Brandon Whitt

Brandon Whitt (born October 15, 1982)^[1] is an American former stock car racing driver. A third-generation racer, he has run in all three of NASCAR's top divisions. He is the older cousin of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Cole Whitt.

Brandon Whitt
Born	(1982-10-15) October 15, 1982 (age 42) El Cajon, California, U.S.
Awards	2002 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	76th (2006)
First race	2006 Checker Auto Parts 500 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
31 races run over 2 years
Best finish	40th (2009)
First race	2008 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)
Last race	2009 NorthernTool.com 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
58 races run over 4 years
Best finish	18th (2005)
First race	2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race	2007 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta)
First win	2005 O'Reilly 200 (Memphis)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 5 2
Statistics up to date as of September 19, 2012.

Racing career

Whitt's #61 before his final race for Specialty Racing at Milwaukee

Whitt won the Rookie of the Year title in NASCAR's Southwest Touring division in 2002 while attending college,^[2] and made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in 2003,^[3] driving the #38 Chevrolet Silverado for Clean Line Motorsports, a team his father owned. He finished thirteenth in his debut, and ran six additional races that season, his best finish a thirteenth at California Speedway.^[4]

In 2004, Whitt and his team ran the Truck Series full-time with sponsorship from McMillin Homes and running Ford F-150s. Despite not finishing any race higher than 12th in his rookie season, Whitt finished 19th in the final standings.^[5]

During the 2005 season, his team was purchased by Jeff Hammond and Tom DeLoach, renamed Red Horse Racing and switched to Toyota.^[6] He won his first race at Memphis Motorsports Park (from the pole) after taking the lead from a spinning Ron Hornaday Jr. on the last lap.^[7][8] He was dismissed from the team at the end of the season, leaving him out of a ride. However, Whitt soon signed with ARCA Racing Series team CLR Racing.^[9] In 2006, he attempted his first NEXTEL Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway with CJM Racing and qualified 37th, but finished 43rd.^[10] He was scheduled to run with CJM for 12 races in 2007, but those plans changed when Whitt was released from the ride.^[11] Whitt drove one race later that season for Red Horse at Atlanta, where he finished twenty-third.^[12]

Midway through 2008, he signed to drive for Specialty Racing in the Nationwide Series. On June 22, 2009, Whitt announced that he has left Specialty Racing and the #61 team. He has not raced since.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup 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	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
2006	CJM Racing	72	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO 43	HOM DNQ	76th	34	[13]
2007				DAY DNQ	CAL DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	-	[14]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2007	CJM Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	34	35	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2008	Specialty Racing	61	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 41	GTY 28	IRP 35			MCH 32	BRI 33	CAL 25	RCH 28	DOV 23	KAN 27	CLT 21	MEM 28	TEX 40	PHO 30	HOM 38	46th	1087	[15]
		62																								CGV 38	GLN 40
2009		61		DAY 37	CAL 23	LVS 24	BRI 24	TEX 23	NSH 30	PHO 26	TAL 30	RCH 30	DAR 25	CLT 29	DOV 20	NSH 20	KEN 24	MLW 30	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	40th	1260	[16]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2003	Clean Line Motorsports	38	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR 19	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN 26	KEN 30	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL 13	LVS 26	SBO	TEX 34	MAR	PHO	HOM 35	40th	592	[17]
2004			Ford	DAY 22	ATL 20	MAR 14	MFD 18	CLT 18	DOV 31	TEX 22	MEM 15	MLW 15	KAN 23	KEN 14	GTW 23	MCH 28	IRP 20	NSH 17	BRI 31	RCH 17	NHA 19	LVS 13	CAL 35	TEX 15	MAR 12	PHO 20	DAR 14	HOM 26	19th	2569	[18]
2005	Red Horse Racing		Toyota	DAY 28	CAL 23	ATL 15	MAR 29	GTY 33	MFD 30	CLT 23	DOV 32	TEX 15	MCH 34	MLW 13	KAN 16	KEN 6	MEM 1	IRP 24	NSH 23	BRI 20	RCH 33	NHA 27	LVS 9	MAR 3	ATL 8	TEX 15	PHO 19	HOM 29	18th	2602	[19]
2007	Red Horse Racing	1	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL 23	TEX	PHO	HOM	92nd	94	[20]
2008	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	47	Chevy	DAY	CAL QL†	ATL	MAR																						NA	-	[21]
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford					KAN QL‡	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
† - Qualified for A. J. Allmendinger · ‡ - Qualified for Jon Wood

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2006	CLR Racing	57	Ford	DAY DNQ	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH	MCH	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF					144th	100	[22]
	Brandon Whitt Racing	51	Dodge																				CHI 31	SLM	TAL	IOW
2007			Toyota	DAY 34	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	173rd	60	[23]