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Brent Crews

American racing driver (born 2008) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brent Crews
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Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professional dirt track, sports car and stock car racing driver. He competes part time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage and the No. 70 Toyota Tundra for his own team, Brent Crews Motorsports, part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the Nos. 18 and 81 Toyota Camrys for JGR.

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He previously competed part-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, driving the No. 70 Ford Mustang for Nitro Motorsports, and full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 29 Toyota Camry for Kevin Harvick Incorporated.

He is currently a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development program.

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Racing career

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Early career

Crews began racing go-karts at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina, at a young age. In 2016, he competed in the United States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) rookie class, winning the championship.[1] Crews won the Iame International World Finals in 2017 and 2018. Crews would also win a Micro MAX World Championship Rotax Max Challenge race in Brazil in 2018.[2] He then followed that victory up with a SuperKarts! USA SuperNationals victory in Mini Swift.[3] Then in 2019, Crews won his second straight SuperNationals in the KA100 Junior division. In 2021, he became the youngest National Champion in the KZ Pro Shifter Class, leaving his total National Championship count at 12.[4]

Dirt cars

Crews made his outlaw kart debut in 2016, working his way quickly from Box Stocks all the way to the Open Class. He became the first to win in every outlaw kart class at Millbridge Speedway in 2019. He also won the Outlaw Kart Nationals in Knoxville, Iowa. [5] On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Crews would run full time in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving the 86 Toyota for CB Industries.[6] He earned his first win of the season at Valley Speedway, becoming the youngest driver to win a POWRi National Midget Series race, at 13 years old.[7] He would also score wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Jacksonville Speedway, and Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.[8][9][10]

Trans-Am Series

In 2022, Crews would re-join Nitro Motorsports to run a full season in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career pole and win mid-season at Road America, becoming the youngest driver to win a Trans-Am Series race, at 14 years, 3 months, and 4 days.[11] He would also score wins at the Music City Grand Prix and Virginia International Raceway, and finishing 3rd in the final standings.[12][13] He returned to Nitro for the 2023 season, scoring wins at NOLA Motorsports Park, the Detroit Street Circuit, Road America, and Watkins Glen.[14][15][16][17] He clinched the 2023 championship after finishing fourth at Circuit of the Americas, becoming the youngest champion in TA2 history. In 2024, he added three more wins in only five races and leads the series in wins since joining.[18]

Late models

Crews would make his late model racing debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour in 2022, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for Donnie Wilson Motorsports at Caraway Speedway. He would start 8th and finish 14th after experiencing a clutch issue. He ran two more races at Motor Mile and South Boston, finishing 8th and 12th, respectively. On February 14, 2024, it was announced that Crews would compete in six races of the World Series Of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. Crews finished first in the point standings in his first time racing a Super Late Model after earning two wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to tie the CARS Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024, winning races at Orange County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, and Ace Speedway, earning Rookie of the year honors, and finishing 5th in drivers points.[19]

ARCA

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Crews' No. 15 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2024

On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews would make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Watkins Glen, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports.[20][21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race.[22] He made his second start of the season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.[23] Crews returned to Venturini in 2024 to run part-time in ARCA again.[24] That year, he won the main ARCA Series race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, the other dirt race on the series schedule, leading every single lap in the race en route to the win.[25]

On January 8, 2025, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Crews would drive for them part-time in all 3 ARCA Series in 2025.[26] That year, he won the ARCA and ARCA West combination race at Phoenix, the ARCA East Series race at Rockingham and the ARCA and ARCA East combination race at IRP.[27][28][29]

NASCAR

On January 6, 2025, Tricon Garage announced that Crews would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for the team in their No. 1 truck in 2025.[30] On August 1, Crews announced he had formed his own Truck Series team, which would debut at Watkins Glen.[31]

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Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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Craftsman Truck Series

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ARCA Menards Series

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ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series West

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CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

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CARS Pro Late Model Tour

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