Brandon Hightower

Brandon Allen Hightower (born March 17, 1998) is an American professional racing driver who currently competes racing sprint cars. He has also raced stock cars, driving in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for MBM Motorsports, JP Motorsports and JD Motorsports, and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for MB Motorsports, Contreras Motorsports, B. J. McLeod Motorsports and TJL Motorsports.

Racing career

Early years Starting at the age of 14, Hightower raced on local dirt tracks, eventually fostering a connection with NASCAR driver David Starr after a chance meeting at a truck stop.

Xfinity Series Hightower made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in late 2016, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway. After finishing 35th in the race, he ran six more for MBM to close out the season. His best finish was 25th, which came at Dover International Speedway. He ran three races in early 2017, also with MBM.

On May 22, 2018, it was announced that Hightower would take over JP Motorsports' No. 55 entry for the remainder of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, replacing Stephen Leicht. Hightower drove seven races for the team before suddenly leaving the team; a lawsuit was eventually filed by Hightower against the team but was later dropped. Hightower later said that he would rather race sprint cars than pay $40,000 to drive stock cars like he was paying at JPM. Days later, Hightower announced that he would run the rest of the season's oval races with JD Motorsports, but Iowa was the only race that Hightower drove for JD.

Camping World Truck Series In 2015, Hightower made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in 2015, driving for MB Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway. He finished 27th. One start in 2016, for Contreras Motorsports, yielded a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Contreras Motorsports announced during the offseason that Hightower would drive full time. He was left without a ride, however, when Contreras shut down the team and sold the assets to D.J. Copp, who formed Copp Motorsports. Hightower returned to his dirt roots at Eldora in 2017, driving the number 1 truck for TJL Motorsports.

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.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 32 33 Pts Ref 2016 MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH35 CHI KEN DOV25 CLT34 KAN39 TEX35 PHO26 HOM30 43rd 63 2017 40 Toyota DAY13 ATL 54th 26 13 Chevy LVS38 PHO 40 Dodge CAL38 TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2018 JP Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT27 POC32 MCH35 IOW30 CHI26 DAY30 KEN26 NHA 45th 64 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy IOW27 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR MBM Motorsports 66 Dodge IND37 LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 Pts Ref 2015 MB Motorsports 08 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR27 TEX 73rd 17 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 45 Chevy PHODNQ HOM 2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL30 MAR TEX PHO HOM 109th 01 2017 TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD24 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 93rd 01

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points