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| Richard Boswell | |||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Boswell atAtlanta Motor Speedway in 2021 | |||||||
| Born | Richard Warner Boswell II (1984-04-14)April 14, 1984 (age 41) West Friendship, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2009 position | 133rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 133rd (2009) | ||||||
| First race | 2009Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of February 25, 2023. | |||||||
Richard Warner Boswell II (born April 14, 1984) is an American former professionalstock car racing driver and crew chief who works forRichard Childress Racing as the crew chief of their No. 3Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in theNASCAR Cup Series driven byAustin Dillon. He previously crew chiefed theStewart–Haas Racing No. 98 car in the Xfinity Series driven byChase Briscoe andRiley Herbst. He previously drove in the Xfinity Series in one race in2009 forJR Motorsports.
The son of former NASCAR Busch Series driver Dickie Boswell, Richard Boswell was selected to replace driverShane Huffman in theUSAR Hooters Pro Cup. He won the World Karting National Championship in 1998, and captured the World Karting Grand National Championship in the same year (atLowe's Motor Speedway). He is also a former late model driver atOld Dominion Speedway, inManassas, Virginia.
Boswell's one and only start in NASCAR as a driver came in the Nationwide Series (nowNASCAR Xfinity Series) in the No. 5 forJR Motorsports atMemphis. It was a standalone race for the series, and that car, which was mostly driven by Cup Series drivers that year, needed a different driver with the Cup Series racing atMartinsville that same weekend. Boswell qualified an impressive third in his debut and finished 23rd in the race. It ended up being his only NASCAR race as a driver, since he never got another chance to drive again for JRM or any other team in the series after that.
Boswell joinedStewart–Haas Racing in2017, where he served as a crew chief for their upstart Xfinity Series program. He crew chiefed the part-time No. 41 Ford driven byKevin Harvick in his part-time schedule of races in the series that year. He was also the interim crew chief that year forClint Bowyer's No. 14 SHR team in the Cup Series for the race atTexas in November afterMike Bugarewicz was suspended.
The following year, SHR expanded their NXS team even further, with them merging with theBiagi Brothers Racing No. 98 team. In turn, the No. 41 was closed down for 2018 and the Biagi No. 98 was fielded as SHR's second car. After this, Boswell moved over to that car, replacing Jon Hansen as its crew chief. He crew chiefed Harvick again, as well asAric Almirola (another one of SHR's Cup drivers who had driven for Biagi before the SHR merger), andChase Briscoe, aFord development driver who was running part-time for them as well asRoush Fenway Racing. Boswell led the No. 98 team to two wins that year, with Harvick atAtlanta and Briscoe at theCharlotte Roval. When the car ran the full season in2019 with Briscoe, Boswell continued as the team's crew chief, and has remained in that position ever since.
On June 13, 2020, following theHooters 250 atHomestead–Miami Speedway, Boswell, car chief Nick Hutchins, and engineer D. J. Vanderley were suspended for four races after atungsten ballast came loose and fell off the frame rail of the car during the start of the race. SHR competition directorGreg Zipadelli would serve as the interim crew chief for Briscoe and the No. 98 for the next four races.[1]
After a remarkable nine-win season for Briscoe in 2020, Boswell moved up to the Cup Series, where he replacedClint Bowyer in SHR's No. 14 car. Boswell did not move with Briscoe to that team and remained in the Xfinity Series, continuing to crew chief the No. 98, now driven byRiley Herbst, who moved over from the No. 18 forJoe Gibbs Racing.[2]
On June 20, 2023, it was announced that Boswell would move from the No. 98 car in the Xfinity Series to SHR's No. 14 Cup Series car where he would reunite with Briscoe. He replacedJohnny Klausmeier, who was serving a six race suspension at the time and would move to a position in SHR's vehicle production department after his suspension ended.[3]
On November 20, 2024,Richard Childress Racing signed Boswell as the crew chief of the No. 3 car, driven byAustin Dillon, for the2025 season.[4]
Boswell currently lives inMooresville, North Carolina.[citation needed]
Despite sharing the same last name, he is not related to driverBrady Boswell.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM 23 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 133rd | 94 | [5] |