Johnny Rumley

Johnny Rumley
Born	(1957-04-14) April 14, 1957 Summerfield, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
51 races run over 9 years
Best finish	28th (1995)
First race	1992 Granger Select 200 (Dublin)
Last race	2000 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)
First win	1993 The Pantry 300 (Hickory)
Last win	1995 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

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

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
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
1994			Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR 8	DAR	HCY 8	BRI	ROU															RCH DNQ	DOV	CLT	MAR 25	CAR					33rd	1276
	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
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
	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
			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	-
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

External links

• Johnny Rumley driver statistics at Racing-Reference