| Bradley Erickson | |||||||
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Erickson atAll American Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | Bradley Phillip Erickson (2006-06-22)June 22, 2006 (age 19) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 70th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 16 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 4th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2022Irwindale 150 (Irwindale) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of May 21, 2023. | |||||||
Bradley Phillip Erickson (born June 22, 2006) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who last competed full-time in theARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 88Ford forNaake-Klauer Motorsports, and the No. 23Toyota forSigma Performance Services.
At the age of five, Erickson began racing quarter midgets at South Mountain Speedway, before progressing to race at other racetracks outside ofArizona 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 hisARCA Menards Series West debut withNaake-Klauer Motorsports in the No. 84Ford atIrwindale Speedway, where he would finish twentieth 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 theLas Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring andPhoenix Raceway.


In 2023, it was announced that Erickson would run full-time withNaake-Klauer Motorsports in theARCA Menards Series West, this time in the No. 88Ford.[3] He would also making his debut in the mainARCA 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 atAll American Speedway, it was announced that Erickson would drive the No. 23Toyota for the newly formedSigma 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 byJoey Iest, who had previously drove full-time for the team from 2021 to 2022.[8] Erickson finished the year fourth in the points standings, and has not raced since then.
Erickson is the grandson of Phil Erickson, a former competitor of theAmerican Indycar Series, where he won one race at Dodge City Raceway Park.[1] He is a former student at Desert Vista High School inAhwatukee, Arizona.[4]
(key) (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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Naake-Klauer Motorsports | 88 | Ford | DAY | PHO 3 | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 70th | 41 | [9] |
| 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 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Naake-Klauer Motorsports | 84 | Ford | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW 20 | EVG | PIR | AAS 12 | LVS 7 | PHO 7 | 17th | 180 | [10] | |
| 2023 | 88 | PHO 3 | IRW 8 | KCR 5 | PIR 6 | SON 7 | IRW 13 | SHA 9 | EVG 9 | 4th | 572 | [11] | ||||||
| Sigma Performance Services | 23 | Toyota | AAS 14 | LVS 21 | MAD 4 | |||||||||||||
| Chevy | PHO 7 | |||||||||||||||||