Brad Coleman Explained

Brad Coleman
Birth Date:26 February 1988
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Awards:2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Rookie Points Champion
Best Cup Pos:69th (2008)
Total Cup Races:1
Years In Cup:1
First Cup Race:2008 3M Performance 400 (Michigan)
Cup Wins:0
Cup Top Tens:0
Cup Poles:0
Total Busch Races:57
Years In Busch:5
Prev Busch Pos:50th
Prev Busch Year:2010
Best Busch Pos:23rd (2008)
First Busch Race:2006 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last Busch Race:2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:9
Busch Poles:1
Updated:July 2, 2012

Bradford Coleman (born February 26, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He mostly ran full or part-time in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with his last start coming in 2010. Prior to that, Coleman drove part-time in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He also made one Cup Series start in 2008. During his career, Coleman was a development driver for Brewco Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.

Racing career

Coleman was discovered at an indoor karting center in Houston by LeMans champion Price Cobb. He set a record at the age of 16 years at the Rolex 24 at Daytona when he and his teammates finished 7th in the GT class driving a Porsche 911 GT3, making them the youngest team in history to drive and complete the famed race.[1]

Following extensive training and racing in stock cars and formula cars, he made his big league stock car racing debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Nashville Superspeedway on April 15, 2006, where he finished second. In 9 starts, Coleman posted 8 top five finishes including 3 poles and 1 win. On June 10 of the same year, Coleman made his debut in the Busch Series for Brewco Motorsports driving the No. 37 the same week he graduated from high school. He started 27th and finished 29th 5 laps down. He made another start for Brewco at Kansas Speedway that same year in the No. 66 where he would DNF finishing in 41st. In 2007, Coleman ran 17 races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series with Aric Almirola, Kevin Conway, and Tony Stewart filling in the remainder. At Kentucky that year, Coleman was in line for his first win in the closing laps of the race but lost the lead to Stephen Leicht with 13 laps to go and finished in 2nd place. Overall, he put together 3 top 5 finishes, 5 top 10 finishes, 7 top 15 finished and 9 top 20 finishes in only 14 races, including back to back top 5 finishes at Milwaukee and Kentucky and another top 5 finish at Watkins Glen.

It was announced in October 2007 that Coleman would leave Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2007 season. He signed with Baker Curb to drive the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2008, and it was later announced that he had signed with Hall of Fame Racing as well, with plans of running a part-time schedule in 2008, and a full-time run in 2009. He made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 96 Toyota Camry starting at the 3M Performance 400 on August 17, 2008, due to previous driver J. J. Yeley being released. Due to his new Sprint Cup ride, Coleman left Baker Curb Racing. However, after only one start, he was released by Hall of Fame Racing. In 2009 Coleman returned to the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing. He shared the No. 20 Toyota with Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin and drove 8 races. In 2010, he move back to Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota, the car he drove in 2007 and share the ride with Kyle Busch. During the year, Coleman ran six races with a best finish of 6th, twice. He qualified on the outside front row at Kentucky, alongside teammate Joey Logano. He was running in the top-ten at Gateway until being involved in a wreck with teammate Matt DiBenedetto. At Road America he was leading inside of ten laps to go but was forced off the track on a late restart by Brad Keselowski but recovered to finish 6th.

Personal life

He was a high school graduate of Carlisle School.[2]

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435PtsRef
2006Brewco Motorsports37FordDAYCALMXCLVSATLBRITEXNSHPHOTALRCHDARCLTDOVNSH
29
KENMLWDAYCHINHAMARGTYIRPGLNMCHBRICALRCHDOV108th116[4]
66KAN
41
CLTMEMTEXPHOHOM
2007Joe Gibbs Racing18ChevyDAYCALMXC
38
LVS
35
ATLBRINSH
15
TEX
16
PHOTAL
9
RCH
27
DARCLTDOVNSHKEN
2
MLW
4
NHADAYCHIGTY
27
IRP
31
CGV
8
GLN
5
MCH
15
BRI
17
CALRCHDOV
42
KANCLTMEM
33
TEXPHO
16
HOM33rd1795[5]
2008Baker Curb Racing27FordDAY
26
CAL
19
LVS
9
ATL
35
BRI
33
NSH
27
TEX
22
PHO
23
MXC
16
TAL
24
RCH
26
DAR
12
CLT
21
DOV
32
NSH
35
KEN
15
MLW
25
NHA
31
DAY
21
CHI
30
GTY
17
IRP
23
CGV
21
GLN
10
MCHBRICALRCHDOVKANCLTMEMTEXPHOHOM23rd2271[6]
2009Joe Gibbs Racing20ToyotaDAYCALLVSBRITEXNSHPHOTALRCHDARCLTDOVNSH
10
KENMLW
24
NHADAYCHIGTY
5
IRP
16
IOW
13
GLNMCH
23
BRI
29
CGV
28
ATLRCHDOVKANCALCLTMEMTEXPHOHOM52nd873[7]
201018DAYCALLVSBRINSHPHOTEXTALRCHDARDOVCLTNSH
6
KEN
13
ROA
6
NHADAYCHIGTY
30
IRPIOWGLNMCHBRICGV
12
ATLRCHDOVKANCALCLTGTY
8
TEXPHOHOM50th776[8]

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223PtsRef
2006Brewco Motorsports62FordDAYNSH
2
SLM
32
WINKEN
2
TOLPOCMCH
5
KAN
3
KEN
1*
BLNPOCGTW
3
NSH
3*
MCH
5
ISFMILTOLDSFCHISLMTALIOW26th1900[9]
2007Bobby Gerhart Racing94ChevyDAY
32
USANSHSLMKANWINKENTOLIOWPOCMCHBLNKENPOCNSHISFMILGTWDSFCHISLMTALTOL163rd70[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://investor.kimberly-clark.com/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=281007 Kimberly-Clark Gives The Gift of NASCAR as Brad Coleman, Driver of NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion Car Drops By Fox Valley Events
  2. News: Motorsports-focused boarding school planned . . 15 November 2008 . 3 March 2013 . Maier . Butch.
  3. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  4. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  5. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  6. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  7. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  8. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  9. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.
  10. Web site: Brad Coleman – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. March 6, 2019.