Brian Scott

Brian Joseph Scott (born January 12, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

For other people named Brian Scott, see Brian Scott (disambiguation).
Brian Scott
Scott at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2016
BornBrian Joseph Scott
(1988-01-12) January 12, 1988
Boise, Idaho
NASCAR Cup Series career
53 races run over 4 years
2016 position31st
Best finish31st (2016)
First race2013 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte)
Last race2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
210 races run over 8 years
2017 position43rd
Best finish4th (2014)
First race2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race2017 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 79 5
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
62 races run over 4 years
2012 position78th
Best finish7th (2009)
First race2007 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last win2012 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 23 0
Statistics current as of January 19, 2019.

Racing career

Beginnings

Scott has been racing competitively since the age of 12. One of his early career highlights came at the 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington, when he competed against an elite field of dirt racers and brought home an impressive second-place finish. He recently was the first Idaho native to make a debut at the Daytona 500.

Camping World Truck Series

While splitting time between USAR and Late Models, Scott's father, JB, announced he had purchased the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Xpress Motorsports. Scott then made his NASCAR debut at the Smith's Las Vegas 350 and in 2008 moved to the Trucks full-time to run for and eventually finish second for the Rookie of the Year. Albertsons became the team's new sponsor and after a change to Toyota they end the year strong with five top-tens in the last seven races, including a second-place finish at the season-ending Ford 200. He went on to finish out his Truck resume with a win in the 2009 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway, twenty top-tens, nine top-fives, and several runner up finishes. On November 9, 2012, Scott added his second win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix International Raceway in the Lucas Oil 150 and delivered Kyle Busch Motorsports their second win of the season.

Xfinity Series
Scott's 2010 Nationwide car for Braun Racing
Scott's 2011 Nationwide car for Joe Gibbs Racing
Scott's 2012 Nationwide car for Joe Gibbs Racing
Scott's 2014 Nationwide car for Richard Childress Racing

His Nationwide Series debut came in 2009 with seven starts in the series driving No. 10 and No. 11 for Braun Racing. Scott's first full season in the Nationwide Series was completed in 2010 with one Top 5 and five Top 10 finishes en route to finishing the season as the runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. Scott ran the first 28 races in the Braun Racing No. 11 but was released from the ride when Steve Turner bought the team. Scott finished the season in the RAB Racing No. 09.

Scott joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2011 driving No. 11. His 2011 Nationwide Series campaign earned him two top-five finishes, seven top-10 finishes and one pole under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. He also scored the Featherlite Most Improved driver of the year award. Scott finished eighth in the Nationwide Series point standings in 2011.

Scott and crew chief Kevin Kidd returned to the No. 11 team in 2012, gaining a sponsorship from Dollar General. In addition, Scott signed to drive the No. 18 in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a few races.[1] Scott would have a best finish of 3rd at Dover in the Nationwide Series, and returned to Victory Lane in the Truck Series at Phoenix. However, Scott would later be released from JGR in favor of championship runner-up Elliott Sadler. Scott later took over Sadler's previous No. 2 ride at Richard Childress Racing.[2]

Scott earned his career best finish of 2nd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2013 after getting by Kyle Busch on a late race restart. Busch passed him only two laps later and Scott had to settle for second.[3] At Richmond International Raceway that September Scott started on the pole and led 239 of 250 laps before being passed by Brad Keselowski and finishing second.[4] Scott had a remarkable 2014 season, earning 23 top ten finishes and finished 4th in the championship standings.

Sprint Cup Series
Scott's 2016 Cup car for Richard Petty Motorsports

In August 2013, it was announced that Scott would make his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 33 for RCR in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.[5] Scott started the race in 19th, and finished 27th, four laps down.[6] Scott returned to the No. 33 for the 2014 Daytona 500.[7] At Daytona, Scott led some laps and was collected in the big one late in the race. At Fontana a few weeks later, he tangled with Aric Almirola when Almirola lifted the throttle, causing Scott to run into the back of Almirola and wrecking both cars.[8]

At Talladega, Scott won his first career Sprint Cup pole for the 2014 Aaron's 499 in the 33. In round #2, Scott had driven his fastest lap and for a total of 5 rounds, nobody was able to break the track record. In the race, Scott ran in the top 15 the entire race but was collected in "The Big One" that struck with 45 laps to go.

It was announced that Scott would drive the No. 29 for RCR in the 2015 Daytona 500, however just before the entry list was released, RCR cancelled plans to field the car for him. Instead, he was hired to drive the No. 62 Chevrolet of Premium Motorsports with RCR support, though Shore Lodge still sponsored the effort. Scott failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Scott then successfully qualified RCR's No. 33 entry the next week at Atlanta. However, after Michael Annett failed to qualify, Scott gave up his ride to allow the Sprint Cup regular to earn driver points. After that, Scott finished 13th at Las Vegas, then his best finish in the series.

On December 9, 2015, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Scott would take over Sam Hornish Jr.'s No. 9 ride for the 2016 season.[9] The car was later renumbered to No. 44.[10]

Scott started the 2016 season crashing on the last lap in his Can-Am Duel qualifying race. Then at Auto Club Speedway, Scott scored a career-best 12th-place finish. After a dismal 2016 with no top 10s going into October, he finished second on the bumper of Joey Logano's car at Talladega. It was the first top 5 and 10 in his career, his first top 10 for Richard Petty Motorsports, and his best career finish.[11]

On November 10, 2016, Scott announced his retirement from NASCAR competition following the remainder of the 2016 season.[12][13] Scott finished 15th in his last NASCAR race at Homestead.

Return to Xfinity Series

On July 3, 2017, Scott announced that he would come out of retirement to drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing at Iowa and Kentucky in July and September respectively.[14] In his first race of 2017 at Iowa, Scott finished a strong 3rd place.

Personal life
Scott and his stepdaughter Brielle in 2014

Scott's father Joe "J.B." Scott is the owner of the Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club resorts in McCall, Idaho.[15][16][17] Scott is also the great-grandson of Joe Albertson and Kathryn Albertson, the founders of the Albertsons enterprise.[17][18] The companies have sponsored Scott for much of his career.[18]

Scott married Whitney Kay in the offseason of 2014–2015 at Shore Lodge. She has a daughter, Brielle, from a previous relationship (with former racing driver Sean Caisse). The two of them have a son together.[19][20]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 36 NSCC Pts
2013 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT
27		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 66th 01
2014 DAY
25		 PHO
32		 LVS BRI CAL
35		 MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL
42		 KAN CLT
32		 DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
28		 62nd 01
2015 Premium Motorsports 62 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 53rd 01
Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy ATL
QL†		 LVS
13		 PHO CAL
27		 MAR TEX
 BRI RCH TAL
43		 KAN CLT DOV
38		 POC MCH SON DAY
42		 KEN NHA IND
36		 POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH
22		 CHI
22		 NHA DOV CLT KAN
12		 TAL MAR TEX
14		 PHO HOM
2016 Richard Petty Motorsports 44 Ford DAY
24		 ATL
31		 LVS
27		 PHO
27		 CAL
12		 MAR
26		 TEX
27		 BRI
30		 RCH
35		 TAL
30		 KAN
22		 DOV
24		 CLT
29		 POC
39		 MCH
36		 SON
33		 DAY
37		 KEN
33		 NHA
38		 IND
27		 POC
24		 GLN
25		 BRI
18		 MCH
28		 DAR
39		 RCH
35		 CHI
31		 NHA
31		 DOV
21		 CLT
22		 KAN
28		 TAL
2		 MAR
34		 TEX
27		 PHO
30		 HOM
15		 31st 481
† - Qualified but replaced by Michael Annett
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2014 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 12 25
2015 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ
2016 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 35 24

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 34 35 NXSC Pts
2009 Braun Racing 10 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH
25		 PHO
15		 TAL RCH
32		 DAR
20		 CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH CAL
23		 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 64th 664
CJM Racing 11 Toyota BRI
30		 CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN
14
2010 Braun Racing 11 Toyota DAY
19		 CAL
10		 LVS
31		 BRI
29		 NSH
15		 PHO
16		 TEX
15		 TAL
10		 RCH
28		 DAR
25		 DOV
9		 CLT
33		 NSH
28		 KEN
31		 ROA
13		 NHA
26		 DAY
30		 CHI
3		 GTY
6		 IRP
17		 IOW
30		 GLN
13		 MCH
15		 BRI
25		 CGV
40		 ATL
28		 RCH
38		 14th 3525
Turner Motorsports DOV
13
RAB Racing 09 Ford KAN
21		 CAL
15		 CLT
28		 GTY
14
Toyota TEX
32		 PHO
11		 HOM
18
2011 Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota DAY
34		 PHO
9		 LVS
14		 BRI
12		 CAL
13		 TEX
10		 TAL
11		 NSH
22		 RCH
15		 DAR
29		 DOV
30		 IOW
27		 CLT
8		 CHI
17		 MCH
17		 ROA
16		 DAY
12		 KEN
15		 NHA
17		 NSH
17		 IRP
15		 IOW
14		 GLN
14		 CGV
12		 BRI
10		 ATL
12		 RCH
32		 CHI
3		 DOV
11		 KAN
17		 CLT
5		 TEX
12		 PHO
41		 HOM
9		 8th 947
2012 DAY
37		 PHO
14		 LVS
34		 BRI
35		 CAL
4		 TEX
37		 RCH
14		 TAL
36		 DAR
7		 IOW
11		 CLT
31		 DOV
3		 MCH
9		 ROA
7		 KEN
30		 DAY
32		 NHA
12		 CHI
11		 IND
14		 IOW
18		 GLN
10		 CGV
24		 BRI
34		 ATL
11		 RCH
28		 CHI
10		 KEN
11		 DOV
7		 CLT
8		 KAN
26		 TEX
22		 PHO
8		 HOM
7		 9th 853
2013 Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DAY
6		 PHO
10		 LVS
9		 BRI
10		 CAL
8		 TEX
11		 RCH
20		 TAL
27		 DAR
14		 CLT
15		 DOV
14		 IOW
6		 MCH
10		 ROA
20		 KEN
17		 DAY
17		 NHA
4		 CHI
11		 IND
2		 IOW
13		 GLN
11		 MOH
12		 BRI
9		 ATL
10		 RCH
2*		 CHI
14		 KEN
11		 DOV
11		 KAN
18		 CLT
12		 TEX
8		 PHO
13		 HOM
32		 7th 1053
2014 DAY
17		 PHO
12		 LVS
7		 BRI
14		 CAL
12		 TEX
12		 DAR
11		 RCH
5		 TAL
33		 IOW
6		 CLT
5		 DOV
7		 MCH
5		 ROA
16		 KEN
8		 DAY
16		 NHA
7		 CHI
6		 IND
7		 IOW
7		 GLN
10		 MOH
3*		 BRI
11		 ATL
7		 RCH
5		 CHI
9		 KEN
2		 DOV
7		 KAN
9		 CLT
10		 TEX
6		 PHO
7		 HOM
10		 4th 1154
2015 DAY
25		 ATL
7		 LVS
38		 PHO
10		 CAL
6		 TEX
10		 BRI
8		 RCH
7		 TAL
2		 IOW
4		 CLT
20		 DOV
36		 MCH
9		 CHI
8		 DAY
23*		 KEN
19		 NHA
29		 IND
11		 IOW
3		 GLN
6		 MOH
7		 BRI
6		 ROA
3		 DAR
12		 RCH
3		 CHI
17		 KEN
13		 DOV
31		 CLT
13		 KAN
23		 TEX
7		 PHO
11		 HOM
4		 8th 1032
2017 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW
3		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN
8		 DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 43rd 70

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
2007 Xpress Motorsports 16 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA
21		 LVS
29		 TAL MAR
15		 ATL
19		 TEX
21		 PHO
18		 HOM
15		 40th 727
2008 Chevy DAY
9		 CAL
23		 ATL
17		 MAR
30		 KAN
14		 CLT
35		 MFD
25		 DOV
32		 TEX
13		 MCH
25		 MLW
32		 MEM
13		 KEN
32		 IRP
29		 NSH
14		 BRI
19		 GTW
14		 NHA
8		 16th 2787
Toyota LVS
14		 TAL
7		 MAR
14		 ATL
10		 TEX
9		 PHO
4		 HOM
2
2009 DAY
12		 CAL
29		 ATL
10		 MAR
8		 KAN
3		 CLT
21		 DOV
1		 TEX
15		 MCH
34		 MLW
3		 MEM
2		 KEN
6		 IRP
12		 NSH
2		 BRI
5		 CHI
28		 IOW
9		 GTW
3		 NHA
7		 LVS
19		 MAR
24		 TAL
23		 TEX
7		 PHO
11		 HOM
12		 7th 3307
2012 Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV
13		 TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI
17		 ATL IOW KEN
5		 LVS TAL MAR
10		 TEX PHO
1*		 HOM 78th 01

* 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 22 23 ARSC Pts Ref
2007 Country Joe Racing 32 Dodge DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
13		 POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL
34		 TOL 98th 225 [21]
2008 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY
40		 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC 25th 1430 [22]
Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy MCH
5		 CAY
25 KEN
5		 BLN POC
20		 NSH
3		 ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE
5		 TAL
34		 TOL
26
2009 8 Toyota DAY
30		 SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 149th 80 [23]

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  4. "Keselowski denies Scott a perfect Nationwide race at Richmond". Fox Sports. September 6, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
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