Brad Leighton
| Brad Leighton | |||||||
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| Nationality |
 American | ||||||
| Born |
June 12, 1962 Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA | ||||||
| NASCAR Busch North Series | |||||||
| Years active | 1995–2009 | ||||||
| Starts | 164 | ||||||
| Wins | 24 | ||||||
| Poles | 5 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 1999–2000 | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1999–2000 | NASCAR Busch North Series | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 100th (1997) | ||||||
| First race | 1997 United States Cellular 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
| Last race | 1999 Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 32 | NBSC | Pts | ||||
| 1997 | Labonte Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | LVS | DAR | HCY | TEX | BRI | NSV | TAL | NHA 27 |
NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAL | CAR | HOM | 100th | 79 | ||||||
| 1999 | BACE Motorsports | 33 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH 34 |
CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN 43 |
MLW 37 |
MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP 36 |
MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | 108th | 107 | ||||
External links
- Brad Leighton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Mike Stefanik |
NASCAR Busch North Series champion 1999, 2000 |
Succeeded by Mike Olsen |
| Preceded by Mike Rowe |
American-Canadian Tour champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Series ended |