Brady Bacon
Encyclopedia
Brady Bacon is an American
racecar driver. He currently drives in the USAC Sprint Car Series
for Kasey Kahne
and is a developmental driver for Chip Ganassi Racing
.
Bacon is a third generation driver who started racing at the age of 4 and moved his way up the ranks. In 2005, Bacon was the National Modified Midget Association Nationals Champion and earned Rookie Of The Year honors in the OCRS and SMRS. He was runner-up at the Knoxville Midget Nationals that year and won the Cornhusker Midget Challenge.
Bacon debuted in the USAC National Midget Car Series in 2006, scoring two straight 2nd place finishes in his first two events and seven top 10 finishes total in 11 races. He also tallied six top 10 finishes in 10 USAC National Sprint Car events. That same year, he was the Southern Midget Racing Series champion and scored his first midget victory at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, IN. He signed with the Ganassi driver development program as well.
In 2007, Bacon was 4th in USAC National Sprint Car points and 8th in USAC National Midget points. He also finished fourth in Indiana Sprint Week and Indiana Midget Week points that year.
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racecar driver. He currently drives in the USAC Sprint Car Series
Sprint car racing
Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
for Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #5 Farmers Insurance Group Chevrolet Impala for Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series....
and is a developmental driver for Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships...
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Bacon is a third generation driver who started racing at the age of 4 and moved his way up the ranks. In 2005, Bacon was the National Modified Midget Association Nationals Champion and earned Rookie Of The Year honors in the OCRS and SMRS. He was runner-up at the Knoxville Midget Nationals that year and won the Cornhusker Midget Challenge.
Bacon debuted in the USAC National Midget Car Series in 2006, scoring two straight 2nd place finishes in his first two events and seven top 10 finishes total in 11 races. He also tallied six top 10 finishes in 10 USAC National Sprint Car events. That same year, he was the Southern Midget Racing Series champion and scored his first midget victory at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, IN. He signed with the Ganassi driver development program as well.
In 2007, Bacon was 4th in USAC National Sprint Car points and 8th in USAC National Midget points. He also finished fourth in Indiana Sprint Week and Indiana Midget Week points that year.
2008 Results
| USAC | |||||
| Date | Series | Track | Qualify | Start | Finish |
| January 10 | USAC Midget | Tulsa Expo Raceway Expo Square Pavilion The Expo Square Pavilion, sometimes called simply The Pavilion, and formerly known as the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.It was built in 1932; the architect was Leland I Shumway... |
x | 19 | 13 |
| January 12 | USAC Midget | Tulsa Expo Raceway Expo Square Pavilion The Expo Square Pavilion, sometimes called simply The Pavilion, and formerly known as the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.It was built in 1932; the architect was Leland I Shumway... |
x | 21 | 7 |
| February 16 | USAC Midget | Manzanita Speedway Manzanita Speedway The Manzanita Speedway was a dirt track racing facility located in the suburban southwestern part of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The facility had a 1/3 mile and 1/2 mile tracks. The track held USAC events up through the 2009 Sprint Car season opener... |
22 | 18 | 11 |
| April 6 | USAC Midget | Anderson Speedway Anderson Speedway Anderson Speedway is a quarter mile high-banked paved short track in Anderson, Indiana. Weekly racing includes several stock car divisions.The corners are banked at 17 degrees. The 2010 track record of 10.28 seconds in a winged sprint car was the world record for quarter-mile paved ovals until a... |
13 | 9 | 11 |
| April 12 | USAC Midget | Southern Nat'l Raceway | 16 | 16 | 23 |
| April 18 | USAC Sprint | Gas City I-69 Speedway | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| April 25 | USAC Sprint | Bloomington Speedway | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| April 27 | USAC Sprint | Winchester Speedway Winchester Speedway Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in White River Township, Randolph County, just outside Winchester, Indiana, approximately northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 4000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile".... |
8 | 8 | 4 |
| May 3 | USAC Sprint | Brownstown Speedway | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| May 4 | USAC Sprint | Kokomo Speedway | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| May 10 | USAC Sprint | Eldora Speedway Eldora Speedway Eldora Speedway, also known as The Big E and Auto Racing's Showcase since 1954, is located near Rossburg, Ohio. Eldora is a half-mile clay oval with an estimated seating capacity of nearly 20,000... |
11 | 10 | 2 |
| May 16 | USAC Midget | Lacrosse Fairgrounds | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| May 17 | USAC Midget | Slinger Speedway | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| May 18 | USAC Midget | Rockford Speedway Rockford Speedway Rockford Speedway is a 1/4 mile short track high banked asphalt oval. It is located in the city of Loves Park on Illinois Route 173 near Rockford. Rockford Speedway is the only racetrack running under NASCAR sanction in Illinois.... |
9 | 9 | 9 |
| May 24 | USAC Midget | ORP | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| June 5 | USAC Sprint | Big Diamond Raceway Big Diamond Raceway Big Diamond Speedway is located in Minersville, Pennsylvania. It holds weekly Friday night dirt track racing on a 3/8 mile clay semi-banked oval. The three weekly divisions racing there are: 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners. There are also other circuits that visit this track periodicly... |
19 | 9 | |
| June 7 | USAC Sprint | Hagerstown Speedway | 18 | 6 | |
| USAC Sprints | USAC Midgets | ||||||
| Rank | Points | Starts | Wins | Rank | Points | Starts | Wins |
| 3rd (t) | 374 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 255 | 9 | 0 |