Brad Smith | |||||||
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Born | Bradley Smith October 9, 1968 Shelby Township, Michigan | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
427 races run over 30 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 48 (Brad Smith Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 5th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 1988 Stewart-Warner Track Force 150 (Rockford) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
22 races run over 4 years | |||||||
ARCA East no., team | No. 48 (Brad Smith Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 5th (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2020 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Toledo) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
3 races run over 3 years | |||||||
ARCA West no., team | No. 48 (Brad Smith Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 63rd (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 17, 2024. |
Bradley Smith (born October 9, 1968) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet SS for his team, Brad Smith Motorsports. Smith is a veteran of the series, having made over 400 starts in it since 1988. He made his debut in the ARCA Menards Series East in 2020 and ARCA Menards Series West in 2021, and he and his team have also competed part-time in those series since then. He is the younger brother of fellow driver Jeff Smith.
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An oil fire at Talladega Superspeedway in 2003 burned Smith's face and arms, resulting in a hospital stay. [1] In the late 2000s, Smith hosted students from the University of Northwestern Ohio on his racing crew. [1]
During the 2015 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 at Talladega, Austin Wayne Self spun in the tri-oval, and collected Smith's racecar, which went pinballing off both the outside and inside retaining walls. [2] Press reports indicated that the crash fractured Smith's left ankle, although Smith later described the injury as a sprain. [3] A planned full-time season was derailed, as Smith needed a wheelchair for five months following the crash. [4] He returned for a full season the following year and received the General Tire Spirit Award. [5] Smith was driving for James Hylton Motorsports in 2018 when Hylton was killed in a hauler accident. [6] The team completed the 2018 season and rebranded as Smith Brothers Racing, led by Smith and his brother Jeff. The group retained many of the same personnel from Hylton's team. [7] In 2020, Smith claimed his first series top-ten at Winchester Speedway; the finish came in his 363rd start. [8] Despite not having much success in 2021, only finishing three races under power and missing Daytona, Smith was able to score his career best points finish, 5th. In 2022, Smith would finish nine races under power and would earn his second career top 10, 10th at Berlin, and ended the season 8th in points. 2023 would see Smith complete five races and improve to 6th in points.
Smith was an engineer at General Motors before being laid off in 2019. [7] He has been married and divorced twice. [1] Smith graduated from Utica Eisenhower High School. [1]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Brad Smith Motorsports | 48 | Chevy | NSM | TOL 15 | DOV | TOL 17 | BRI 25 | FIF 18 | 13th | 101 | [40] | ||
2021 | NSM | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM 15 | IOW 19 | MLW 22 | BRI 24 | 14th | 146 | [41] | |||
2022 | NSM 15 | FIF 14 | DOV 11 | NSV 13 | IOW 15 | MLW 21 | BRI 24 | 5th | 245 | [42] | ||||
2023 | Ford | FIF Wth | DOV 11 | IOW 15 | IRP 21 | 10th | 186 | [43] | ||||||
Chevy | NSV 12 | FRS 13 | BRI 30 | |||||||||||
Kimmel Racing | 69 | Ford | MLW 20 | |||||||||||
2024 | Brad Smith Motorsports | 48 | Ford | FIF Wth | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [44] |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Brad Smith Motorsports | 48 | Chevy | PHO 26 | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO | 63rd | 18 | [45] | |||
2022 | PHO 34 | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | 69th | 10 | [46] | ||||
2023 | Ford | PHO 30 | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 73rd | 14 | [47] | ||
2024 | Chevy | PHO DNQ | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | [48] |
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