
| 2022 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | DAY 31 | CAL 21 | LVS DNQ | PHO 35 | ATL 22 | COA DNQ | RCH 27 | MAR DNQ | TAL 19 | DOV 25 | DAR 34 | TEX 20 | CLT 27 | PIR 22 | NSH 34 | ROA 17 | ATL 25 | | POC 21 | IRC DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 314 |
| 2022 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 24 | | | MCH 36 | GLN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 314 |
| 2022 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY DNQ | | | BRI 21 | | | ROV 37 | | | MAR 22 | | 25th | 314 |
| 2022 | B. J. McLeod Motorsports with EGM | 5 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 314 | |
| 2022 | DGM Racing | 36 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 26 | KAN 24 | | TEX 26 | TAL 19 | | LVS 34 | HOM 30 | | PHO 15 | 25th | 314 |
| 2023 | DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | DAY 15 | CAL 16 | LVS 30 | PHO 21 | ATL 32 | COA | RCH 33 | MAR 19 | TAL 10 | DOV 23 | DAR 17 | CLT 18 | PIR 16 | SON 35 | NSH 33 | CSC 36 | ATL 9 | NHA 8 | POC 36 | ROA 21 | MCH 22 | IRC 33 | GLN 36 | DAY 27 | DAR 37 | KAN 13 | BRI 20 | TEX 20 | ROV 20 | LVS 33 | HOM 17 | MAR 14 | PHO 25 | 21st | 446 |
| 2024 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 34 | ATL 37 | LVS 14 | PHO 27 | COA 38 | RCH 12 | MAR 10 | TEX 12 | TAL 20 | DOV 25 | DAR 21 | CLT 8 | PIR 7 | SON 37 | IOW 20 | NHA 23 | NSH 24 | CSC 12 | POC 18 | IND 36 | MCH 19 | DAY 11 | DAR 16 | ATL 8 | GLN 32 | BRI 21 | KAN 11 | TAL 34 | ROV 36 | LVS 15 | HOM 27 | MAR 17 | PHO 33 | 18th | 515 |
| 2025 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY 20 | ATL 15 | COA 15 | PHO 12 | LVS 29 | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* |

#### Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2014 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 66 | Ford | DAY | MAR 34 | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | | 84th | 10 | |
| 2023 | AM Racing | 22 | Ford | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS 28 | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH | POC | RCH | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 109th | 0$^1$ | |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points

### ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Ford | DAY | PBE 20 | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL 26 | POC | MCH | IOW 15 | MFD | POC | BLN | NJE 25 | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR 24 | | 42nd | 600 | |
| 2011 | Andy Belmont Racing | 14 | Chevy | DAY | TAL | SLM 6 | TOL 12 | NJE 7 | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 990 | |
| 2011 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | IOW 32 | IRP 8 | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL 14 | | | | 27th | 990 | |
| 2012 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Ford | DAY 33 | MOB 20 | | TAL 12 | TOL 13 | ELK | POC 10 | | | NJE 22 | IOW 32 | CHI 20 | IRP 13 | POC 21 | BLN 17 | | MAD 7 | | DSF C | KAN 13 | | 9th | 3285 | |
| 2012 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | | | SLM 9 | | | | | MCH 29 | WIN 10 | | | | | | | ISF 18 | | SLM 22 | | | | | | 9th | 3285 | |
| 2013 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Ford | DAY 15 | MOB 26 | | TAL 6 | TOL 8 | | POC 10 | MCH 16 | | | CHI 2 | NJE 12 | POC 13 | | | | | | | | | 5th | 4825 | |
| 2013 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | | | SLM 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAD 8 | | IOW 12 | SLM 6 | KEN 15 | KAN 10 | 5th | 4825 | |
| 2013 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 17 | Ford | | | | | | ELK 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 4825 |
| 2013 | Kimmel Racing | 68 | Ford | | | | | | | | | ROA 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 4825 |
| 2013 | GMS Racing | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | WIN 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 4825 | |
| 2013 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 99 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BLN 9 | ISF 10 | | DSF 13 | | | | | | | | 5th | 4825 |
| 2014 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | SLM 6 | | TOL 11 | NJE 11 | POC 6 | MCH 10 | | | CHI 11 | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN 13 | KAN 2 | | 13th | 2280 | |
| 2014 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Ford | | | | TAL 11 | | | | | ELK 6 | WIN 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 2280 | |
| 2015 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Ford | DAY 9 | | | SLM 19 | TAL 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 4650 | |
| 2015 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | | MOB 3 | NSH 7 | | | TOL 3 | NJE 3 | POC 7 | MCH 6 | | WIN 7 | IOW 22 | IRP 6 | POC 5 | BLN 6 | ISF 4 | DSF 4 | SLM 8 | KEN 24 | KAN 26 | | 3rd | 4650 | |
| 2015 | Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | CHI 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 4650 | |
| 2016 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Ford | DAY 19 | | | TAL 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 4175 | |
| 2016 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | | NSH 1 | SLM 13 | | TOL 6 | NJE 6 | POC 11 | MCH 20 | MAD 1 | WIN 6 | IOW 10 | IRP 4 | POC 26 | BLN 10 | ISF 16 | DSF | SLM 4 | CHI 26 | KEN 6 | KAN 13 | | 4th | 4175 | |
| 2017 | Josh Williams Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM 4 | CHI | KEN | KAN | | 77th | 210 | |
| 2018 | Our Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL 5 | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | | 76th | 205 | |