Brent Crews
Brent Crews | |||||||
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Born | Denver, North Carolina, U.S. | March 30, 2008||||||
Achievements | 2023 SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series Champion 2024 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion, Cars Tour LMSC Rookie of the Year 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) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 7, 2024. |
Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes part-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.
Racing career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 3 more wins in only 5 races and leads the series in wins since joining[18]
Late models
[edit]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 2 wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to lead the Cars Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024 with 3 earning Rookie of the year and finishing 5th in Drivers Points. [19]
ARCA Menards Series
[edit]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
[edit]ARCA Menards Series
[edit](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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 25th | 102 | [26] | ||||||
20 | KER 2 |
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22 | PHO 5 |
CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour
[edit](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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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CARS Pro Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | CPLMTC | Pts | Ref | |||
2022 | Donnie Wilson 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
[edit]- ^ Cole, David (July 3, 2017). "eKartingNews.com Driver of the Month: June 2017 – Brent Crews". eKartingNews.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Micro Max: American Brent Crews wins after a magnificent drive". Kartcom.com. January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews claws his way to the win in Mini Swift". Kart360. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ "You are being redirected..." www.ekartingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ "Brent Crews - KKM Giveback Classic Event Results". TheThirdTurn.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ Seelman, Jacob (March 2, 2021). "CB Industries Tabs Brent Crews for POWRi Slate". SpeedSport.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews Gets Break Through POWRi Win". SpeedSport.com. July 18, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews Dominates In POWRi At I-55; Sweeps Ironman 55". SpeedwayDigest.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Brent Crews Wins POWRi Feature at Jacksonville". TJSlideways.com. September 10, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ Halbert, Lucas (October 2, 2021). "Brent Crews flies around Sweet Springs for fifth POWRi National Midget win". GrassrootsRacingNews.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews becomes youngest Trans Am winner in history at Road America". Racer.com. July 3, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Teen phenom Crews nabs third TA2 win of the year at VIR". Racer.com. October 8, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews earns fourth career TA2 victory in NOLA". Racer.com. March 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Crews goes back-to-back in TA2 at Road America". Racer.com. July 9, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Crews awarded Watkins Glen TA2 win after disqualifications". Racer.com. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ "Crews crowned youngest TA2 champion as Annunziata takes maiden win at COTA". Racer.com. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ingle, Noah (August 10, 2023). "Brent Crews Making ARCA Debut With Venturini". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Brent Crews joins Venturini Motorsports for ARCA events at Watkins Glen and Springfield". ARCARacing.com. August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2023 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2022 CARS Pro Late Model Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Brent Crews – 2023 CARS Pro Late Model Tour results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
External links
[edit]Brent Crews driver statistics at Racing-Reference