Brandon Hightower

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Brandon Hightower
Brandon Hightower Homestead 2016.jpg
Hightower's Xfinity Series car in 2016
BornBrandon Allen Hightower
(1998-03-17) March 17, 1998 (age 26)
Deville, Louisiana
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
AwardsArk-La-Tex Wing Modified Rookie of the Year (2012)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
19 races run over 3 years
2018 position45th
Best finish43rd (2016)
First race 2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2018 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2017 position93rd
Best finish73rd (2015)
First race 2015 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 17, 2018.

Brandon Allen Hightower (born March 17, 1998) is an American professional racing driver who currently competes racing sprint cars. He has also raced stock cars, driving in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for MBM Motorsports, JP Motorsports and JD Motorsports, and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for MB Motorsports, Contreras Motorsports, B. J. McLeod Motorsports and TJL Motorsports.

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Racing career

Early years

Starting at the age of 14, Hightower raced on local dirt tracks, eventually fostering a connection with NASCAR driver David Starr after a chance meeting at a truck stop. [1]

Xfinity Series

Hightower made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in late 2016, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway. [2] After finishing 35th in the race, he ran six more for MBM to close out the season. His best finish was 25th, which came at Dover International Speedway. [3] He ran three races in early 2017, also with MBM. [4]

On May 22, 2018, it was announced that Hightower would take over JP Motorsports' No. 55 entry for the remainder of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, replacing Stephen Leicht. [5] Hightower drove seven races for the team before suddenly leaving the team; a lawsuit was eventually filed by Hightower against the team but was later dropped. Hightower later said that he would rather race sprint cars than pay $40,000 to drive stock cars like he was paying at JPM. [6] Days later, Hightower announced that he would run the rest of the season's oval races with JD Motorsports, [7] but Iowa was the only race that Hightower drove for JD.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2015, Hightower made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in 2015, driving for MB Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway. He finished 27th. [8] One start in 2016, for Contreras Motorsports, yielded a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. [9] Contreras Motorsports announced during the offseason that Hightower would drive full time. [10] He was left without a ride, however, when Contreras shut down the team and sold the assets to D.J. Copp, who formed Copp Motorsports. Hightower returned to his dirt roots at Eldora in 2017, driving the number 1 truck for TJL Motorsports. [11]

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2016 MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge 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
35		 CHI KEN DOV
25		 CLT
34		 KAN
39		 TEX
35		 PHO
26		 HOM
30		43rd63 [12]
2017 40 Toyota DAY
13		 ATL 54th26 [13]
13 Chevy LVS
38		 PHO
40 Dodge CAL
38		 TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2018 JP Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT
27		 POC
32		 MCH
35		 IOW
30		 CHI
26		 DAY
30		 KEN
26		 NHA 45th64 [14]
JD Motorsports 15 Chevy IOW
27		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR
MBM Motorsports 66 Dodge IND
37		 LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2015 MB Motorsports 08 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
27		 TEX 73rd17 [15]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 45 Chevy PHO
DNQ		 HOM
2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
30		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 109th01 [16]
2017 TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
24		 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 93rd01 [17]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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References

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