Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professionaldirt track,sports car andstock car racing driver and owner. He last competed part time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1Toyota Tundra TRD Pro forTricon Garage and the No. 70 Tundra TRD Pro for his own team,Brent Crews Motorsports, part-time in theARCA Menards Series,East Series, andWest Series driving the Nos. 18 and 81Toyota Camrys forJoe Gibbs Racing, and the No. 70 Camry forNitro Motorsports.
Crews, a member ofToyota Racing Development's TD2driver development program, had previously competed in theSCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, before selling his cars to form his ownNASCAR Truck Series team in 2025, known asBrent Crews Motorsports. He also previously competed in theCARS Late Model Stock Tour.
Crews began racing go-karts at theGoPro Motorplex inMooresville, North Carolina, at a young age. In 2016, he competed in theUnited States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) rookie class, winning the championship.[1] Crews won the Iame International World Finals in 2017 and 2018. Crews would also win a Micro MAX World ChampionshipRotax Max Challenge race in Brazil in 2018.[2] He then followed that victory up with a SuperKarts! USA SuperNationals victory in Mini Swift.[3] Then in 2019, Crews won his second straight SuperNationals in the KA100 Junior division. In 2021, he became the youngest National Champion in the KZ Pro Shifter Class, leaving his total National Championship count at twelve.[4]
Crews made his outlaw kart debut in 2016, working his way quickly from Box Stocks all the way to the Open Class. He became the first to win in every outlaw kart class at Millbridge Speedway in 2019. He also won the Outlaw Kart Nationals in Knoxville, Iowa.[5] On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Crews would run full time in thePOWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving the 86Toyota for CB Industries.[6] He earned his first win of the season at Valley Speedway, becoming the youngest driver to win a POWRi National Midget Series race, at 13 years old.[7] He would also score wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Jacksonville Speedway, and Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.[8][9][10]
In 2022, Crews would re-joinNitro Motorsports to run a full season in theSCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career pole and win mid-season atRoad America, becoming the youngest driver to win aTrans-Am Series race, at 14 years, 3 months, and 4 days.[11] He would also score wins at theMusic City Grand Prix andVirginia International Raceway, and finishing third in the final standings.[12][13] He returned to Nitro for the 2023 season, scoring wins atNOLA Motorsports Park, theDetroit Street Circuit, Road America, andWatkins Glen.[14][15][16][17] He clinched the 2023 championship after finishing fourth atCircuit of the Americas, becoming the youngest champion in TA2 history. In 2024, he added three more wins in only five races and leads the series in wins since joining.[18]
Crews would make hislate model racing debut in theCARS Pro Late Model Tour in 2022, driving the No. 24Toyota Camry for Donnie Wilson Motorsports atCaraway Speedway. He would start 8th and finish 14th after experiencing a clutch issue. He ran two more races atMotor Mile andSouth Boston, finishing eighth and twelfth, respectively. On February 14, 2024, it was announced that Crews would compete in six races of the World Series Of Asphalt Stock Car Racing atNew Smyrna Speedway. Crews finished first in the point standings in his first time racing a Super Late Model after earning two wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to tie the CARS Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024, winning races atOrange County Speedway,Caraway Speedway, andAce Speedway, earning Rookie of the year honors, and finishing 5th in driver's points.[19]
On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews would make hisARCA Menards Series debut atWatkins Glen, driving the No. 25Toyota forVenturini Motorsports.[20][21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race.[22] He made his second start of the season at theIllinois State Fairgrounds, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.[23] Crews returned to Venturini in 2024 to run part-time in ARCA again.[24] That year, he won the main ARCA Series race at theDuQuoin State Fairgrounds, the other dirt race on the series schedule, leading every single lap in the race en route to the win.[25]
On January 8, 2025,Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Crews would drive for them part-time in all 3 ARCA Series in 2025.[26] That year, he won the ARCA and ARCA West combination race atPhoenix, the ARCA East Series race atRockingham, the ARCA and ARCA East combination race atIRP,Springfield, the ARCA and ARCA East combination race atBristol, and the ARCA West standalone race atPhoenix.[27][28][29]
On January 6, 2025,Tricon Garage announced that Crews would make hisNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for the team in their No. 1 truck in 2025.[30] On August 1, Crews announced he had formed his own Truck Series team, which would debut atWatkins Glen.[31] With three top-ten finishes, he finished 25th in points.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2025 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | HOM | MAR | BRI | CAR | TEX | KAN | NWS 22 | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | LRP 8 | IRP 23 | RCH 16 | DAR | BRI 24 | NHA 17 | ROV 2* | TAL | MAR 4 | PHO 28 | 25th | 257 | [32] | |
| Brent Crews Motorsports | 70 | Toyota | GLN 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
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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 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN 3 | ISF 1* | MLW | DSF 2 | KAN | BRI | SLM 12 | TOL | 27th | 166 | [33] |
| 2024 | 55 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV 16 | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH 2* | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | TOL 4 | 27th | 160 | [34] | ||||||
| 20 | DSF 1** | GLN | BRI | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 1 | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP 6 | DOV 21 | IRP 1 | IOW 2 | GLN 9* | BRI 1** | SLM | KAN | TOL | 11th | 365 | [35] | |||
| Nitro Motorsports | 70 | Toyota | ISF 1* | MAD | DSF 15* | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | FIF | DOV 16 | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | 53rd | 28 | [36] |
| 2025 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 81 | Toyota | FIF | CAR 1* | NSV | FRS | 7th | 262 | [37] | ||||
| 18 | DOV 21 | IRP 1 | IOW 2 | BRI 1** | ||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | PHO | KER | PIR | SON 23 | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | 25th | 102 | [38] | ||||||
| 20 | KER 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | PHO 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | KER | PHO 1 | TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO 1** | 24th | 96 | [39] | ||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | CLMSCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Lee Faulk Racing | 5 | Toyota | SNM | FLC | HCY | ACE | NWS | LGY | DOM | CRW | HCY 24 | ACE 17 | TCM | WKS | AAS | SBO | TCM | CRW | 45th | 25 | [40] |
| 2024 | Kevin Harvick Inc. | 29 | Toyota | SNM 6* | HCY 9 | AAS 16 | OCS 1 | ACE 15 | TCM 7 | LGY 2 | CRW 1 | HCY 19 | NWS 9 | ACE 1 | WKS 14* | FLC 21 | SBO 15 | TCM 25 | NWS 11 | 5th | 396 | [41] |
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | CPLMTC | Pts | Ref | |||
| 2022 | Donnie Wilson Racing | 24 | Toyota | CRW 14 | HCY | GPS | FCS | TCM | HCY | ACE | MMS 8 | TCM | ACE | SBO 12 | CRW | 16th | 66 | [42] | ||||
| 2023 | SNM | HCY 2 | NWS 6 | TCM | DIL | CRW | WKS | HCY | FLC | SBO | TCM | CRW | 18th | 114 | [43] | |||||||
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