Joey Coulter

Joey Coulter
Coulter at Michigan International Speedway in 2013
Born	Joseph Coulter IV (1990-06-08) June 8, 1990 (age 34) Miami Springs, Florida, U.S.
Awards	2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 2 years
2013 position	113th
Best finish	113th (2013)
First race	2012 History 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2013 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
91 races run over 4 years
2014 position	7th
Best finish	3rd (2012)
First race	2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2014 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win	2012 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 43 3
Statistics current as of June 19, 2020.

Joseph Coulter IV (born June 8, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the SMART Modified Tour for his own team.

Racing career

Early career

A native of Miami Springs, Florida, Coulter started his racing career in 1998, racing go-karts at West Coast Kart way in Naples, Florida. In 1999, Coulter entered the national Karting circuit in the WKA Horstman Gold Cup series while he was still competing in the Florida WKA Championship series.^[1] In his first two years of Karting Coulter won over 50 events, winning two state championships.^[2] In 2000, Coulter received CJ Marvin Sportsman of the year award. In 2005 he won the Summer Nationals at the G & J Kartway in Camden, Ohio. He also finished second national championship and won both state championships in Florida running Briggs Junior light and heavy, and also won the Naples championship for the second year in a row.^[1]

In late 2005, he ventured into the Florida FASTRUCK racking up 4 top five finishes in his first 5 starts.^[1] In 2006, Coulter moved up to the FASTRUCK Pro series competing against more experienced veterans. In Coulter's first 8 races in the series, he won 4 races ultimately finishing 4th in the final points standings. Coulter started racing stock cars in 2007 entering the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series. He didn't qualify for his first race at USA International Speedway but was permitted to race anyway and finished with a top 20.^[1]

Coulter started gaining attention in 2007 and 2008 by finishing in the top-ten multiple times throughout the Carolinas and Virginia, including top-tens at the 2007 Thanksgiving Classic at Kenly and the Baileys 300 at Martinsville Speedway. Coulter also finished 4th at the Iowa Speedway Pro Cup championship series event.^[1]

ARCA and NASCAR

2009 was Coulter's rookie season in the ARCA Re/Max Series. It was met with much success, as Coulter accumulated 7 top-five's, 13 top-ten's, 2 poles, led 156 laps and finished fourth in the point standings.^[3] In 2010, Coulter won his first ARCA race, beating Patrick Sheltra in the Berlin ARCA 200 on August 7 at Berlin Raceway after leading 54 of the 200 laps in the race.^[4]

Richard Childress Racing announced at the end of the 2010 racing season that Coulter would drive a second full-time Camping World Truck Series entry in 2011.^[5]

Coulter finished seventh in points at the end of the 2011 season, having scored 13 top-ten finishes, and beat Parker Kligerman and Nelson Piquet Jr. to win the series Rookie of the Year award. His 2012 Truck Series season started off with a wild ride, where his truck became airborne and flipped in the catch fence at Daytona. He won his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway on August 4, where he came from 3rd to 1st on the final restart, passing Piquet and James Buescher to take the win.^[6] The following race at Michigan International Speedway, Coulter collected his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole.

After finishing third in series points in 2012, Coulter moved to Kyle Busch Motorsports for the 2013 season, driving the No. 18 truck with crew chief Harold Holly.^[7] Coulter had a nightmare season in 2013, finishing a dismal 15th in points despite his top-notch equipment. For 2014, he moved to GMS Racing's No. 21, and improved to 7th in points.^[8]

After NASCAR

After finishing 7th in points in 2014 with GMS Racing, Coulter moved to the Team Relationships Coordinator position at GMS Racing. A lack of sponsorship funding left Coulter out of the seat for 2015. After leaving the organization, Coulter ran dirt late model events and also made his debut in a tour-type modified in 2020.^[9]

Personal life

In his free time Coulter likes to go fishing, go boating or working on race cars. Coulter is attending University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) for business.^[1] On January 24, 2015, he married longtime girlfriend Jessica Green, who gave birth to their first child.

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT 10	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 14	123rd	0^1	[10]
2013	Joe Gibbs Racing	54	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL 21	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI 14	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI								113th	0^1	[11]
		18																												KEN 18	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM

¹ Ineligible for series points

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
2011	Richard Childress Racing	22	Chevy	DAY 34	PHO 9	DAR 28	MAR 17	NSH 24	DOV 6	CLT 16	KAN 5	TEX 5	KEN 7	IOW 5	NSH 10	IRP 7	POC 6	MCH 18	BRI 6	ATL 13	CHI 12	NHA 11	KEN 13	LVS 22	TAL 20	MAR 5	TEX 6	HOM 5	7th	796	[12]
2012				DAY 18	MAR 30	CAR 6	KAN 14	CLT 7	DOV 11	TEX 3	KEN 7	IOW 8	CHI 15	POC 1	MCH 7	BRI 4	ATL 7	IOW 13	KEN 4	LVS 3*	TAL 14	MAR 3	TEX 7	PHO 3	HOM 3				3rd	789	[13]
2013	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Toyota	DAY 22	MAR 15	CAR 13	KAN 2	CLT 32	DOV 8	TEX 25	KEN 16	IOW 9	ELD 4	POC 4	MCH 14	BRI 11	MSP 26	IOW 25	CHI 23	LVS 13	TAL 27	MAR 12	TEX 12	PHO 26	HOM 27				15th	605	[14]
2014	GMS Racing	21	Chevy	DAY 32	MAR 17	KAN 12	CLT 12	DOV 5	TEX 9	GTW 11	KEN 12	IOW 4	ELD 14	POC 3	MCH 9	BRI 7	MSP 13	CHI 8	NHA 9	LVS 10	TAL 13	MAR 30	TEX 6	PHO 30	HOM 23				7th	680	[15]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
2022	Joey Coulter	02	Chevy	NSM 25	RCH	RIV 29	LEE	JEN	MND	RIV	WAL	NHA	CLM	TMP	LGY	OSW	RIV	TMP	MAR 15			51st	63	[16]
2023				NSM 14	RCH	MON	RIV	LEE	SEE	RIV	WAL	NHA	LMP	THO	LGY	OSW	MON	RIV	NWS	THO	MAR 13	48th	61	[17]
2024				NSM 18	RCH	THO	MON	RIV	SEE	NHA	MON	LMP	THO	OSW	RIV	MON	THO	NWS 15	MAR 15			42nd	84	[18]

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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2009	Coulter Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY 23	SLM 16	CAR 30	TAL 8	KEN 28	TOL 7	POC 4	MCH 5	MFD 2	IOW 3	KEN 7	BLN 5	POC 12	ISF 21	CHI 6	TOL 2	DSF 3	NJM 11	SLM 15	KAN 7	CAR 9	4th	5020	[19]
2010				DAY 26	PBE 6	SLM 14	TEX 23	TAL 15	TOL 2	POC 26	MCH 2	IOW 14	MFD 22	POC 11	BLN 1	NJM 2	ISF 4	CHI 8	DSF 16	TOL 5	SLM 2	KAN 8	CAR 15		8th	4535	[20]
2011				DAY 21	TAL 11	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH 7	WIN	BLN	IOW	IRP 29	POC	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KAN	TOL			40th	585	[21]
2012		61		DAY DNQ	MOB	SLM	TAL 40	TOL 14	ELK	POC	MCH 9	WIN	NJE	IOW	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	SLM	DSF	KAN		51st	415	[22]

References

1. "Joey Coulter". Joeycoulter.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
2. "Joey Coulter". ARCARacing.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
3. "Coulters 2009 Statistics". Joeycoulter.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
4. http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/arca-coulter-scores-first-victory-in-berlin-200/ Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Speed TV Article
5. "Richard Childress Racing signs Joey Coulter for Truck Series ride in 2011". SceneDaily.com Staff. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
6. "Coulter aces restart at Pocono for first Truck win". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. August 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
7. "Holly Will Deck The Halls of KBM". Kyle Busch Motorsports. December 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
8. "Coulter Joins GMS Truck Operation". National Speed Sport News. January 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
9. Evans, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Coulter Hitting the Pavement for Modified Debut". Speed51. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
10. "Joey Coulter – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
11. "Joey Coulter – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
12. "Joey Coulter – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
13. "Joey Coulter – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
14. "Joey Coulter – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
15. "Joey Coulter – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
16. "Joey Coulter – 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
17. "Joey Coulter – 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
18. "Joey Coulter – 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
19. "Joey Coulter – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
20. "Joey Coulter – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
21. "Joey Coulter – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
22. "Joey Coulter – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Joey Coulter driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Achievements
Preceded by Austin Dillon	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Ty Dillon