Brandon Allen Hightower (born March 17, 1998) is an American professional racing driver who currently competes racing

sprint cars Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primari ...

. He has also raced

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, driving in the

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for

MBM Motorsports Motorsports Business Management LLC, operating as MBM Motorsports, Garage 66, Power Source, and sometimes known as Carl Long Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NAS ...

JP Motorsports JP Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and was owned by Jerry and Phyllis Hattaway. The team planned to compete in 2019, but never announced any drivers for the year. JPM was ...

and

JD Motorsports JD Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. It was owned and operated by Johnny Davis (NASCAR), Johnny Davis. It last fielded the No. 4 part-time for multiple drivers. The team uti ...

, and the

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for

MB Motorsports MB Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team was based in Foristell, Missouri, and was owned by Mike Mittler until his death in 2019. The team was one of few to ...

, Contreras Motorsports, B. J. McLeod Motorsports and

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Racing career

Early years

Starting at the age of 14, Hightower raced on local dirt tracks, eventually fostering a connection with

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driver David Starr after a chance meeting at a truck stop.

Xfinity Series

Hightower made his

debut in late 2016, driving the No. 13 for

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. After finishing 35th in the race, he ran six more for MBM to close out the season. His best finish was 25th, which came at

Dover International Speedway Dover Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Dover International Speedway from 2002 to 2021 and as the Dover Downs International Speedway from 1969 to 2001) is a oval track in Dover, Delaware. The venue has hosted major events since its inaugu ...

. He ran three races in early 2017, also with MBM. On May 22, 2018, it was announced that Hightower would take over

' No. 55 entry for the remainder of the

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season, replacing

Stephen Leicht Stephen Russell Leicht (born January 9, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet for Rise Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR ...

. Hightower drove seven races for the team before suddenly leaving the team; a lawsuit was eventually filed by Hightower against the team but was later dropped. Hightower later said that he would rather race sprint cars than pay $40,000 to drive stock cars like he was paying at JPM. Days later, Hightower announced that he would run the rest of the season's oval races with

, but Iowa was the only race that Hightower drove for JD.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2015, Hightower made his

debut in 2015, driving for

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. He finished 27th. One start in 2016, for Contreras Motorsports, yielded a crash at

Talladega Superspeedway Talladega Superspeedway (Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Built in 1969, the track has hosted a variety of racing events, primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR. The track is ...

. Contreras Motorsports announced during the offseason that Hightower would drive full time. He was left without a ride, however, when Contreras shut down the team and sold the assets to D.J. Copp, who formed

Copp Motorsports Copp Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The team was owned by D. J. Copp. The team fielded the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado part-time for Bobby Gerhart, Timmy Hil ...

. Hightower returned to his dirt roots at Eldora in

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, driving the number 1 truck for

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

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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