Brad Noffsinger

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

Personal life 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 for toy cars. Both brothers competed in CRA Sprint Cars and USAC Midgets. He is a graduate of Cypress (CA) High School.

Racing career Noffsinger attempted to qualify in 1987 for the 1987 Winston Western 500 but failed to do so. Noffsinger only led a single lap in his career while completing a total of 3555 laps or in his Cup career. During the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Noffsinger would fail to qualify eight different times. His ambitions to race in the highest level of American stock car racing was ultimately marred by seven DNFs.

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

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.

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

Post-NASCAR career After retiring from NASCAR for good, Noffsinger joined the personnel of the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt 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.

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.

Motorsports career results

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

Winston Cup Series NASCAR Winston Cup Series results 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 Pts Ref 1987 Curb Racing 98 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSDDNQ ATL N/A 0 1988 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL14 DAR36 BRIDNQ NWSDNQ MAR21 TAL25 CLT33 DOV24 RSD POC19 MCH20 DAYDNQ POC19 TAL22 GLN15 MCH26 BRI32 DARDNQ RCHDNQ DOV34 MARDNQ CLTDNQ NWSDNQ CAR37 PHO26 ATL26 36th 1316 1989 Jaehne Motorsports 76 Pontiac DAYDNQ CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL N/A 0 1994 Taylor Racing 02 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CARDNQ PHODNQ ATL N/A 0

Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results 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 Pts Ref 1994 69 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRPDNQ MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR NA - 1998 Curb Racing 43 Ford DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT36 RCH40 DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 63rd 305 Chevy DOV27 RCH PPR29 GLN MLW MYB CAL38 SBO IRPDNQ MCH BRI DAR