He’s come a long way from peering over the wheel of his first go kart at seven years old. Three karting championships later and two trips to the Rotax World Karting Championships, Josh was well on his way. In 2007, Josh made the transition from karting to cars, winning the Island Stock Car Association Rookie of the Year Award racing at Western Speedway. In 2008 he gained formula car experience racing in the 2008 Skip Barber Shootout.
In the fall of 2008, Josh was invited to the national driver talent search conducted by Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle, the largest driver development program in the USA. Following an application process in which over 751 hopefuls submitted their racing resumes, only 44 were selected to attend the 2008 Talent Search. Conducted in early November, in identical race cars on an asphalt oval track in Northern California, Josh was selected to be part of Sutton's NASCAR Career Development Program based on "...his superior on-track performance as well as his personality, character, communication skills and coachability.
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