Brad Noffsinger
Brad Noffsinger | |||||||
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Born | Huntington Beach, California, United States | August 29, 1960||||||
Achievements | 1986, 1987 California Roadster Association Champion | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 36th (1988) | ||||||
First race | 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 1988 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 63rd (1998) | ||||||
First race | 1998 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 1998 Autolite Platinum 250 (Richmond International Raceway) | ||||||
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Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series; following his stock car racing career, he served as a crew chief in the Winston Cup Series and has competed in USAC open-wheel competition.
Personal life
Noffsinger has two younger brothers and grew up with a passion for toy cars.[1]
Racing career
He attempted to qualify in 1987 for the 1987 Winston Western 500 but failed to do so.[2] Noffsinger only led a single lap in his career, while completing a total of 3555 laps or 5,515.9 miles (8,877.0 km) in his Cup career. During the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Noffsinger would fail to qualify eight different times.[3] His ambitions to race in the highest level of American stock car racing was ultimately marred by seven DNFs.[4]
During the 1994 Cup Series season, he would attempt to qualify at the 1994 Mello Yello 500, the 1994 AC-Delco 500 and the 1994 Slick 50 500. None of these attempts resulted in qualifying for the race.[5]
Road courses were Noffsinger's specialities; where he would finish an average of 15th place. His Achilles heel was at most intermediate tracks where a finish of 30th place was considered to be typical.[6]
Following his racing career, Noffsinger became a crew chief at the NASCAR Winston Cup level, working with Team Sabco during the mid-to-late 1990s.
Post-NASCAR career
After retiring from NASCAR for good, Noffsinger joined the personnel of the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt Disney World Speedway where he teaches casual tourists and NASCAR fans alike how to operate the four-gear manual transmission stock cars. He has been employed with this organization for several years and continues to serve his role as instructor there.[7]
From 1999 to 2004, Noffsinger became an owner/occasional driver at the USAC Silver Crown; where he competes and helps younger driver learn the race car driving trade. The team folded up due to financial issues.[1]
In 2013, Noffsinger served as the stunt driver for the viral video Pepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive.[8]
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.)
Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NWCC | Pts | ||||||||
1987 | Curb Racing | 98 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | RSD | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD DNQ |
ATL | N/A | 0 | ||||||||||
1988 | Buick | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL 14 |
DAR 36 |
BRI DNQ |
NWS DNQ |
MAR 21 |
TAL 25 |
CLT 33 |
DOV 24 |
RSD | POC 19 |
MCH 20 |
DAY DNQ |
POC 19 |
TAL 22 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 32 |
DAR DNQ |
RCH DNQ |
DOV 34 |
MAR DNQ |
CLT DNQ |
NWS DNQ |
CAR 37 |
PHO 26 |
ATL 26 |
36th | 1316 | ||||||||||||
1989 | Jaehne Motorsports | 76 | Pontiac | DAY DNQ |
CAR | ATL | RCH | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | CAR | PHO | ATL | N/A | 0 | ||||||||||
1994 | Taylor Racing | 02 | Ford | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT DNQ |
CAR DNQ |
PHO DNQ |
ATL | N/A | 0 |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NBSC | Pts | |||||
1998 | Curb Racing | 43 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | NSV | DAR | BRI | TEX | HCY | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT 36 |
RCH 40 |
DOV | CLT | GTY | CAR | ATL | HOM | 63rd | 305 | |||||||||||||||||
Chevy | DOV 27 |
RCH | PPR 29 |
GLN | MLW | MYB | CAL 38 |
SBO | IRP DNQ |
MCH | BRI | DAR |
References
- ^ a b History of Brad Noffsinger Archived March 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Brad Noffsinger's official website
- ^ Brad Noffsinger in 1987 at Racing Reference
- ^ Career statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Racing Reference
- ^ Race by Race results for Brad Noffsinger at Motor Racing Network
- ^ Brad Noffsinger in 1994 at Racing Reference
- ^ NASCAR statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Driver Averages
- ^ Brad Noffsinger's driver bio at Motor Racing Network
- ^ Plemmons, Mark. "Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max test drive video shot in Concord goes viral". Independent Tribune. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
External links
- Brad Noffsinger driver statistics at Racing-Reference