Brad Sweet | |||||||
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Sweet at Road America in 2012
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Born |
Grass Valley, California, U.S. |
December 31, 1985 ||||||
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) is an American professional race car driver, a veteran of the World of Outlaws sprint car series. He currently competes in international races in the Ruhs Bros Motosport Blue, Yellow and black No.99
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. Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009. 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.
In 2012 Sweet drove the No. 38 Xfinity 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. Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award. 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. He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013.