Bradford Coleman (born February 26, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He mostly ran full or part-time in what is now the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, with his last start coming in 2010. Prior to that, Coleman drove part-time in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He also made one Cup Series start in 2008. During his career, Coleman was a development driver for Brewco Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.

Racing career Coleman was discovered at an indoor karting center in Houston by LeMans champion Price Cobb. He set a record at the age of sixteen years at the Rolex 24 at Daytona when he and his teammates finished seventh in the GT class driving a Porsche 911 GT3, making them the youngest team in history to drive and complete the famed race.Kimberly-Clark Gives The Gift of NASCAR as Brad Coleman, Driver of NASCAR Nationwide Series No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion Car Drops By Fox Valley Events , Kimberly Clark, December 10, 2007, Retrieved December 11, 2007

Following extensive training and racing in stock cars and formula cars, Coleman made his big league stock car racing debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Nashville Superspeedway on April 15, 2006, where he finished second. In nine starts, Coleman posted 8 top five finishes including three poles and one win. On June 10 of the same year, Coleman made his debut in the Busch Series for Brewco Motorsports driving the No. 37 the same week he graduated from high school. He started 27th and finished 29th, five laps down. He made another start for Brewco at Kansas Speedway that same year in the No. 66 where he would DNF finishing in 41st. In 2007, Coleman ran seventeen races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series with Aric Almirola, Kevin Conway, and Tony Stewart filling in the remainder. At Kentucky that year, Coleman was in line for his first win in the closing laps of the race but lost the lead to Stephen Leicht with thirteen laps to go and finished in second place. Overall, he put together three top-five finishes, five top-ten finishes, seven top-fifteen finished and nine top-twenty finishes in only fourteen races, including back to back top-five finishes at Milwaukee and Kentucky and another top-five finish at Watkins Glen.

It was announced in October 2007 that Coleman would leave Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2007 season. He signed with Baker Curb to drive the No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2008, and it was later announced that he had signed with Hall of Fame Racing as well, with plans of running a part-time schedule in 2008, and a full-time run in 2009. He made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 96 Toyota Camry starting at the 3M Performance 400 on August 17, 2008, due to previous driver J. J. Yeley being released. Due to his new Sprint Cup ride, Coleman left Baker Curb Racing. However, after only one start, he was released by Hall of Fame Racing. In 2009, Coleman returned to the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing. He shared the No. 20 Toyota with Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin and drove eight races. In 2010, he move back to Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota, the car he drove in 2007 and share the ride with Kyle Busch. During the year, Coleman ran six races with a best finish of sixth, twice. He qualified on the outside front row at Kentucky, alongside teammate Joey Logano. He was running in the top-ten at Gateway until being involved in a wreck with teammate Matt DiBenedetto. At Road America he was leading inside of ten laps to go but was forced off the track on a late restart by Brad Keselowski but recovered to finish sixth.

Personal life Coleman was a high school graduate of Carlisle School.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint 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– Pts Ref 2008 Hall of Fame Racing 96 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH38 BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 69th 49

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 Pts Ref 2006 Brewco Motorsports 37 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH29 KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV 108th 116 66 KAN41 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2007 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Chevy DAY CAL MXC38 LVS35 ATL BRI NSH15 TEX16 PHO TAL9 RCH27 DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN2 MLW4 NHA DAY CHI GTY27 IRP31 CGV8 GLN5 MCH15 BRI17 CAL RCH DOV42 KAN CLT MEM33 TEX PHO16 HOM 33rd 1795 2008 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DAY26 CAL19 LVS9 ATL35 BRI33 NSH27 TEX22 PHO23 MXC16 TAL24 RCH26 DAR12 CLT21 DOV32 NSH35 KEN15 MLW25 NHA31 DAY21 CHI30 GTY17 IRP23 CGV21 GLN10 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 23rd 2271 2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH10 KEN MLW24 NHA DAY CHI GTY5 IRP16 IOW13 GLN MCH23 BRI29 CGV28 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 52nd 873 2010 18 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH6 KEN13 ROA6 NHA DAY CHI GTY30 IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV12 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY8 TEX PHO HOM 50th 776

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 2006 Brewco Motorsports 62 Ford DAY NSH2 SLM32 WIN KEN2 TOL POC MCH5 KAN3 KEN1* BLN POC GTW3 NSH3* MCH5 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 26th 1900 2007 Bobby Gerhart Racing 94 Chevy DAY32 USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 163rd 70

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