| 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.
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.
He was a high school graduate of Carlisle School.[2]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Nationwide 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2006 | Brewco Motorsports | 37 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH 29 | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | 108th | 116 | [4] | ||||||
| 66 | KAN 41 | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC 38 | LVS 35 | ATL | BRI | NSH 15 | TEX 16 | PHO | TAL 9 | RCH 27 | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 2 | MLW 4 | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY 27 | IRP 31 | CGV 8 | GLN 5 | MCH 15 | BRI 17 | CAL | RCH | DOV 42 | KAN | CLT | MEM 33 | TEX | PHO 16 | HOM | 33rd | 1795 | [5] |
| 2008 | Baker Curb Racing | 27 | Ford | DAY 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 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 23rd | 2271 | [6] |
| 2009 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH 10 | KEN | MLW 24 | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY 5 | IRP 16 | IOW 13 | GLN | MCH 23 | BRI 29 | CGV 28 | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 52nd | 873 | [7] |
| 2010 | 18 | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH 6 | KEN 13 | ROA 6 | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY 30 | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV 12 | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY 8 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 50th | 776 | [8] | ||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Brewco Motorsports | 62 | Ford | DAY | NSH 2 | SLM 32 | WIN | KEN 2 | TOL | POC | MCH 5 | KAN 3 | KEN 1* | BLN | POC | GTW 3 | NSH 3* | MCH 5 | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW | 26th | 1900 | [9] | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Bobby Gerhart Racing | 94 | Chevy | DAY 32 | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 163rd | 70 | [10] | |||||||||||||||