Brian Scott

Brian Joseph Scott (born January 12, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

Racing career Beginnings Scott began racing competitively at the age of twelve. One of his early career highlights came at the 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington, when he competed against an elite field of dirt racers and brought home an impressive second-place finish. He recently was the first Idaho native to make a debut at the Daytona 500.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series While splitting time between USAR and Late Models, Scott's father, JB, announced he had purchased the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Xpress Motorsports. Scott then made his NASCAR debut at the Smith's Las Vegas 350 and in 2008 moved to the Trucks full-time to run for and eventually finish second for the Rookie of the Year. Albertsons became the team's new sponsor and after a change to Toyota they end the year strong with five top-tens in the last seven races, including a second-place finish at the season-ending Ford 200. He went on to finish out his Truck resume with a win in the 2009 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway, twenty top-tens, nine top-fives, and several runner up finishes. On November 9, 2012, Scott added his second win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix International Raceway in the Lucas Oil 150 and delivered Kyle Busch Motorsports their second win of the season.

Xfinity Series

Scott's Nationwide Series debut came in 2009 with seven starts in the series driving No. 10 and No. 11 for Braun Racing. Scott's first full season in the Nationwide Series was completed in 2010 with one top-five and five top-ten finishes en route to finishing the season as the runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. Scott ran the first 28 races in the Braun Racing No. 11 but was released from the ride when Steve Turner bought the team. Scott finished the season in the RAB Racing No. 09.

Scott joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2011 driving No. 11. His 2011 Nationwide Series campaign earned him two top-five finishes, seven top-ten finishes and one pole under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. He also scored the Featherlite Most Improved driver of the year award. Scott finished eighth in the Nationwide Series point standings in 2011.

Scott and crew chief Kevin Kidd returned to the No. 11 team in 2012, gaining a sponsorship from Dollar General. In addition, Scott signed to drive the No. 18 in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a few races. Scott would have a best finish of third at Dover in the Nationwide Series, and returned to Victory Lane in the Truck Series at Phoenix. However, Scott would later be released from JGR in favor of championship runner-up Elliott Sadler. Scott later took over Sadler's previous No. 2 ride at Richard Childress Racing.

Scott earned his career best finish of second at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2013 after getting by Kyle Busch on a late race restart. Busch passed him only two laps later and Scott had to settle for second. At Richmond International Raceway that September Scott started on the pole and led 239 of 250 laps before being passed by Brad Keselowski and finishing second. Scott had a remarkable 2014 season, earning 23 top ten finishes and finished fourth in the championship standings.

Sprint Cup Series

In August 2013, it was announced that Scott would make his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 33 for RCR in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Scott started the race in nineteenth, and finished 27th, four laps down. Scott returned to the No. 33 for the 2014 Daytona 500. At Daytona, Scott led some laps and was collected in the big one late in the race. At Fontana a few weeks later, he tangled with Aric Almirola when Almirola lifted the throttle, causing Scott to run into the back of Almirola and wrecking both cars.

At Talladega, Scott won his first career Sprint Cup pole for the 2014 Aaron's 499 in the 33. In round #2, Scott had driven his fastest lap and for a total of five rounds, nobody was able to break the track record. In the race, Scott ran in the top-fifteen the entire race but was collected in "The Big One" that struck with 45 laps to go.

It was announced that Scott would drive the No. 29 for RCR in the 2015 Daytona 500, however just before the entry list was released, RCR cancelled plans to field the car for him. Instead, he was hired to drive the No. 62 Chevrolet of Premium Motorsports with RCR support, though Shore Lodge still sponsored the effort. Scott failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Scott then successfully qualified RCR's No. 33 entry the next week at Atlanta. However, after Michael Annett failed to qualify, Scott gave up his ride to allow the Sprint Cup regular to earn driver points. After that, Scott finished thirteenth at Las Vegas, then his best finish in the series.

On December 9, 2015, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Scott would take over Sam Hornish Jr.'s No. 9 ride for the 2016 season. The car was later renumbered to No. 44.

Scott started the 2016 season crashing on the last lap in his Can-Am Duel qualifying race. Then at Auto Club Speedway, Scott scored a career-best twelfth place finish. After a dismal 2016 with no top 10s going into October, he finished second on the bumper of Joey Logano's car at Talladega. It was the first top-five and ten in his career, his first top-ten for Richard Petty Motorsports, and his best career finish.

On November 10, 2016, Scott announced his retirement from NASCAR competition following the remainder of the 2016 season. Scott finished fifteenth in his last NASCAR race at Homestead.

Return to Xfinity Series On July 3, 2017, Scott announced that he would come out of retirement to drive the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing at Iowa and Kentucky in July and September respectively. In his first race of 2017 at Iowa, Scott finished a strong third place.

Personal life

Scott's father Joe "J.B." Scott is the owner of the Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club resorts in McCall, Idaho.

Scott married Whitney Kay in the offseason of 2014–2015 at Shore Lodge. She has a daughter, Brielle, from a previous relationship (with former racing driver Sean Caisse). The two of them have a son together.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint 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 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2013 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT27 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 66th 01 2014 DAY25 PHO32 LVS BRI CAL35 MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL42 KAN CLT32 DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM28 62nd 0 2015 Premium Motorsports 62 Chevy DAYDNQ 53rd 01 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy ATLQL LVS13 PHO CAL27 MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL43 KAN CLT DOV38 POC MCH SON DAY42 KEN NHA IND36 POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH22 CHI22 NHA DOV CLT KAN12 TAL MAR TEX14 PHO HOM 2016 Richard Petty Motorsports 44 Ford DAY24 ATL31 LVS27 PHO27 CAL12 MAR26 TEX27 BRI30 RCH35 TAL30 KAN22 DOV24 CLT29 POC39 MCH36 SON33 DAY37 KEN33 NHA38 IND27 POC24 GLN25 BRI18 MCH28 DAR39 RCH35 CHI31 NHA31 DOV21 CLT22 KAN28 TAL2 MAR34 TEX27 PHO30 HOM15 31st 481 † - Qualified but replaced by Michael Annett

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2014 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 12 25 2015 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ 2016 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 35 24

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 36 Pts 2009 Braun Racing 10 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH25 PHO15 TAL RCH32 DAR20 CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH CAL23 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 64th 664 CJM Racing 11 Toyota BRI30 CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN14 2010 Braun Racing 11 Toyota DAY19 CAL10 LVS31 BRI29 NSH15 PHO16 TEX15 TAL10 RCH28 DAR25 DOV9 CLT33 NSH28 KEN31 ROA13 NHA26 DAY30 CHI3 GTY6 IRP17 IOW30 GLN13 MCH15 BRI25 CGV40 ATL28 RCH38 14th 3525 Turner Motorsports DOV13 RAB Racing09 Ford KAN21 CAL15 CLT28 GTY14 Toyota TEX32 PHO11 HOM18 2011 Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota DAY34 PHO9 LVS14 BRI12 CAL13 TEX10 TAL11 NSH22 RCH15 DAR29 DOV30 IOW27 CLT8 CHI17 MCH17 ROA16 DAY12 KEN15 NHA17 NSH17 IRP15 IOW14 GLN14 CGV12 BRI10 ATL12 RCH32 CHI3 DOV11 KAN17 CLT5 TEX12 PHO41 HOM9 8th 947 2012 DAY37 PHO14 LVS34 BRI35 CAL4 TEX37 RCH14 TAL36 DAR7 IOW11 CLT31 DOV3 MCH9 ROA7 KEN30 DAY32 NHA12 CHI11 IND14 IOW18 GLN10 CGV24 BRI34 ATL11 RCH28 CHI10 KEN11 DOV7 CLT8 KAN26 TEX22 PHO8 HOM7 9th 853 2013 Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DAY6 PHO10 LVS9 BRI10 CAL8 TEX11 RCH20 TAL27 DAR14 CLT15 DOV14 IOW6 MCH10 ROA20 KEN17 DAY17 NHA4 CHI11 IND2 IOW13 GLN11 MOH12 BRI9 ATL10 RCH2* CHI14 KEN11 DOV11 KAN18 CLT12 TEX8 PHO13 HOM32 7th 1053 2014 DAY17 PHO12 LVS7 BRI14 CAL12 TEX12 DAR11 RCH5 TAL33 IOW6 CLT5 DOV7 MCH5 ROA16 KEN8 DAY16 NHA7 CHI6 IND7 IOW7 GLN10 MOH3* BRI11 ATL7 RCH5 CHI9 KEN2 DOV7 KAN9 CLT10 TEX6 PHO7 HOM10 4th 1154 2015 DAY25 ATL7 LVS38 PHO10 CAL6 TEX10 BRI8 RCH7 TAL2 IOW4 CLT20 DOV36 MCH9 CHI8 DAY23* KEN19 NHA29 IND11 IOW3 GLN6 MOH7 BRI6 ROA3 DAR12 RCH3 CHI17 KEN13 DOV31 CLT13 KAN23 TEX7 PHO11 HOM4 8th 1032 2017 Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW3 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN8 DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 43rd 70

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 2007 Xpress Motorsports 16 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA21 LVS29 TAL MAR15 ATL19 TEX21 PHO18 HOM15 40th 727 2008 Chevy DAY9 CAL23 ATL17 MAR30 KAN14 CLT35 MFD25 DOV32 TEX13 MCH25 MLW32 MEM13 KEN32 IRP29 NSH14 BRI19 GTW14 NHA8 16th 2787 Toyota LVS14 TAL7 MAR14 ATL10 TEX9 PHO4 HOM2 2009 DAY12 CAL29 ATL10 MAR8 KAN3 CLT21 DOV1 TEX15 MCH34 MLW3 MEM2 KEN6 IRP12 NSH2 BRI5 CHI28 IOW9 GTW3 NHA7 LVS19 MAR24 TAL23 TEX7 PHO11 HOM12 7th 3307 2012 Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV13 TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI17 ATL IOW KEN5 LVS TAL MAR10 TEX PHO1* HOM 78th 0

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 2007 Country Joe Racing 32 Dodge DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 98th 225 2008 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC 25th 1430 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy MCH CAY 25 KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 2009 8 Toyota DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 149th 80