Brandon Brown (racing driver)

Brandon L. Brown[1] (born September 14, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro for Brandonbilt Motorsports.

Brandon Brown
Brown at Road America in 2019
BornBrandon L. Brown
(1993-09-14) September 14, 1993
Woodbridge, Virginia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
86 races run over 5 years
Car no., teamNo. 68 (Brandonbilt Motorsports)
2020 position11th
Best finish11th (2020)
First race2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 7 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
22 races run over 4 years
2017 position97th
Best finish25th (2016)
First race2014 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Last race2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 7, 2020.

Racing career

Early career

Brown first started racing when he was ten, driving go-karts at King George Speedway before moving to dirt track racing, winning the 2006 World Karting Association Mid-South Region Jr. championship. Two years later, he won the Jr. Restricted Light and Heavy Division championships, followed by the VDKA Series and Jr. Restricted Light and Heavy Division championships in 2009.[2] In 2010, Brown began competing in the Whelen All-American Series with family-owned Brandonbilt Motorsports,[3] winning a race and eventually the Virginia Rookie of the Year Award.[2] The next year, he won three races at Old Dominion Speedway.[4]

NASCAR

Brown's No. 68 Xfinity car in 2019

In 2014, Brown made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Iowa Speedway,[4] finishing 25th after starting 27th.[5] He made two more starts in the year, with a best finish of 19th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[6]

The following year, he attempted eight races but failed to qualify for three. After starting the season with a 29th-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway,[7] he ended the year with a best finish of 14th at Dover International Speedway.[6]

In the 2016 season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Brown finished a career-best fourth place.[8] Brown made his Xfinity Series debut at his home track of Richmond International Raceway in September 2016. Brown increased his Xfinity Series schedule in 2017, with intentions of running ten races in addition to select Truck races.[9]

After driving a full-time Xfinity Series schedule in 2019 for 2 teams, Brown drove the No. 68 Chevrolet for Brandonbilt Motorsports the following year. He made his first appearance in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs, finishing 12th in the regular season standings, but was eliminated following the first round.[10]

Personal life

Brown graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2018 with a degree in communication;[11] he was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.[2] The school serves as a primary sponsor on Brown's truck and Xfinity car.[9][12]

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2016 Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
29
CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
25
TEX PHO HOM
23
117th 01 [13]
2017 90 DAY ATL
23
LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
25
TAL CLT DOV
17
POC MCH
33
IOW DAY
37
KEN
DNQ
NHA IND IOW
29
GLN MOH BRI
25
ROA DAR
20
RCH
27
CHI KEN DOV
25
CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 36th 110 [14]
2018 86 DAY
36
ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI HOM
24
42nd 94 [15]
90 RCH
19
TAL DOV
28
CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR
18
IND LVS RCH CLT DOV
22
KAN TEX
18
PHO
2019 86 DAY
18
ATL
13
LVS
17
PHO
15
CAL
15
TEX
17
BRI
23
TAL
15
DOV
13
POC
13
MCH
26
IOW
31
CHI
22
DAY
6
KEN
17
NHA
16
IOW
27
GLN
18
BRI
12
ROA
37
DAR
33
IND
28
LVS
16
RCH
34
DOV
11
KAN
18
TEX
25
PHO
20
15th 574 [16]
RSS Racing 93 Chevy RCH
20
Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevy CLT
20
MOH
24
CLT
17
HOM
13
2020 DAY
7
LVS
11
CAL
33
PHO
12
DAR
13
CLT
8
BRI
7
ATL
12
HOM
14
HOM
36
TAL
11
POC
33
IND
11
KEN
27
KEN
13
TEX
10
KAN
11
ROA
12
DAY
34
DOV
14
DOV
16
DAY
26
DAR
17
RCH
18
RCH
11
BRI
12
LVS
15
TAL
9
CLT
26
KAN
13
TEX
5
MAR
18
PHO
12
11th 2170 [17]
2021 DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO

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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2014 Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW
25
ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA
19
LVS TAL MAR
24
TEX PHO HOM 46th 64 [18]
2015 DAY ATL
29
MAR
DNQ
KAN CLT
DNQ
DOV
14
TEX GTW IOW KEN
25
ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA
27
LVS TAL MAR
DNQ
TEX PHO HOM
32
39th 93 [19]
2016 DAY
4
ATL
19
MAR
14
KAN
12
DOV
31
CLT
26
TEX IOW
24
KEN
20
ELD
22
POC
24
BRI
23
MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
25
MAR TEX PHO HOM 25th 153 [20]
MAKE Motorsports GTW
32
2017 Martins Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY
DNQ
ATL MAR
27
KAN 97th 01 [21]
Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Chevy CLT
DNQ
DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. "Team Event Rosters – Texas Motor Speedway – Saturday, October 24, 2020" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. "Brandon". Brandon Brown. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  3. "TRUCKS: Brandon Brown Last At Homestead; Caleb Roark Repeats As LASTCAR Champ". LASTCAR. November 23, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. "Brandon Brown Making NASCAR Debut at Iowa". Race 22. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. "2014 American Ethanol 200 Presented by Enogen". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. Bonkowski, Jerry (January 26, 2016). "Dick Vitale predicts Brandon Brown will win Daytona truck race, baby". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  7. "2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  8. Turner, Jared (February 19, 2016). "Johnny Sauter wins wreck-marred NCWTS race at Daytona". Foxsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  9. Albino, Dustin (January 5, 2017). "Brandon Brown Sets 2017 Part-Time NASCAR XFINITY, Trucks Schedule". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. Glover, Luken (October 10, 2020). "Title Hopes End for Brandon Brown, Harrison Burton, Michael Annett & Riley Herbst". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  11. "Press Release – Darlington Throwback Weekend". Brandonbilt Motorsports. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  12. Riggs, Kelsey (August 31, 2015). "CCU backs student driving in NASCAR's Truck Series". WBTW. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  13. "Brandon Brown – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  14. "Brandon Brown – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  15. "Brandon Brown – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  16. "Brandon Brown – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  17. "Brandon Brown – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  18. "Brandon Brown – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  19. "Brandon Brown – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  20. "Brandon Brown – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  21. "Brandon Brown – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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