Josh Hart

Quick Facts

Intro

American drag racer

Places

United States of America

Motorcycle racer

Gender

Male

Birth

16 September 1983 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Virgo People who share this birthday

Age

41 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Josh Hart (born September 16, 1983) is an American self made entrepreneur, owner of Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida and owner/driver of the R+L Carriers / TechNet Professional NHRA Top Fuel Dragster in the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series. In his first professional Top Fuel race, he won the 2021 NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.At the NHRA Carolina Nationals in September, 2021, he captured his second win of the season. He finished the 2021 season 11th in points. After a successful rookie season, Hart made crew chief, Ron Douglas, a partner in the race team. The Josh Hart Racing team is now based in Brownsburg, Indiana, just outside Indianapolis.

In 2022, Hart plans to run the entire NHRA schedule and compete for the Top Fuel championship.

Personal life

Joshua "Josh" Hart was born in Huntington, Indiana. In 2010 Josh and his wife Brittanie, moved to Ocala, Florida and founded Burnyzz Speed Shop. They named the business after watching the movie "Weekend at Bernie's" on TV. In 2019, daughter, Helen Londyn Hart, joined their family. The family business expanded to Burnyzz 2.0 and opened in the summer of 2021.

The opening of Burnyzz 2.0 expanded Burnyzz Speed Shop and full-service auto center to over 100,000 square feet under one roof and encompasses an entire city block. Buymetalbuildingsdirect.com, which spent 14 months building Hart’s $5 million investment, is also a sponsor of his race team.

Josh and Brittanie Hart's additional businesses include Modern Muscle Cars, Hart2Hart Photography and Tuxedo Car Storage.

Among Josh's mentors is Big Daddy Don Garlits, also a resident of Ocala.

NHRA career

Hart became an NHRA drag racer in 2011, racing a variety of sportsman vehicles. After earning his Top Alcohol Dragster license in 2015, Hart won three NHRA National event titles and eight NHRA regional TAD races between 2017 and 2019. Hart won the NHRA Regional Champions in 2017 and is a two-time NHRA U.S. Nationals winner (2018–19). He finished his Top Alcohol Dragster career in 2020 with a best time of 5.12 at 283 mph. After earning his Top Fuel license in 2020, driving for Bob Vandergriff Racing, Hart elected to start his own race team. In 2021 Hart stepped up to the professional class of NHRA, driving a Top Fuel dragster.