Brad Sweet
Bradley Kirk Sweet is an American former professional race car driver. After a spell as a JR Motorsports development driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, he won five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series titles from 2019 to 2023 and earned a total 92 race wins. In 2022 he co-founded High Limit Racing, where he claimed the 2024 championship and 14 race wins. Nicknamed 'The Big Cat', Sweet competed for Kasey Kahne Racing from 2014 until his retirement as a full-time driver in 2025.
Racing career
Early career
Sweet began his top-level racing career in 2008, driving for Kasey Kahne Racing in midget cars and sprint cars in the USAC National Midget Series and World of Outlaws series. Sweet proved competitive, winning some of the series' top races, including the Knoxville Midget Nationals, and won at Eldora Speedway, one of the most famous short tracks in America, in both sprint and midget cars. Sweet also began driving stock cars, making starts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2009. In 2010 and 2011 he drove partial seasons in the Camping World Truck Series for Stringer Motorsports and Turner Motorsports, finishing 28th in points in 2011.NASCAR Nationwide Series
In 2012 Sweet drove the No. 38 Nationwide Series car, a Chevrolet sponsored by Great Clips and owned by Turner Motorsports, in a limited schedule. He competed in 18 of the series' races, with Kasey Kahne driving the car during the remainder of the year. Sweet competed for the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award. In addition to driving in the Nationwide Series, he will also continue to drive for Kasey Kahne Racing in the World of Outlaws series, driving the No. 49. He finished 18th in series points, before moving to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro part-time in 2013.World of Outlaws
Sweet became a full-time driver of the NAPA Auto Parts/Ollie's Bargain Outlet number 49 for Kasey Kahne Racing for the 2014 season. He collected his first World of Outlaws win in 2012 at the Clay County Speedway. In 2013, he won the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of the biggest races of the year for his only win that season. He ended 2013 ranked 18th in points. Sweet started the 2014 season by winning the season opener at Volusia Speedway for his third career World of Outlaws win. Sweet has said that the World of Outlaws is more of a home than NASCAR, his previous series. Sweet won the 2018 Knoxville Nationals, the first Nationals victory for Kasey Kahne Racing; he finished second in the 2018 Kings Royal to Donny Schatz, but returned in 2019 to win the event for the second time.Sweet has won five World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championships in a row, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. He took the title in 2019 over Donny Schatz with 16 wins, and repeated a title run in 2020, winning eight times and becoming the sixth driver to win multiple WoO championships. He won a total 92 feature races out of 895 starts.
High Limit Racing
Sweet and Kyle Larson co-founded the High Limit Racing sprint car series in 2022. He left the World Outlaws for his new series in 2024, winning the championship with ten wins. In 2025 he was the runner-up with four wins, after which he retired from full-time racing.Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
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