A. J. Henriksen

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 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.

Racing career 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.

Henriksen first raced in the then ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series in 1995 at the age of sixteen, 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 eleven races (including three top-ten 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-five at Kentucky with a third place finish. He would compete in twelve of the twenty-five races in 2001, finishing in the top-ten seven times with a best finish of fourth 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 thirty 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-ten 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 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 six 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.

In 2017, Henriksen would make one more ARCA start, driving the No. 75 Toyota for Bob Schacht at Road America, where he started fifteenth and finished sixteenth 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 Presented By ECC, 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. He would go on to win the 2023 title as well.

Along with still racing, he currently resides as the head of research and new product development at Engineered Components Company.

Personal life Henriksen currently resides in Dundee Township, Illinois.

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.) Nextel Cup Series 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 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 IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM NA –

ARCA Racing Series (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 Pts Ref 1995 ECC Motorsports 77 Buick DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL NA – 1996 DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL NA – 1997 50 DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW NA – 77 SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL 1998 DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX WIN CLT TAL ATL NA – 1999 71 Chevy DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 61st 435 2000 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS WIN ISF SLM CLT TAL ATL 31st 1120 Ford MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC KEN DSF 2001 17 Chevy DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY MCH POC MEM GLN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 21st 1960 Ford KEN CLT KAN KEN 2002 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC TOL SBO WIN DSF 25th 1310 Ford MCH KEN BLN POC NSH ISF CHI SLM TAL CLT 2003 DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF TAL CLT SBO 19th 1600 Chevy TOL WIN DSF CHI SLM 2004 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH CHI SLM TAL 30th 885 Pontiac ISF TOL DSF 2005 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF 59th 550 Pontiac TOL LAN MIL POC James Hylton Motorsports 48 Ford CHI Chevy SLM TAL 2006 ECC Motorsports 45 Ford DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL 52nd 740 17 POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM Gerhart Racing 7 Chevy TAL IOW 2007 DAY 89th 255 Bobby Jones Racing 50 Dodge USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TALDNQ TOL ECC Motorsports 17 Ford MCH BLN KEN 2008 7 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF 41st 705 Toyota CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 2011 ECC Motorsports 35 Ford DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF 93rd 200 15 MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 2012 Venturini Motorsports 66 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN 42nd 495 Chevy NJE IOW CHI IRP 55 Toyota POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 2013 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH CHI NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 50th 540 15 ROA WIN 2017 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 96th 150

Camping World East Series NASCAR Camping World East Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2008 ECC Motorsports 17 Chevy GRE IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP NSH ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV STA 53rd 170

IHRA Late Model Sportsman Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) IHRA Late Model Sportsman Series Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2026 D2 Motorsports 19 ChevyDUB CDL AND NWP DUB MEM NWP CAR -* -*