Brian Scott

Brian Scott
Scott with Chicagoland Speedway pole award, 2011
Born	(1988-01-12) January 12, 1988 Boise, Idaho, U.S.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 33 (Richard Childress Racing)
2013 position	66th
Best finish	66th (2013)
First race	2013 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
142 race(s) run over 5 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 2 (Richard Childress Racing)
2013 position	7th
Best finish	7th (2013)
First race	2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 36 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
62 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Best finish	7th (2009)
First race	2007 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race	2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win	2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last win	2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 23 0
Statistics current as of November 17, 2013.

Brian Joseph Scott (born January 12, 1988 in Boise, Idaho)^[1] is an American race car driver. He currently drives the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series.

Personal life

An avid outdoorsman, Scott enjoys hunting, fishing and skiing when he is away from the track. He has been known to take some of those sports to the "extreme" level to include helicopter skiing.^{[citation needed]} Scott also graduated from high school as an honor student with a 4.0 GPA.^{[citation needed]}

Beginnings

Scott has been racing competitively since the age of 12. One of his early career highlights came at the 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington, when he competed against an elite field of dirt racers and brought home an impressive second place finish.

NASCAR Truck Series

While splitting time between USAR and Late Models, Scott's father, JB, announced he had purchased the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Xpress Motorsports. Scott then made his NASCAR debut at the Smith's Las Vegas 350 and in 2008 moved to the Trucks full-time to run for and eventually finish second for the Rookie of the Year. Albertsons became the team's new sponsor and after a change to Toyota they end the year strong with five top-tens in the last seven races, including a second place finish at the season-ending Ford 200. He went on to finish out his Truck resume with a win in the 2009 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway, twenty top-tens, nine top-fives, and several runner up finishes. On November 9, 2012, Scott added his second win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix International Raceway in the Lucas Oil 150 and delivered Kyle Busch Motorsports their second win of the season.

NASCAR Nationwide Series

Scott's 2011 car

Scott's first full season in the Nationwide Series was completed in 2010 with one top-five and five top-10 finishes en route to finishing the season as the runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. His Nationwide Series debut came in 2009 with seven starts in the series. His 2011 Nationwide Series campaign earned him two top-five finishes, seven top-10 finishes and one pole under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. He also scored the Featherlite Most Improved driver of the year award. Scott finished eighth in the Nationwide Series point standings in 2011.

Scott and crew chief Kevin Kidd returned to the No. 11 team in 2012, gaining sponsorship from Dollar General. In addition, Scott signed to drive the No. 18 in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a few races.^[2] Scott would have a best finish of 3rd at Dover in the Nationwide Series, and returned to Victory Lane in the Truck Series at Phoenix. However, Scott would later be released from JGR in favor of championship runner-up Elliott Sadler. Scott later took over Sadler's previous No. 2 ride at Richard Childress Racing.^[3]

Scott earned his career best finish of 2nd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2013 after getting by Kyle Busch on a late race restart. Busch passed him only two laps later and Scott had to settle for second.^[4] At Richmond International Raceway that September Scott started on the pole and led 239 of 250 laps before being passed by Brad Keselowski and finishing second.^[5] Later that month it was announced that Scott would make his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 33 for RCR in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.^[6] Scott started the race in 19th, and finished 27th, four laps down.^[7] Scott will return to the No. 33 for the 2014 Daytona 500.^[8]

Images

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  2010 Nationwide car

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  Scott in 2012

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

^* Season in progress.
¹ Ineligible for series championship points.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brian Scott.

• Official website
• Brian Scott driver statistics at Racing Reference