Gary Arnold Bradberry (born January 27, 1961) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He raced in theNASCAR All-Pro Series, and had top-ten points finishes from 1990 to 1993. After that, Bradberry made the jump to major NASCAR leagues. His younger brother was fellow NASCAR driverCharlie Bradberry, who died in an automobile accident in 2006.

Bradberry made hisWinston Cup debut atAtlanta Motor Speedway in 1994, starting twelfth and finishing thirtieth in aFord owned byJimmy Means.

Bradberry ran four races in 1995, with the first two for his own team. However, he struggled, with a 41st atMichigan and 43rd atCharlotte. Then, for the other two races, Bradberry replacedWard Burton in the No. 31Hardee's Chevy, with finishes of 35th and 29th.

Bradberry's next job was atSadler Brothers Racing, driving the No. 95Shoney's Chevy in nine 1996 races, with a 23rd place finish atTalladega Superspeedway being his best finish, albeit his best career finish to that point.

Bradberry's largest season was in 1997, when he ran a career-high sixteen races. At first, he was running forTri-Star Motorsports. However, in eight races, all Bradberry could manage was a 31st at Charlotte, causing him to lose his ride. Bradberry moved toTriad Motorsports and the No. 78Hanes Ford. His best finish in that ride was a 25th atDarlington being the best run. His 44th in points would prove to be his best career year.

He began 1998 with backing fromPilot Corporation starting the year. However, Bradberry only qualified for thirteen races and only had two top-25 finishes, his best run a 23rd atCalifornia Speedway, matching Bradberry's best career finish. He also qualified eighth at Charlotte, his first career top-ten start. In addition to twelve races for Triad, Bradberry drove the No. 35 Pontiac forISM Racing at New Hampshire,^[1] after Triad chose to skip that race, finishing fortieth. He went on to a 48th-place finish in points.

In 1999, Bradberry's new associate sponsorPHARB Hangover Relief did not fulfil their obligations, and Pilot left soon after, causing the team to close its doors before even running a race. Bradberry's lone start in 1999 was at the season finale forLarry Hedrick Motorsports operation. He started ninth, but engine problems relegated him to 35th.

Bradberry made two more starts for Hedrick in 2000, finishing 41st atTexas and 33rd atMartinsville Speedway, and failing to qualify atTalladega Superspeedway. After those races, Hedrick closed its doors and Bradberry was left without a ride.

Bradberry was unemployed until 2002, when he ran atMichigan withDonlavey Racing, finishing 43rd due to handling problems.

Bradberry made four races in his Busch career, all coming in 1999. His debut came at Darlington, where he started 23rd and finished 32nd. Bradberry tacked on a 21st at Charlotte (best career start of fifteenth), twentieth atPikes Peak before having a hard crash at Michigan, finishing 43rd.

Bradberry was the 1994ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Rookie of the Year, and won a race atFlat Rock Speedway that season after his race car and equipment was recovered early on race day from thieves who stole it the night before the race.^[2]

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• Gary Bradberry driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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