Brad Sweet

**Bradly Sweet** is an American professional stock car driver and team owner and partial team owner of the number 5 Junior Motorsports car along with Dale Earnhardt Junior. He last competed in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series in the 2020 Season for Rick Ware Racing driving the number 51 car in the YellaWood 400 at Talladega Super Speedway where he finished a career high of 22nd on the lead lap.

## Brad Sweet

Legend On Dirt TracksForgotten Decent NASCAR Driver

### Born

December 31st 1985, Grass Valley California

### Latest Points Posistion

49th (2020 Pepsi Cup Series)30th (2017 Xfinity Series Season)

### Best Finsh

40th (2017 Pepsi Cup Series)10th (2015 Xfinity Racing Series)

### First Race

2015 Xfinity 500 At Martinsville (Pepsi Cup)2010 5-Hour-Energy 250 At Gateway (Xfinity Series)

### Last Race

2020 YellaWood 400 At Talladega (Pepsi Cup)2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 At Homestead (Xfinity Series)

### First Win

2014 Aaron's 312 At Talladega (Xfinity Series)

### Last Win

2014 Aaron's 312 At Talladega (Xfinity Series)

### Wins

1 (2012 Aaron's 312 At Talladega) (Xfinity Series)

### Pepsi Cup Series Career

#### 2015: Team Xtreme/Debuting Season

In 2015 Brad made his NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series debut in the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville for Team Xtreme. He finished 29th 40 laps down.

#### 2016: Hillman Racing

After Team Xtreme left the series, Brad went to Hillman Racing to compete in the Good Sam 500 (k) at Phoenix and the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 500 at Pocono.

He qualified 40th at Phoenix and finished 39th 1 lap down.

He qualified 37th at Pocono and finished 30th on the lead lap.

#### 2017: Hillman Racing Returning Again

He returned to Hillman Racing in the number 40 car for 2017 and raced the Daytona 500 and Geico 500.

In the Daytona 500 he qualified 39th and finished 34th out of the race.

In the Geico 500 he qualified 30th and finished 24th 1 lap down the last car finishing the race.

After the Geico 500, Brad was supposed to race the other two super-speedways but Hillman Racing folded out of business forever. This left Brad Sweet rideless in the Cup Series. He would only return 3 years later to make his final start in NASCAR as a whole.

#### 2020: Final Return

In May of 2020 Brad and Rick Ware Racing said that Brad will be making his final career NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series in the number 51 car Chevy for RWR in the YellaWood 400 at Talladega.

He had two speeding penalties and was at a maximum of 4 laps down but cautions put him back on the lead lap to finish 22nd his highest career NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series finish ever. Great Clips also returned for this race to sponsor him.

### Xfinity Career

#### 2010: Braun Racing Debut

In 2010 Brad made is NASCAR/Nationwide Series debut at Gateway for the 5-Hour-Energy 250 for Braun Racing. He finished 31st in the race.

#### 2011: Tuner Motorsports

In 2011 he made 14 starts for Tuner Motorsports finishing a high of 6th at California or Auto Club and a low of 33rd at Talladega Alabama.

#### 2012-2013: Junior Motorsports Part-Time

In 2012 he became a JRM development driver. He raced all 17 races in the number 5 Great Clips car and finished a high of 6th once again at Michigan this time and a low of 28th at Daytona and 28th at Phoenix.

n 2013 Brad went full-time for JRM. He got 6 top 10s and 2 top 5s. He finished 21st in the standings with only 2 DNFS.

#### 2014-2016: Junior Motorsports Full-Time

In 2014 Brad did more decent with 12 top 10s and 10 top 5s. He was runner up 2 times to teammates Chase Elliott at Texas and Elliott Sadler at Richmond. This was his first full-time season.

In 2015 Brad had his best Xfinity Season. He won the Talladega race and got 15 top 10s with 12 top 5s. He finished a decent 10th in the standings. He had 8 DNFS, mostly due to break failure for 4 of them and 2 for crashing and the other two for engine failures. He would have had a chance at a top 5 points finish if he got only 4 and maybe the championship if he didn't get any against Chris Buescher.

In 2016 Brad made his final full-time Xfinity Series Season and his final with JRM. He was let go after the season due to his 10 DNFS, 1 top 5 at Talladega, and 4 top 10s at Talladega, Daytona, Phoenix, and Homestead. He finished 22nd in the standings.

#### 2017: DGM Racing Part-Time

In 2017, Brad made his final 12 starts at DGM Racing in the number 90 car chevy. He got 2 top 10s and 1 top 5. He finished 30th in the standings. Great Clips sponsored 4 of the races, Cheez-Its for 2 races, and the rest of the 6 he had no sponsor for.