| Birth Date: | 30 March 2008 |
| Birth Place: | Denver, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Achievements: | 2023 SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series Champion 2024 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion, Cars Tour LMSC Rookie of the Year 2016 United States Pro Kart Series Rookie Champion 2017 Rotax Grand Nationals Micro Max Champion 2024 Orange Blossom 100 Winner 2024 Red Eye 100 Winner 2023 Chad McDaniel Memorial Winner Youngest POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Winner (13 years, 3 months, 18 days) Youngest Trans-Am Series Champion (15 years, 7 months, 3 days) Youngest Trans-Am Series Winner (14 years, 3 months, 6 days) |
| Awards: | 2024 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year |
| Total Arca Races: | 8 |
| Years In Arca: | 2 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 20 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 27th (2023, 2024) |
| First Arca Race: | 2023 General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) |
| Last Arca Race: | 2024 Owens Corning 200 (Toledo) |
| First Arca Win: | 2023 Dutch Boy 100 (Springfield) |
| Last Arca Win: | 2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin) |
| Arca Wins: | 2 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 6 |
| Arca Poles: | 1 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca East: | 1 |
| Arca East Car Team: | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| Best Arca East Pos: | 52nd (2024) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Dover) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 0 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca West: | 1 |
| Arca West Car Team: | Nos. 15/20/22 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | October 7, 2024 |
Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, driving the No. 70 Ford Mustang for Nitro Motorsports, full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 29 Toyota Camry for Kevin Harvick Incorporated, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He is currently a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development program.
Crews began racing go-karts at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina, at a young age. In 2016, he competed in the United States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) rookie class, winning the championship.[1] Crews won the Iame International World Finals in 2017 and 2018. Crews would also win a Micro MAX World Championship Rotax Max Challenge race in Brazil in 2018.[2] He then followed that victory up with a SuperKarts! USA SuperNationals victory in Mini Swift.[3] Then in 2019, Crews won his second straight SuperNationals in the KA100 Junior division. In 2021 he became the youngest National Champion in the KZ Pro Shifter Class, leaving his total National Championship count at 12. [4]
Crews made his outlaw kart debut in 2016, working his way quickly from Box Stocks all the way to the Open Class. He became the first to win in every outlaw kart class at Millbridge Speedway in 2019. He also won the Outlaw Kart Nationals in Knoxville Iowa. [5] On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Crews would run full time in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving the 86 Toyota for CB Industries.[6] He earned his first win of the season at Valley Speedway, becoming the youngest driver to win a POWRi National Midget Series race, at 13 years old.[7] He would also score wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Jacksonville Speedway, and Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.[8] [9] [10]
In 2022, Crews would re-join Nitro Motorsports to run a full season in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career pole and win mid-season at Road America, becoming the youngest driver to win a Trans-Am Series race, at 14 years, 3 months, and 4 days.[11] He would also score wins at the Music City Grand Prix and Virginia International Raceway, and finishing 3rd in the final standings.[12] [13] He returned to Nitro for the 2023 season, scoring wins at NOLA Motorsports Park, the Detroit Street Circuit, Road America, and Watkins Glen.[14] [15] [16] [17] He clinched the 2023 championship after finishing fourth at Circuit of the Americas, becoming the youngest champion in TA2 history. In 2024 he added 3 more wins in only 5 races and leads the series in wins since joining[18]
Crews would make his late model racing debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour in 2022, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for Donnie Wilson Motorsports at Caraway Speedway. He would start 8th and finish 14th after experiencing a clutch issue. He ran two more races at Motor Mile and South Boston, finishing 8th and 12th, respectively. On February 14, 2024, it was announced that Crews would compete in six races of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. Crews finished First in the point standings in his first time racing a Super Late Model after earning 2 wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to lead the Cars Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024 with 3 earning Rookie of the year and finishing 5th in Drivers Points. [19]
On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews will make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports.[20] [21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race. He made his second start of the season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.[22]
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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 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 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2023 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 27th | 166 | [23] |
| 2024 | 55 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | TOL | 27th | 161 | [24] | ||||||
| 20 | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | PHO | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | 25th | 102 | [26] | ||||||
| 20 | KER | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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.)| CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour 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 | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2023 | Lee Faulk Racing | 5 | Toyota | SNM | FLC | HCY | ACE | NWS | LGY | DOM | CRW | HCY 24 | ACE 17 | TCM | WKS | AAS | SBO | TCM | CRW | -* | -* | [27] | |
| 2024 | Kevin Harvick Inc. | 29 | Toyota | SNM 6* | HCY 9 | AAS 16 | OCS 1 | ACE 15 | TCM 7 | LGY 2 | CRW 1 | HCY 19 | NWS 9 | ACE 1 | WKS 14* | FLC 21 | SBO 15 | TCM 25 | NWS 11 | 7th | 372 | ||
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| CARS Pro Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2022 | Donnie Wilson Racing | 24 | Toyota | CRW 14 | HCY | GPS | FCS | TCM | HCY | ACE | MMS 8 | TCM | ACE | SBO 12 | CRW | 16th | N/A | [28] | ||||
| 2023 | SNM | HCY 2 | NWS 6 | TCM | DIL | CRW | WKS | HCY | FLC | SBO | TCM | CRW | 18th | 114 | [29] | |||||||
| 28 | ACE 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||