Brad Sweet

Bradley Sweet (born December 31, 1985) is an American professional race car driver and a veteran of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, driving the No. 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing, where he has earned the nickname 'The Big Cat'. Sweet was formerly a JR Motorsports development driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Brad Sweet
Sweet at Road America in 2012
Born (1985-12-31) December 31, 1985
Grass Valley, California
Achievements2019, 2020 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Champion
2018 Knoxville Nationals Winner
2013, 2019 Kings Royal Winner
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
36 races run over 3 years
2013 position22nd
Best finish18th (2012)
First race2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
Last race2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
18 races run over 3 years
2011 position28th
Best finish28th (2011)
First race2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

Racing career

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]

NASCAR 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 NAPA Auto Parts/Ollie's Bargain Outlet number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing.[8] As of February 5, 2021, Sweet has 59 career A-main wins placing him in the prestigious Top 25 all-time wins list. He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway.[9] In 2013, he won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season.[10][11] 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.[12] Sweet has said that the World of Outlaws is more of a home than NASCAR, his previous series.[13] Sweet won the 2018 Knoxville Nationals,[14] the first Nationals victory for Kasey Kahne Racing;[15] he finished second in the 2018 Kings Royal to Donny Schatz, but returned in 2019 to win the event for the second time.[16]

Sweet won back to back World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championships in 2019 and 2020.[17] He took the title in 2019 over Donny Schatz with 16 wins,[18] and repeated a title run in 2020, winning eight times and becoming the sixth driver to win multiple WoO championships.[19]

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.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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 Pts
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
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 NCWTC Pts
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 GTY
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 still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
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 ARSC Pts Ref
2009 Stringer Motorsports 90 Toyota DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN
16		 BLN POC ISF CHI
34		 TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 107th 210 [20]

Personal life

Brad's sister Katelyn is married to NASCAR driver Kyle Larson.

References
  1. "NNS: Turner Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. "Sweet to pilot Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Toyota Camry in Series Debut". ARCA. July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. "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. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. "2011 Official Driver Standings: after Ford 200". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  5. Busbee, Jay (January 3, 2012). "Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet to split Great Clips Nationwide ride". From the Marbles. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. "Saldana to drive Great Clips car". World of Outlaws. January 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  7. Spencer, Lee (January 1, 2013). "Kahne, Sweet take on Nationwide roles". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  8. "D R I V E R S Kasey Kahne Racing". Kasey Kahne Racing. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  9. "Brad Sweet Gets Breakthrough Win" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine at mrn.com
  10. Pace, Doug (July 14, 2013). "Brad Sweet Earns Crown in 30th Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  11. "Sweet Wins King's Royal" at worldofoutlaws.com
  12. "Sweet wins opening night of 2014" Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine at worldofoutlaws.com
  13. "Beyond the Cockpit: Brad Sweet: 'I'm Pretty Happy' in Dirt Racing". Frontstretch. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  14. Southard, Dargan (August 11, 2018). "Brad Sweet holds off Donny Schatz for 2018 Knoxville Nationals title". Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  15. Kerchner, Mike (August 12, 2018). "Brad Sweet Conquers The Knoxville Nationals". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  16. Billing, Greg (July 21, 2019). "Kings Royal: Sweet wins $175,000 at Eldora Speedway". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  17. Ryan, Nate (November 7, 2020). "Brad Sweet clinches second consecutive Outlaws title; focuses on team championship". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  18. Ford, Walter (December 20, 2019). "Sprint car driver Brad Sweet honored for championship season". The Union. Grass Valley, CA. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  19. Graziano, Nick (November 12, 2020). "WoO Honors Sweet & Others During Virtual Banquet". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  20. "Brad Sweet – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.