Brad Noffsinger
Noffsinger atIRP in 2003
Born	(1960-08-29)August 29, 1960 (age 64) Huntington Beach,California,United States
Achievements	1986, 1987California Roadster Association Champion
NASCARCup Series career
17 races run over 1 year
Best finish	36th (1988)
First race	1988Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta)
Last race	1988Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARXfinity Series career
5 races run over 1 year
Best finish	63rd (1998)
First race	1998Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	1998Autolite Platinum 250 (Richmond International Raceway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960) is an American professionalstock car racing driver andcrew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in theNASCARWinston Cup Series andBusch Series; following his stock car racing career, he served as a crew chief in the Winston Cup Series and has competed inUSAC open-wheel competition.

Noffsinger is the son of business owner and engineer Ace Noffsinger and mother Patty. He has two younger brothers Bart and Todd and grew up with a passion fortoy cars. Both brothers competed in CRA Sprint Cars and USAC Midgets. He is a graduate of Cypress (CA) High School.^[1]

He attempted to qualify in1987 for the1987 Winston Western 500 but failed to do so.^[2] Noffsinger only led a single lap in his career while completing a total of 3555 laps or 5,515.9 miles (8,877.0 km) in his Cup career. During the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Noffsinger would fail to qualify eight different times.^[3] His ambitions to race in the highest level of American stock car racing was ultimately marred by seven DNFs.^[4]

During the1994 Cup Series season, he would attempt to qualify at the 1994 Mello Yello 500, the 1994 AC-Delco 500 and the1994 Slick 50 500. None of these attempts resulted in qualifying for the race.^[5]

Road courses were Noffsinger's specialties; where he would finish an average of 15th place. His Achilles heel was at most intermediate tracks where a finish of 30th place was considered to be typical.^[6]

Following his racing career, Noffsinger became a crew chief at the NASCAR Winston Cup level, working withTeam Sabco during the mid-to-late 1990s.

After retiring from NASCAR for good, Noffsinger joined the personnel of the Richard Petty Driving Experience atWalt Disney World Speedway where he teaches casual tourists and NASCAR fans alike how to operate the four-gear manual transmission stock cars. He has been employed with this organization for several years and continues to serve his role as an instructor there.^[7]

From 1999 to 2004, Noffsinger became an owner/occasional driver at the USAC Silver Crown; where he competes and helps younger driver learn the race car driving trade. The team folded up due to financial issues.^[1]

In 2013, Noffsinger served as the stunt driver for the viral videoPepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive.^[8]

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

• Brad Noffsinger driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Brad Noffsinger crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference

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• 1960 births
• Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California
• Racing drivers from California
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• NASCAR crew chiefs
• USAC Silver Crown Series drivers
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