Brad Noffsinger

Brad Noffsinger
Brad Noffsinger
	Noffsinger at IRP in 2003
Born	August 29, 1960; Huntington Beach, California, United States
Achievements	1986, 1987 California Roadster Association Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
	17 races run over 1 year
Best finish	36th (1988)
First race	1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta)
Last race	1988 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	5 races run over 1 year
Best finish	63rd (1998)
First race	1998 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	1998 Autolite Platinum 250 (Richmond International Raceway)

Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series; following his stock car racing career, he served as a crew chief in the Winston Cup Series and has competed in USAC open-wheel competition.

Personal life

Noffsinger has two younger brothers and grew up with a passion for toy cars.[1]

Racing career

He attempted to qualify in 1987 for the 1987 Winston Western 500 but failed to do so.[2] Noffsinger only led a single lap in his career while completing a total of 3555 laps or 5,515.9 miles (8,877.0 km) in his Cup career. During the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Noffsinger would fail to qualify eight different times.[3] His ambitions to race in the highest level of American stock car racing was ultimately marred by seven DNFs.[4]

During the 1994 Cup Series season, he would attempt to qualify at the 1994 Mello Yello 500, the 1994 AC-Delco 500 and the 1994 Slick 50 500. None of these attempts resulted in qualifying for the race.[5]

Road courses were Noffsinger's specialties; where he would finish an average of 15th place. His Achilles heel was at most intermediate tracks where a finish of 30th place was considered to be typical.[6]

Following his racing career, Noffsinger became a crew chief at the NASCAR Winston Cup level, working with Team Sabco during the mid-to-late 1990s.

Post-NASCAR career

After retiring from NASCAR for good, Noffsinger joined the personnel of the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt Disney World Speedway where he teaches casual tourists and NASCAR fans alike how to operate the four-gear manual transmission stock cars. He has been employed with this organization for several years and continues to serve his role as an instructor there.[7]

From 1999 to 2004, Noffsinger became an owner/occasional driver at the USAC Silver Crown; where he competes and helps younger driver learn the race car driving trade. The team folded up due to financial issues.[1]

In 2013, Noffsinger served as the stunt driver for the viral video Pepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive.[8]

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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	NWCC	Pts
1987	Curb Racing	98	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	RSD DNQ	ATL			N/A	0
1988	Curb Racing	98	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL 14	DAR 36	BRI DNQ	NWS DNQ	MAR 21	TAL 25	CLT 33	DOV 24	RSD	POC 19	MCH 20	DAY DNQ	POC 19	TAL 22	GLN 15	MCH 26	BRI 32	DAR DNQ	RCH DNQ	DOV 34	MAR DNQ	CLT DNQ	NWS DNQ	CAR 37	PHO 26	ATL 26			36th	1316
1989	Jaehne Motorsports	76	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL			N/A	0
1994	Taylor Racing	02	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT DNQ	CAR DNQ	PHO DNQ	ATL	N/A	0

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
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	NBSC	Pts
1994		69	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP DNQ	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR				NA	-
1998	Curb Racing	43	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 36													RCH 40	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM	63rd	305
1998	Curb Racing	43	Chevy													DOV 27	RCH	PPR 29	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL 38	SBO	IRP DNQ	MCH	BRI	DAR								63rd	305

References

History of Brad Noffsinger Archived March 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Brad Noffsinger's official website
Brad Noffsinger in 1987 at Racing Reference
Career statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Racing Reference
Race by Race results for Brad Noffsinger at Motor Racing Network
Brad Noffsinger in 1994 at Racing Reference
NASCAR statistics about Brad Noffsinger Archived 2012-06-19 at the Wayback Machine at Driver Averages
Brad Noffsinger's driver bio at Motor Racing Network
Plemmons, Mark. "Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max test drive video shot in Concord goes viral". Independent Tribune. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

External links

Brad Noffsinger driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eddie Wirth	California Roadster Association Champion 1986, 1987	Succeeded by Ron Shuman

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[bradhistory-1] History of Brad Noffsinger Archived March 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Brad Noffsinger's official website

[2] Brad Noffsinger in 1987 at Racing Reference

[3] Career statistics about Brad Noffsinger at Racing Reference

[4] Race by Race results for Brad Noffsinger at Motor Racing Network

[5] Brad Noffsinger in 1994 at Racing Reference

[6] NASCAR statistics about Brad Noffsinger Archived 2012-06-19 at the Wayback Machine at Driver Averages

[7] Brad Noffsinger's driver bio at Motor Racing Network

[8] Plemmons, Mark. "Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max test drive video shot in Concord goes viral". Independent Tribune. Retrieved September 7, 2013.