| Ricky Johnson | |||||||
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 Johnson celebrates winning the 2012 AMSOIL Cup | |||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Born | Richard Bernard Johnson Jr. July 6, 1964 El Cajon, California | ||||||
| Related to | Luke Johnson | ||||||
| TORC: The Off Road Championship Pro 4 career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2011 | ||||||
| Current team | Vildosola Racing | ||||||
| Championships | 2011, 2012,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2011, 2012 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 1st | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2013, 2021 2009–2010 | Stadium Super Trucks TORC Pro 2 | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1984 AMA 250 1986 AMA 250 and Supercross 1987 AMA 250 and 500 1988 AMA 500 and Supercross TORC Pro 2 (2010) TORC Pro 4 (2011, 2012) | |||||||
| Awards | |||||||
| AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee (1999) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee (2012)[1] 1997 and 2003 Baja 1000 winner 1999 American Speed Association Rookie of the Year 2012 AMSOIL Cup winner 2014 Frozen Rush winner | |||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 31st (1996) | ||||||
| First race | 1995 Spears Manufacturing 200 (Mesa Marin) | ||||||
| Last race | 1997 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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| Last updated on: February 3, 2014. | |||||||
Richard Bernard "Ricky" Johnson Jr. (born July 6, 1964) is an American former professional motocross, off-road truck and stock car racer. He competed in AMA motocross and Supercross during the 1980s and, won seven AMA national championships.[2] He later switched to off-road racing. He won the Pro 2WD Trophy Truck championship in the 1998 Championship Off-Road Racing and 2010 TORC Series.[3] He also won the Pro 4WD class at the 2011 and 2012 TORC Series. In September 2012, Johnson won the 4x4 world championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway and later that day won the AMSOIL Cup pitting the two and four wheel drive trucks. Johnson won the 2014 Frozen Rush, the first short-course off-road race on snow.
- ^ Ricky Johnson at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
- ^ Rick Johnson at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
- ^ "Greaves, Johnson, Currie Crowned 2010 TORC Series PRO Champs; Douglas Wins AMSOIL Cup". Race Dezert. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.