Brent Crews

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Brent Crews
Brent Crews Sonoma 2024.jpg
Crews at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born (2008-03-30) March 30, 2008 (age 16)
Denver, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements2023 SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series Champion
2024 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion, Cars Tour LMSC Rookie of the Year
2016 United States Pro Kart Series Rookie Champion
2017 Rotax Grand Nationals Micro Max Champion
2024 Orange Blossom 100 Winner
2024 Red Eye 100 Winner
2023 Chad McDaniel Memorial Winner
Youngest POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Winner (13 years, 3 months, 18 days)
Youngest Trans-Am Series Champion (15 years, 7 months, 3 days)
Youngest Trans-Am Series Winner (14 years, 3 months, 6 days)
Awards2024 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year
ARCA Menards Series career
8 races run over 2 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 20 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish27th (2023, 2024)
First race 2023 General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2024 Owens Corning 200 (Toledo)
First win 2023 Dutch Boy 100 (Springfield)
Last win 2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin)
WinsTop tens Poles
261
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA East no., teamNo. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish52nd (2024)
First race 2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA West no., teamNos. 15/20/22 (Venturini Motorsports)
First race 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Last race 2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of October 7, 2024.

Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, driving the No. 70 Ford Mustang for Nitro Motorsports, full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 29 Toyota Camry for Kevin Harvick Incorporated, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He is currently a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development program.

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Racing career

Early career

Crews began racing go-karts at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina, at a young age. In 2016, he competed in the United States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) rookie class, winning the championship. [1] Crews won the Iame International World Finals in 2017 and 2018. Crews would also win a Micro MAX World Championship Rotax Max Challenge race in Brazil in 2018. [2] He then followed that victory up with a SuperKarts! USA SuperNationals victory in Mini Swift. [3] Then in 2019, Crews won his second straight SuperNationals in the KA100 Junior division. In 2021 he became the youngest National Champion in the KZ Pro Shifter Class, leaving his total National Championship count at 12. [4]

Dirt Cars

Crews made his outlaw kart debut in 2016, working his way quickly from Box Stocks all the way to the Open Class. He became the first to win in every outlaw kart class at Millbridge Speedway in 2019. He also won the Outlaw Kart Nationals in Knoxville Iowa. [5] On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Crews would run full time in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving the 86 Toyota for CB Industries. [6] He earned his first win of the season at Valley Speedway, becoming the youngest driver to win a POWRi National Midget Series race, at 13 years old. [7] He would also score wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Jacksonville Speedway, and Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex. [8] [9] [10]

Trans-Am Series

In 2022, Crews would re-join Nitro Motorsports to run a full season in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career pole and win mid-season at Road America, becoming the youngest driver to win a Trans-Am Series race, at 14 years, 3 months, and 4 days. [11] He would also score wins at the Music City Grand Prix and Virginia International Raceway, and finishing 3rd in the final standings. [12] [13] He returned to Nitro for the 2023 season, scoring wins at NOLA Motorsports Park, the Detroit Street Circuit, Road America, and Watkins Glen. [14] [15] [16] [17] He clinched the 2023 championship after finishing fourth at Circuit of the Americas, becoming the youngest champion in TA2 history. In 2024 he added 3 more wins in only 5 races and leads the series in wins since joining [18]

Late models

Crews would make his late model racing debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour in 2022, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for Donnie Wilson Motorsports at Caraway Speedway. He would start 8th and finish 14th after experiencing a clutch issue. He ran two more races at Motor Mile and South Boston, finishing 8th and 12th, respectively. On February 14, 2024, it was announced that Crews would compete in six races of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. Crews finished First in the point standings in his first time racing a Super Late Model after earning 2 wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to lead the Cars Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024 with 3 earning Rookie of the year and finishing 5th in Drivers Points. [19]

ARCA Menards Series

Crews' No. 15 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 Brent Crews ARCA Sonoma 2024.jpg
Crews' No. 15 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2024

On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews will make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. [20] [21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race. He made his second start of the season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA. [22]

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2023 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN
3		 ISF
1*		 MLW DSF
2		 KAN BRI SLM
12		 TOL 27th166 [23]
2024 55 DAY PHO TAL DOV
16		 KAN CLT IOW MOH
2*		 BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW TOL
4		27th161 [24]
20 DSF
1**		 GLN BRI KAN

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678AMSECPtsRef
2024 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota FIF DOV
16		 NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 52nd28 [25]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112AMSWCPtsRef
2024 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota PHO KER PIR SON
23		 IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS 25th102 [26]
20 KER
2
22 PHO
5

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516CLMSCTCPtsRef
2023Lee Faulk Racing5 Toyota SNM FLC HCY ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCY
24		 ACE
17		 TCM WKS AAS SBO TCM CRW -*-* [27]
2024 Kevin Harvick Inc.29 Toyota SNM
6*		 HCY
9		 AAS
16		 OCS
1		 ACE
15		 TCM
7		 LGY
2		 CRW
1		 HCY
19		 NWS
9		 ACE
1		 WKS
14*		 FLC
21		 SBO
15		 TCM
25		 NWS
11		7th372

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

(key)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213CPLMTCPtsRef
2022Donnie Wilson Racing24 Toyota CRW
14		 HCY GPS FCS TCM HCY ACE MMS
8		 TCM ACE SBO
12		 CRW 16thN/A [28]
2023 SNM HCY
2		 NWS
6		 TCM DIL CRW WKS HCY FLC SBO TCM CRW 18th114 [29]
28 ACE
5

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