Brennan Newberry
| Brennan Newberry | |||||||
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| Born |
February 9, 1990 Bakersfield, California, United States | ||||||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 31 race(s) run over 2 year(s) | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 24 (NTS Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2013 position | 19th | ||||||
| Best finish | 19th (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2012 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 15, 2013. | |||||||
Brennan Newberry (born February 9, 1990 in Bakersfield, California) is an American stock car racing driver. A former competitor in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, he currently drives the No. 24 Chevrolet for NTS Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series.
Personal life
The son of former Funny Car driver Bob Newberry, Newberry is a graduate of Bakersfield College.[1]
Career
Newberry begain his racing career in go-karts in 2000; later moving to full-bodied stock cars, he competed in the SRL Southwest Tour in 2007, then moved to USAC competition in 2008, racing in the Ford Focus Midget Car Series; he scored one win during the 2008 season, ending the year fourth in series points. In 2009 he returned to the Southwest Tour before moving to NASCAR competition in 2010, racing in the Toyota All-Star Showdown before running a limited schedule over the following three years in the K&N Pro Series West, scoring two poles in five races run in 2011. He finished 23rd in points that season, his best in the series.[2]
After failing to qualify for the season-ending race of 2011,[3] Newberry made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series in 2012, driving for his family-owned NTS Motorsports team in ten races starting at Martinsville Speedway; he posted a best finish of 19th at Michigan International Speedway,[4] ending the year 31st in series points.[5]
For 2013, NTS Motorsports merged with Joe Dennette Motorsports, planning to run Newberry full-time in the Camping World Truck Series as a teammate to Ron Hornaday, Jr.,[6] with veteran Eddie Pardue serving as crew chief.[7] Competing for Rookie of the Year, he won the pole for the first race of the season at Daytona International Speedway.[8] In July, Newberry won a last-chance qualifying race at Eldora Speedway for the Mudsummer Classic,[9] before scoring his first career top-10 finish in the series at Pocono Raceway in August.[10] At Chicagoland Speedway in September, Newberry was forced to sit out the race due to illness, with Austin Dillon substituting.[11]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Points | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | NTS Motorsports | 14 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 28 |
CAR 23 |
KAN 32 |
CLT 27 |
DOV | TEX | KEN 22 |
IOW 36 |
CHI | POC | MCH 19 |
BRI | ATL | IOW 21 |
KEN 27 |
LVS 23 |
TAL | MAR DNQ |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 31st | 182 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 33 |
MAR 33 |
CAR 21 |
KAN 20 |
19th* | 452* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | CHA 18 |
DOV 24 |
TEX 20 |
KEN 32 |
IOW 19 |
ELD 27 |
POC 10 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 25 |
MSP 27 |
IOW 22 |
CHI INJ |
LVS 15 |
TAL 32 |
MAR 24 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 18 |
HOM 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ "About Brennan Newberry". Brennan Newberry official site. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "Brennan Newberry". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "Truck qualifying washed out at Homestead". Fox Sports. November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "Brennan Newberry - 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Standings". ESPN. November 18, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "Newberry to compete full time in World Truck Series in 2013". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, CA. December 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ "NTS Motorsports tabs veteran to lead Newberry". Yahoo! Sports. January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ Jensen, Tom (February 22, 2013). "Newberry Claims Pole" (in Fox Sports). pp. SPEED Channel. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
- ↑ Gluck, Jeff (July 25, 2013). "Austin Dillon wins inaugural Truck race on dirt". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Wilson, Steven B. (August 8, 2013). "Newberry Earns Career-Best Finish and First Career Top-10 Finish at Pocono Raceway". Speedway Digest. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ "Former champ Dillon to drive Truck". Fox Sports. September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
External links
- Official website
- Brennan Newberry driver statistics at Racing Reference
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