Brad Leighton

American race car driver
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican race car driver
PlacesUnited States of America
isRacecar driver
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth12 June 1962
Age62 years
The details

Biography

Brad Leighton (born June 12, 1962) is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in five career Busch Series events in his career.
Leighton made his career debut at New Hampshire International Speedway in May 1997, running the #5 Chevy owned by Terry Labonte. He started the race in 30th and only managed to move to 27th by the end of the day after a late crash. However, Leighton did lead one lap—an impressive stat in his first career start.
In 1999, Leighton made four more starts, all for BACE Motorsports. In his season debut, he finished 34th at Nazareth Speedway despite fatigue. He was last at Watkins Glen due to transmission failure, 37th at Milwaukee and 36th at IRP. Not only was Milwaukee the only race he finished in 1999, it was the site of his best career start, at 23rd.
Leighton's poor results, however, led to his lack of a ride for 2000, and he has not raced in the Busch Series since. He however had had a productive career in the Busch North Series, winning back-to-back championships in 1999 and 2000.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132NBSCPts
1997Labonte Motorsports5ChevyDAYCARRCHATLLVSDARHCYTEXBRINSVTALNHA
27
NZHCLTDOVSBOGLNMLWMYBGTYIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCALCARHOM100th79
1999BACE Motorsports33ChevyDAYCARLVSATLDARTEXNSVBRITALCALNHARCHNZH
34
CLTDOVSBOGLN
43
MLW
37
MYBPPRGTYIRP
36
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARMEMPHOHOM108th107

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