Brian Scott

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Brian Scott
Born	January 12, 1988 (1988-01-12) Boise, Idaho, United States
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
77 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 11 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
2011 position	8th
Best finish	8th – 2011
First race	2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona International Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 12 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
57 race(s) run over 3 year(s)
Best finish	7th - 2009
First race	2007 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race	2009 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win	2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last win	2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 20 0
Statistics current as of February 25, 2012.

Brian Joseph Scott (born January 12, 1988 in Boise, Idaho) is an American race car driver. He currently drives the #11 Dollar General Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Personal Life

An avid outdoorsman, Scott enjoys hunting, fishing and skiing when he is away from the track. He has been known to take some of those sports to the “extreme” level to include helicopter skiing. Although a born athlete, Scott also graduated from high school as an honor student with a 4.0 GPA.

Beginnings

Scott has been racing competitively since the age of 12. 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. It was a moment that affirmed his and his family’s belief that Scott had the talent to compete at the highest levels of racing.

NASCAR 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.

NASCAR Nationwide Series

The 2012 season marks 24-year-old driver Brian Scott’s second full season with Joe Gibbs Racing and his third full season in NASCAR’s second-tiered Nationwide Series. With the addition of Dollar General to the Joe Gibbs Racing sponsorship lineup, Scott’s No. 11 Toyota Camry will sport the esteemed Dollar General brand for all 33 Nationwide Series races on the 2012 NASCAR circuit.

The young driver’s 2011 Nationwide Series campaign earned him two top-five finishes, seven top-10 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 and enters this year as a highly viable candidate for winning the 2012 championship.

Scott’s first full season in the Nationwide Series was completed in 2010 with one top-five and five top-10 finishes en route to finishing the season as the runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. His Nationwide Series debut came in 2009 with seven starts in the series.

Scott, his crew chief Kevin Kidd and the No. 11 Dollar General team are aiming to win races and contend for the Nationwide Series championship this season. Equipped with an established fleet of racecars and a core group of team members, Scott and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team are looking forward to putting Dollar General in the headlines for 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Brian Scott at Racing Reference