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Brian Henderson (racing driver)
American auto racing driver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Henderson (born May 12, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, National Auto Sport Association, Sports Car Club of America and Pirelli World Challenge.
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Racing career
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Henderson began his racing career in go-karts at the age of five before moving up to late model racing.[1][2]
Sports cars
In 2013, Henderson moved from oval racing to road racing, driving in the National Auto Sport Association and moving up to the Spec Miata class a year later.[2]
Partnering with Rossini Racing Products in 2017, he moved to the Sports Car Club of America while running NASA events, still racing Spec Miatas.[3] Henderson claimed the 2017 NASA championship in the Performance Touring E Eastern States class.[4] He also raced part-time in the Pirelli World Challenge, driving for Copeland Motorsports in partnership with Rossini.[5][6] Henderson scored a top-five finish at Lime Rock Park.[7] Also in 2017, he competed in the Mazda Teen Challenge, earning an invite to the MRT24 Shootout.[8]
In 2020, Henderson ran as high as second in the Spec Miata class of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs before falling to fourth on the final lap.[9]
Stock cars

In the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season, Henderson signed on to drive two events for Precision Performance Motorsports.[10] Henderson, at the time, was also a development driver for the team.[11] and scored a Top-10 in his debut at Virginia International Raceway, finishing ninth after being spun in the middle of the race.[12][13] He also competed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, marking the largest oval track that he had raced on.[14][15]
In 2017, Henderson made his Xfinity debut at Watkins Glen, driving the No. 90 car for Brandonbilt Motorsports.[16] He started 34th and finished 33rd after struggling early in the race[17] and making contact with Blake Koch.[18][19]
A year later, he once again returned to Watkins Glen. He partnered with Friends of Jaclyn Foundation for two races: Watkins Glen for Brandonbilt Motorsports No. 90 and Road America for Brandonbilt using No. 38 owner points from RSS Racing to make the field.
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Personal life
Henderson attended Stafford Senior High School and graduated in 2015.[11] He currently attends University of North Carolina at Charlotte, majoring in mechanical engineering.[2]
Motorsports career results
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SCCA National Championship Runoffs
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
K&N Pro Series East
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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