Brad Coleman

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Brad Coleman
Brad Coleman Bristol 2009.jpg
Coleman at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2009
Born (1988-02-26) February 26, 1988 (age 35)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Awards2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Rookie Points Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish69th (2008)
First race 2008 3M Performance 400 (Michigan)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
57 races run over 5 years
2010 position50th
Best finish23rd (2008)
First race 2006 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last race 2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
WinsTop tens Poles
091
Statistics current as of July 2, 2012.

Bradford Coleman (born February 26, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He mostly ran full or part-time in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with his last start coming in 2010. Prior to that, Coleman drove part-time in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He also made one Cup Series start in 2008. During his career, Coleman was a development driver for Brewco Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.

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Racing career

Coleman was discovered at an indoor karting center in Houston by LeMans champion Price Cobb. He set a record at the age of 16 years at the Rolex 24 at Daytona when he and his teammates finished 7th in the GT class driving a Porsche 911 GT3, making them the youngest team in history to drive and complete the famed race. [1]

Coleman's car in 2009 at Milwaukee BradColemanToyotaMilwaukeeMile2009.jpg
Coleman's car in 2009 at Milwaukee
Coleman's car in 2010 at Road America 18BradColeman2010Bucyrus200RoadAmerica.jpg
Coleman's car in 2010 at Road America

Following extensive training and racing in stock cars and formula cars, he made his big league stock car racing debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Nashville Superspeedway on April 15, 2006, where he finished second. In 9 starts, Coleman posted 8 top five finishes including 3 poles and 1 win. [1] On June 10 of the same year, Coleman made his debut in the Busch Series for Brewco Motorsports driving the No. 37 the same week he graduated from high school. [1] He started 27th and finished 29th 5 laps down. He made another start for Brewco at Kansas Speedway that same year in the No. 66 where he would DNF finishing in 41st. In 2007, Coleman ran 17 races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series with Aric Almirola, Kevin Conway, and Tony Stewart filling in the remainder. At Kentucky that year, Coleman was in line for his first win in the closing laps of the race but lost the lead to Stephen Leicht with 13 laps to go and finished in 2nd place. Overall, he put together 3 top 5 finishes, 5 top 10 finishes, 7 top 15 finished and 9 top 20 finishes in only 14 races, including back to back top 5 finishes at Milwaukee and Kentucky and another top 5 finish at Watkins Glen. [1]

It was announced in October 2007 that Coleman would leave Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2007 season. He signed with Baker Curb to drive the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2008, [1] and it was later announced that he had signed with Hall of Fame Racing as well, with plans of running a part-time schedule in 2008, and a full-time run in 2009. He made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 96 Toyota Camry starting at the 3M Performance 400 on August 17, 2008, due to previous driver J. J. Yeley being released. Due to his new Sprint Cup ride, Coleman left Baker Curb Racing. However, after only one start, he was released by Hall of Fame Racing. In 2009 Coleman returned to the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing. He shared the No. 20 Toyota with Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin and drove 8 races. In 2010, he move back to Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota, the car he drove in 2007 and share the ride with Kyle Busch. During the year, Coleman ran six races with a best finish of 6th, twice. He qualified on the outside front row at Kentucky, alongside teammate Joey Logano. He was running in the top-ten at Gateway until being involved in a wreck with teammate Matt DiBenedetto. At Road America he was leading inside of ten laps to go but was forced off the track on a late restart by Brad Keselowski but recovered to finish 6th.

Personal life

He was a high school graduate of Carlisle School. [2]

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536–NSCCPtsRef
2008 Hall of Fame Racing 96 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH
38		 BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 69th49 [3]

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
2006 Brewco Motorsports 37 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
29		 KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV 108th116 [4]
66 KAN
41		 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2007 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Chevy DAY CAL MXC
38		 LVS
35		 ATL BRI NSH
15		 TEX
16		 PHO TAL
9		 RCH
27		 DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN
2		 MLW
4		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
27		 IRP
31		 CGV
8		 GLN
5		 MCH
15		 BRI
17		 CAL RCH DOV
42		 KAN CLT MEM
33		 TEX PHO
16		 HOM 33rd1795 [5]
2008 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DAY
26		 CAL
19		 LVS
9		 ATL
35		 BRI
33		 NSH
27		 TEX
22		 PHO
23		 MXC
16		 TAL
24		 RCH
26		 DAR
12		 CLT
21		 DOV
32		 NSH
35		 KEN
15		 MLW
25		 NHA
31		 DAY
21		 CHI
30		 GTY
17		 IRP
23		 CGV
21		 GLN
10		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 23rd2271 [6]
2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
10		 KEN MLW
24		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
5		 IRP
16		 IOW
13		 GLN MCH
23		 BRI
29		 CGV
28		 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 52nd873 [7]
2010 18 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH
6		 KEN
13		 ROA
6		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
30		 IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV
12		 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY
8		 TEX PHO HOM 50th776 [8]

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARMCPtsRef
2006 Brewco Motorsports 62 Ford DAY NSH
2		 SLM
32		 WIN KEN
2		 TOL POC MCH
5		 KAN
3		 KEN
1*		 BLN POC GTW
3		 NSH
3*		 MCH
5		 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 26th1900 [9]
2007 Bobby Gerhart Racing 94 Chevy DAY
32		 USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 163rd70 [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kimberly-Clark Gives The Gift of NASCAR as Brad Coleman, Driver of NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion Car Drops By Fox Valley Events Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine , Kimberly Clark, December 10, 2007, Retrieved December 11, 2007
  2. ↑ Maier, Butch (15 November 2008). "Motorsports-focused boarding school planned". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Brad Coleman – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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