JOSHUA "JOSH" WISE
was an American stock car driver. He competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the #98 Chevrolet SS for Phil Parsons Racing. In 2007, it was announced that Wise would drive part-time for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports in conjunction with Michael Waltrip Racing. In nine races in the #00 Aaron's. Inc. Toyota, Wise earned two top 10s, including a career best sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Also in 2007, Wise made his Xfinity Series debut at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Driving the #22 Family Dollar Dodge for Fitz Motorsports, he started 29th and finished on the lead lap in 17th. In 2008, he ran 17 races in the #22 Supercuts Dodge for Fitz and the #00 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. He also made one Cup series attempt at Martinsville Speedway, failing to qualify in the #73 Dodge owned by Barry Haefele. After the 2009
season, it was announced that Wise had signed with Specialty Racing to run full-time in 2010. He raced in the #7 JR Motorsports Chevy with sponsorship from Go Daddy. In 2010, he attempted to qualify for Cup races at Dover and Texas for Robert Richardson but was unsuccessful. In 2012, Wise ran the majority of the Xfinity Series schedule for The Motorsports Group. He also competed full-time, except for the Daytona 500, in the Cup Series, competing for Rookie of the Year, driving the Front Row Motorsports #26. On November 26, 2013, Wise announced that he had left Front Row Motorsports; and on December 4 and it was revealed he would drive for car owner Mike Curb. He posted a season best 20th at Daytona in July. On March 16, 2014 users of a Reddit message board, /r/NASCAR, noticed Wise racing an
2014 Cup Series - Talladega
2016 Cup Series
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, or just over 67 million Dogecoins. The money was raised in just over a week. Wise ran with the Dogecoin-wrapped car on May 4 in the Aaron's 499, running as high as fourth and finishing 20th, his second-best finish at the time. 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 Show Down or the fan vote. Wise did not advance through the
Showdown but won the fan vote, defeating favorite Danica Patrick. Wise placed 15th in the exhibition All-Star Race. PPR earned an additional $120,000 for the weekend, which they said would be used to purchase newer, more competitive tires for their cars. He drove the first half of 2015 for Curb before running the second part of the season for various owners. In 2015 his best finish was tenth while still with Curb; but after leaving his best was only 29th. 2016 saw Wise drive full time for owner Curtis Key of The Motorsports Group. His best finish was 24th at Kentucky while missing the field on five occasions; including the big paying races like the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400. 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. As of 2020, he currently serves as CGR's driver performance manager. Some info from Wikipedia
2008 Xfinity Series - IRP
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