Bryan Silas

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Bryan Silas
Bryan Silas Skip Barber MX-5 Palm Beach 2013.jpg
Silas in 2013
Born (1987-06-13) June 13, 1987 (age 36)
Stuart, Florida
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
7 races run over 2 years
2013 position121st
Best finish121st (2013)
First race 2012 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona)
Last race 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
85 races run over 9 years
2015 position45th
Best finish10th (2014)
First race 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Last race 2015 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
Statistics current as of March 28, 2015.

Bryan Silas (born June 13, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the Hooters Pro Cup Series and ARCA Racing Series in the past, and also recently competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Silverado for T3R Motorsports.

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Personal life

Silas was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and currently resides in Stuart. [1] He married the former Misty Vance in 2010; [2] they have two sons. [3] [4]

Racing career

Silas began his professional racing career in 2006, making his debut in the ARCA Re/MAX Series at Berlin Raceway in Michigan, finishing 34th; he would run five additional ARCA races that year, with a best finish of 16th at Toledo Speedway. [1] He also competed in a single Hooters Pro Cup Series event at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida, finishing 32nd. [5]

For the 2007 racing season, Silas fan the full ARCA Re/MAX Series schedule; he scored his first top ten in the series at Lakeland, [6] and posted a best finish of 8th at Salem Speedway and Kentucky Speedway en route to a 9th-place finish in the series standings. [1] He also ran three Pro Cup Series events with a best finish of 21st, [7] and made his debut in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series, driving for TRG Motorsports at New Jersey Motorsports Park and finishing 14th. [8]

Silas spent the next three years competing in ARCA for car owner Andy Hillenburg and for various owners in Pro Cup; his best finish in ARCA competition being a fourth at Rockingham Speedway in 2009, and his best finish in points being sixth that same season. [1] Silas ran a limited schedule in ARCA and Pro Cup in 2011 for a variety of owners; in his final ARCA race of the year, at Iowa Speedway in July, Silas drove the No. 11 Chevrolet that was being used for filming the movie Heartland , starring Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid; Efron had driven the same car early in the day for filming that Silas drove to 16th place in the event. [9] Later that year he scored his first win in a major stock car event, winning the American 200 at Rockingham Speedway in the USA Racing Pro Cup Series, using pit strategy to secure the win. [10]

NASCAR

Silas made his debut in NASCAR competition in the Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway in April 2007; [11] he ran a limited schedule in the series that year, and again over the next four seasons, posting a career-best finish of 16th at Daytona International Speedway in the series' season-opening event in 2009. [11]

For the 2012 season, Silas moved to the Camping World Truck Series full-time in the No. 99 Rockingham Speedway Ford for T3R Motorsports, competing for Rookie of the Year honors in the series. [11] [12]

Silas scored his first top ten in the Camping World Truck Series at Texas in 2014, finishing on the lead lap in 8th. He finished his career best 10th points, collecting two top-tens.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NNSCPtsRef
2012 Randy Hill Racing 08 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY
20		 NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 129th01 [13]
2013 SR² Motorsports 24 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR
36		121st01 [14]
00 CLT
DNQ		 DOV IOW MCH ROA
Go Green Racing 79 Ford KEN
26		 DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN
23		 MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN
23		 CLT TEX
29		 PHO HOM
22

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
2007 Fast Track Racing Enterprises 71 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN
29		 CLT
32		 MFD DOV TEX MCH
DNQ		 MLW MEM KEN
25		 IRP NSH BRI
30		 GTW NHA LVS TAL
32		 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
DNQ		54th371 [15]
2008 48 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI
28		 GTW NHA LVS TAL
25		 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 67th167 [16]
2009 DAY
16		 CAL ATL
25		 MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX
30		 PHO HOM
23		43rd375 [17]
2010 DAY
32		 ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL
25		 TEX PHO HOM 81st155 [18]
2011 Chase Mattioli Racing 99 Ford DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT
19		 KAN
26		 TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH 93rd01 [19]
T3R Motorsports 09 Ford BRI
22		 ATL CHI
21		 NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR
26		 TEX HOM
28
2012 99 DAY
29		 MAR
26		 CAR
32		 KAN
21		 CLT
20		 DOV
22		 TEX
25		 KEN
26		 IOW
22		 CHI
24		 POC
17		 MCH
14		 BRI
22		 ATL
24		 IOW
18		 KEN
29		 LVS
16		 TAL
12		 MAR
29		 TEX
23		 PHO
16		 HOM
33		18th471 [20]
2013 DAY
32		 MAR
34		 CAR
23		 KAN
19		 CLT
34		 DOV
22		 TEX KEN
22		 IOW
29		 ELD
DNQ		 POC
24		 MCH
16		 BRI
29		 MSP
11		 IOW
33		 CHI
24		 LVS
22		 TAL
16		 MAR
33		 TEX
27		 PHO
33		 HOM 21st354 [21]
2014 Chevy DAY
17		 MAR
33		 KAN
19		 CLT
13		 DOV
25		 TEX
8		 GTW
16		 KEN
16		 IOW
29		 ELD
23		 POC
21		 MCH
15		 BRI
32		 MSP
19		 CHI
10		 NHA
20		 LVS
12		 TAL
12		 MAR
31		 TEX
19		 PHO
14		 HOM
18		10th548 [22]
2015 DAY
7		 ATL
21		 MAR
31		 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 45th75 [23]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARMCPtsRef
2006 Bobby Jones Racing 50 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN
34		 POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL
20		 TOL
16		 DSF CHI
35		 SLM 63rd545 [24]
Fast Track Racing 11 Chevy TAL
36		 IOW
26
2007 DAY
23		 USA
10		 SLM
8		 KAN
22		 WIN
21		 KEN
33		 TOL
15		 IOW
13		 MCH
32		 BLN
16		 NSH
16		 ISF
19		 MIL
13		 GTW
13		 DSF
37		 SLM
29		 TAL
22		 TOL
28		9th4135 [25]
Ford NSH
37		 POC
18		 KEN
8		 POC
27		 CHI
24
2008 DAY
36		 IOW
8		 CAR
30		 KEN
8		 POC
15		 MCH
21		 KEN
21		 POC
17		 NSH
28		 CHI
6		 TAL
43		12th4230 [26]
Chevy SLM
8		 KAN
16		 TOL
27		 CAY
14		 BLN
13		 ISF
20		 DSF
10		 SLM
9		 NJE
17		 TOL
7
2009 Ford DAY
24		 CAR
4		 TAL
12		 KEN
9		 POC
15		 MCH
9		 KEN
22		 POC
13		 CHI
22		 SLM
9		 KAN
25		 CAR
14		6th4625 [27]
Chevy SLM
8		 TOL
8		 MFD
8		 IOW
17		 BLN
9		 ISF
20		 TOL
7		 DSF
10		 NJE
28
2010 Ford DAY
9		 PBE
16		 SLM
11		 TEX
8		 TAL
18		 TOL
27		 POC
28		 MCH
9		 IOW
13		 MFD
11		 POC
9		 BLN
22		 NJE
12		 ISF
14		 CHI
10		 DSF
10		 TOL
11		 SLM
7		 KAN
24		 CAR
23		10th4140 [28]
2011 DAY
29		 SLM
4		 TOL 26th1050 [29]
Chevy NJE
11		 CHI IOW
16		 IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL
Eddie Sharp Racing 98 Toyota TAL
30
6 POC
17		 MCH
6		 WIN BLN
2014 Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Ford DAY
12		 MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 93rd170 [30]

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