Johnny Rumley

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 tenth in the race. Then, at the very next race at Orange County, Rumley managed a ninth-place finish.

Rumley made five races in 1993, and only had one top-ten 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-twenties in the season.

Rumley returned in 1994, running thirteen races. He only earned two top-tens, 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 eighteenth and a best start of ninth. Yet, Rumley still recorded his highest points position in his career with a 33rd.

Rumley had three top-tens 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 sixth at Dover, seventh 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 seventeenth at Darlington. It was the first time in his career that Rumley did not record a top-ten 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 Pts Ref 1992 Beverley Racing 25 Olds DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB10* NZH CLT DOV ROU9 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 ROU19 MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB31 GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI15 DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR26 CAR HCY1 ATL 48th 559 1994 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR8 DAR HCY8 BRI ROU RCHDNQ DOV CLT MAR25 CAR 33rd 1276 Tom Milner 41 Ford NHA18 NZH CLTDNQ DOV23 MYB20 GLN31 MLW26 TAL27 HCY28 IRP23 MCH BRI22 DAR Chevy SBO24 1995 Beverley Racing 25 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY12 NHA7 NZH34 CLT24 DOV6 MYB30 GLNDNQ MLW24 TAL11 SBO28 IRP27 MCH29 BRI35 DAR23 RCHDNQ DOV1 CLT12 CAR21 HOM40 28th 1708 1996 DAY16 CAR26 RCH30 ATL24 NSV36 DAR17 BRIDNQ HCYDNQ NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 52nd 531 Henderson Motorsports 75 Ford CLTDNQ CARDNQ HOM 1997 Carolyn Laugeni 27 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCYDNQ TEX BRI 87th 110 Chevy NSV42 TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO30 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 HCYDNQ 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 NSV35 TALDNQ CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH29 PPR33 GTYDNQ IRP37 MCH BRI42 DAR RCH DOV29 CLTDNQ CAR MEM PHO HOM 68th 363