# Morgen Baird

Morgen John Baird (born March 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 53 Ford Mustang for Joey Gase Motorsports. He has competed in select ARCA Menards Series races since 2016.

## Racing career

Baird began racing in go-karts in Jackson, Michigan, at the age of twelve, and he won in his second start in the Jr. Sportsman class, before moving up to the Jr. Can class, where he won the championship in 2007.
Baird moved up to mini-cup racing the following year at Jackson Speedway, where he finished second in the points. three feature wins and three heat wins. He also ran the Great Lakes Super Mini-Cup Series during that time, and despite missing an opening race due to age restrictions, he won a race at Owosso Speedway. In 2009, Baird moved up to the GLS Series, finishing runner-up in the points and winning rookie of the year honors that season. He went on to win the title the following year with five feature race wins, seven poles (with four of them setting new track records), twelve top-5s, and eight heat race wins. He won the title again in 2011 with twelve poles, six feature race wins, six heat race wins, and eight poles, and won the title for two more years in 2012 and 2013.
Baird moved to dwarf cars in 2014, driving for Finishline Racing in the MCR Dwarf Series, finishing third in the points that year whilst also winning rookie of the year honors. He departed the team to race in his own equipment in 2015, and finished fourth in the points that year.
In 2016, Baird made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Michigan Speedway driving the No. 64 Chevrolet for Hixson Motorsports, where he finished 17th. He repeated that finish in his next start at Chicagoland Speedway. He joined Jent Motorsports at Kansas Speedway driving the No. 14 Ford and finished 22nd. It was also during this year that he made two starts in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in the pro late model division. He made two starts at Michigan for the next two years in ARCA, driving for Fast Track Racing with a best finish of 19th in 2018.
In 2019, Baird ran at Salem Speedway for Fast Track in the No. 11, finishing 16th due to a radio issue. He made two more starts that year, finishing 11th at Michigan, and 13th at Chicagoland. He made a one-off start at Michigan the following year in the No. 10 Ford, finishing 15th due to brake issues.
In 2021, Baird got his first top-10 finish at Michigan, finishing seventh on the lead lap after starting in that same position. He finished in the top-10 at the track again in 2022, finishing tenth. It was also during this year that Baird joined Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 Toyota at the season finale at Toledo Speedway. In a car that shared visual similarities to the No. 20 car of Jesse Love in that same event, he did not start the race and was classified in 24th. He then ran only one race for Fast Track in 2023, finishing a career best sixth at Michigan.
On March 27, 2024, it was announced that Baird would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Richmond Raceway, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports. However, two days later, it was announced that Baird would postpone his debut in the series due to his fiancé going into induced labor with their soon to be born child; he would be replaced by Garrett Smithley. On August 12, it was announced that Baird would instead make his debut at Michigan, this time driving the No. 53 for Joey Gase Motorsports.

## Personal life

Baird currently resides in Jackson, Michigan.

## Motorsports 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 :
| 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | JD Motorsports | 6 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | COA | RCH Wth | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 73rd | 4 | |
| 2024 | Joey Gase Motorsports | 53 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH DNQ | DAY | DAR | ATL 33 | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 73rd | 4 | |

### ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts |
| 2016 | Hixson Motorsports | 64 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH 17 | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI 17 | KEN | | 60th | 410 |
| 2016 | Jent Motorsports | 14 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KAN 22 | 60th | 410 |
| 2017 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH 21 | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 103rd | 125 |
| 2018 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH 19 | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 97th | 140 |
| 2019 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Ford | DAY | FIF | SLM 16 | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 490 |
| 2019 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | MCH 11 | MAD | GTW | CHI 13 | ELK | IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 35th | 490 |
| 2020 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH 15 | DAY | GTW | I44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 75th | 29 |
| 2021 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH 7 | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 80th | 37 |
| 2022 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH 10 | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | | 61st | 54 |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOL 24 | 61st | 54 |
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 11 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH 6 | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 75th | 38 |