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Morgen John Baird (born March 3, 1993)^[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 53Ford Mustang forJoey Gase Motorsports. He has competed in selectARCA Menards Series races since 2016.

Baird began racing in go-karts inJackson, Michigan, at the age of twelve, and he won in his second start in the Jr. Sportsman class, before moving up to the Jr. Can class, where he won the championship in 2007.

Baird moved up to mini-cup racing the following year atJackson Speedway, where he finished second in the points. three feature wins and three heat wins. He also ran the Great Lakes Super Mini-Cup Series during that time, and despite missing an opening race due to age restrictions, he won a race atOwosso Speedway. In 2009, Baird moved up to the GLS Series, finishing runner-up in the points and winning rookie of the year honors that season. He went on to win the title the following year with five feature race wins, seven poles (with four of them setting new track records), twelve top-5s, and eight heat race wins. He won the title again in 2011 with twelve poles, six feature race wins, six heat race wins, and eight poles, and won the title for two more years in 2012 and 2013.

Baird moved to dwarf cars in 2014, driving for Finishline Racing in the MCR Dwarf Series, finishing third in the points that year whilst also winning rookie of the year honors. He departed the team to race in his own equipment in 2015, and finished fourth in the points that year.^[2]

In 2016, Baird made hisARCA Racing Series debut atMichigan Speedway driving the No. 64Chevrolet forHixson Motorsports, where he finished 17th. He repeated that finish in his next start atChicagoland Speedway. He joinedJent Motorsports atKansas Speedway driving the No. 14Ford and finished 22nd. It was also during this year that he made two starts in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in the pro late model division.^[3] He made two starts at Michigan for the next two years in ARCA, driving forFast Track Racing with a best finish of 19th in 2018.

In 2019, Baird ran atSalem Speedway for Fast Track in the No. 11, finishing 16th due to a radio issue. He made two more starts that year, finishing 11th at Michigan, and 13th at Chicagoland.^[4] He made a one-off start at Michigan the following year in the No. 10Ford, finishing 15th due to brake issues.

In 2021, Baird got his first top-10 finish at Michigan, finishing seventh on the lead lap after starting in that same position. He finished in the top-10 at the track again in 2022, finishing tenth. It was also during this year that Baird joinedVenturini Motorsports in the No. 55Toyota at the season finale atToledo Speedway. In a car that shared visual similarities to the No. 20 car ofJesse Love in that same event, he did not start the race and was classified in 24th. He then ran only one race for Fast Track in 2023, finishing a career best sixth at Michigan.

On March 27, 2024, it was announced that Baird would make hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut atRichmond Raceway, driving the No. 6Chevrolet forJD Motorsports.^[5] However, two days later, it was announced that Baird would postpone his debut in the series due to his fiancé going into induced labor with their soon to be born child; he would be replaced byGarrett Smithley.^[6] On August 12, it was announced that Baird would instead make his debut atMichigan, this time driving the No. 53 forJoey Gase Motorsports.^[7]

Baird currently resides inJackson, Michigan.^[8]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

• Morgen Baird driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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