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Brad Sweet from Grass Valley, CA is racing for the first time at Nashville Superspeedway. The 25 year old had a nice 15th finish his last race and hopes to keep his momentum going. He is currently in 17th place in the series points standings, one spot ahead of fellow NorCal driver Justin Marks of Rocklin. Here is a press release from Turner Motorsports about Brad and the race tonight.

Racing at ‘Music City’s’ Superspeedway a first for Sweet… This weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Nashville Superspeedway will mark Brad Sweet’s first start at the 1.33-mile track. The rookie driver hopes to build on his learning experience this season in the NCWTS by adding to his solid start thus far.

This Week’s Chevy Silverado… The No. 32 Great Clips Chevrolet Silverado team will bring chassis TMS-017 to the superspeedway for Friday’s 150-lap event. This chassis last saw track time at Martinsville Speedway where Sweet finished 15th.

Dirt Racing in Attica… Sweet, along with Kasey Kahne Racing, headed to Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio for the Attica All-Star on Saturday, April 8th. Sweet qualified 21st and finished second in his heat. This result landed Sweet in the A-Main Feature, where he finished in the 17th position.

Remembering Beau … This weekend at Nashville, Turner Motorsports’ three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entries will carry decals honoring the life of former ARCA Series competitor and Turner Motorsports employee Beau Slocumb who lost his heroic battle with cancer last weekend. Slocumb made four ARCA starts in 2009, logging an impressive 7.0 starting average combined with a solid 11.2 average finish. The 26-year-old driver logged a pair of top-10 finishes over those four starts including a career-best fifth-place finish at Kansas Speedway. Slocumb began his career racing Legends cars and climbed the professional ladder through the late model ranks, earning 131 feature wins in Legends and late model competition, and eventually making his mark in the ARCA series. He is survived by his wife Jessica, parents Burke “Buster” and Jeanne, brothers Seth and Daniel and sister Maggie. Memorials can be made to the Ryan Newman Foundation, Hospice of Iredell County (N.C.) or Hospice of Central Georgia.

Got My First Real Six String… In hopes of bringing home the custom Gibson guitar trophy on Friday night, Sweet and his Turner Motorsports teammates will take a private tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory in Nashville on Thursday afternoon. The home of Gibson electric guitars, ‘Gibson USA’ was built in ‘Music City’ in 1974.

Brad Sweet had this to say about Nashville Superspeedway: “I’m looking forward to racing under the lights this Friday night at Nashville Superspeedway. I hope to build on the strong start to the season we have had. I’m hoping to quickly get a feel for the track when we unload and bring the Great Clips Chevy home with a solid finish.”

– Turner Motorsports Press Release

To keep up on Brad Sweet’s stats, please visit: www.racing-reference.info

The Kroger 250 is the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race this weekend at the famous Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. The following is a press release about Northern California race car driver Brad Sweet from his team at Turner Motorsports. Qualifying can be seen on Speed TV on Saturday 7:30 to 8:30 am. The race is Saturday, 11:00am-1:30pm and again from 9:30pm-12:00am also on Speed TV.

No. 32 Great Clips Silverado Team News and Notes

Racing around the world’s largest paperclip a first for Sweet… This weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Martinsville Speedway will mark Brad Sweet’s first start at the famed .526-mile track. The rookie driver hopes to build on his learning experience this season in the NCWTS by adding to his solid start thus far.

This Week’s Chevy Silverado… The No. 32 Great Clips Chevrolet Silverado team will bring chassis TMS-017 to the half-mile Martinsville Speedway for Saturday’s 250-lap event. This chassis was run earlier this season at Phoenix International Raceway where Sweet finished 11th.

Crew chief Trent Owens has some laps under his belt at Martinsville… Veteran crew chief Trent Owens will guide Sweet around the southern Virginia-based track this weekend. Owens has some experience of his own behind the wheel at Martinsville Speedway, having competed in a NCWTS race in 2002, finishing 17th. Owens is off to a solid start himself in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season with one win, three top-five and four top-10 finishes.

First Win… Turner Motorsports captured its first win in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Mark Martin and the No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet. The organization is in its sophomore season of NASCAR competition and has already captured one win, one pole, along with 18 top-five and 38 top-10 finishes. Turner Motorsports has expanded from a two-truck NCWTS operation in 2010 to become the largest stand-alone multi-series team in NASCAR’s top-tier touring series, fielding three entries in the NCWTS and four entries in the NNS.

Brad Sweet on Martinsville Speedway: “I’m looking forward to racing at Martinsville this weekend. It’s an old-school, short track tucked in the south of Virginia with a lot of racing history. I hope to get up to speed quickly, qualify well, be competitive throughout the weekend and bring the Great Clips Chevy home with a solid finish.”

– Turner Motorsports Press Release

Brad Sweet and the No. 32 Great Clips Chevrolet will visit Darlington Raceway for the first time this Saturday. A rookie in the Camping World Truck Series, the 25 year old from Grass Valley is currently 11th in the points standings after the first 2 races.

Darlington Raceway –Too Tough To Tame 200

March 12, 2011

No. 32 Great Clips Silverado Team News and Notes

· Racing at the famed Darlington Raceway a first for Sweet… This weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Darlington Raceway, the Too Tough to Tame 200, will mark Brad Sweet’s first start at the famed 1.33-mile track. The rookie driver plans to rely on mentor and team owner for his open-wheel endeavors, Kasey Kahne, who is also competing in the event, for advice on succeeding at the track that is “too tough to tame!”

· First Win… Turner Motorsports captured its first win last weekend in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Mark Martin and the No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet. The organization is in its sophomore season of NASCAR competition and has already captured one win, one pole, along with 16 top-five and 36 top-10 finishes. Turner Motorsports has expanded from a two-truck NCWTS operation in 2010 to become the largest stand-alone multi-series team in NASCAR’s top-tier touring series, fielding three entries in the NCWTS and four entries in the NNS.

· Last week’s race-winning crew chief to call the shots for Sweet… Fresh off his NNS victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which marked Turner Motorsports first NASCAR win, crew chief Trent Owens will relinquish a rare NNS weekend off to head to Darlington Raceway and call the shots for Sweet in Saturday evening’s event. The veteran crew chief has logged some laps at the historic raceway himself, having competed there in a NCWTS event in 2002 where he started and finished 15th.

· Momentum on Sweet’s side after solid effort in first two races in 2011… In the first two starts of the 2011 season, Sweet has proven his ability to compete against some of the best drivers in the series. The Grass Valley, Calif.-native ran in the top-five for a majority of the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway and brought home an 11th-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway. Not a bad start to the season for a rookie driver!

Brad Sweet on Darlington Raceway: “I’m looking forward to racing at Darlington this weekend. It’s so rich in its racing heritage and to become a part of that is pretty cool. I know that it’s going to be challenging race, given that I don’t have any experience there as well as it’s one of the toughest tracks on the circuit. I’ll be relying on my teammates (James Buescher and Ricky Carmichael) for advice and I have already been talking to Kasey (Kahne) quite a bit about getting around the place.

Having Trent Owens atop the box and calling the shots is obviously going to be a huge asset for me as well given the amount of experience he has there. I know that finding a good handling balance is going to be very important during practice. With turns one and two being completely different from three and four, finding the right balance can be tough. If you don’t get it right it could make for a long night, especially at a track like Darlington.”

Brad Sweet on the start of the 2011 season: “I feel pretty good about the way this Great Clips team has started off the season. We have had solid top-15 runs in our first two races at Daytona and Phoenix. At Daytona we ran in the top-five for much of the night until that late-race crash ended our night. Still, solid runs like that to start the season, gives all of us a strong feeling of momentum. And momentum in racing is always good!”

– Turner Motorsports Press Release