Brandon Gdovic

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Brandon Gdovic
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Gdovic's K&N Pro Series East car at Richmond International Raceway in 2013
BornBrandon R. Gdovic
(1992-02-28) February 28, 1992 (age 32)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Achievements2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
16 races run over 4 years
2021 position41st
Best finish37th (2016)
First race 2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last race 2021 Food City 300 (Bristol)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Brandon R. Gdovic (born February 28, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. The Yorktown, Virginia resident competes in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series, driving for Precision Performance Motorsports. He has also raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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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. [1]

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. [2]

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. [3]

2013 led to Gdovic's first win, at Greensville-Pickens. [4] 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. [5] The team scaled back to part-time in 2014, with only one top ten finish and three crashes in eight races. [6] While focusing on the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series in 2015, Gdovic made only one start, a 12th at Virginia International Raceway. [7] 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. [8]

Xfinity Series

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. [9] [10] [11] 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] He attempted four more races during the course of the season, finishing 21st twice and bringing sponsorship from Verizon Wireless. [12]

Gdovic had plans to 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. [13] However, the team did not attempt a race.

After not running any Xfinity Series races from 2017 to 2019, Gdovic announced a return to the series for the 2020 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway infield road course with Sam Hunt Racing. [14]

Sports cars

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series

After originally being introduced to sports car racing in a 2015 Lamborghini test with Mitchum Motorsports at Virginia International Raceway, [15] Gdovic captured the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North American Series championship later that year. [16] He also experimented in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series that year. [17] The following year, Gdovic moved up to the Huracan Super Trofeo Series and won three times on his way to a second-place points finish. [18] In 2017, he earned an invite to a Lamborghini training camp in hopes of becoming a factory driver. [18] Gdovic ran the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona with DAC Motorsports as part of the Huracan schedule. [18] He ran the Dubai 24 Hour while in the country for the TCR Middle East Series. [19] In 2017, Gdovic partnered with co-driver Todd Snyder for the 2017 Super Trofeo North America Season driving with DAC Motorsports [20] In 2018, Gdovic continued in Super Trofeo with co-driver Shinya Michimi, winning at Road America and finishing fourth in points. [21] Gdovic teamed with Conor Daly for the 2019 Super Trofeo North America season. [22] The pairing won their first race together at Barber Motorsports Park. [23] Gdovic won his first Super Trofeo North America race of 2020 at Virginia International Raceway in August. [24]

TCR Middle East Series

Gdovic was the only American in the 2017 TCR Middle East Series, [19] driving a Volkswagen Golf for Liqui Moly Team Engstler. Gdovic won in the first weekend of racing, which was held at the Dubai Autodrome. He came up a narrow second in the standings to Josh Files but helped his team to the Teams' Classification Championship. [25]

Personal life

Gdovic lent equipment to fellow K&N Pro Series competitor Ronnie Bassett Jr. in 2016 after Bassett's shop burned down. [26]

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

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2015 Viva Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
26		 BRI RCH
30		 TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW 48th63 [11]
Precision Performance Motorsports GLN
13		 MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2016 46 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
18		 RCH TAL DOV CLT POC
26		 MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND
27		 IOW GLN MOH BRI
21		 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
21		 HOM 37th92 [12]
2020 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND
12		 KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY
28		 DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 57th34 [27]
2021 DAY
8		 DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR
17		 TAL DAR
36		 DOV COA CLT
QL†		 MOH TEX
23		 NSH POC ROA ATL NHA
16		 GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI
21		 LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 41st101 [28]
† – Qualified but replaced by Grant Enfinger

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516NKNPSECPtsRef
2011 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Dodge GRE
27		 SBO
11		 RCH
18		 IOW
9		 BGS
17		 JFC
28		 LGY
24		 NHA
4		 COL GRE
8		 NHA
9		 DOV
11		15th1311 [2]
2012 BRI
21		 IOW
9		 BGS
7		8th470 [3]
Toyota GRE
3		 RCH
5		 JFC
20		 LGY
4		 CNB
7		 COL
9		 IOW
18		 NHA
13		 DOV
10		 GRE
5		 CAR
15
2013 BRI
18		 GRE
1		 FIF
10		 RCH
2		 BGS
3		 IOW
24		 LGY
10		 COL
5		 IOW
12		 VIR
25		 GRE
15		 NHA
22		 DOV
22		 RAL
8		10th443 [5]
2014 NSM
9		 DAY
11		 BRI
25		 GRE RCH
19		 IOW BGS FIF NHA
29		 COL IOW GLN VIR
15		 GRE DOV
11		21st216 [6]
64 LGY
17
2015 12 NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR
12		 RCH DOV 50th32 [7]
2016 46 NSM MOB
16		 GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV 53rd28 [8]

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112NWESCPtsRef
2015 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Chevy VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU UMB
18		 UMB
8		 ZOL ZOL 25th124 [29]
2016 PK Carsport Chevy VAL
20		 VAL
25		 VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL ZOL 20th262 [30]

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112NWESCPtsRef
2015 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Chevy VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU UMB
4		 UMB
4		 ZOL ZOL 24th160 [31]

* 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.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2014 Cunningham Motorsports 72 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN
15		 KAN
8		52nd345 [1]

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

24 Hours of Daytona results
YearClassNoTeamCarCo-driversLapsPositionClass Pos.
2016 PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA FLM09 Flag of the United States.svg James French
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Norman
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Norman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli 		38545 DNF6 DNF

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