Brad Sweet

Racing career

Early career

Sweet began his top-level racing career in 2008, driving for Kasey Kahne Racing in midget cars and sprint cars in the USAC National Midget Series and World of Outlaws series. Sweet proved competitive, winning some of the series' top races, including the Knoxville Midget Nationals, and won at Eldora Speedway, one of the most famous short tracks in America, in both sprint and midget cars. Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009. In 2010 and 2011 he drove partial seasons in the Camping World Truck Series for Stringer Motorsports and Turner Motorsports, finishing 28th in points in 2011.

NASCAR Nationwide Series

In 2012 Sweet drove the No. 38 Nationwide Series car, a Chevrolet sponsored by Great Clips and owned by Turner Motorsports, in a limited schedule. He competed in 18 of the series' races, with Kasey Kahne driving the car during the remainder of the year. Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award. In addition to driving in the Nationwide Series, he will also continue to drive for Kasey Kahne Racing in the World of Outlaws series, driving the No. 49. He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013.

World of Outlaws

Sweet became a full-time driver of the NAPA Auto Parts/Ollie's Bargain Outlet number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing for the 2014 season. He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway. In 2013, he won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season. He ended 2013 ranked 18th in points. Sweet started the 2014 season by winning the season opener at Volusia Speedway for his third career World of Outlaws win. Sweet has said that the World of Outlaws is more of a home than NASCAR, his previous series. Sweet won the 2018 Knoxville Nationals, the first Nationals victory for Kasey Kahne Racing; he finished second in the 2018 Kings Royal to Donny Schatz, but returned in 2019 to win the event for the second time.

Sweet has won five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championships in a row, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. He took the title in 2019 over Donny Schatz with 16 wins, and repeated a title run in 2020, winning eight times and becoming the sixth driver to win multiple WoO championships. He won a total 92 feature races out of 895 starts.

High Limit Racing

Sweet and Kyle Larson co-founded the High Limit Racing sprint car series in 2022. He left the World Outlaws for his new series in 2024, winning the championship with ten wins. In 2025 he was the runner-up with four wins, after which he retired from full-time racing.

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.)

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

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.)

Personal life

Brad's sister Katelyn is married to NASCAR driver Kyle Larson.

References

References

1. "Bradley Kirk Sweet, Born 12/31/1985 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org.
2. Dan Beaver. (October 21, 2025). "Brad Sweet announces retirement from full-time sprint car competition".
3. Kyle McFadden. (October 19, 2025). "Brad Sweet announces retirement from full-time sprint car racing".
4. (July 16, 2009). "Sweet to pilot Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Toyota Camry in Series Debut". ARCA.
5. (November 11, 2009). "Brad Sweet To Drive Stringer Motorsports No. 90 Great Clips Toyota In Select NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Races In 2010". Stringer Motorsports.
6. (November 21, 2011). "2011 Official Driver Standings: after Ford 200". NASCAR.
7. Busbee, Jay. (January 3, 2012). "Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet to split Great Clips Nationwide ride". Yahoo! Sports.
8. (January 2, 2012). "NNS: Turner Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup". Fox Sports.
9. (January 3, 2012). "Saldana to drive Great Clips car". World of Outlaws.
10. Spencer, Lee. (January 1, 2013). "Kahne, Sweet take on Nationwide roles". Fox Sports.
11. [http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/World-of-Outlaws/News/Articles/2012/06/Sweet-Gets-First-Outlaws-Win.aspx "Brad Sweet Gets Breakthrough Win"] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-02-22 at mrn.com)
12. (July 14, 2013). "Brad Sweet Earns Crown in 30th Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway".
13. [http://www.woosprint.com/results/2257-7132013-eldora-speedway-kings-royal "Sweet Wins King's Royal"] at worldofoutlaws.com
14. [http://www.woosprint.com/news/2487-sweet-wins-opening-night-of-2014 "Sweet wins opening night of 2014"] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-02-21 at worldofoutlaws.com)
15. (2017-06-01). "Beyond the Cockpit: Brad Sweet: 'I'm Pretty Happy' in Dirt Racing".
16. (August 11, 2018). "Brad Sweet holds off Donny Schatz for 2018 Knoxville Nationals title".
17. (August 12, 2018). "Brad Sweet Conquers The Knoxville Nationals".
18. (July 21, 2019). "Kings Royal: Sweet wins $175,000 at Eldora Speedway".
19. (November 7, 2020). "Brad Sweet clinches second consecutive Outlaws title; focuses on team championship".
20. (December 20, 2019). "Sprint car driver Brad Sweet honored for championship season".
21. (November 12, 2020). "WoO Honors Sweet & Others During Virtual Banquet".
22. "Brad Sweet – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
23. "Brad Sweet – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
24. "Brad Sweet – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
25. "Brad Sweet – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
26. "Brad Sweet – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
27. "Brad Sweet – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
28. "Brad Sweet – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.