Brandon Hightower

Brandon Hightower
Hightower's Xfinity Series car in 2016
Born Brandon Allen Hightower
(1998-03-17) March 17, 1998
Deville, Louisiana
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Awards Ark-La-Tex Wing Modified Rookie of the Year (2012)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
19 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 15 (JD Motorsports)
No. 66 (MBM Motorsports)
2017 position 54th
Best finish 43rd (2016)
First race 2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2018 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2017 position 93rd
Best finish 73rd (2015)
First race 2015 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of September 10, 2018.

Brandon Allen Hightower (born March 17, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving both the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports and the No. 66 Dodge Challenger for MBM 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.[1]

Xfinity Series

Hightower made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in late 2016, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway.[2] 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.[3] He ran three races in early 2017, also with MBM.[4]

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.[5] However, Hightower left the team and later joined JD Motorsports' No. 15 entry for 11 races.

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.[6] One start in 2016, for Contreras Motorsports, yielded a crash at Talladega Superspeedway.[7] Contreras Motorsports announced during the offseason that Hightower would drive full time.[8] 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.[9]

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 NXSC Pts
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 RCH
35		 CHI KEN DOV
25		 CLT
34		 KAN
39		 TEX
35		 PHO
26		 HOM
30		 43rd 63
2017 40 Toyota DAY
13		 ATL 54th 26
13 Chevy LVS
38		 PHO
40 Dodge CAL
38		 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 CLT
27		 POC
32		 MCH
35		 IOW
30		 CHI
26		 DAY
30		 KEN
26		 NHA -* -*
JD Motorsports 15 Chevy IOW
27		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR
MBM Motorsports 66 Dodge IND
37		 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 NCWTC Pts
2015 MB Motorsports 08 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
27		 TEX 73rd 17
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 45 Chevy PHO
DNQ		 HOM
2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
30		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 109th 01
2017 TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
24		 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 93rd 01

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Local teenager achieving NASCAR dream". thetowntalk.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Rookie Brandon Hightower to Pilot No. 13 Dodge Charger at Richmond International Raceway". Catchfence. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Driver Brandon Hightower 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ↑ "Driver Brandon Hightower 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Brandon Hightower joins JP Motorsports; Leicht leaves team". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Pierce places 22nd in asphalt debut at Martinsville". The Warren County Record. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. ↑ "Grant Enfinger scores first NASCAR victory in Talladega trucks race". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  8. ↑ "Brandon Hightower set to compete full-time for Contreras Motorsports in 2017". Behind The Wheel Blog. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  9. ↑ Beard, Brock (18 July 2017). "Preliminary Entry List Storylines: Indianapolis and Eldora". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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