Brandon R. Gdovic (born February 28, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. The

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resident competes in the

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North America series, driving for

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. He has also raced in the

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...

ARCA Racing Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nationa ...

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly known by other names) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Races are hel ...

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, and

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Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Gdovic has two career starts in the

, running two races in 2014 for

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. He finished on the lead lap both times, and recorded an eighth-place finish at

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K&N Pro Series East

Gdovic first tried his hand at

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competition in 2011, running 11 of the series 14 races. Running for his father and with funding from Aquis Communication, he scored one top five finish (

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) and three other top tens on the way to a 15th-place points finish. Gdovic failed to finish only two races. In 2012, Gdovic ran the entire season, recorded a career-best third-place finish at

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, other top fives at

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, Langley Speedway, and Greensville-Pickens, and recorded top-tens in all but five races. With only one crash on the season, he finished seventh in season points. 2013 led to Gdovic's first win, at Greensville-Pickens. He also recorded a second at Richmond and a third at

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, but three engine failures in a fourteen race season dropped Gdovic to tenth in series points. The team scaled back to part-time in 2014, with only one top ten finish and three crashes in eight races. While focusing on the

series in 2015, Gdovic made only one start, a 12th at

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. Moving up to the Xfinity Series in 2016, Gdovic made a start while sharing his family ride with other drivers. He finished 16th at

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Xfinity Series

Gdovic made his Xfinity Series debut in the

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on April 10, 2015, in the No. 55

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for Viva Motorsports. He qualified 29th and finished 26th, four laps down. Gdovic would make two more starts in 2015 one for Viva Motorsports, at

, in which he finished 30th, and one for

who purchased Viva Motorsports equipment, at

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, where he finished 13th. On April 16, 2016, Gdovic made his first Xfinity start of the year in the first-ever Xfinity heat/main event, the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at

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. He finished 14th in his heat and 18th in the main. He attempted four more races during the course of the season, finishing 21st twice and bringing sponsorship from

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. Gdovic had plans to run full-time in the No. 46

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, a ride he shared part-time in 2016 with

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and Jordan Anderson. However, the team did not attempt a race. After not running any Xfinity Series races from 2017 to 2019, Gdovic announced a return to the series for the 2020 race at the

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infield road course with

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Sports cars

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series

After originally being introduced to

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in a 2015

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test with Mitchum Motorsports at

, Gdovic captured the

North American Series championship later that year. He also experimented in the

that year. The following year, Gdovic moved up to the Huracan Super Trofeo Series and won three times on his way to a second-place points finish. In 2017, he earned an invite to a Lamborghini training camp in hopes of becoming a factory driver. Gdovic ran the 2017

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with DAC Motorsports as part of the Huracan schedule. He ran the

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while in the country for the TCR Middle East Series. In 2017, Gdovic partnered with co-driver Todd C. Snyder for the 2017 Super Trofeo North America Season driving with DAC Motorsports In 2018, Gdovic continued in Super Trofeo with co-driver Shinya Michimi, winning at

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and finishing fourth in points. Gdovic teamed with

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for the 2019 Super Trofeo North America season. The pairing won their first race together at

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. Gdovic won his first Super Trofeo North America race of 2020 at

in August.

TCR Middle East Series

Gdovic was the only American in the

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, driving a

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for

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. Gdovic won in the first weekend of racing, which was held at the

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. He came up a narrow second in the standings to

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but helped his team to the Teams' Classification Championship.

Personal life

Gdovic lent equipment to fellow K&N Pro Series competitor

Ronnie Bassett Jr. Ronald W. Bassett Jr. (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for his team, Bassett Racing. He and his family team a ...

in 2016 after Bassett's shop burned down.

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.)

Xfinity Series

K&N Pro Series East

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

( key)

24 Hours of Daytona

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gdovic, Brandon NASCAR drivers 1992 births People from Yorktown, Virginia Living people Racing drivers from Virginia ARCA Menards Series drivers 24H Series drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Racing drivers from Pittsburgh Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers