Josh Wise

This article is about the racing driver. For the actor, see Josh Wise (actor).

Josh Wise
Wise at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Achievements	1999 USAC MCIWorld.com TQ Midget Car Series Champion 2009 Pepsi Nationals Winner
Awards	1999 USAC MCIWorld.com TQ Midget Car Series Rookie of the Year 2014 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Fan Vote Winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
156 races run over 6 years
2016 position	40th
Best finish	36th (2014)
First race	2011 GEICO 400 (Chicagoland)
Last race	2016 AAA Texas 500 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
150 races run over 9 years
2016 position	124th
Best finish	16th (2011)
First race	2007 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race	2016 Drive Sober 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 4 years
2016 position	106th
Best finish	33rd (2007)
First race	2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Last race	2016 UNOH 175 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
Statistics up to date as of October 13, 2023.

Joshua Eric Wise is an American athletic trainer and former professional stock car racing and dirt track racing driver. He is currently a trainer for Chevrolet's development program for upcoming drivers and oversees driver development for Pinnacle Racing Group.

Wise competed in stock car racing in NASCAR. Wise's NASCAR Xfinity Series career included stints with Baker Curb Racing, Turner Motorsports, JR Motorsports and TMG. In the NASCAR Cup Series, he drove for Front Row Motorsports, Phil Parsons Racing and The Motorsports Group, among others.

Early career

In 1999, Wise entered into the United States Auto Club (USAC) at sixteen years of age in USAC's 3/4 Midget Division. He won the USAC Championship, earning four wins at Irwindale Speedway along with rookie of the year honors. This championship made Josh the youngest champion in USAC history, in 44 years of sanctioned races.

For 2000, Wise made the move to USAC's Western States Midget Division, racing only the pavement events. In his rookie year Wise captured two wins at Madera Speedway and one at Stockton 99, beating midget legend Sleepy Tripp to the checkers. For his first win at Madera Speedway, Wise started last and came through the field to take the win in a race that was called short due to a bad accident during the feature.

Wise first appeared in the ARCA Re/MAX Series in 2006 with Eddie Sharp Racing. He ran two races and earned one top-ten. In 2007, Wise returned to the team to run eleven races, earning one pole position and six top-tens, including three second-place finishes.

NASCAR

In 2007, it was announced that Wise would drive part-time for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports in conjunction with Michael Waltrip Racing.

Wise earned one top-ten finish, a fifth-place finish at IRP. Wise made three series starts in 2009 for Xxxtreme Motorsport, failing to finish any of them. In 2009, Wise also raced seventeen USAC sprint car races winning one race and getting 12 top fives. Wise raced 15 USAC national midget races winning three and taking eight top-fives. Wins included the Belleville Nationals preliminary night and the Firemans Nationals.

2010 Nationwide car at Road America

2011 Nationwide car at Road America

In 2011, Wise returned to JR Motorsports part-time and also drove for Go Green Racing and Key Motorsports. Wise raced part-time in 2011 bouncing between three different teams but still managed to finish sixteenth in the Nationwide Series drivers standings, He also made his Cup Series debut at Chicago, driving for Max Q Motorsports; he qualified for three additional races over the rest of the year. In 2012, Wise ran the majority of the Nationwide Series schedule for The Motorsports Group. He also competed full-time, except for the Daytona 500, in the Sprint Cup Series, competing for rookie of the year, driving the Front Row Motorsports No. 26.

Wise competing in the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

On November 26, 2013, Wise announced that he had left Front Row Motorsports; on December 4 it was revealed that he would drive for Phil Parsons Racing in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Wise's wrecked car at the 2015 Food City 500

In 2015, Wise received sponsorship for the Daytona 500 from former Phoenix Racing owner James Finch's company Phoenix Construction. However, he failed to qualify after suffering from a mechanical failure at the start of the second Budweiser Duel.

On April 29, rumors arose that PPR and Jay Robinson had agreed to a deal that would send Wise to Robinson's Premium Motorsports; this was officially announced by Premium Motorsports on May 4. Wise officially joined Premium Motorsports at the Coca-Cola 600 weekend. This partnership was short-lived, however, as Wise parted ways with the team after the 2015 Quaker State 400. On July 17, Wise announced he had joined Go FAS Racing in the No. 32 for the Brickyard 400; however, Wise failed to qualify. Wise returned to the No. 32 for a three-race stretch beginning at Michigan, where he was able to qualify and finish 37th and 35th, before failing to qualify for the Southern 500. Wise returned to Front Row Motorsports for the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, driving the No. 34; he finished 29th in the event.

Wise's 2016 Cup car for The Motorsports Group

In 2016, Wise was picked up by The Motorsports Group for the Daytona 500; despite failing to qualify for the race, Wise and TMG announced their intention to run the full season together. Wise has also failed to qualify for the GEICO 500 at Talladega, the Brickyard 400, and the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, but have otherwise qualified for every race in 2016. He didn't drive for Martinsville, Phoenix, and Homestead as Gray Gaulding drove for the team at those races.

Dogecoin sponsorship

Wise's Dogecoin-sponsored Chevrolet in 2014

On March 16, 2014, users of a Reddit message board, /r/NASCAR, noticed Wise racing an unsponsored car at the Food City 500 and went with the idea of sponsoring a car. A user reached out to the Dogecoin community, a cryptocurrency based on the Internet meme, Doge, that had raised funds for other various causes. Phil Parsons Racing told /r/NASCAR the communities needed to raise $55,000 to sponsor Wise at the Aaron's 499.

Several days later Wise announced to his followers that he would race the Dogecar (also called the "Moonrocket") for free at the 2014 Sprint Showdown on May 16 and the 2014 All-Star Race if he won the Showdown or the fan vote. Wise did not advance through the Showdown but won the fan vote, defeating favorite Danica Patrick. Wise placed fifteenth in the exhibition All-Star Race.

In 2015, the Dogecar returned for the Toyota/Save Mart 350.

Driver training

Wise no longer races in NASCAR and has declared himself to be retired. He eventually formed a driver performance consulting business, partnering with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2017 to train CGR drivers Brennan Poole, Tyler Reddick, Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson. He currently serves as a driver performance manager for Chevrolet teams CGR, GMS Racing, and Hendrick Motorsports. Wise won the USAC Midget race at Lucas Oil Raceway on August 14, 2021 driving for Alex Bowman. The one-off start was his first series win since Angell Park Speedway in 2009.

Personal life

Wise has two daughters. He is a triathlete, beginning after cycling with driver Scott Speed, and occasionally tests his bicycle at the A2 Wind Tunnel in North Carolina. Wise took to triathlon competitively and competed in a full 140.6 mile triathlon and four 70.3 mile Ironman triathlons. In 2015, Wise qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Zell am See, Austria.

In 2014 Wise won a half marathon in Naples, FL.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2009	H&S Motorsports	73	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR DNQ	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	0
2010	Gunselman Motorsports	64	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL				NA	0
	R3 Motorsports	23	Toyota																																		TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM
2011	Max Q Motorsports	37	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 42	NHA 39	DOV 37	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ	TAL DNQ	MAR				74th	01
	HP Racing	66	Toyota																																		TEX 40	PHO	HOM
2012	Front Row Motorsports	26	Ford	DAY	PHO 38	LVS 40	BRI 43	CAL 37	MAR 41	TEX 39	KAN 39	RCH 38	TAL 42	DAR 43	CLT 43	DOV DNQ	POC 42	MCH 42	SON 30	KEN 41	DAY 37	NHA 38	IND 37	POC 37	GLN 38	MCH 40	BRI 38	ATL DNQ	RCH 42	CHI 38	NHA DNQ	DOV 37	TAL 43	CLT DNQ	KAN DNQ	MAR 38	TEX 37	PHO 37	HOM 40	39th	147
2013		35		DAY 40	PHO 35	LVS 35	BRI 26	CAL 40	MAR 35	TEX 30	KAN 26	RCH 28	TAL 19	DAR 38	CLT 26	DOV 25	POC 34	MCH 40	SON 32	KEN 39	DAY 25	NHA 35	IND 38	POC 41	GLN	MCH 39	BRI 37	ATL 41	RCH 41	CHI 41	NHA 32	DOV 42	KAN 40	CLT 41	TAL 30	MAR 34	TEX 39	PHO 36	HOM 41	60th	01
2014	Phil Parsons Racing	98	Ford	DAY 24									TAL 20				POC 35				DAY 23														TAL 28					36th	405
			Chevy		PHO DNQ	LVS 42	BRI 23	CAL 37	MAR 35	TEX 36	DAR 21	RCH 39		KAN 33	CLT 41	DOV 28		MCH 33	SON 40	KEN 29		NHA 29	IND 29	POC 24	GLN 38	MCH 28	BRI 29	ATL 33	RCH 32	CHI 33	NHA 33	DOV 42	KAN 38	CLT 41		MAR 25	TEX 41	PHO 41	HOM 32
2015			Ford	DAY DNQ	ATL 32	LVS 34	PHO 36	CAL 36	MAR 30	TEX 38	BRI 39	RCH 42	TAL 10	KAN 28																										37th	254
	Premium Motorsports														CLT 35	DOV 40	POC 29	MCH 34		DAY 31	KEN 43	NHA
			Chevy																SON 28
	Go FAS Racing	32	Ford																				IND DNQ	POC	GLN	MCH 37	BRI 35	DAR DNQ		CHI 33		DOV 36	CLT DNQ	KAN					HOM 39
	The Motorsports Group	30	Chevy																										RCH DNQ
	BK Racing	26	Toyota																												NHA 31
	Front Row Motorsports	34	Ford																																TAL 29	MAR	TEX	PHO
2016	The Motorsports Group	30	Chevy	DAY DNQ	ATL 39	LVS 35	PHO 34	CAL 36	MAR 38	TEX 40	BRI 33	RCH 39	TAL DNQ	KAN 36	DOV 36	CLT 38	POC 27	MCH 30	SON 38	DAY DNQ	KEN 24	NHA 40	IND DNQ	POC 34	GLN 26	BRI 36	MCH 38	DAR 29	RCH 30	CHI 38	NHA 39	DOV 39	CLT 29	KAN 39	TAL Wth	MAR	TEX 40	PHO	HOM	40th	168

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Fitz Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 19	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	125th	206
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT 24	DOV 19	NSH 33	KEN 23	MLW 33	NHA 20	DAY 33	CHI 25	GTY 16	IRP 5	CGV	GLN					DOV 13	KAN						33rd	1770
			Toyota																									MCH 14	BRI	CAL 22
	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Toyota																												RCH 35			CLT DNQ		TEX 11	PHO 23	HOM 12
		99																																	MEM QL†
2009	Curb Racing	43	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX DNQ	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL										97th	198
	SK Motorsports	07	Chevy																											RCH 37	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM
	Xxxtreme Motorsport	58	Chevy																																	TEX 27	PHO 34	HOM
2010	Specialty Racing	61	Ford	DAY 39	CAL 37	LVS 19	BRI 23	NSH 20	PHO 24	TEX DNQ	TAL DNQ	RCH 37	DAR 34	DOV 36	CLT 42			ROA 41	NHA 41	DAY																			25th	2161
	JR Motorsports	7	Chevy													NSH 16	KEN 15					GTY 8	IRP 16	IOW 11	GLN		BRI 15	CGV	ATL 11	RCH		KAN 13	CAL
	Baker Curb Racing	37	Ford																		CHI 40
		27																								MCH 40
	Turner Motorsports	10	Toyota																												DOV 39
	Baker Curb Racing	43	Dodge																															CLT 18
	JR Motorsports	88	Chevy																																GTY 7	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011	Go Green Racing	39	Ford	DAY 31	PHO 18	LVS 34	BRI 18			TAL 31							CHI 26		ROA 13	DAY 24	KEN	NHA																	16th	671
	JR Motorsports	7	Chevy					CAL 16	TEX 14		NSH 9	RCH 6	DAR 14	DOV 17	IOW 29	CLT 17		MCH 16					NSH 20	IRP 19	IOW 4			BRI 16							CLT 14
	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy																							GLN 28	CGV 29		ATL 22	RCH 33	CHI 31	DOV 33	KAN 33	TEX 36
		42																																		PHO DNQ
		47																																			HOM 39
2012	The Motorsports Group	40		DAY 14																																			125th	01
		42			PHO 40	LVS 41	BRI 43	CAL 39	TEX 40	RCH 38	TAL 40	DAR 39	IOW	CLT 41	DOV 37	MCH 39	ROA	KEN 40	DAY 41	NHA 41	CHI	IND 42	IOW	GLN 39	CGV	BRI 40	ATL 40	RCH 40	CHI 41	KEN	DOV 39	CLT 41	KAN DNQ	TEX 42	PHO 40	HOM 42
2013				DAY	PHO 38									DOV 38	IOW	MCH 37	ROA	KEN 38	DAY	NHA 38	CHI	IND 39	IOW	GLN 39	MOH	BRI 40	ATL 39	RCH 38	CHI DNQ	KEN	DOV 38	KAN 39	CLT DNQ	TEX 38	PHO 39	HOM 39			33rd	217
		40				LVS 25	BRI 19	CAL 20	TEX 37	RCH 34	TAL 18	DAR 21	CLT
2014				DAY 36	PHO 26	LVS 37	BRI 30	CAL 33	TEX 31	DAR 15	RCH 25	TAL 26	IOW	CLT 28	DOV 33	MCH 26	ROA	KEN 29	DAY 32	NHA 38	CHI	IND 29	IOW																103rd	01
		46																						GLN 39	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2016	MBM Motorsports	40	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL 39																															124th	01
	RSS Racing	93	Chevy						TEX 40	BRI 39	RCH 40	TAL	DOV	CLT 39	POC 36	MCH 39	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	15	Ford																												DOV 39	CLT
	TriStar Motorsports	10	Toyota																														KAN DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM
† - Qualified for David Reutimann

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2007	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	00	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN 17	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX 13	MCH	MLW 29	MEM	KEN 21	IRP	NSH 19	BRI	GTW 8	NHA	LVS 6	TAL 23	MAR	ATL 35	TEX	PHO	HOM	33rd	962
2011	RSS Racing	93	Chevy	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA 29	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	100th	01
2012	Norm Benning Racing	75	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH 34	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				103rd	01
2016	Premium Motorsports	49	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA 27	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			106th	01

Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NBES	Pts	Ref
2007	Fitz Motorsports	2	Dodge	GRE	ELK	IOW	SBO	STA	NHA 12	TMP	MCM	ADI	LRP	MFD	NHA	DOV	61st	127

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2006	Eddie Sharp Racing	22	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN 31	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH	ISF	MIL	TOL 8	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	IOW	94th	265
2007			Toyota	DAY 36	USA			KAN 5					POC 9	MCH	BLN	KEN 34	POC	NSH 2			GTW 2		CHI 35	SLM	TAL 33	TOL	26th	1640
			Dodge			NSH 23	SLM		WIN 7	KEN	TOL	IOW							ISF 40	MIL		DSF 2

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

External links

• Official website
• Josh Wise driver statistics at Racing-Reference