Robert "Robb" Brent (born February 6, 1987) is an American professional

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driver who most recently competed in what is now the

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. He competed full-time in the same series in 2009 and 2010, finishing tenth and eleventh in points, respectively, in those years. He also made three starts in the

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and one Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series start in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Career

Brent was called by RAB Racing to drive their No. 09 Ford at the road course race at

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in 2010. The team, which was running multiple drivers that year, had already signed

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to drive those races for them, but he was unavailable for this race, because he opted to compete in the Cup Series road course race at Sonoma instead, which was on the same weekend as the Road America Nationwide race. In looking for a driver, Said and RAB owner Robby Benton chose Brent, a full-time ARCA Racing Series driver for Allgaier Motorsports, after his strong finishes in the road course races in that series at Palm Beach and

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earlier in the season. Robb Brent Pocono 2011

Personal life

Brent lives in

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and graduated from Eisenhower High School in 2005, according to his Facebook page. He then went on to attend

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, graduating in 2009 with a degree in automotive marketing. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has worked as the Human Resources Coordinator at Central Transport (a company located in the

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) since January 2020, and before that, was the Vice President and the Internet Manager of the Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM dealership in Washington Township, Michigan (the town north of Shelby).

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.)

Nationwide Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

References

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