Brad Sweet
| Brad Sweet | |||||||
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 Sweet at Road America in 2012 | |||||||
| Born |
December 31, 1985 Grass Valley, California, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 36 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2013 position | 22nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 18th (2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway) | ||||||
| Last race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 18 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2011 position | 28th | ||||||
| Best finish | 28th (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 16, 2013. | |||||||
Brad Sweet (born December 31, 1985 in Grass Valley, California) is an American professional race car driver, a veteran of the World of Outlaws sprint car series and a part-time driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He currently competes on a part-time basis in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet, for JR Motorsports.
Early career
Sweet began his top-level racing career in 2008, driving for Kasey Kahne Racing in midget cars and sprint cars in the USAC National Midget Series and World of Outlaws series. Sweet proved competitive, winning some of the series' top races, including the Knoxville Midget Nationals, and won at Eldora Speedway, one of the most famous short tracks in America, in both sprint and midget cars.[1] Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009.[2][3] In 2010 and 2011 he drove partial seasons in the Camping World Truck Series for Stringer Motorsports and Turner Motorsports, finishing 28th in points in 2011.[4]
Nationwide Series
In 2012 Sweet drove the No. 38 Nationwide Series car, a Chevrolet sponsored by Great Clips and owned by Turner Motorsports, in a limited schedule. He competed in 18 of the series' races, with Kasey Kahne driving the car during the remainder of the year.[5] Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award.[1] In addition to driving in the Nationwide Series, he will also continue to drive for Kasey Kahne Racing in the World of Outlaws series, driving the No. 49.[6] He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013.[7]
World of Outlaws
Sweet currently drives the number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing and as of June 29, 2014 has seven career A-main wins. He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway.[8] In 2013, he won the King's Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season.[9] He ended 2013 ranked 18th in points. Sweet started the 2014 season by winning the season opener at Volusia Speedway for his third career World of Outlaws win.[10]
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Brad Sweet qualifying his midget
 Brad Sweet setting fast time in qualifying for the USAC National Midget Series race at Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA in 2008 — 681 kb |
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Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Points | ||||
| 2010 | Braun Racing | 11 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY 31 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 129th | 70 | ||||
| 2012 | Turner Motorsports | 38 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL 6 |
TEX | RCH | TAL 33 |
DAR | IOW 13 |
CLT | DOV 23 |
MCH 24 |
ROA 20 |
KEN 16 |
DAY 24 |
NHA | CHI 19 |
IND | IOW 12 |
GLN | CGV 20 |
BRI | ATL | RCH 20 |
CHI | KEN 10 |
DOV | CLT 15 |
KAN 23 |
TEX 13 |
PHO | HOM 17 |
18th | 469 | ||||||
| 2013 | JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS 12 |
BRI 22 |
CAL 22 |
TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW 34 |
MCH 6 |
ROA | KEN 14 |
DAY 28 |
NHA | CHI 9 |
IND | IOW 15 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI 20 |
KEN 30 |
DOV 13 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 26 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 28 |
HOM 31 |
22nd | 420 | ||||||
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Pos | Points | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Stringer Motorsports | 90 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO 22 |
HOM 27 |
69th | 179 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | DAY | ATL 12 |
MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT 21 |
TEX | MCH 19 |
IOW | GTW 16 |
IRP 8 |
POC | NSH | DAR | BRI DNQ |
CHI 16 |
KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO 15 |
HOM 25 |
31st | 911 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Turner Motorsports | 32 | Chevy | DAY 21 |
PHO 11 |
DAR 36 |
MAR 15 |
NSH 28 |
DOV 30 |
CLT 10 |
KAN 9 |
TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | 28th | 193 | ||||||||||||||
* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NNS: Turner Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. January 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Sweet to pilot Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Toyota Camry in Series Debut". ARCA. July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Brad Sweet To Drive Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Great Clips Toyota In Select NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Races In 2010". Stringer Motorsports. November 11, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "2011 Official Driver Standings: after Ford 200". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. November 21, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ Busbee, Jay (January 3, 2012). "Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet to split Great Clips Nationwide ride". From the Marbles. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Saldana to drive Great Clips car". World of Outlaws. January 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ Spencer, Lee (January 1, 2013). "Kahne, Sweet take on Nationwide roles". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Brad Sweet Gets Breakthrough Win" at mrn.com
- ↑ "Sweet Wins King's Royal" at worldofoutlaws.com
- ↑ "Sweet wins opening night of 2014" at worldofoutlaws.com
External links
- Official website
- Brad Sweet driver statistics at Racing-Reference