Brad Leighton

Brad Leighton
Nationality	American
Born	(1962-06-12) June 12, 1962 (age 61) Center Harbor, New Hampshire
NASCAR Busch North Series
Years active	1995–2009
Starts	164
Wins	24
Poles	5
Best finish	1st in 1999–2000
Championship titles
1999–2000	NASCAR Busch North Series
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 2 years
Best finish	100th (1997)
First race	1997 United States Cellular 200 (Loudon)
Last race	1999 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Brad Leighton (born June 12, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed in five career Busch Series events in his career.

Leighton made his career debut at New Hampshire International Speedway in May 1997, running the #5 Chevy owned by Terry Labonte. He started the race in 30th and only managed to move to 27th by the end of the day after a late crash. However, Leighton did lead one lap—an impressive stat in his first career start.

In 1999, Leighton made four more starts, all for BACE Motorsports. In his season debut, he finished 34th at Nazareth Speedway despite fatigue. He was last at Watkins Glen due to transmission failure, 37th at Milwaukee and 36th at IRP. Not only was Milwaukee the only race he finished in 1999, it was the site of his best career start, at 23rd.

Leighton's poor results, however, led to his lack of a ride for 2000, and he has not raced in the Busch Series since. He however had had a productive career in the Busch North Series, winning back-to-back championships in 1999 and 2000.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts
1997	Labonte Motorsports	5	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA 27	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAL	CAR	HOM			100th	79
1999	BACE Motorsports	33	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH 34	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN 43	MLW 37	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP 36	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	108th	107

External links

• Brad Leighton driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Stefanik	NASCAR Busch North Series champion 1999, 2000	Succeeded by Mike Olsen
Preceded by Mike Rowe	American-Canadian Tour champion 1995	Succeeded by Series ended