Robert Richardson Jr. (born April 4, 1982) is an American professionalstock car racing driver.

He began driving at theRichard Petty Driving Experience andTeam Texas Driving School atTexas Motor Speedway in 2002. He was runner-up in Rookie of the Year honors the following season inRomco Super Late Models. In 2004, he made hisAutomobile Racing Club of America debut atChicagoland Speedway. He is a former quarterback atSouthern Methodist University.

Richardson made his NASCAR debut in the2005Las Vegas 350, driving the No. 24Chevrolet Silverado forMighty Motorsports in theCraftsman Truck Series. He started 35th and finished 29th, seven laps down. He ran two more races that season. During the off-season, he purchased equipment fromUltra Motorsports and formed his own team to compete forNASCAR Rookie of the Year honors in the No. 1 Chevrolet. He failed to qualify for five races, had a best finish of sixteenth atTalladega Superspeedway and ended up 30th in season points. His team reportedly shut down after the season ended.

In 2007, Richardson moved up to theNASCAR Busch Series, driving the No. 28Chevrolet Monte Carlo forJay Robinson Racing (JRR). He made sixteen starts and finished 46th in points, with a best finish of 19th at Talladega Superspeedway. He signed with Robinson to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet at least 20 races for JRR in 2008, but he was released. Later that summer, he formed his own team with his father andRob Fuller, and has driven the No. 23 team for them since. He shared the No. 23 withKen Butler III in 2009, and also drove the No. 0 part-time forJD Motorsports.

Richardson ran theNASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega forTommy Baldwin Racing; he finished eighteenth this was the best finish for Tommy Baldwin's team in the Sprint Cup in 2009 debut, the teamstart and parked for most of the season. Richardson ran four races forFront Row Motorsports in 2010; he also drove the No. 92 Dodge at the Sprint Showdown forBrian Keselowski.

Richardson ran the2011 Daytona 500 in the No. 37Front Row Motorsports Ford with sponsorship from North Texas Pipes, while running the majority of the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule in 2011.

In 2012, he attempted to qualify for theDaytona 500 in a family-owned No. 23 Toyota, but failed to make the field. Richardson ran the2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 in the No. 23 car to ninth place, his best career finish, and ran a limited schedule for the remainder of the year.

In 2016, Richardson returned to the Cup Series for theDaytona 500. He would drive the No. 26 car forBK Racing.^[1] Despite not being locked into the race due to his team not possessing acharter (which would have guaranteed his team a spot in the 500),^[2] Richardson was able to finish eighteenth in the secondCan-Am Duel^[3] to qualify for the 500. As of 2023 he has not raced since.^[4]

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

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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• Official website
• Robert Richardson Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• Living people
• 1982 births
• Sportspeople from McKinney, Texas
• Racing drivers from Dallas
• NASCAR drivers
• NASCAR team owners
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• Southern Methodist University alumni
• Daytona 500 drivers

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