Brad Coleman

Brad Coleman
Brad Coleman
	Coleman at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2009
Born	February 26, 1988 (age 36); Houston, Texas, U.S.
Awards	2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Rookie Points Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	69th (2008)
First race	2008 3M Performance 400 (Michigan)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	57 races run over 5 years
2010 position	50th
Best finish	23rd (2008)
First race	2006 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
	Statistics current as of 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.

Racing career

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.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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,^[1] 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.

Personal life

He was a high school graduate of Carlisle School.^[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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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–	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2008	Hall of Fame Racing	96	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH 38	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	49	^[3]

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	NNSC	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]
2006	Brewco Motorsports	66	Ford																														KAN 41	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	108th	116	^[4]
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	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	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]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (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
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	ARMC	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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kimberly-Clark Gives The Gift of NASCAR as Brad Coleman, Driver of NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion Car Drops By Fox Valley Events Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, Kimberly Clark, December 10, 2007, Retrieved December 11, 2007
^ Maier, Butch (15 November 2008). "Motorsports-focused boarding school planned". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Brad Coleman – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

External links

Official website
Brad Coleman driver statistics at Racing-Reference
CarinosRacing

[kimberlyclark122007-1] Kimberly-Clark Gives The Gift of NASCAR as Brad Coleman, Driver of NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion Car Drops By Fox Valley Events Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, Kimberly Clark, December 10, 2007, Retrieved December 11, 2007

[Motorsports-focused_boarding_school-2] Maier, Butch (15 November 2008). "Motorsports-focused boarding school planned". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 3 March 2013.

[3] "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[4] "Brad Coleman – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[5] "Brad Coleman – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[6] "Brad Coleman – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[7] "Brad Coleman – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[8] "Brad Coleman – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[9] "Brad Coleman – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[10] "Brad Coleman – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

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v t e Hall of Fame Racing
Years active	2005–2010
Personnel	Jeff Moorad Tom Garfinkel Tom Davin Roger Staubach Troy Aikman Bill Saunders
Former drivers	Brad Coleman Erik Darnell Ron Fellows P. J. Jones Bobby Labonte Terry Labonte Joey Logano Tony Raines Ken Schrader J. J. Yeley
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Bobby Labonte Terry Labonte
Buyouts and mergers	Front Row Motorsports Richard Petty Motorsports Yates Racing

v t e Brewco Motorsports
Years active	1995–2007
Personnel	Clarence Brewer Tammy Brewer Todd Wilkerson
Former drivers	Casey Atwood Brad Baker Greg Biffle Ward Burton Joey Clanton Brad Coleman Clay Dale Bobby East Aaron Fike Jorge Goeters John Graham David Green Mark Green Kevin Grubb Justin Hobgood Matt Hutter Jason Keller Andy Kirby Bobby Labonte Kevin Lepage Jamie McMurray Chase Montgomery Hank Parker Jr. Jeff Purvis Ken Schrader Johnny Sauter Elton Sawyer Scot Walters Scott Wimmer Sean Woodside
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Bobby Labonte
Buyouts and mergers	Baker–Curb Racing