Brandon Gdovic

Brandon Gdovic
Born (1992-02-28) February 28, 1992
Yorktown, Virginia
Achievements 2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 46 (Precision Performance Motorsports)
2016 position 37th
Best finish 37th (2016)
First race 2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last race 2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 12, 2016.

Brandon Gdovic (born February 28, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 46 Chevrolet Camaro for Precision Performance Motorsports.[1] He has also competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and the ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Gdovic has two career starts in the ARCA Racing Series, running two races in 2014 for Cunningham Motorsports. He finished on the lead lap both times, and recorded an eighth place finish at Kansas Speedway.[2]

K&N Pro Series East

Gdovic first tried his hand at K&N Pro Series East 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 (New Hampshire) and three other top tens on the way to a 15th place points finish. Gdovic failed to finish only two races.[3]

In 2012, Gdovic ran the entire season, recorded a career-best third place finish at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, other top fives at Richmond International Raceway, 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.[4]

2013 led to Gdovic's first win, at Greensville-Pickens. He also recorded a second at Richmond and a third at Bowman Gray Stadium, 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.[5] While focusing on the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series in 2015, Gdovic made only one start, a 12th at Virginia International Raceway.[6] Moving up to the Xfinity Series in 2016, Gdovic made a start while sharing his family ride with other drivers. He finished 16th at Mobile International Speedway.[7]

Early years

Gdovic made his Xfinity Series debut in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015, in the No. 55 Chevrolet Camaro for Viva Motorsports. He qualified 29th and finished 26th, four laps down.[8][9][10] Gdovic would make two more starts in 2015 one for Viva Motorsports, at Richmond International Raceway, in which he finished 30th, and one for Precision Performance Motorsports who purchased Viva Motorsports equipment, at Watkins Glen International, where he finished 13th.[11]

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 Bristol. He finished 14th in his heat and 18th in the main.[12][13] Later that year, Gdovic announced that he and Precision Performance Motorsports's No. 46 team will contest the full 2017 Xfinity Series schedule and contend for the Rookie of the Year award. He attempted four more races during the course of the season, finishing 21st twice and bringing sponsorship from Verizon Wireless.[12]

2017

Gdovic will run full-time in the No. 46 Precision Performance Motorsports Chevrolet, a ride he shared part-time in 2016 with Anthony Kumpen and Jordan Anderson.[14]

Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Series

Gdovic captured the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Series championship in 2015.[15]

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

* Season still in progress
1 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

  1. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic Career Stats". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  7. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  8. ↑ "2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Pennell, Jay. "Brandon Gdovic to make XFINITY Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway". Fox Sports. Fox Sports Interactive Media. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Brandon Gdovic 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Brandon Gdovic Career Stastics". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - NASCAR News Archives". www.jayski.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  15. ↑ O'Brien, Marty. "Brandon Gdovic wins Lamborghini World and North American championships". Daily Press. Daily Press. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

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