Gary Bradberry Explained

Gary Bradberry
Birth Date:	27 January 1961
Birth Place:	Chelsea, Alabama
Awards:	1994 ARCA Hooters Cup Super Car Series Rookie of the Year
Total Cup Races:	47
Years In Cup:	8
Best Cup Pos:	44th (1997)
First Cup Race:	1994 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)
Last Cup Race:	2002 Sirius Satellite Radio 400 (Michigan)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	0
Cup Poles:	0
Total Busch Races:	4
Years In Busch:	3
Best Busch Pos:	76th (1999)
First Busch Race:	1999 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Last Busch Race:	1999 NAPA 200 (Michigan)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Updated:	May 3, 2013

Gary Arnold Bradberry (born January 27, 1961) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He raced in the NASCAR All-Pro Series, and had top-ten points finishes from 1990 to 1993. After that, Bradberry made the jump to major NASCAR leagues. His younger brother was fellow NASCAR driver Charlie Bradberry, who died in an automobile accident in 2006.

Racing career

Winston Cup Series

Bradberry made his Winston Cup debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1994, starting 12th and finishing 30th in a Ford owned by Jimmy Means.

Bradberry ran four races in 1995, with the first two for his own team. However, he struggled, with a 41st at Michigan and 43rd at Charlotte. Then, for the other two races, Bradberry replaced Ward Burton in the No. 31 Hardee's Chevy, with finishes of 35th and 29th.

Bradberry's next job was at Sadler Brothers Racing, driving the No. 95 Shoney's Chevy in nine 1996 races, with a 23rd-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway being his best finish, albeit his best career finish to that point.

Bradberry's largest season was in 1997, when he ran a career-high 16 races. At first, he was running for Tri-Star Motorsports. However, in eight races, all Bradberry could manage was a 31st at Charlotte, causing him to lose his ride. Bradberry moved to Triad Motorsports and the No. 78 Hanes Ford. His best finish in that ride was a 25th at Darlington being the best run. His 44th in points would prove to be his best career year.

He began 1998 with backing from Pilot Corporation starting the year. However, Bradberry only qualified for 13 races and only had two top-25 finishes, his best run a 23rd at California Speedway, matching Bradberry's best career finish. He also qualified 8th at Charlotte, his first career top-10 start. In addition to twelve races for Triad, Bradberry drove the No. 35 Pontiac for ISM Racing at New Hampshire,^[1] after Triad chose to skip that race, finishing fortieth. He went on to a 48th-place finish in points.

In 1999, Bradberry's new associate sponsor PHARB Hangover Relief did not fulfil their obligations, and Pilot left soon after, causing the team to close its doors before even running a race. Bradberry's lone start in 1999 was at the season finale for Larry Hedrick Motorsports operation. He started 9th, but engine problems relegated him to 35th.

Bradberry made two more starts for Hedrick in 2000, finishing 41st at Texas and 33rd at Martinsville Speedway, and failing to qualify at Talladega Superspeedway. After those races, Hedrick closed its doors and Bradberry was left without a ride.

Bradberry was unemployed until 2002, when he ran at Michigan with Donlavey Racing, finishing 43rd due to handling problems.

Busch Series

Bradberry made four races in his Busch career, all coming in 1999. His debut came at Darlington, where he started 23rd and finished 32nd. Bradberry tacked on a 21st at Charlotte (best career start of 15th), 20th at Pikes Peak before having a hard crash at Michigan, finishing 43rd.

ARCA SuperCar Series

Bradberry was the 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Rookie of the Year, and won a race at Flat Rock Speedway that season after his race car and equipment was recovered early on race day from thieves who stole it the night before the race.^[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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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	36		Pts	Ref
1994	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL 30						70th	73	^[3]
				DAY DNQ	CAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC																								52nd	208	^[4]
	Bradberry Racing	88	Chevy														MCH DNQ	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH 41	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS
		93																													CLT 43
	A.G. Dillard Motorsports	31	Chevy																													CAR 35	PHO	ATL 29
1996	Bradberry Racing	93	Chevy	DAY	CAR DNQ	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT																										46th	591	^[5]
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford												DOV 38	POC	MCH	DAY 35	NHA	POC	TAL 23	IND 29	GLN	MCH	BRI 30	DAR 35	RCH DNQ	DOV 37	MAR DNQ	NWS DNQ	CLT DNQ	CAR 27	PHO	ATL 38
1997			Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR DNQ																																			44th	868	^[6]
	TriStar Motorsports	19	Ford			RCH 38	ATL 40	DAR 38	TEX DNQ	BRI 37	MAR DNQ	SON 43	TAL DNQ	CLT 31	DOV 35	POC 33	MCH DNQ	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN
	Triad Motorsports	78	Ford																					MCH 37	BRI 37	DAR 25	RCH DNQ	NHA 34	DOV 35	MAR DNQ	CLT 34	TAL DNQ	CAR 41	PHO DNQ	ATL 42
1998				DAY DNQ	CAR DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL 43	DAR DNQ	BRI DNQ	TEX 24	MAR DNQ	TAL DNQ	CAL 23	CLT 37	DOV 34	RCH	MCH 34	POC	SON		POC DNQ	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI DNQ	NHA	DAR 37	RCH DNQ	DOV 28	MAR DNQ	CLT 42	TAL DNQ	DAY DNQ	PHO 41	CAR 28	ATL 33				48th	787	^[7]
	ISM Racing	35	Pontiac																	NHA 40
1999	Triad Motorsports	78	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC																		66th	58	^[8]
	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford																				IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT DNQ	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41																																			ATL 35
2000				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 41	MAR 33	TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			63rd	104	^[9]
2002	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH 43	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	86th	34	^[10]

Daytona 500 results

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1995	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ
1997	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ
1998	Triad Motorsports	Ford	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ
1999			align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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		Pts	Ref
1998	Marcrum Motorsports	86	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL DNQ	HOM		NA	-	^[11]
1999				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 32	TEX	NSV	BRI DNQ	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT 21	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB				MCH 43	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	76th	304	^[12]
	LAR Motorsports	28	Chevy																				PPR 20	GTY DNQ	IRP
2000	Marcrum Motorsports	86	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL DNQ	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	NA	-	^[13]

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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		Pts	Ref
1992	Bradberry Racing	78	Chevy	DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL 23	TOL	KIL	POC	MCH	FRS	KIL	NSH	DEL	POC	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS	SLM	ATL					114th	-	^[15]
1993				DAY 38	FIF	TWS	TAL	KIL	CMS	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	FRS	POC	KIL	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL							102nd	-	^[16]
1994				DAY 41	TAL 8						MCH 2													ATL 24					3rd	4895	^[17]
			Buick			FIF 1*	LVL 5	KIL 9	TOL 19	FRS 1		DMS 5		POC 14	KIL 20	FRS 19		I70 5	ISF 25	DSF 26	TOL 14	SLM 30	WIN 1*
			Pontiac										POC 23
			Ford														INF 23
1995			Chevy	DAY 2*	ATL 22	TAL 11	FIF	KIL	FRS	MCH	I80	MCS	FRS	POC	POC 30	KIL	FRS	SBS	LVL	ISF	DSF	SLM	WIN						37th	925	^[18]
	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy																					ATL 41
1996			Buick	DAY	ATL	SLM	TAL	FIF 15	LVL	CLT	CLT	KIL	FRS	POC	MCH	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	INF	SBS	ISF	DSF	KIL	SLM	WIN	CLT	ATL	128th	-	^[19]
1997	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford	DAY 7	ATL	SLM	CLT	CLT	POC	MCH	SBS	TOL	KIL	FRS	MIN	POC	MCH	DSF	GTW	SLM	WIN	CLT	TAL	ISF	ATL				122nd	-	^[20]

Notes and References

1. News: Bodine fired by ISM Racing. July 10, 1998. Lawrence Journal-World. 7C. 2014-08-16. Lawrence, KS.
2. Web site: Green . David . Young driver gets his shot at the big time . Go UpState . October 18, 2020 . January 24, 1995.
3. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
4. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
5. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
6. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
7. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
8. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
9. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
10. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
11. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
12. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
13. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
14. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
15. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
16. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
17. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
18. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1995 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
19. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.
20. Web site: Gary Bradberry – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results. Racing-Reference. July 26, 2015.