Brad Sweet | |||||||
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Born | Grass Valley, California | December 31, 1985||||||
Achievements | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Champion 2018 Knoxville Nationals Winner 2013, 2019 Kings Royal Winner 2009 4-Crown Nationals Midget Winner 2008 4-Crown Nationals Wingless Sprint Car Winner | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
36 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2013 position | 22nd | ||||||
Best finish | 18th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
18 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2011 position | 28th | ||||||
Best finish | 28th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2003 | ||||||
Current team | Kasey Kahne Racing | ||||||
Car number | 49 | ||||||
Starts | 815 | ||||||
Championships | 5 | ||||||
Wins | 90 | ||||||
Poles | 69 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||||||
Finished last season | 1st (2023) | ||||||
Last updated on: Nov 4, 2023. |
Bradley Kirk Sweet [1] (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.
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. [2] Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009. [3] [4] 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. [5]
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. [6] Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award. [2] 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. [7] He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013. [8]
Sweet currently drives the NAPA Auto Parts/Ollie's Bargain Outlet number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing. [9] As of November 5, 2022, Sweet has 79 career A-main wins placing him in 11th place on the prestigious Top 25 all-time wins list. [10] He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway. [11] In 2013, he won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season. [12] [13] 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. [14] Sweet has said that the World of Outlaws is more of a home than NASCAR, his previous series. [15] Sweet won the 2018 Knoxville Nationals, [16] the first Nationals victory for Kasey Kahne Racing; [17] he finished second in the 2018 Kings Royal to Donny Schatz, but returned in 2019 to win the event for the second time. [18]
Sweet has won five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championships in a row, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. [19] He took the title in 2019 over Donny Schatz with 16 wins, [20] and repeated a title run in 2020, winning eight times and becoming the sixth driver to win multiple WoO championships. [21]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ref | |||
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 | [22] | |||
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 | [23] | |||||
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 | [24] |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ref | |||||||||||||
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 | [25] | |||||||||||||
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 | [26] | ||||||||||||||||
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 | [27] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | [28] |
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