Brad Sweet

Bradley Kirk Sweet^[1] (born December 31, 1985) is an American professional race car driver and a veteran of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, driving the No. 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing, where he has earned the nickname 'The Big Cat'. Sweet was formerly a JR Motorsports development driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Brad Sweet
Sweet at Road America in 2012
Born	(1985-12-31) December 31, 1985 (age 38) Grass Valley, California
Achievements	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Champion 2018 Knoxville Nationals Winner 2013, 2019 Kings Royal Winner 2009 4-Crown Nationals Midget Winner 2008 4-Crown Nationals Wingless Sprint Car Winner
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
36 races run over 3 years
2013 position	22nd
Best finish	18th (2012)
First race	2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
Last race	2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
18 races run over 3 years
2011 position	28th
Best finish	28th (2011)
First race	2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series career
Debut season	2003
Current team	Kasey Kahne Racing
Car number	49
Starts	815
Championships	5
Wins	90
Poles	69
Best finish	1st in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Finished last season	1st (2023)
Last updated on: Nov 4, 2023.

Racing career

Early career

Sweet began his top-level racing career in 2008, driving for Kasey Kahne Racing in midget cars and sprint cars in the USAC National Midget Series and World of Outlaws series. Sweet proved competitive, winning some of the series' top races, including the Knoxville Midget Nationals, and won at Eldora Speedway, one of the most famous short tracks in America, in both sprint and midget cars.^[2] Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009.^[3][4] In 2010 and 2011 he drove partial seasons in the Camping World Truck Series for Stringer Motorsports and Turner Motorsports, finishing 28th in points in 2011.^[5]

NASCAR Nationwide Series

In 2012 Sweet drove the No. 38 Nationwide Series car, a Chevrolet sponsored by Great Clips and owned by Turner Motorsports, in a limited schedule. He competed in 18 of the series' races, with Kasey Kahne driving the car during the remainder of the year.^[6] Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award.^[2] In addition to driving in the Nationwide Series, he will also continue to drive for Kasey Kahne Racing in the World of Outlaws series, driving the No. 49.^[7] He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013.^[8]

World of Outlaws

Sweet currently drives the NAPA Auto Parts/Ollie's Bargain Outlet number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing.^[9] As of November 5, 2022, Sweet has 79 career A-main wins placing him in 11th place on the prestigious Top 25 all-time wins list.^[10] He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway.^[11] In 2013, he won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season.^[12][13] He ended 2013 ranked 18th in points. Sweet started the 2014 season by winning the season opener at Volusia Speedway for his third career World of Outlaws win.^[14] Sweet has said that the World of Outlaws is more of a home than NASCAR, his previous series.^[15] Sweet won the 2018 Knoxville Nationals,^[16] the first Nationals victory for Kasey Kahne Racing;^[17] he finished second in the 2018 Kings Royal to Donny Schatz, but returned in 2019 to win the event for the second time.^[18]

Sweet has won five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championships in a row, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.^[19] He took the title in 2019 over Donny Schatz with 16 wins,^[20] and repeated a title run in 2020, winning eight times and becoming the sixth driver to win multiple WoO championships.^[21]

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.)

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
2010	Braun Racing	11	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY 31	TEX	PHO	HOM	129th	70	[22]
2012	Turner Motorsports	38	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL 6	TEX	RCH	TAL 33	DAR	IOW 13	CLT	DOV 23	MCH 24	ROA 20	KEN 16	DAY 24	NHA	CHI 19	IND	IOW 12	GLN	CGV 20	BRI	ATL	RCH 20	CHI	KEN 10	DOV	CLT 15	KAN 23	TEX 13	PHO	HOM 17			18th	469	[23]
2013	JR Motorsports	5	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS 12	BRI 22	CAL 22	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW 34	MCH 6	ROA	KEN 14	DAY 28	NHA	CHI 9	IND	IOW 15	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 20	KEN 30	DOV 13	KAN 8	CLT 26	TEX 10	PHO 28	HOM 31			22nd	420	[24]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2009	Stringer Motorsports	90	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO 22	HOM 27	69th	179	[25]
2010				DAY	ATL 12	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT 21	TEX	MCH 19	IOW	GTY 16	IRP 8	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI DNQ	CHI 16	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO 15	HOM 25	31st	911	[26]
2011	Turner Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY 21	PHO 11	DAR 36	MAR 15	NSH 28	DOV 30	CLT 10	KAN 9	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	28th	193	[27]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2009	Stringer Motorsports	90	Toyota	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN 16	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI 34	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR	107th	210	[28]

Personal life

Brad's sister Katelyn is married to NASCAR driver Kyle Larson.

References

1. "Bradley Kirk Sweet, Born 12/31/1985 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
2. "NNS: Turner Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
3. "Sweet to pilot Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Toyota Camry in Series Debut". ARCA. July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
4. "Brad Sweet To Drive Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Great Clips Toyota In Select NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Races In 2010". Stringer Motorsports. November 11, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
5. "2011 Official Driver Standings: after Ford 200". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
6. Busbee, Jay (January 3, 2012). "Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet to split Great Clips Nationwide ride". From the Marbles. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
7. "Saldana to drive Great Clips car". World of Outlaws. January 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
8. Spencer, Lee (January 1, 2013). "Kahne, Sweet take on Nationwide roles". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
9. "D R I V E R S Kasey Kahne Racing". Kasey Kahne Racing. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
10. Walker, Brian (2022-11-18). "CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Modern Stars Continue Rising On World Of Outlaws All-Time Win List". WorldofOutlaws.com. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
11. "Brad Sweet Gets Breakthrough Win" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine at mrn.com
12. Pace, Doug (July 14, 2013). "Brad Sweet Earns Crown in 30th Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
13. "Sweet Wins King's Royal" at worldofoutlaws.com
14. "Sweet wins opening night of 2014" Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine at worldofoutlaws.com
15. "Beyond the Cockpit: Brad Sweet: 'I'm Pretty Happy' in Dirt Racing". Frontstretch. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
16. Southard, Dargan (August 11, 2018). "Brad Sweet holds off Donny Schatz for 2018 Knoxville Nationals title". Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
17. Kerchner, Mike (August 12, 2018). "Brad Sweet Conquers The Knoxville Nationals". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
18. Billing, Greg (July 21, 2019). "Kings Royal: Sweet wins $175,000 at Eldora Speedway". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
19. Ryan, Nate (November 7, 2020). "Brad Sweet clinches second consecutive Outlaws title; focuses on team championship". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
20. Ford, Walter (December 20, 2019). "Sprint car driver Brad Sweet honored for championship season". The Union. Grass Valley, CA. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
21. Graziano, Nick (November 12, 2020). "WoO Honors Sweet & Others During Virtual Banquet". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
22. "Brad Sweet – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
23. "Brad Sweet – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
24. "Brad Sweet – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
25. "Brad Sweet – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
26. "Brad Sweet – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
27. "Brad Sweet – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
28. "Brad Sweet – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Brad Sweet driver statistics at Racing-Reference