Brent Crews

Early career

Crews began racing go-karts at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina at a young age. In 2016, he competed in the United States Pro Kart Series (USPKS) rookie class, winning the championship.^[1] Crews won the IAME International World Finals in 2017 and 2018. Crews would also win a Micro MAX World Championship Rotax Max Challenge race in Brazil in 2018.^[2] He then followed that victory up with a SuperKarts! USA SuperNationals victory in Mini Swift.^[3] Then in 2019, Crews won his second straight SuperNationals in the KA100 Junior division. In 2021, he became the youngest National Champion in the KZ Pro Shifter Class, leaving his total National Championship count at twelve.^[4]

Dirt cars

Crews made his outlaw kart debut in 2016, working his way quickly from Box Stocks all the way to the Open Class. He became the first to win in every outlaw kart class at Millbridge Speedway in 2019. He also won the Outlaw Kart Nationals in Knoxville, Iowa.^[5] On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Crews would run full time in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series, driving the 86 Toyota for CB Industries.^[6] He earned his first win of the season at Valley Speedway, becoming the youngest driver to win a POWRi National Midget Series race, at 13 years old.^[7] He would also score wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Jacksonville Speedway, and Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.^[8][9][10]

Trans-Am Series

In 2022, Crews would re-join Nitro Motorsports to run a full season in the SCCA Trans-Am TA2 ProAm Series. He scored his first career pole and win mid-season at Road America, becoming the youngest driver to win a Trans-Am Series race, at 14 years, three months, and four days.^[11] He would also score wins at the Music City Grand Prix and Virginia International Raceway, and finishing third in the final standings.^[12][13] He returned to Nitro for the 2023 season, scoring wins at NOLA Motorsports Park, the Detroit Street Circuit, Road America, and Watkins Glen.^{[14][15][16][17]} He clinched the 2023 championship after finishing fourth at Circuit of the Americas, becoming the youngest champion in TA2 history. In 2024, he added three more wins in only five races and leads the series in wins since joining.^[18]

Late models

Crews would make his late model racing debut in the CARS Pro Late Model Tour in 2022, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for Donnie Wilson Motorsports at Caraway Speedway. He would start eighth and finish fourteenth after experiencing a clutch issue. He ran two more races at Motor Mile and South Boston, finishing eighth and twelfth, respectively. On February 14, 2024, it was announced that Crews would compete in six races of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. Crews finished first in the point standings in his first time racing a Super Late Model after earning two wins and an average finish of 2.0. He also went on to tie the CARS Tour Late Model Stock class in wins in 2024, winning races at Orange County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, and Ace Speedway, earning Rookie of the Year honors, and finishing fifth in driver's points.^[19]

ARCA

On August 10, 2023, it was announced that Crews would make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Watkins Glen, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports.^[20][21] Crews would finish third after running inside the top five in the entire race.^[22] He made his second start of the season at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, where he would go on to dominate, leading the most laps and winning the race, becoming the second-youngest driver to win in ARCA.^[23] Crews returned to Venturini in 2024 to run part-time in ARCA again.^[24] That year, he won the main ARCA Series race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, the other dirt race on the series schedule, leading every single lap in the race en route to the win.^[25]

On January 8, 2025, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Crews would drive for them part-time in all 3 ARCA Series in 2025.^[26] That year, he won the ARCA and ARCA West combination race at Phoenix, the ARCA East Series race at Rockingham, the ARCA and ARCA East combination race at IRP, Springfield, the ARCA and ARCA East combination race at Bristol, and the ARCA West standalone race at Phoenix.^[27][28][29]

NASCAR

On January 6, 2025, Tricon Garage announced that Crews would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for the team in their No. 1 truck in 2025.^[30] On August 1, Crews announced he had formed his own Truck Series team, which would debut at Watkins Glen.^[31] With three top-ten finishes, he finished 25th in points. In 2026, he returned to Tricon and drove the No. 1 at Watkins Glen.

On November 24, 2025, it was announced that Crews will drive the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing nearly full-time in 2026. Due to his age, he sat out for four races early in the year before remaining in the car for the rest of the season beginning at Martinsville.^[32] Following Texas, he won the Dash 4 Cash bonus. At San Diego, he scored his first career pole.

Career summary

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour

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ASA STARS National Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)