Joey Coulter

Joseph "Joey" Coulter (born June 8, 1990 in Miami Springs, Florida) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Early career

A native of Miami Springs, Florida,^[1] 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.^[2] In his first two years of Karting Coulter won over 50 events, winning two state championships.^[1] 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.^[2]

In late 2005 he ventured into the Florida FASTRUCK racking up 4 top five finishes in his first 5 starts.^[2] In 2006 Coulter moved up to the FASTRUCK Pro series competing against more experienced veterans. In Coulters 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.^[2]

Coulter started gaining attention in 2007 & 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.^[2]

ARCA

2009 was Coulter's rookie season in the ARCA Remax Series. It was met with much success. Coulter accumulated 7 top-five's, 13 top-ten's, 2 Poles, led 156 laps and finished 4th in the Series points.^[3] On August 7, 2010 Coulter won his first ARCA Remax Series race The Berlin ARCA 200 at Berlin Raceway beating Patrick Sheltra, leading 54 of the 200 laps in the race.^[4][5]

NASCAR

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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. ^[9]

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 leaves Coulter out of the seat for now. He is currently racing for his family owned race team Coulter Motorsports on his off weekends. He can be found at many dirt tracks around the Southeast, mainly in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. Coulter is currently looking for a sponsor in order to get back behind the wheel in NASCAR.

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.^[2] On January 24, 2015, he married longtime girlfriend Jessica Green, who gave birth to his 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

Camping World Truck Series

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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