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Johnny Rumley

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Johnny Rumley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|4|14|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Summerfield, North Carolina

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| Total_Busch_Races = 51

| Years_In_Busch = 9

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| Best_Busch_Pos = 28th (1995)

| First_Busch_Race = 1992 Granger Select 200 (Dublin)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2000 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)

| First_Busch_Win = 1993 The Pantry 300 (Hickory)

| Last_Busch_Win = 1995 MBNA 200 (Dover)

| Busch_Wins = 2

| Busch_Top_Tens = 8

| Busch_Poles = 1

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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==

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!colspan=39| 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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1992

! Beverley Racing

! 25

! Olds

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| MAR

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| LAN

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DUB
10*

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ROU
9

| MYB

| GLN

| VOL

| NHA

| TAL

| IRP

| ROU

| MCH

| NHA

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| MAR

| CAR

| HCY

|

! 66th

! 272

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1992/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

1993

! rowspan=2| Johnny Rumley

! rowspan=2| 00

! Olds

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROU
19

| MAR

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MYB
31

| GLN

| MLW

| TAL

| IRP

| MCH

| NHA

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
15

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| ROU

| CLT

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
26

| CAR

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1

| ATL

| colspan=4|

! 48th

! 559

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1993/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

rowspan=3| 1994

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
8

| DAR

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HCY
8

| BRI

| ROU

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| DOV

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
25

| CAR

| colspan=4|

! rowspan=3| 33rd

! rowspan=3| 1276

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1994/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

rowspan=2| Tom Milner

! rowspan=2| 41

! Ford

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
18

| NZH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MYB
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
26

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
23

| MCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| DAR

| colspan=9|

Chevy

|colspan=16|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
24

|colspan=15|

1995

! rowspan=2| Beverley Racing

! rowspan=2| 25

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HCY
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
24

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
6

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MYB
30

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GLN
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
23

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
40

| colspan=6|

! 28th

! 1708

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1995/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

rowspan=2| 1996

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
17

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HCY
DNQ

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| NHA

| TAL

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| colspan=9|

! rowspan=2| 52nd

! rowspan=2| 531

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1996/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

Henderson Motorsports

! 75

! Ford

| colspan=23|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| HOM

| colspan=6|

rowspan=2| 1997

! rowspan=2| Carolyn Laugeni

! rowspan=2| 27

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| LVS

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HCY
DNQ

| TEX

| BRI

| colspan=23|

! rowspan=2| 87th

! rowspan=2| 110

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1997/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

Chevy

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
42

| TAL

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
30

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| GTY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| CAL

| CAR

| HOM

| colspan=2|

1998

! Curb Agajanian Performance Group

! 96

! Pontiac

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| 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

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/1998/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

2000

! Alumni Motorsports

! 0

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSV
35

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
DNQ

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZH
29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
33

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GTY
DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
37

| MCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
42

| DAR

| RCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
29

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| CAR

| MEM

| PHO

| HOM

! 68th

! 363

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rumlejo01/2000/B|title=Johnny Rumley – 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 25, 2024}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Johnny_Rumley}}

{{Henderson Motorsports}}

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