Johnny Rumley

Johnny Rumley
Born (1957-04-14) April 14, 1957 (age 67)
Summerfield, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
51 races run over 9 years
Best finish28th (1995)
First race1992 Granger Select 200 (Dublin)
Last race2000 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)
First win1993 The Pantry 300 (Hickory)
Last win1995 MBNA 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 8 1

Johnny Rumley (born April 14, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver. He won twice in the Busch Series, but has not been seen in the major leagues of NASCAR since 2000.

Rumley made his debut at New River Valley Speedway in 1992. Rumley went out in his No. 25 Beverly Racing Olds and won the pole, and finished 10th in the race. Then, at the very next race at Orange County, Rumley managed a 9th-place finish.

Rumley made five races in 1993, and only had one top-10 finish. Rumley scored what was considering an upset victory at Hickory, pulling his No. 00 Big Dog Coal Oldsmobile into victory lane in just his seventh start. In addition, Rumley had two other top-20s in the season.

Rumley returned in 1994, running thirteen races. He only earned two top-10s, back-to-back finishes of eighth in his first two-season starts. However, in the next eleven races, driving the No. 41 White House Ford, Rumley could only manage a best finish of 18th and a best start of 9th. Yet, Rumley still recorded his highest points position in his career with a 33rd.

Rumley had three top-10s in his seventeen starts in 1995. Rumley picked up his second win at Dover International Speedway, leading eleven laps en route to victory. In addition to his win, Rumley had a 6th at Dover, 7th at New Hampshire and three other top-dozen finishes. Overall, it resulted in a 28th-place finish in points.

However, despite his quick success, Rumley still could not attract a full-time ride and following his part-time run in 1995 driving the No. 25 Big Johnson Chevrolet alternating with Kirk Shelmerdine, Rumley's career began to fade. In six starts in 1996, Rumley's best finish was a 16th at Daytona and a 17th at Darlington. It was the first time in his career that Rumley did not record a top-10 in a season.

Rumley returned for two more races in 1997, driving the No. 27 RGM Chevy at Nashville and a 30th at South Boston. Yet, he was 42nd and 30th in those races respectively, and he did not finish either race.

Rumley disappeared seemingly after his run at South Boston. Yet, he came back in 2000, to drive six races for the fledgling Alumni Motorsports. However, he could only manage a best finish of 29th at Dover and Nazareth, as well having struggles in qualifying. Without that success, Rumley currently drives in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup North series, driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports.

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.)

Busch Series[edit]

NASCAR Busch 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 NBSC Pts Ref
1992 Beverley Racing 25 Olds DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB
10* 		NZH CLT DOV ROU
9 		MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 66th 272 [1]
1993 Johnny Rumley 00 Olds DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU
19 		MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB
31 		GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI
15 		DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR
26 		CAR HCY
1 		ATL 48th 559 [2]
1994 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR
8 		DAR HCY
8 		BRI ROU RCH
DNQ 		DOV CLT MAR
25 		CAR 33rd 1276 [3]
Tom Milner 41 Ford NHA
18 		NZH CLT
DNQ 		DOV
23 		MYB
20 		GLN
31 		MLW
26 		TAL
27 		HCY
28 		IRP
23 		MCH BRI
22 		DAR
Chevy SBO
24
1995 Beverley Racing 25 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY
12 		NHA
7 		NZH
34 		CLT
24 		DOV
6 		MYB
30 		GLN
DNQ 		MLW
24 		TAL
11 		SBO
28 		IRP
27 		MCH
29 		BRI
35 		DAR
23 		RCH
DNQ 		DOV
1 		CLT
12 		CAR
21 		HOM
40 		28th 1708 [4]
1996 DAY
16 		CAR
26 		RCH
30 		ATL
24 		NSV
36 		DAR
17 		BRI
DNQ 		HCY
DNQ 		NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 52nd 531 [5]
Henderson Motorsports 75 Ford CLT
DNQ 		CAR
DNQ 		HOM
1997 Carolyn Laugeni 27 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY
DNQ 		TEX BRI 87th 110 [6]
Chevy NSV
42 		TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO
30 		GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM
1998 Curb Agajanian Performance Group 96 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY
DNQ 		TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM NA - [7]
2000 Alumni Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV
35 		TAL
DNQ 		CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH
29 		PPR
33 		GTY
DNQ 		IRP
37 		MCH BRI
42 		DAR RCH DOV
29 		CLT
DNQ 		CAR MEM PHO HOM 68th 363 [8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "Johnny Rumley – 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

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