Brent Sherman

Brent Sherman
Sherman (No. 16) driving in the Firestone Freedom 100 in 2008.
Born	Brent Richard Sherman (1974-05-24) May 24, 1974 North Barrington, Illinois, U.S.
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season	2001
Former teams	William Fain, Bobby Gerhart Racing, Cavin Councilor, Brent Sherman Racing, Stringer Motorsports, Mason Mitchell Motorsports
Starts	75
Wins	1
Poles	1
Best finish	2nd in 2004
Finished last season	104th (2016)
Awards
2004	ARCA Re/Max Series Bill France Triple Crown Honor, ARCA Re/Max Series Grant Adcox Sportsmanship Award
NASCAR Cup Series career
6 races run over 1 year
2006 position	49th
Best finish	49th (2006)
First race	2006 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2006 Subway Fresh 500 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
62 races run over 5 years
Car no., team	No. 28 (RSS Racing)
2007 position	23rd
Best finish	23rd (2007)
First race	2004 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Last race	2023 The Loop 121 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2009 position	84th
Best finish	84th (2009)
First race	2009 MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis)
Last race	2009 EnjoyIllinois.com 225 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 2, 2023
Firestone Indy Lights Series career
Debut season	2008
Former teams	Panther Racing
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	11th in 2008
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Brent Richard Sherman (born May 24, 1974) is an American professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 28 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series and the Firestone Indy Lights Series.

Racing career

Sherman's route to NASCAR was not like that of most drivers. After high school, he completed a six-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Surveillance Technician on the E-3 AWACS. It was during his last year in the Air Force that racing caught Sherman's attention. After a trip to the Jim Russell Racing School in Sonoma, California, Sherman was asked to compete for a racing scholarship in the Russell Champ Series. He won the scholarship and his racing career began.

During the next few years Sherman competed in several different racing series including the Barber Dodge Pro Series, Grand American Road Racing Association and the ARCA Re/Max Series.

In 2003, driving a Ford sponsored by Serta Mattresses, he collected six top-5 and 11 top-10 finishes in ARCA competition and finished fourth in the final point standings. The following year he posted nine top-5 and 14 top-10 finishes, which placed him second in the series’ point standings. He also received the prestigious Bill France Triple Crown honor and the HG Adcox Sportsman of the Year Award.

When he competed in ARCA in 2004, Sherman won the ARCA Re/Max Series Bill France Triple Crown Honor as well as the Grant Adcox Sportsmanship Award.

Sherman competed in a handful of NASCAR Busch Series races in 2004 in the No. 58 Serta Dodge for Akins Motorsports and planned to run a full schedule with the team in 2005. Glynn Motorsports bought out his team and after 11 races and one top-10 finish between the two teams, Sherman and his sponsors parted ways with the team. In July 2005, Sherman signed on with ppc Racing, replacing Michel Jourdain Jr., and brought the Serta sponsorship with him (along with Hickory Farms and Consort hair spray).

Brent Sherman (middle) spins around during the 2006 Food City 500

In 2006, Sherman moved up to the NEXTEL Cup Series. Bringing Serta as his primary sponsor, he was signed to drive the No. 49 for BAM Racing, replacing Ken Schrader, who moved to Wood Brothers Racing that year. His best finish was a 21st-place finish in the Daytona 500. After poor performance, BAM Racing asked Sherman to step aside while the team tested other drivers. He resigned from the team (taking the sponsorship with him) and returned to the ARCA Re/Max Series for the remainder of the 2006 season. This turned out to be a good move, and Sherman scored his first ARCA win at Michigan, and finished 19th in points despite starting the season late. In 2007, he left ARCA again and returned to the Busch Series to drive the No. 36 Big Lots Chevy for McGill Motorsports. He departed the team in September, and would spend the remainder of the season driving a limited schedule for Braun Racing in their No. 10 Toyota.

On February 19, 2008, it was announced that Sherman had signed with Panther Racing to move to the Firestone Indy Lights Series for the 2008 season. He finished 11th in points with a best finish of 3rd which came in the first race of the year at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His best road course finish was 10th in a rain drenched attrition filled race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

In 2009, he drove in a few Camping World Truck Series races for Stringer Motorsports in the No. 90 Great Clips Toyota as well as one ARCA race at Salem, also in Stringer's No. 90.

After five years of being without a ride, Sherman came back to stock car racing in a one-off attempt with Mason Mitchell's No. 98 team in the ARCA race at Chicago in 2016. He shook the rust off pretty quickly and earned a top-10 finish in 9th after qualifying 11th. Sherman would not run any races in any series until 2023. When the Chicago Street Course was added to the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series schedules, he wanted to come back and race there. He would run the Xfinity Series race at the street course driving the No. 28 car for RSS Racing.

Personal life

Sherman is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He currently lives in Chicago with his teenage children and was inspired to return to run the Chicago Street Race when it was added to the Xfinity Series schedule so he could race in his hometown and have his children see him race as they were too young to remember the last NASCAR race he ran. He also owns and runs a business in Chicago.

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.)

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel 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	32	33	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
2006	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY 21	CAL 37	LVS 34	ATL 36	BRI 42	MAR	TEX DNQ	PHO 32	TAL DNQ	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV																								49th	372
	CJM Racing	72	Dodge														POC DNQ	MCH	SON	DAY
	Brent Sherman Racing	04	Ford																		CHI DNQ	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2006	BAM Racing	Dodge	29	21

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2004	Akins Motorsports	58	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN 37	CLT	MEM 37	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM 30		96th	177
2005				DAY DNQ	CAL 32	MXC 23	LVS 32	ATL 31	NSH 23	BRI 36	TEX 34	PHO 24	TAL 9	DAR 32	RCH DNQ	CLT 34	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY																		26th	2015
	ppc Racing	15	Ford																			CHI 24																HOM 31
		10																					NHA 23	PPR 27	GTY 30	IRP 18	GLN 29	MCH 29	BRI DNQ	CAL 24	RCH DNQ	DOV DNQ	KAN 22	CLT 13	MEM 27	TEX DNQ	PHO 26
2006	McGill Motorsports	36	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO 28	HOM 34	100th	140
2007				DAY 21	CAL 27	MXC 15	LVS 39	ATL 26	BRI 37	NSH 20	TEX 37	PHO 26	TAL 16	RCH 31	DAR 35	CLT 35	DOV 35	NSH 21	KEN 24	MLW 32	NHA 31	DAY 24	CHI 40	GTY 25	IRP 33	CGV 22	GLN 30	MCH 40	BRI 31	CAL 22	RCH 34	DOV 43	KAN 27	CLT					23rd	2425
	Braun Racing	10	Toyota																																MEM 21	TEX 37	PHO	HOM
2023	RSS Racing	28	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	POR	SON	NSH	CSC 34	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IND	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO			65th	3

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2009	Stringer Motorsports	90	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM 22	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI 16	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	84th	115

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team owner	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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2001	William Fain	13	Chevy	DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY	KEN	CLT	KAN	MCH	POC	MEM	GLN	KEN	MCH	POC	NSH	ISF	CHI	DSF 28	SLM 20	TOL	BLN 32	CLT	TAL		94th	305
	Bobby Gerhart Racing	7	Ford																									ATL 34
2002	Brent Sherman Racing	45	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	ATL 23																								22nd	1515
	Cavin Councilor	04	Chevy			NSH 28	SLM	KEN 25	CLT 20	KAN DNQ	POC	MCH 11	TOL	SBO	KEN 11	BLN	POC 6	NSH 4	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI 31	SLM	TAL	CLT 9
2003	Brent Sherman Racing	44	Ford	DAY 13	ATL 4	NSH 3	SLM 30	TOL 8	KEN 34	CLT 10	BLN 2	KAN 2	MCH 6	LER 14	POC 13	POC 5	NSH 33	ISF 21	WIN 6	DSF 21	CHI 4	SLM 26	TAL 11	CLT 10	SBO 13				4th	4975
2004				DAY 11	NSH 32	SLM 5	KEN 12	TOL 7	CLT 23	KAN 5	POC 10	MCH 5	SBO 4	BLN 2	KEN 12	GTW 7	POC 4	LER 2	NSH 21	ISF 6	TOL 30	DSF 18	CHI 4	SLM 10	TAL 5				2nd	5270
2006	Brent Sherman Racing	04	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL 6	POC 3	MCH 16	KAN 8	KEN	BLN 27	POC 14	GTW 12	NSH 2	MCH 1	ISF	MIL 13	TOL 13	DSF	CHI DNQ	SLM 19	TAL 31	IOW 11			19th	2875
2008	Stringer Motorsports	57	Chevy	DAY	SLM	IOW	KEN	CAR 46	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH DNQ	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	NJE	TAL	TOL					162nd	30
2009		90		DAY	SLM 22	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN	CAR					134th	120
2016	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	98	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI 9	KEN	KAN						104th	85

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1998	SEB	LRP	DET	WGI	CLE	GRA	MDO	ROA	LS1	ATL 16	HMS 16	LS2 20	40th	-
1999	SEB 23	NAZ 19	LRP 16	POR 17	CLE 17	ROA 15	DET 11	MDO 16	GRA 17	LS 16	HMS 11	WGI 12	23rd	15
2000	SEB 13	MIA 13	NAZ 11	LRP 10	DET 8	CLE 25	MDO 13	ROA 24	VAN 20	LS 10	RAT 9	HMS 14	14th	43

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2008	Panther Racing	HMS 3	STP1 17	STP2 13	KAN 8	INDY 16	MIL 11	IOW 4	WGL1 14	WGL2 14	NSH 11	MDO1 16	MDO2 10	KTY 5	SNM1 19	SNM2 21	CHI 19	11th	300

References

• Substitutions frustrate rookie, Pioneer Press
• Sherman still chasing NASCAR's top drivers, Pioneer Press

External links

• Official website
• Brent Sherman driver statistics at Racing-Reference