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Team: JR Motorsports-5-NNS
Age / DOB:  (27) / 12/31/1985
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Brad Sweet will not only be racing in his home state of California, but re-turns to the site of his career-best finish in the Nationwide Series.
The Grass Valley, Calif.–native notched a sixth-place effort in this race last season, marking his series-first top-10. It was the first of two top-10s he earned on the year, with the other coming at Kentucky Speedway.-JR Motorsports Mar 20 - 4:43 PM

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Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet makes his JR Motorsports and Las Vegas Motor Speedway debut in the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet Camaro this weekend.

The Grass Valley, Calif. native’s last NNS race came in the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished 17th. Sweet is scheduled for action in 17 events this year, continuing consecutively through the Auto Club Speedway event in two weeks. Kasey Kahne will resume driving duties of the Great Clips machine at Texas Motor Speedway.-JR Motorsports
Mar 5 - 8:50 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

JR Motorsports announced today the hiring of Mike Bumgarner as crew chief for the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet in NASCAR Nationwide Series competition in 2013.

The team is currently slated for 27 races with drivers Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet. Bumgarner has spent the last 18 years at Hendrick Motorsports, where he worked on cars for Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon, and Kyle Busch. In 2007 he was crew chief on Busch’s No. 5 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series. Together they compiled four wins, 14 top-fives, 16 top-10s and three pole awards in 2007. Bumgarner’s jump into NASCAR came in 1992 with a team owned by Kenny Bernstein. Three years later he began employment at Hendrick Motorsports.-JR Motorsports
Jan 10 - 4:34 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Great Clips Inc. signed a primary sponsorship agreement for 28 Nationwide Series races bringing Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet to JR Motorsports.

The addition of Great Clips guarantees the company will field at least two entries in 28 of 33 Nationwide Series events. Regan Smith is already committed to driving a full schedule, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will compete in select races in a third car. Kahne and Sweet will split time in the No. 5 Chevrolet for 27 races. Smith will compete for a championship in the No. 7, and Earnhardt Jr. will carry his familiar No. 88 in a limited schedule that presently stands at four races. One of Earnhardt’s races will be with Great Clips branding to fill out the 28-race sponsorship package.-JR Motorsports
Jan 2 - 2:57 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet has two previous starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, both in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition.

Driving for Stringer Motorsports and carrying the Great Clips colors, Sweet finished 27th in 2009 and 25th in 2010. The No. 38 team will unload chassis TMS-331 this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This chassis last saw track time at Texas Motor Speedway where Sweet finished 13th. Sweet also drove this chassis at Kentucky Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 10th and 15th, respectively.-Turner Motorsports
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 08:45:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

This weekend will be Brad Sweet's first time competing at Texas Motor Speedway, but he has shown promise at tracks 1.5-miles or longer in length.

His season-best finish came in his first start of 2012 at Auto Club Speedway, where he posted a sixth-place finish. In seven races at tracks 1.5-miles or longer, he has finished inside the top-20 in all but one and has two top-10 and four top-15 showings, with an average start of 18.1 and average finish of 14.8.-Turner Motorsports
Tue, Oct 30, 2012 10:13:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

The Turner Motorsports No. 38 team will unload chassis TMS-328 this weekend at Kansas Speedway.

Brad Sweet last drove this same car at Chicagoland Speedway, bringing home a 15th-place effort. Kasey Kahne drove this car earlier in the season in May at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 14th.-Turner Motorsports
Wed, Oct 17, 2012 08:26:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Most weekends this season, Brad Sweet has headed to a track he has never even seen before.

This weekend, he will drive the No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a track in which he has two previous starts at from his time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). In 2010, Sweet started 20th and finished 21st in the 134-lap NCWTS event at CMS. Last year, he showed significant improvement, qualifying fourth and bringing home a solid top-10 finish.-Turner Motorsports
Wed, Oct 10, 2012 10:06:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet made his first NNS start at Chicagoland Speedway in July, starting 21st before leaving with a 19th-place finish.

He has also made laps at the 1.5-mile track in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) and ARCA Racing Series competition. In 2010, he competed in the NCWTS race, starting 17th and finishing 16th.-Turner Motorsports
Thu, Sep 13, 2012 09:36:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Friday night's race under the lights at Richmond will mark Brad Sweet's first start at the 0.75-mile oval.

Sweet has only competed at three tracks one mile or less this season, with two visits to Iowa Speedway (0.875-miles) in which the Grass Valley, Calif.-native finished 13th and 12th, and one trip to Dover International Speedway (one-mile) where he finished 23rd.-Turner Motorsports
Tue, Sep 4, 2012 09:25:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet is the top rookie finisher in the Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.

The No. 38 Chevrolet driver started 16th and finished 12th. This was ahead of the rest of the 2012 Rookie of the Year contenders. Sweet, who made 10 of the 20 races so far this season, is currently 21st in the 2012 NNS point standings.
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 11:22:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet will return to the seat of the No. 38 Great Clips machine this weekend for the NASCAR Nationwide Series' second stop of the season at Iowa Speedway.

Sweet competed in the first event at the Newton-based track and was poised for a seventh-place finish before the leaders wrecked coming to the checkered flag, forcing the rookie to take evasive action. He went on to cross the line in the 13th position. Sweet also has experience at Iowa Speedway from his open wheel days, having wheeled Silver Crown cars and midgets around the 7/8-mile track numerous times throughout his career.-Turner Motorsports
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 01:45:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet has made laps at Chicagoland Speedway in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series competition.

In the ARCA race in 2009, he started from the eighth position before an accident relegated him to a 34th-place finish. In 2010, he competed in the NCWTS race, starting 17th and finishing 16th. The No. 38 team will unload chassis TMS-328 this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. This chassis last saw track time at Charlotte where Kasey Kahne posted a 14th-place finish.-Turner Motorsports
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 08:49:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

Brad Sweet has made just one start at Kentucky Speedway.

In 2009, he competed in the ARCA Racing Series race at the 1.5-mile track, starting from the eighth position and finishing 16th. The No. 38 team will unload chassis TMS-325 this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. This is the same chassis that Sweet piloted at Auto Club Speedway, bringing home a season-best sixth-place finish. Kahne also drove this chassis at Darlington Raceway, finishing 18th.-Turner Motorsports
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 10:00:00 PM
Brad Sweet - JR Motorsports-5-NNS

This weekend's first road course race of the season will be a new experience for Brad Sweet who has never competed on a road course.

Sweet has however, had some practice in the technique in preparation for the two road course races he will compete in this season (Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve). In February, the rookie spent two days at the Bondurant Racing School. Additionally, last month he and his Great Clips team tested at Virginia International Raceway.-Turner Motorsports
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 08:17:00 PM