| Brent Crews | |||||||
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 Crews atSonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | (2008-03-30)March 30, 2008 (age 17) Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2023SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series Champion 2024World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion, Cars Tour LMSC Rookie of the Year 2016United States Pro Kart Series Rookie Champion 2017Rotax Grand Nationals Micro Max Champion 2024Orange Blossom 100 Winner 2024Red Eye 100 Winner 2023Chad McDaniel Memorial Winner YoungestPOWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Winner (13 years, 3 months, 18 days) YoungestTrans-Am Series Champion (15 years, 7 months, 3 days) YoungestTrans-Am Series Winner (14 years, 3 months, 6 days) | ||||||
| Awards | 2024CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 1 (Tricon Garage) | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 27th (2023,2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2023General Tire 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2023Dutch Boy 100 (Springfield) | ||||||
| Last win | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | Nos. 18/81 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 52nd (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 150 (Dover) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 25th | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 10, 2025. | |||||||
Brent Crews (born March 30, 2008) is an American professionaldirt track,sports car andstock car racing driver. He competes part time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1Toyota Tundra TRD Pro forTricon Garage, part-time in theARCA Menards Series andARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 18Toyota Camry forJoe Gibbs Racing, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series East, driving the Nos. 18 and 81 Toyota Camrys for JGR.
He previously competed part-time in theSCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series, driving the No. 70Ford Mustang forNitro Motorsports, and full-time in theCARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving the No. 29Toyota Camry forKevin Harvick Incorporated.
He is currently a member ofToyota Racing Development's TD2driver development program.
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 12.[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 3rd 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 8th and 12th, 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 lead the CARS Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024, with 3 earning Rookie of the year and finishing 5th in drivers points.[19]
On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews will make hisARCA Menards Series debut atWatkins Glen International, driving the No. 25Toyota forVenturini Motorsports.[20][21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race. He made his second start of the season at theIllinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.[22] Crews returned to Venturini in 2024 to run part-time in ARCA again. That year, he won the main ARCA Series race at theDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, the other dirt race on the series schedule, leading every single lap in the race en route to the win.
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.[23] On January 8,Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Crews would drive for them part-time in all 3 ARCA Series in 2025.[24]
(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 | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | LRP | IRP | GLN | RCH | DAR | BRI | NHA | ROV | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Menards 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 | 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 | [25] |
| 2024 | 55 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV 16 | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH 2* | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | TOL 4 | 27th | 160 | [26] | ||||||
| 20 | DSF 1** | GLN | BRI | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 1 | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [27] |
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 52nd | 28 | [28] |
| 2025 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 81 | Toyota | FIF | CAR | NSH | FRS | -* | -* | |||||
| 18 | DOV | IRP | IOW | BRI | ||||||||||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | [29] | ||||||
| 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 | -* | -* | [30] | ||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour 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 | 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 | -* | -* | [31] |
| 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 | 7th | 372 | |
(key)
| CARS Pro Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | N/A | [32] | ||||
| 2023 | SNM | HCY 2 | NWS 6 | TCM | DIL | CRW | WKS | HCY | FLC | SBO | TCM | CRW | 18th | 114 | [33] | |||||||
| 28 | ACE 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
