Sanrev Family

The **Sanrev Family** is arguably the most famous racing family in the world.

## Family Members

### Jake Sanrev

Jake Sanrev (1920-2008) was the first Sanrev family member to start racing as he competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Sanrev's Garage from 1953-1968. He won 10 races in his 15 seasons. He was marred to Louise Sanrev (1922-2015) and had a son, Brick Sanrev.

### Brick Sanrev

Brick Sanrev (Born 1949) is the son of Jake Sanrev and Louise Sanrev. Brick competed in the Piston Cup Dirt Series from 1971-1974, winning 14 races and the 1973 championship, then competed in the Piston Cup for Sidewall Shine from 1975-1978, where he had a total of 20 DNFS in 4 seasons. From 1979-1989, he returned to the Piston Cup Dirt Series where he won the 1982 and 1985 championships and extended his win amount to 40 by the end of his career. Brick married Kelly Sanrev (Born 1949) and has two sons, Charlie and Kurt Sanrev.

### Charlie Sanrev

Charlie Sanrev (1971-2014) was the son of Brick Sanrev and Kelly Sanrev. Charlie ran in the Piston Cup Dash Series from 1998-2002 and then the Piston Cup Dirt Series from 2003-2008 where he won 4 times and finished a best of 7th in the standings. Charlie peacefully passed away from disclosed reasons with his family by his side in 2014 at the age of 43. He was not married and didn't have any children.

### Kurt Sanrev

Kurt Sanrev (Born 1974) is the most famous member of the Sanrev family and most successful, at just the age of 16, Kurt joined the Piston Cup Dirt Series in 1990 where he would win 10 races and the championship, he ran the next 2 seasons in the Dirt Series where he would win the 1991 and 1992 championships, in 3 seasons he had 25 wins. In 1993, he moved to the Piston Cup Dash Series where he would win 11/15 races and easily grab the championship. In 1994, he moved to the CARCA Retread Series where he won 11/28 races and the championship. In 1995 and 1996, he won a combined 28 races and both CARCA Championships. In 1997 at the age of 23, he was signed to become the Corrosion Seal racer in the Piston Cup Racing Series, replacing Joel McQueen. In his Piston Cup debut at Florida, he qualified 4th and finished the race 15th after leading 20 laps. He went on to win the 1997 BnL 500 and the 1997 Dinoco 400, he finished his rookie season 8th in the standings. In 1998, he won the Calladega 500, Grandol Oil Co. 400, Iowa Hybrid 450, and Copper Canyon 400. Kurt finished 4th in the standings. In 1999, Corrosion Seal withdrew from the Piston Cup ahead of 1999 due to not reaching an agreement with the Piston Cup about advertisement. Kurt was left without a ride for the first 10 races before Cozsen offered to return to the Piston Cup for the first time in 12 years to sponsor him. Kurt won the Dinoco 400 and finished 15th in the standings after a huge comeback. In 2000, Cozsen continued to sponsor Kurt as he won 5 races in 2000, he finished 2nd to Ponchey Wipeout in the standings. In 2001, Kurt went head to head with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a mega championship battle, with them tied heading into the Dinoco 400 at MSOTS. Sanrev had won 6 races up to that point compared to Jr.'s 5. On a late pit-stop, Sanrev was called back to pit-road for "speeding" even though he justified that he was going the official speed for pit-road. This would cost Sanrev the championship by 10 points over Jr., and was really controversial. Sanrev and multiple fans claimed this was manipulated so Jr. could win the championship in a season grieved by his father's death. In 2002, Sanrev returned as strong as ever and this time battled The King, Strip Weathers for the title. However, once again, the Dinoco 500 saw the two tied for the championship, Sanrev once again was accused of something, he was accused of having a loose lugnut, but when they checked they were all tight, Sanrev lost the championship due to a "mistake" by Piston Cup Officials. In 2003, Cozsen and Sanrev announced they would be moving to the CARCA Retread Series to avoid being manipulated even further into the future. In 12 seasons, Sanrev had added 7 more championships to his 3 from the 90s, and to his 39 wins from the 90s, he got up to 84. Sanrev retired in 2015 and in 2018, became Vice President of the CARCA and RPM Developmental Series'.