| Brandon Whitt | |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1982 |
| Birth Place: | El Cajon, California |
| Awards: | 2002 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Rookie of the Year |
| Total Cup Races: | 1 |
| Years In Cup: | 1 |
| Best Cup Pos: | 76th (2006) |
| First Cup Race: | 2006 Checker Auto Parts 500 (Phoenix) |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 0 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
| Total Busch Races: | 31 |
| Years In Busch: | 2 |
| Best Busch Pos: | 40th (2009) |
| First Busch Race: | 2008 Dollar General 300 (Chicago) |
| Last Busch Race: | 2009 NorthernTool.com 250 (Milwaukee) |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
| Busch Poles: | 0 |
| Total Truck Races: | 58 |
| Years In Truck: | 4 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 18th (2005) |
| First Truck Race: | 2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin) |
| Last Truck Race: | 2007 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta) |
| First Truck Win: | 2005 O'Reilly 200 (Memphis) |
| Truck Wins: | 1 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 5 |
| Truck Poles: | 2 |
| Updated: | September 19, 2012 |
Brandon Whitt (born October 15, 1982)[1] is an American former stock car racing driver. A third-generation racer, he has run in all three of NASCAR's top divisions. He is the older cousin of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Cole Whitt.
Whitt won the Rookie of the Year title in NASCAR's Southwest Touring division in 2002 while attending college,[2] and made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in 2003,[3] driving the #38 Chevrolet Silverado for Clean Line Motorsports, a team his father owned. He finished thirteenth in his debut, and ran six additional races that season, his best finish a thirteenth at California Speedway.[4]
In 2004, Whitt and his team ran the Truck Series full-time with sponsorship from McMillin Homes and running Ford F-150s. Despite not finishing any race higher than 12th in his rookie season, Whitt finished 19th in the final standings.[5]
During the 2005 season, his team was purchased by Jeff Hammond and Tom DeLoach, renamed Red Horse Racing and switched to Toyota.[6] He won his first race at Memphis Motorsports Park (from the pole) after taking the lead from a spinning Ron Hornaday Jr. on the last lap.[7] [8] He was dismissed from the team at the end of the season, leaving him out of a ride. However, Whitt soon signed with ARCA Racing Series team CLR Racing.[9] In 2006, he attempted his first NEXTEL Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway with CJM Racing and qualified 37th, but finished 43rd.[10] He was scheduled to run with CJM for 12 races in 2007, but those plans changed when Whitt was released from the ride.[11] Whitt drove one race later that season for Red Horse at Atlanta, where he finished twenty-third.[12]
Midway through 2008, he signed to drive for Specialty Racing in the Nationwide Series. On June 22, 2009, Whitt announced that he has left Specialty Racing and the #61 team. He has not raced since.
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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 Nextel Cup 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 | 36 | Pts | Ref | |||
| 2006 | CJM Racing | 72 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO 43 | HOM DNQ | 76th | 34 | [13] | ||
| 2007 | DAY DNQ | CAL DNQ | LVS DNQ | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | - | [14] | |||||
| 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 | |
| 2008 | Specialty Racing | 61 | Ford | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI 41 | GTY 28 | IRP 35 | MCH 32 | BRI 33 | CAL 25 | RCH 28 | DOV 23 | KAN 27 | CLT 21 | MEM 28 | TEX 40 | PHO 30 | HOM 38 | 46th | 1087 | [15] | ||
| 62 | CGV 38 | GLN 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 61 | DAY 37 | CAL 23 | LVS 24 | BRI 24 | TEX 23 | NSH 30 | PHO 26 | TAL 30 | RCH 30 | DAR 25 | CLT 29 | DOV 20 | NSH 20 | KEN 24 | MLW 30 | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 40th | 1260 | [16] | ||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Clean Line Motorsports | 38 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MMR 19 | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN 26 | KEN 30 | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | CAL 13 | LVS 26 | SBO | TEX 34 | MAR | PHO | HOM 35 | 40th | 592 | [17] | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ford | DAY 22 | ATL 20 | MAR 14 | MFD 18 | CLT 18 | DOV 31 | TEX 22 | MEM 15 | MLW 15 | KAN 23 | KEN 14 | GTW 23 | MCH 28 | IRP 20 | NSH 17 | BRI 31 | RCH 17 | NHA 19 | LVS 13 | CAL 35 | TEX 15 | MAR 12 | PHO 20 | DAR 14 | HOM 26 | 19th | 2569 | [18] | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | DAY 28 | CAL 23 | ATL 15 | MAR 29 | GTY 33 | MFD 30 | CLT 23 | DOV 32 | TEX 15 | MCH 34 | MLW 13 | KAN 16 | KEN 6 | MEM 1 | IRP 24 | NSH 23 | BRI 20 | RCH 33 | NHA 27 | LVS 9 | MAR 3 | ATL 8 | TEX 15 | PHO 19 | HOM 29 | 18th | 2602 | [19] | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Red Horse Racing | 1 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL 23 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 92nd | 94 | [20] | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | 47 | Chevy | DAY | CAL QL† | ATL | MAR | NA | - | [21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wood Brothers Racing | 21 | Ford | KAN QL‡ | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||
| † - Qualified for A. J. Allmendinger · ‡ - Qualified for Jon Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | CLR Racing | 57 | Ford | DAY DNQ | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | 144th | 100 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brandon Whitt Racing | 51 | Dodge | CHI 31 | SLM | TAL | IOW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Toyota | DAY 34 | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 173rd | 60 | [23] | |||||||||||||||||