Brent Sherman

Brent Richard Sherman (born May 24, 1974) is an American professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 28 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series and the Firestone Indy Lights Series.

Racing career Sherman's route to NASCAR was not like that of most drivers. After high school, he completed a six-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Surveillance Technician on the E-3 AWACS. It was during his last year in the Air Force that racing caught Sherman's attention. After a trip to the Jim Russell Racing School in Sonoma, California, Sherman was asked to compete for a racing scholarship in the Russell Champ Series. He won the scholarship and his racing career began.

During the next few years, Sherman competed in several different racing series including the Barber Dodge Pro Series, Grand American Road Racing Association and the ARCA Re/Max Series.

In 2003, driving a Ford sponsored by Serta Mattresses, Sherman collected six top-five and eleven top-ten finishes in ARCA competition and finished fourth in the final point standings. The following year he posted nine top-five and fourteen top-ten finishes, which placed him second in the series’ point standings. He also received the prestigious Bill France Triple Crown honor and the HG Adcox Sportsman of the Year Award.

When he competed in ARCA in 2004, Sherman won the ARCA Re/Max Series Bill France Triple Crown Honor as well as the Grant Adcox Sportsmanship Award.

Sherman competed in a handful of NASCAR Busch Series races in 2004 in the No. 58 Serta Dodge for Akins Motorsports and planned to run a full schedule with the team in 2005. Glynn Motorsports bought out his team and after eleven races and one top-ten finish between the two teams, Sherman and his sponsors parted ways with the team. In July 2005, Sherman signed on with ppc Racing, replacing Michel Jourdain Jr., and brought the Serta sponsorship with him (along with Hickory Farms and Consort hair spray).left

In 2006, Sherman moved up to the NEXTEL Cup Series. Bringing Serta as his primary sponsor, he was signed to drive the No. 49 for BAM Racing, replacing Ken Schrader, who moved to Wood Brothers Racing that year. His best finish was a 21st place finish in the Daytona 500. After poor performance, BAM Racing asked Sherman to step aside while the team tested other drivers. He resigned from the team (taking the sponsorship with him) and returned to the ARCA Re/Max Series for the remainder of the 2006 season. This turned out to be a good move, and Sherman scored his first ARCA win at Michigan, and finished nineteenth in points despite starting the season late. In 2007, he left ARCA again and returned to the Busch Series to drive the No. 36 Big Lots Chevy for McGill Motorsports. He departed the team in September, and would spend the remainder of the season driving a limited schedule for Braun Racing in their No. 10 Toyota.

On February 19, 2008, it was announced that Sherman had signed with Panther Racing to move to the Firestone Indy Lights Series for the 2008 season. He finished 11th in points with a best finish of 3rd which came in the first race of the year at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His best road course finish was tenth in a rain drenched attrition filled race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

In 2009, he drove in a few Camping World Truck Series races for Stringer Motorsports in the No. 90 Great Clips Toyota as well as one ARCA race at Salem, also in Stringer's No. 90.

After five years of being without a ride, Sherman came back to stock car racing in a one-off attempt with Mason Mitchell's No. 98 team in the ARCA race at Chicago in 2016. He shook the rust off pretty quickly and earned a top-ten finish in ninth after qualifying eleventh. Sherman would not run any races in any series until 2023. When the Chicago Street Course was added to the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series schedules, he wanted to come back and race there. He would run the Xfinity Series race at the street course driving the No. 28 car for RSS Racing.

Personal life Sherman is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He currently lives in Chicago with his teenage children and was inspired to return to run the Chicago Street Race when it was added to the Xfinity Series schedule so he could race in his hometown and have his children see him race as they were too young to remember the last NASCAR race he ran. He also owns and runs a business in Chicago. CJM Racing 72 Dodge

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Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2006 BAM Racing Dodge 29 21

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 34 35 Pts Ref 2004 Akins Motorsports 58 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 96th 177 2005 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY 26th 2015 ppc Racing 15 Ford CHI HOM 10 NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO 2006 McGill Motorsports 36 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 100th 140 2007 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV43 KAN CLT 23rd 2425 Braun Racing 10 Toyota MEM TEX PHO HOM 2023 RSS Racing 28 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT POR SON NSH CSC34 ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IND GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO 65th 3

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 24 25 Pts Ref 2009 Stringer Motorsports 90 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 84th 115

ARCA Racing Series (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 Year Team owner 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 Pts Ref 2001 William Fain 13 Chevy DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF28 SLM20 TOL BLN32 CLT TAL 94th 305 Bobby Gerhart Racing 7 Ford ATL34 2002 Brent Sherman Racing 45 Pontiac DAYDNQ ATL23 22nd 1515 Cavin Councilor 04 Chevy NSH28 SLM KEN25 CLT20 KANDNQ POC MCH11 TOL SBO KEN11 BLN POC6 NSH4 ISF WIN DSF CHI31 SLM TAL CLT9 2003 Brent Sherman Racing 44 Ford DAY13 ATL4 NSH3 SLM30 TOL8 KEN34 CLT10 BLN2 KAN2 MCH6 LER14 POC13 POC5 NSH33 ISF21 WIN6 DSF21 CHI4 SLM26 TAL11 CLT10 SBO13 4th 4975 2004 DAY11 NSH32 SLM5 KEN12 TOL7 CLT23 KAN5 POC10 MCH5 SBO4 BLN2 KEN12 GTW7 POC4 LER2 NSH21 ISF6 TOL30 DSF18 CHI4 SLM10 TAL5 2nd 5270 2006 Brent Sherman Racing 04 Ford DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL6 POC3 MCH16 KAN8 KEN BLN27 POC14 GTW12 NSH2 MCH1 ISF MIL13 TOL13 DSF CHIDNQ SLM19 TAL31 IOW11 19th 2875 2008 Stringer Motorsports 57 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KEN CAR46 KEN TOL POC MCHDNQ CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 162nd 30 2009 90 DAY SLM22 CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 134th 120 2016 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI9 KEN KAN 104th 85