Josh Reaume

Joshua Robert Reaume (born October 11, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver, engineer, and team owner. He is best known as the team owner and part-time driver for Team Reaume, driving various trucks for the team alongside working various managerial and technical jobs for the organization.

Born in Redlands, California, Reaume shortly after moved to Nigeria at the age of two as part of his parent's missionary work. He began his racing career at the age of six, racing go-karts in the province of Ontario. After moving to Vancouver Island in Canada at 15 years old, he began racing late models at Western Speedway. After making select regional NASCAR series races in 2012 and 2013, Reaume made his first NASCAR national touring series start in 2013, working in the next five years as an engineer and part-time driver for various teams. In 2018, Reaume expanded his family's racing team, Reaume Brothers Racing (now named Team Reaume), to the third-tier NASCAR Truck Series. In the following years, Reaume entered various partnerships. He took managerial and technical roles on second-tier NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and first-tier NASCAR Cup Series teams alongside expanding his Truck Series operations, occasionally driving for his team.

Early life and family background Joshua Robert Reaume was born on October 11, 1990, in Redlands, California. He is the son of John Reaume and Wendy Reaume, who were both missionaries specializing in humanitarian aid. He was born alongside an older brother named Jonathan. At the age of two, Reaume moved to Nigeria as part of his parents' mission, staying in the country for 13 years. Growing up, Reaume, his father, and his grandfather often watched Formula One and NASCAR, which he credited to his interest to motorsports. As part of his university studies, he interned at various NASCAR teams in numerous engineering roles.

Motorsports career

Early racing years Reaume began racing go-karts at the age of six in the Canadian province of Ontario after his mother became ill, racing primarily in Europe in the following years. In 2009, Reaume was selected as one of 20 drivers for the Winner's Circle driver development program created by Ron Sutton. The following year, Reaume began more heavily pursuing a professional racing career, racing in local NASCAR late model events in 2010.

Early NASCAR years (2012–2017) Although Reaume initially wanted to pursue a career in open-wheel racing and had aspirations to compete in Formula One, he was limited by a lack of funding. Reaume eventually decided to pursue a career in stock car racing due to his belief that it was easier to obtain corporate sponsors in stock car racing. Reaume made additional starts in the series, earning a best finish of 15th at Evergreen. At the 12th race of the season at Portland, Reaume suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after sustaining damage to the car's exhaust in a crash. The following year, Reaume drove a part-time schedule in the second-tier NASCAR Nationwide Series (now known as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), signing a six-race deal. He was scheduled to make his debut at the fourth race of the season at Bristol in mid-March; however, it was pushed back until late April due to numerous engine failures for RWR prior to Reaume's scheduled debut. In his debut at the eighth race of the season in Richmond, he finished in 30th out of 40 cars; in an interview with the Times Colonist, he described his debut as both "a lot of fun" and "a big learning curve", stating that "we met all our goals". In his next Nationwide Series start at Dover, he finished a season-best 25th. In the rest of his Nationwide Series races for the season, he failed to finish all but one race due to various mechanical issues and a crash at the 20th race of the season at Iowa.

Reaume started the 2015 season in the renamed Xfinity Series with Obaika Racing, earning a career-best 23rd at the season-opening race at Daytona. Although he was initially signed for a full-time ride, he only attempted the opening three rounds of the season with the team before he was replaced by Peyton Sellers, not returning until the 13th race of the season at Michigan driving for Carl Long's MBM Motorsports. Racing with MBM Motorsports for a majority of the rest of the season, he earned a best finish of 28th with the team. Midway through the 2017 Truck Series season, Reaume returned to racing with Beaver Motorsports. According to Reaume, he wanted to pursue team ownership because of his previous experience as an engineer and that he felt that ownership could provide more opportunities to potential sponsors he negotiated with and knew. He also stated that he "knew that he couldn't be a driver for forever", wanting to stay within motorsports after he retired. Reaume described the first races for RBR as turbulent. Reaume, driving for RBR, failed to qualify in their debut attempt at the season-opener at Daytona, sustained a crash at the following race at Atlanta, and missed numerous races during the season. He later stated to the Calgary Journal that during the season, "I crashed more my first season driving for myself than I crashed for all the other teams I had raced for combined." During the season, Reaume was able to enter a second truck at select races and have a lower crash occurrence than the previous season. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reaume planned to expand RBR's operations to include Formula Three and Formula Two; however, the plans never formulated due to the pandemic.

Partnerships and expansion of team In 2020, Reaume was able to expand RBR to two full-time entries, signing Angela Ruch to run the team's No. 00 entry. Midway through the 2020 season, Reaume entered into a partnership with NASCAR Xfinity Series (now known as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) team RSS Racing, with Reaume overseeing day-to-day operations of the team's No. 93 entry. Reaume also announced his intentions to purchase the No. 93 team the following year for his team to expand to the Xfinity Series. In an interview with Frontstretch, Reaume described the experience as "challenging" due to the need of moving the team's equipment from Georgia to RBR's shop in North Carolina and a limited budget. In 2021, after a suspension from NASCAR that was issued in November 2020 was lifted in March, he made his return at a Truck Series race at Richmond for the season's sixth round in April. Reaume continued his partnership with RSS Racing at the beginning of the 2021 Xfinity Series season; however, the team was bought by Our Motorsports three races into the Xfinity Series season.

Soon after the purchase, Reaume entered into a partnership with MBM Motorsports to run two Xfinity Series races with Dutch driver Loris Hezemans. In 2022, Reaume entered into a partnership with Loris' father, Toine, and Dutch businessman Ernst Berg to field a part-time NASCAR Cup Series team named Team Hezeberg. In an interview with CHEK-DT, Reaume described the formation of the team as a "bit of a pipe dream", with Hezemans stating that the new Next Gen car debuting in the Cup Series that season had been a deciding factor for both him and Berg to enter the partnership. The team was able to qualify in their debut at the 2022 Daytona 500 with Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve by qualifying within the top two out of all open cars. Despite numerous problems throughout the weekend, including failing pre-qualifying inspection two times and an engine change before the race, Villeneuve finished in 22nd. During 2022, at the 20th Truck Series round at Bristol, Reaume sustained a concussion during a crash on the 37th lap. After spinning and becoming stationary, his truck was hit by the spinning truck of Rajah Caruth in the driver's side.

Before the start of the 2023 season, Reaume's shop building that stored numerous trucks for RBR caught on fire on January 26, causing injuries to three employees and major damage to the shop and trucks. After the fire, Reaume's team received assistance from NASCAR Truck Series teams GMS Racing and Hattori Racing Enterprises for RBR to be able to compete at the season-opening race at Daytona. Reaume split racing duties between his own team and AM Racing during the season, earning a season-best race finish of 19th at Daytona. The following season, Reaume expanded to three full-time trucks, buying the owner points of Young's Motorsports' No. 02 entry.

Personal life

Alleged anti-Semitic social media post, subsequent suspension On November 10, 2020, Reaume was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for discriminatory "public statements"; it was later reported that Reaume had posted a picture of a toaster strudel with decorative icing that reportedly was in the shape of a swastika on Snapchat. Soon after the suspension, Reaume denied intentionally drawing the swastika to the Times Colonist, stating that at the time of posting, he thought it was a "thoughtless, meaningless post. There was no intent or symbolism meant... But I own it and I apologize to anyone who found it offensive." In another interview with motorsports journalist Toby Christie, Christie stated that Reaume "truly [felt] that the alleged swastika was nothing more than a misunderstanding". JGL Racing 93 Dodge

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Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 2013 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW25 ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 68th 19 2015 Trophy Girl Racing 44 Ram DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP30 CHI NHADNQ LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 104th 01 2017 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX26 GTW19 IOW18 KEN20 ELD POCWth MCH19 BRI25 MSP CHI19 NHA17 LVS16 TAL21 MAR TEX20 PHO16 HOM22 24th 223 2018 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL27 MAR25 IOWDNQ GTW18 KEN23 ELD POC19 MCH20 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEXDNQ PHO HOM 26th 171 Toyota LVS25 DOV25 KAN21 CLT24 TEX25 CHI21 2019 Chevy DAY6 LVS23 MAR TEX32 CLT28 TEX14 IOW GTW23 CHI KEN POC20 ELD 23rd 179 Toyota ATL30 KAN20 MCH18 BRI 34 Chevy DOV31 8 Toyota MSP26 LVS TAL 34 MAR31 PHO HOMWth 2020 DAYWth 39th 115 33 LVS27 CLT ATL HOM BRI35 TAL23 TEX27 00 POC23 KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH17 DAR28 RCH32 LVS29 KAN27 Chevy DRCRL† DOV GTW MAR37 PHO33 2021 34 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH33 KAN DAR COA CLT TEX DAR25 BRI40 LVS TAL MAR34 PHO 55th 35 33 Chevy NSHDNQ POC28 KNX Toyota GLN31 GTW 2022 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR28 KAN30 TEX CLT31 GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC34 IRP33 KANRL¤ 49th 31 43 RCHQL‡ BRI35 TAL HOM PHO 2023 AM Racing 22 Ford DAY19 ATL23 COA TEX21 KAN24 GTWWth MLW33 KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 36th 101 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Ford LVS35 BRDDNQ MARWth RCH36 33 DARDNQ NWSDNQ CLT29 GTW23 NSH MOHDNQ POC26 IRPDNQ 2024 22 DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS33 CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM 72nd 4 27 MARWth PHO 2025 2 DAY18 TAL24 MAR PHO 32nd 104 22 ATL18 LVS28 HOM MARRL¶ BRI CAR TEX18 KAN NWS CLT NSH MCH25 POC LRP IRPRL¶ GLN RCH DAR BRI28 NHA ROV33 2026 Team Reaume DAY20 ATL24 STP DAR35 CAR BRI TEX22 GLN DOV CLT28 NSH MCH30 COR LRP27 NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – Relieved Bobby Kennedy · ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Mason Maggio · ¤ – Relieved Armani Williams · ¶ – Relieved A. J. Waller

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