Brad Noffsinger

Brad Noffsinger

Noffsinger at IRP in 2003
Born (1960-08-29) August 29, 1960
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Achievements 1986, 1987 California Roadster Association Champion
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
17 races run over 1 year
Best finish 36th – 1988
First race 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta)
Last race 1988 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 1 year
Best finish 63rd (1998)
First race 1998 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
Last race 1998 Autolite Platinum 250 (Richmond International Raceway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960 in Huntington Beach, California) is an American stock car racing driver and crew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series; following his stock car racing career, he served as a crew chief in the Winston Cup Series and has competed in USAC open-wheel competition.

Personal life

Noffsinger has two younger brothers and grew up with a passion for toy cars.[1]

Racing career

He attempted to qualify in 1987 for the 1987 Winston Western 500 but failed to do so.[2] Noffsinger only lead a single lap in his career; which spanned a distance of 3555 laps or 5,515.9 miles (8,877.0 km). During the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Noffsinger would fail to qualify eight different times.[3] His ambitions to race in the highest level of American stock car racing was ultimately marred by seven DNFs.[4]

During the 1994 Cup Series season, he would attempt to qualify at the 1994 Mello Yello 500, the 1994 AC-Delco 500 and the 1994 Slick 50 500. None of these attempts resulted in qualifying for the race.[5]

Road courses were Noffsinger's specialities; where he would finish an average of 15th place. His Achilles heel was at most intermediate tracks where a finish of 30th place was considered to be typical.[6]

Following his racing career, Noffsinger became a crew chief at the NASCAR Winston Cup level, working with Team Sabco during the mid-to-late 1990s.

Post-NASCAR career

After retiring from NASCAR for good, Noffsinger joined the personnel of the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt Disney World Speedway where he teaches casual tourists and NASCAR fans alike how to operate the four-gear manual transmission stock cars. He has been employed with this organization for several years and continues to serve his role as instructor there.[7]

From 1999 to 2004, Noffsinger became an owner/occasional driver at the USAC Silver Crown; where he competes and helps younger driver learn the race car driving trade. The team folded up due to financial issues.[1]

In 2013, Noffsinger served as the stunt driver for the viral video Pepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive.[8]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

Busch Series

References

  1. 1 2 History of Brad Noffsinger at Brad Noffsinger's official website
  2. ↑ Brad Noffsinger in 1987 at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ Career statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Racing Reference
  4. ↑ Race by Race results for Brad Noffsinger at Motor Racing Network
  5. ↑ Brad Noffsinger in 1994 at Racing Reference
  6. ↑ NASCAR statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Driver Averages
  7. ↑ Brad Noffsinger's driver bio at Motor Racing Network
  8. ↑ Plemmons, Mark. "Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max test drive video shot in Concord goes viral". Independent Tribune. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Eddie Wirth		 California Roadster Association Champion
1986, 1987 		Succeeded by
Ron Shuman
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