| Bradley Erickson | |
| Nationality: |  American |
| Birth Name: | Bradley Phillip Erickson |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Total Arca Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca: | 1 |
| Best Arca Pos: | 70th (2023) |
| First Arca Race: | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 7 |
| Years In Arca West: | 2 |
| Best Arca West Pos: | 17th (2022) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2022 Irwindale 150 (Irwindale) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2023 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Bakersfield) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 5 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | May 21, 2023 |
Bradley Phillip Erickson (born June 22, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 88 Ford for Naake-Klauer Motorsports, and the No. 23 Toyota for Sigma Performance Services.
At the age of five, Erickson began racing quarter midgets at South Mountain Speedway, before progressing to race at other racetracks outside of Arizona two years later. In 2014, he would win the QMA Western Grand Speed King Championship at the age of eight.[1]
In 2019, Erickson would move to legends cars, getting a ride from Tucson Motorsports Inc. for the season; he would win five races en route to the championship.[1] He would progress to the 51Fifty Jr. Late Model Series at Madera Speedway the following year, where he would win the championship after winning five races and four poles before running in late models categories like the SRL SPEARS Pro Late Model Series in 2021.[2]
In 2022, Erickson would make his ARCA Menards Series West debut with Naake-Klauer Motorsports in the No. 84 Ford at Irwindale Speedway, where he would finish 20th due to issues with the rear end of the car. He would run the last three races of the schedule soon after, earning back-to-back seventh-place finishes at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring and Phoenix Raceway.
In 2023, it was announced that Erickson would run full-time with Naake-Klauer Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series West, this time in the No. 88 Ford.[3] He would also making his debut in the main ARCA Menards Series at Phoenix, as that was companion event with the West Series; he would get his first top-five with a third-place finish.[4] Before the race at All America Speedway, it was announced that Erickson would drive the No. 23 Toyota for the newly formed Sigma Performance Services for the remainder of the season, confirming his departure from Naake-Klauer.[5] [6] [7] His seat at Naake-Klauer would be filled in by Joey Iest, who had previously drove full-time for the team from 2021 to 2022.[8]
Erickson is the grandson of Phil Erickson, a former competitor of the American Indycar Series, where he won one race at Dodge City Raceway Park.[1] He is currently enrolled at Desert Vista High School in Ahwatukee, Arizona.[4]
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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 West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2022 | Naake-Klauer Motorsports | 84 | Ford | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | 17th | 180 | [10] | |
| 2023 | 88 | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | 4th | 522 | [11] | ||||||
| Sigma Performance Services | 23 | Toyota | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | ||||||||||||