A. J. Henriksen

A. J. Henriksen
Henriksen racing at Road America in 2017
NationalityAmerican
Born (1979-03-27) March 27, 1979 (age 45)
Chicago, Illinois
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season1995
Starts91
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish19th in 2003
Last updated on: October 20, 2022.

A. J. Henriksen (born March 27, 1979) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 1995 to 2017.

Early life[edit]

Henriksen was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 27, 1979, to parents Arne and Barbara Henriksen. He frequently participated in skateboarding competitions and even received sponsorship opportunities from these competitions.[1]

Racing career[edit]

Henriksen first gained an interest in racing when he began attending races with his father, and eventually was given the choice to move to San Diego, California to pursue a skateboarding career or a racing career. He subsequently chose the latter, and began racing in go-karts before progressing to late models, more prominently at Concord Motorsports Park. He also raced in various series such as the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, American Truck Series.[2]

Henriksen first raced in the then ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series in 1995 at the age of 16, driving for his father's family-owned team racing in two races that year at Owosso Speedway and Salem Speedway. After racing in a combined 11 races (including three top-10 finishes) in the next four seasons, Henriksen expanded his schedule in 2000, entering in ten races (while failing to qualify for two), and achieving his first top-5 at Kentucky with a 3rd place finish. He would compete in twelve of the twenty-five races in 2001, finishing in the top-10 seven times with a best finish of 4th in Salem. In 2002, he would finish in the top five twice, and the same would said in 2003, which his most notable highlights being his runner-up finish at Charlotte and when he led 30 laps at Chicagoland Speedway before finishing 20th due to cutting a tire late in the race. He would finish a career-best 19th in the points standings in the latter season.

In 2004, Henriksen would downsize his schedule only running in 7 races, finishing in the top-10 three times. It was also during this year that Henriksen attempted to make his Nextel Cup debut at Pocono Raceway in August, driving the No. 90 Ford for Junie Donlavey. He unfortunately failed to qualify for the event however, in what was the final attempt for Donlavey Racing before closing down. He would remain in ARCA for the next four years, driving a majority of his races with his family owned team while driving for other teams.

After a two-year hiatus from the series, Henriksen would return in 2011, driving for his family owned team again in two events, failing to qualify at Indianapolis and finishing 11th at Salem. He would then run 6 races through 2012 and 2013 driving for Venturini Motorsports.

For 2014, Henriksen would not compete in ARCA, but would compete in the Trans Am Series, finishing third at New Jersey Motorsports Park.[3]

In 2017, Henriksen would make one more ARCA start, driving the No. 75 Toyota for Bob Schacht at Road America, where he started 15th and finished 16th after being involved in a crash on the final lap. He has not run an ARCA race since then, and currently races in the Grand National Super Series, a series where he was crowned the series champion in 2022 with six wins, eleven runner-up finishes and nineteen top three finishes throughout the year.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Henriksen currently resides in Dundee Township, Illinois.

Motorsports career results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

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

Nextel Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Nextel 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 NNCC Pts Ref
2004 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC
DNQ 		IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM NA – [5]

ARCA Racing Series[edit]

(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 22 23 24 25 ARMC Pts Ref
1995 ECC Motorsports 77 Buick DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS
25 		FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM
15 		WIN ATL NA – [6]
1996 DAY ATL SLM
12 		TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL
10 		POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM
11 		WIN
18 		CLT ATL NA – [7]
1997 50 DAY ATL SLM
10 		CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW NA – [8]
77 SLM
13 		WIN
10 		CLT TAL ISF ATL
1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM
29 		TEX WIN
DNQ 		CLT TAL ATL NA – [9]
1999 71 Chevy DAY ATL SLM
DNQ 		AND CLT MCH POC TOL
30 		SBS
19 		BLN
12 		POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN
DNQ 		DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 61st 435 [10]
2000 DAY SLM
34 		AND CLT KIL FRS WIN
24 		ISF SLM
29 		CLT
DNQ 		TAL ATL
DNQ 		31st 1120 [11]
Ford MCH
18 		POC
8 		TOL KEN
28 		BLN POC
8 		KEN
3 		DSF
2001 17 Chevy DAY NSH
14 		WIN SLM GTY
16 		MCH
10 		POC
27 		MEM GLN MCH
22 		POC
10 		NSH ISF CHI
7 		DSF SLM
4 		TOL
8 		BLN
9 		CLT TAL ATL 21st 1960 [12]
Ford KEN
27 		CLT KAN KEN
6
2002 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM
7 		KEN
32 		CLT KAN POC TOL
5 		SBO
10 		WIN
30 		DSF 25th 1310 [13]
Ford MCH
4 		KEN
13 		BLN POC
34 		NSH ISF CHI
27 		SLM TAL
39 		CLT
2003 DAY
11 		ATL
34 		NSH SLM KEN
30 		CLT
5 		BLN KAN MCH
10 		LER POC
24 		POC
7 		NSH ISF TAL
34 		CLT
2 		SBO 19th 1600 [14]
Chevy TOL
33 		WIN
30 		DSF CHI
20 		SLM
2004 Ford DAY
40 		NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT
6 		KAN POC
3 		MCH
3 		SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH CHI
36 		SLM TAL
39 		30th 885 [15]
Pontiac ISF
23 		TOL DSF
2005 Ford DAY
20 		NSH SLM KEN MCH
4 		KAN KEN BLN POC
DNQ 		GTW LER NSH MCH
DNQ 		ISF TOL DSF 59th 550 [16]
Pontiac TOL
DNQ 		LAN MIL POC
James Hylton Motorsports 48 Ford CHI
38
Chevy SLM
31 		TAL
2006 ECC Motorsports 45 Ford DAY
DNQ 		NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL 52nd 740 [17]
17 POC
4 		MCH
37 		KAN KEN BLN POC
8 		GTW NSH MCH
39 		ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI
34 		SLM
Gerhart Racing 7 Chevy TAL
19 		IOW
2007 DAY
40 		89th 255 [18]
Bobby Jones Racing 50 Dodge USA
DNQ 		NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC
38 		POC
26 		NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL
DNQ 		TOL
ECC Motorsports 17 Ford MCH
34 		BLN KEN
2008 7 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR
48 		KEN TOL POC MCH
10 		CAY KEN BLN POC
13 		NSH ISF
18 		DSF
30 		41st 705 [19]
Toyota CHI
32 		SLM NJE TAL
38 		TOL
2011 ECC Motorsports 35 Ford DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP
DNQ 		POC ISF 93rd 200 [20]
15 MAD
11 		DSF SLM KAN TOL
2012 Venturini Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
8 		MCH WIN 42nd 495 [21]
Chevy NJE
18 		IOW CHI IRP
55 Toyota POC
15 		BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN
2013 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
7 		MCH CHI
10 		NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 50th 540 [22]
15 ROA
13 		WIN
2017 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA
16 		DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 96th 150 [23]

K&N Pro Series East[edit]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2008 ECC Motorsports 17 Chevy GRE
DNQ 		IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP NSH
18 		ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV STA 53rd 170 [24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AJ Henriksen". ECC Motorsports. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "AJ Henriksen". ECC Motorsports. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Henriksen reflects on first podium placement". Trans Am. June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "GNSS Henriksen Sweeps Carteret County Speedway". Speedway Media. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  13. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  14. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  15. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  16. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  17. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  18. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  19. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  20. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  21. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  22. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  23. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  24. ^ "A. J. Henriksen – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

External links[edit]

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