| Bryan Silas | |||||||
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 Silas in 2013 | |||||||
| Born | (1987-06-13)June 13, 1987 (age 38) Stuart, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2013 position | 121st | ||||||
| Best finish | 121st (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2012Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2013Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 85 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| 2015 position | 45th | ||||||
| Best finish | 10th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2007O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2015Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of March 28, 2015. | |||||||
Bryan Silas (born June 13, 1987) is an American former professionalstock car racing driver. He has competed in theHooters Pro Cup Series andARCA Racing Series in the past, and also recently competed in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 99Chevrolet Silverado forT3R Motorsports.
Silas was born inWest Palm Beach, Florida, and currently resides inStuart.[1] He married the former Misty Vance in 2010;[2] they have two sons.[3][4]
Silas began his professional racing career in 2006, making his debut in the ARCA Re/MAX Series atBerlin Raceway in Michigan, finishing 34th; he would run five additional ARCA races that year, with a best finish of 16th atToledo Speedway.[1] He also competed in a single Hooters Pro Cup Series event atUSA International Speedway inLakeland, Florida, finishing 32nd.[5]
For the 2007 racing season, Silas fan the full ARCA Re/MAX Series schedule; he scored his first top ten in the series at Lakeland,[6] and posted a best finish of 8th atSalem Speedway andKentucky Speedway en route to a 9th-place finish in the series standings.[1] He also ran three Pro Cup Series events with a best finish of 21st,[7] and made his debut in theGrand-AmKONI Challenge Series, driving forTRG Motorsports atNew Jersey Motorsports Park and finishing 14th.[8]
Silas spent the next three years competing in ARCA for car ownerAndy Hillenburg and for various owners in Pro Cup; his best finish in ARCA competition being a fourth atRockingham Speedway in 2009, and his best finish in points being sixth that same season.[1] Silas ran a limited schedule in ARCA and Pro Cup in 2011 for a variety of owners; in his final ARCA race of the year, atIowa Speedway in July, Silas drove the No. 11 Chevrolet that was being used for filming the movieHeartland, starringZac Efron andDennis Quaid; Efron had driven the same car early in the day for filming that Silas drove to 16th place in the event.[9] Later that year he scored his first win in a major stock car event, winning the American 200 at Rockingham Speedway in the USA Racing Pro Cup Series, usingpit strategy to secure the win.[10]
Silas made his debut in NASCAR competition in the Craftsman Truck Series atKansas Speedway in April 2007;[11] he ran a limited schedule in the series that year, and again over the next four seasons, posting a career-best finish of 16th atDaytona International Speedway in the series' season-opening event in 2009.[11]
For the 2012 season, Silas moved to the Camping World Truck Series full-time in the No. 99 Rockingham Speedway Ford for T3R Motorsports, competing for Rookie of the Year honors in the series.[11][12]
Silas scored his first top ten in the Camping World Truck Series at Texas in 2014, finishing on the lead lap in 8th. He finished his career best 10th points, collecting two top-tens.
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCARNationwide 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | |||||
| 2012 | Randy Hill Racing | 08 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY 20 | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 129th | 01 | [13] | |||||
| 2013 | SR² Motorsports | 24 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR 36 | 121st | 01 | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 00 | CLT DNQ | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Go Green Racing | 79 | Ford | KEN 26 | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN 23 | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN 23 | CLT | TEX 29 | PHO | HOM 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
* 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.)
| ARCA Racing 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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
| 2006 | Bobby Jones Racing | 50 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN 34 | POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL 20 | TOL 16 | DSF | CHI 35 | SLM | 63rd | 545 | [24] | ||
| Fast Track Racing | 11 | Chevy | TAL 36 | IOW 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | DAY 23 | USA 10 | SLM 8 | KAN 22 | WIN 21 | KEN 33 | TOL 15 | IOW 13 | MCH 32 | BLN 16 | NSH 16 | ISF 19 | MIL 13 | GTW 13 | DSF 37 | SLM 29 | TAL 22 | TOL 28 | 9th | 4135 | [25] | ||||||||
| Ford | NSH 37 | POC 18 | KEN 8 | POC 27 | CHI 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | DAY 36 | IOW 8 | CAR 30 | KEN 8 | POC 15 | MCH 21 | KEN 21 | POC 17 | NSH 28 | CHI 6 | TAL 43 | 12th | 4230 | [26] | |||||||||||||||
| Chevy | SLM 8 | KAN 16 | TOL 27 | CAY 14 | BLN 13 | ISF 20 | DSF 10 | SLM 9 | NJE 17 | TOL 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ford | DAY 24 | CAR 4 | TAL 12 | KEN 9 | POC 15 | MCH 9 | KEN 22 | POC 13 | CHI 22 | SLM 9 | KAN 25 | CAR 14 | 6th | 4625 | [27] | |||||||||||||
| Chevy | SLM 8 | TOL 8 | MFD 8 | IOW 17 | BLN 9 | ISF 20 | TOL 7 | DSF 10 | NJE 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Ford | DAY 9 | PBE 16 | SLM 11 | TEX 8 | TAL 18 | TOL 27 | POC 28 | MCH 9 | IOW 13 | MFD 11 | POC 9 | BLN 22 | NJE 12 | ISF 14 | CHI 10 | DSF 10 | TOL 11 | SLM 7 | KAN 24 | CAR 23 | 10th | 4140 | [28] | |||||
| 2011 | DAY 29 | SLM 4 | TOL | 26th | 1050 | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | NJE 11 | CHI | IOW 16 | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Sharp Racing | 98 | Toyota | TAL 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | POC 17 | MCH 6 | WIN | BLN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY 12 | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 93rd | 170 | [30] | |||
