Brent Crews

Brent Crews (born March 29, 2008) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, driving the No. 70 Ford Mustang for Nitro Motorsports, full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 29 Toyota Camry for Kevin Harvick Incorporated, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He is currently a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development program.

Brent Crews
Crews at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born	(2008-03-29) March 29, 2008 (age 16) Denver, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements	2023 SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series Champion 2024 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion 2016 United States Pro Kart Series Rookie Champion 2017 Rotax Grand Nationals Micro Max Champion 2024 Orange Blossom 100 Winner 2024 Red Eye 100 Winner 2023 Chad McDaniel Memorial Winner Youngest POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Winner (13 years, 3 months, 18 days) Youngest Trans-Am Series Champion (15 years, 7 months, 3 days) Youngest Trans-Am Series Winner (14 years, 3 months, 6 days)
Awards	2024 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year
ARCA Menards Series career
8 races run over 2 years
ARCA no., team	No. 20 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish	27th (2023, 2024)
First race	2023 General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2024 Owens Corning 200 (Toledo)
First win	2023 Dutch Boy 100 (Springfield)
Last win	2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 6 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA East no., team	No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish	52nd (2024)
First race	2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA West no., team	Nos. 15/20/22 (Venturini Motorsports)
First race	2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Last race	2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 7, 2024.

Racing career

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 would also win a Micro MAX 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.^[4]

Midget Cars

Crews made his midget car racing debut in 2018, driving in the KKM Giveback Classic, in which he would finish 19th.^[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 join Nitro Motorsports to run a full season in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career win late in the 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.^[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, 2023, 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 4th in the point standings after earning four top fives and five top tens.^[19]

ARCA Menards Series

Crews' No. 15 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2024

On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews will make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports.^[20][21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race. He made his second start of the season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.^[22]

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2023	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH	IOW	POC	MCH	IRP	GLN 3	ISF 1*	MLW	DSF 2	KAN	BRI	SLM 12	TOL	27th	166	[23]
2024		55		DAY	PHO	TAL	DOV 16	KAN	CLT	IOW	MOH 2*	BLN	IRP	SLM	ELK	MCH	ISF	MLW					TOL 4	27th	161	[24]
		20																	DSF 1**	GLN	BRI	KAN

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2024	Venturini Motorsports	55	Toyota	FIF	DOV 16	NSV	FRS	IOW	IRP	MLW	BRI	52nd	28	[25]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	AMSWC	Pts	Ref
2024	Venturini Motorsports	15	Toyota	PHO	KER	PIR	SON 23	IRW	IRW	SHA	TRI	MAD	AAS			-*	-*	[26]
		20												KER 2
		22													PHO

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

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

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	CLMSCTC	Pts	Ref
2023	Lee Faulk Racing	5	Toyota	SNM	FLC	HCY	ACE	NWS	LGY	DOM	CRW	HCY 24	ACE 17	TCM	WKS	AAS	SBO	TCM	CRW	-*	-*	[27]
2024	Kevin Harvick Inc.	29	Toyota	SNM 6*	HCY 9	AAS 16	OCS 1	ACE 15	TCM 7	LGY 2	CRW 1	HCY 19	NWS 9	ACE 1	WKS 14*	FLC 21	SBO 15	TCM 25	NWS 11	7th	372

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

(key)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	CPLMTC	Pts	Ref
2022	Lee Faulk Racing	24	Toyota	CRW 14	HCY	GPS	FCS	TCM	HCY	ACE	MMS 8	TCM	ACE	SBO 12	CRW		16th	N/A	[28]
2023				SNM	HCY 2		NWS 6	TCM	DIL	CRW	WKS	HCY	FLC	SBO	TCM	CRW	18th	114	[29]
		28				ACE 5

References

1. Cole, David (July 3, 2017). "eKartingNews.com Driver of the Month: June 2017 – Brent Crews". eKartingNews.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
2. "Micro Max: American Brent Crews wins after a magnificent drive". Kartcom.com. January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
3. "Crews claws his way to the win in Mini Swift". Kart360. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
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5. "Brent Crews - KKM Giveback Classic Event Results". TheThirdTurn.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
6. Seelman, Jacob (March 2, 2021). "CB Industries Tabs Brent Crews for POWRi Slate". SpeedSport.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
7. "Crews Gets Break Through POWRi Win". SpeedSport.com. July 18, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
8. "Crews Dominates In POWRi At I-55; Sweeps Ironman 55". SpeedwayDigest.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
9. "Brent Crews Wins POWRi Feature at Jacksonville". TJSlideways.com. September 10, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
10. Halbert, Lucas (October 2, 2021). "Brent Crews flies around Sweet Springs for fifth POWRi National Midget win". GrassrootsRacingNews.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
11. "Crews becomes youngest Trans Am winner in history at Road America". Racer.com. July 3, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
12. Sinclair, Adam (August 10, 2022). "Brent Crews Goes Back-To-Back with Win at Big Machine Music City Grand Prix". SpeedwayDigest.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
13. "Teen phenom Crews nabs third TA2 win of the year at VIR". Racer.com. October 8, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
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15. Pryson, Mike (June 3, 2023). "The Kid Is All Right: 15-Year-Old Brent Crews Schools Trans Am Veterans At Detroit". Autoweek.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
16. "Crews goes back-to-back in TA2 at Road America". Racer.com. July 9, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
17. "Crews awarded Watkins Glen TA2 win after disqualifications". Racer.com. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
18. "Crews crowned youngest TA2 champion as Annunziata takes maiden win at COTA". Racer.com. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
19. White, Brandon (February 14, 2023). "Brent Crews dialed in for inaugural World Series of Asphalt season". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
20. Ingle, Noah (August 10, 2023). "Brent Crews Making ARCA Debut With Venturini". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
21. "Brent Crews joins Venturini Motorsports for ARCA events at Watkins Glen and Springfield". ARCARacing.com. August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
22. Srigley, Joseph (August 20, 2023). "Brent Crews Scores Win in Second ARCA Start at Springfield; Wins By 20-Plus Seconds". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
23. "Brent Crews – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
24. "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
25. "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
26. "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
27. "Brent Crews – 2023 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
28. "Brent Crews – 2022 CARS Pro Late Model Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
29. "Brent Crews – 2023 CARS Pro Late Model Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

Brent Crews driver statistics at Racing-Reference