Brady Bacon (born January 26, 1990 in Broken Arrow, OK) is an
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racecar driver. He currently drives in the USAC
Sprint Car SeriesSprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
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Kasey KahneKasey Kenneth Kahne is a race car driver full time in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson,...
and is a developmental driver for
Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates...
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Bacon is a third generation driver who started racing at the age of 4 and moved his way up the ranks. In 2005, Bacon was the National Modified Midget Association Nationals Champion and earned Rookie Of The Year honors in the OCRS and SMRS.
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Brady Bacon (born January 26, 1990 in Broken Arrow, OK) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
racecar driver. He currently drives in the USAC
Sprint Car SeriesSprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
for
Kasey KahneKasey Kenneth Kahne is a race car driver full time in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson,...
and is a developmental driver for
Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates...
.
Bacon is a third generation driver who started racing at the age of 4 and moved his way up the ranks. In 2005, Bacon was the National Modified Midget Association Nationals Champion and earned Rookie Of The Year honors in the OCRS and SMRS. He was runner-up at the Knoxville Midget Nationals that year and won the Cornhusker Midget Challenge.
Bacon debuted in the USAC National Midget Car Series in 2006, scoring two straight 2nd place finishes in his first two events and seven top 10 finishes total in 11 races. He also tallied six top 10 finishes in 10 USAC National Sprint Car events. That same year, he was the Southern Midget Racing Series champion and scored his first midget victory at Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, IN. He signed with the Ganassi driver development program as well.
In 2007, Bacon was 4th in USAC National Sprint Car points and 8th in USAC National Midget points. He also finished fourth in Indiana Sprint Week and Indiana Midget Week points that year.
2008 Results
| USAC |
| Date |
Series |
Track |
Qualify |
Start |
Finish |
| January 10 |
USAC Midget |
Tulsa Expo Raceway The Expo Square Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1937. It was home to the Tulsa Oilers Central Hockey League team during the 1960's and the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League until they moved to the SpiritBank Event Center in 2008.-External...
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x |
19 |
13 |
| January 12 |
USAC Midget |
Tulsa Expo Raceway The Expo Square Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1937. It was home to the Tulsa Oilers Central Hockey League team during the 1960's and the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League until they moved to the SpiritBank Event Center in 2008.-External...
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x |
21 |
7 |
| February 16 |
USAC Midget |
Manzanita Speedway The Manzanita Speedway was a dirt track racing facility located in the suburban southwestern part of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The facility had a 1/3 mile and 1/2 mile tracks. The track held USAC events up through the 2009 Sprint Car season opener...
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22 |
18 |
11 |
| April 6 |
USAC Midget |
Anderson Speedway Anderson Speedway is a .25-mile high-banked paved short track in Anderson, Indiana. The corners are banked at 17 degrees. The track record, 86.422 mph was set by Geoff Kaiser in 2006 in a winged sprint car...
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13 |
9 |
11 |
| April 12 |
USAC Midget |
Southern Nat'l Raceway |
16 |
16 |
23 |
| April 18 |
USAC Sprint |
Gas City I-69 Speedway |
1 |
6 |
12 |
| April 25 |
USAC Sprint |
Bloomington Speedway |
1 |
16 |
5 |
| April 27 |
USAC Sprint |
Winchester Speedway Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in Winchester, Indiana, approximately northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 4000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile"....
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8 |
8 |
4 |
| May 3 |
USAC Sprint |
Brownstown Speedway |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| May 4 |
USAC Sprint |
Kokomo Speedway |
5 |
3 |
4 |
| May 10 |
USAC Sprint |
Eldora SpeedwayEldora Speedway, also known as The Big E and Auto Racing's Showcase since 1954, is located near Rossburg, Ohio. Eldora is a half-mile clay oval with an estimated seating capacity of nearly 20,000...
|
11 |
10 |
2 |
| May 16 |
USAC Midget |
Lacrosse Fairgrounds |
9 |
7 |
8 |
| May 17 |
USAC Midget |
Slinger Speedway |
10 |
8 |
14 |
| May 18 |
USAC Midget |
Rockford SpeedwayRockford Speedway is a 1/4 mile short track oval in Rockford, Illinois. It is located in the suburb of Loves Park on Illinois Route 173. Rockford Speedway is the only racetrack running under NASCAR sanction in Illinois....
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9 |
9 |
9 |
| May 24 |
USAC Midget |
ORP |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| June 5 |
USAC Sprint |
Big Diamond Raceway Big Diamond Raceway is located in Minersville, Pennsylvania. It holds weekly dirt track racing on a 3/8 mile clay semi-banked oval. The three main categories of cars racing there are: 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners. There are also other circuits that visit this track throughout the season...
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19 |
|
9 |
| June 7 |
USAC Sprint |
Hagerstown Speedway |
18 |
|
6 |
| USAC Sprints |
USAC Midgets |
| Rank |
Points |
Starts |
Wins |
Rank |
Points |
Starts |
Wins |
| 3rd (t) |
374 |
8 |
0 |
10th |
255 |
9 |
0 |
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