American racing driver
Colin James Braun
[1]
(
; born September 22, 1988)
[2]
is an
American
racing driver
. He is the 2014 and 2015
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Prototype Challenge Champion
[3]
and currently drives the No. 60
Meyer Shank Racing
Acura ARX-06
for Meyer Shank Racing in the
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
. Driving the ARX-06, he was part of the winning team of the
2023 24 Hours of Daytona
. He formerly competed in the
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
and the
Xfinity Series
. He lives in
Charlotte, North Carolina
.
[4]
Racing career
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Braun started out his racing career at 6, racing
quarter midgets
. At 8 he went international, competing for factory
kart racing
teams in countries such as
Monaco
,
Spain
,
France
, and
Japan
. At 14 he moved to cars, winning championships in
Formula Renault TR 1600
and
Formula TR 2000 Pro Series
.
2006?2007
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At 16, Braun was part of the Team 16 squad and made his road racing debut in the
Rolex 24 at Daytona
with a
Porsche 996 GT3
, teammate to future NASCAR driver
Brad Coleman
.
[5]
Braun made history as the youngest
Daytona Prototype
driver at 17, driving an Essex Racing Ford
Crawford
. In 2006 he joined
Krohn Racing
's No. 75 team, teaming with
Jorg Bergmeister
. Braun became the youngest winner of a major auto race on North American soil with his win at the
Brumos Porsche 250
in Daytona.
[6]
Due to the
Master Settlement Agreement
, he was barred from participating in three races but still finished fourth in points while Bergmeister won the overall championship. He also became the youngest driver to stand on the podium at the
24 Hours of Le Mans
with a second-place finish in his class in a
Ferrari F430
.
[6]
He stayed on with Krohn for 2007, but was teamed with
Max Papis
. The team ended up in the top five in points, despite Braun being suspended for an incident at the
Crown Royal 200
at
Watkins Glen International
.
[7]
In 2007, Braun signed a driver development contract with
Roush Fenway Racing
.
[8]
Braun made his stock car debut in the
ARCA RE/MAX Series
race at
Gateway International Raceway
, where he finished 13th.
[9]
Braun later made his NASCAR debut in the
Camping World Truck Series
(was Craftsman Truck Series), driving the No. 50 RSC Equipment Rental Ford for Roush Fenway. He was running in the top 20 before a flat tire sent him into the wall and a 34th-place finish.
[10]
He would also drive the No. 16
3M
Ford at the
Sam's Town 250
where he had a 30th-place finish. In November 2007, he was announced as the full-time driver of the No. 6 Ford, succeeding
Travis Kvapil
.
[11]
2008?2011
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Braun assumed full-time duties in 2008 in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 6
Con-way
Ford F-150 with veteran crew chief Mike Beam. He earned three top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award.
[12]
Braun became the sixth Roush Fenway Racing driver to claim the rookie title in the truck series. He also made five Nationwide Series starts including one top-five finish and two poles.
Braun's 2010 Nationwide car
After turning a lap of 177.441 mph on Thursday evening in qualifying to earn his first career Camping World Truck Series Pole award,
[13]
Braun led the field to the green flag Friday night at
Daytona International Speedway
for the 2009 season opener. He led the first 10 laps of the race, fell as far back as 15th and with luck, in the end, Braun crossed the finish line in ninth place to score his ninth career top 10. On June 13, he scored his one and only career Truck Series win at Michigan.
[14]
In 2010, Braun was promoted to the Nationwide Series, and Con-way would be his sponsor for 18 races. However, by midseason, Braun was removed from the No. 16 car in certain races in which they did not have a sponsor, but returned to the No. 16 car in races when Con-way is the sponsor.
[15]
Braun had a tough rookie year in the Nationwide Series, making 24 starts with 5 top 10s but also had 7 DNFs. Braun was released by Roush on December 1 after Roush's Nationwide program turned its focus to getting sponsorship for
Carl Edwards
,
Trevor Bayne
, and
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Braun joined Robertson Racing in the American Le Mans Series for part of the 2011 season.
[16]
Braun returned to NASCAR with
Billy Ballew Motorsports
, driving their No. 51 Ford at Michigan.
[17]
2012?2013
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Braun at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
On January 21, 2012, he announced that he wouldn't compete in NASCAR during the 2012 season, but would drive for
CORE Autosport
in the
2012 American Le Mans Series season
.
[18]
Partnered with team owner
Jon Bennett
, Braun helped CORE win the ALMS Prototype Challenge Class Teams Championship. Braun also joined the
Kia
Racing team
[19]
as part of Kinetic Motorsports
Pirelli World Challenge
GTS Class No. 38
Kia Optima
entry. After four races, where he was able to achieve two podium finishes, Braun was replaced by
Mark Wilkins
following an incident with his team mate, Michael Galati, at
Miller Motorsports Park
.
[20]
Braun partnered with Bennett for the first two races of the
2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season
running with Doran Racing in a Ford Dallara to gain insight into the
Daytona Prototype
category.
[21]
Braun returned to CORE autosport for the full
2013 American Le Mans Series season
, competing in the Prototype Challenge class. After driving the No. 05 with Bennett for the first eight races, Braun switched to the team's GT entry, driving the No. 06 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with Porsche factory driver
Patrick Long
.
[22]
As a result of the late-season switch, Braun finished fifth in the PC Drivers' Championship, but made significant contributions to CORE's 2013 PC Team Championship by scoring five podium finishes (including two wins) with Bennett.
[23]
On October 9, 2013, Braun joined
Michael Shank Racing
at
Daytona International Speedway
to set a new speed record on the track's oval course using a Rolex Sports Car Series
Daytona Prototype
car, powered by a twin-turbocharged Ford V-6 engine; the existing record was 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h), set in 1987.
[24]
Braun broke the record, setting a fastest single lap at a speed of 222.971 miles per hour (358.837 km/h).
[25]
In 2013 Braun began coaching
Team CrowdStrike
in the NARRA Radical Cup Series to many wins and an overall championship.
[26]
2014?present
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2014
Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2014, in the new
United SportsCar Championship
, driving the No. 54 PC car with Bennett.
[27]
He and co-drivers Bennett, James Gue and Mark Wilkins won the season-opening
Rolex 24 at Daytona
in the PC class
[28]
followed by the
12 Hours of Sebring
.
[29]
Braun and Bennett went on to win races at
Kansas Speedway
and
Watkins Glen International
, propelling them to the 2014 PC Drivers' Championship and PC Team Championship as well as the newly created Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup.
[30]
Braun received the TOTAL Pole Award for winning more PC pole positions than any other driver.
[31]
2015
Braun and Bennett's success continued into 2015, where once again they claimed the PC Driver Championship in conjunction with CORE's PC Team Championship.
[32]
2016
Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2016, racing with Bennett in the
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
PC class. The team’s first win came at Sebring with Braun, Bennett and Mark Wilkins behind the wheel. Braun passed Tom Kimber-Smith with 23 minutes remaining and won by a margin of 1.283 seconds.
[33]
The team posted three wins at Sebring, Laguna Seca, and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
[34]
They also posted two second-place finishes at Detroit and Road America.
[35]
Braun also made his
Global Rally Cross
(GRC) debut with CORE autosport in 2016.
[36]
2017
In 2017,
IMSA
eliminated the PC class and Braun moved to the GTD class in a Porsche GT3R with
CORE autosport
and co-driver Bennett.
[37]
Braun also returned to GRC Lites competition for CORE autosport.
[38]
2018
The CORE autosport team moved into the Prototype class in IMSA competition, with Braun and Bennett driving an LMP2-spec car.
[39]
The team began the season with a second-place finish at the Rolex 24 and posted back-to-back wins at
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
and
Road America
. They also posted two more podiums at
Watkins Glen
and
Laguna Seca
.
[40]
Braun also scored poles at Watkins Glen and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. At CTMP he ran a quick time of 1:06.315, bettering the previous track record (a 1:08.459 by
Ricky Taylor
) by over two seconds.
[41]
As the only private, non-factory funded team, Braun and Bennett finished the 2018 season just four points shy of the overall IMSA Championship.
[42]
In 2018 Braun joined forces with
George Kurtz
and his team, CrowdStrike Racing for
Pirelli World Challenge
racing. Braun raced the two-driver SprintX format with Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike/GMG Racing Audi R8.
[43]
2019
In November 2018, CORE autosport announced they would not race the ORECA 07-Gibson in the LMP2 class in 2019. Instead, they would make the switch to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s DPi class in a
Nissan Onroak DPi
with drivers Braun and Bennett.
[44]
Braun and Bennett combined with
Loic Duval
and
Romain Dumas
to finish fourth at the
Rolex 24 Hour
race to start off the year.
[45]
In July, Braun broke his previous track record at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park with a lap at 135.250 mph. It was an IMSA track record and less than a second off the all-time track record set by
Marco Werner
in a diesel-powered Audi R10 in 2007.
[46]
Mid-way through the 2019 season, Bennett announced he would be retiring leaving Braun to look for other opportunities.
[47]
In February,
CrowdStrike
announced it would partner with
DXDT Racing
, where the duo of Braun and Kurtz would drive the No. 4
Mercedes-AMG GT3
in the
GT World Challenge America
competition.
[48]
They posted two podium finishes on the year.
2020
In December 2019,
DragonSpeed
announced that Braun would join its 10Star entry for the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 25?26. Braun would join co-drivers Henrik Hedman and
Ben Hanley
in the LMP2-class ORECA 07-Gibson.
[49]
Braun helped the team win their second-consecutive LMP2 victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Following the win, Era Motorsports announced it had signed Braun to assist with the remaining three endurance races ? the
12 Hours of Sebring
,
Six Hours of The Glen
, and
Petit Le Mans
.
[50]
Bennett announced his retirement at the end of the 2019 IMSA season. After a year off, the team announced in late 2020 that it would field a Ligier JS P320 in the new-for-2021 LMP3 class in
IMSA
with drivers Bennett and Braun.
[51]
IMSA adopted the LMP3 class as a way to bolster car count. (
https://racer.com/2020/09/09/imsa-lmp3-added-as-new-2021-weathertech-championship-class/
)
Braun also joined George Kurtz and the CrowdStrike Racing team in GT World Challenge’s GT3 Pro-Am class. The two posted eight podium finishes on the season, including three wins. They finished the season with wins at
Virginia International Raceway
(VIR),
Road America
, and at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
. The duo also partnered with driver,
Ben Keating
to take a second win at Indianapolis in the Pro-Am class in the Intercontinental GT Challenge’s Indianapolis 8-Hour race after driving in both wet and dry conditions.
[52]
Braun and Kurtz finished the season second in the overall Pro-Am Drivers Championship. Braun and Kurtz also made their debut in the Total 24 Hours of Spa as part of SPS Automotive Performance’s lineup for the Belgian endurance race.
[53]
It marked Braun’s first career start at the race.
2021
CORE autosport
announced at the end of 2020, after a one-year hiatus, the team would enter IMSA’s new LMP3 class at the start of 2021. Braun was once again tapped as Bennett’s co-driver. The LMP3 class requires a Pro-Am lineup with Braun filling Pro duties and Bennett filling Am duties.
[51]
It was also announced that
George Kurtz
and
Matt McMurry
would join the duo for the four endurance races.
[54]
The team’s first win of the year came at The 12 Hours of
Sebring
as Braun and Bennett combined with Kurtz for the win. The win made Braun and Bennett three-time winners at the 12-hour endurance race.
[55]
Road America
marked the team’s second win of season snapping Riley Motorsports three-race win streak. Braun won by more than 22 seconds over the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports team.
[56]
Long Beach wasn’t on the schedule for the LMP3 class so Braun made a one-off GT Daytona (GTD) start for Scuderia Corsa in its Ferrari 488 GT3 with co-driver, Daniel Mancinelli. The start marked Braun’s first GTD start since 2017.
[57]
Braun announced he would join George Kurtz in the No. 04 DXDT Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Fanatec GT World Challenge America Series competition marking their fourth year together as co-drivers.
[58]
[59]
The duo posted four podium finishes and wins at
Circuit of the Americas
(COTA) and
Virginia International Raceway
(VIR).
2022
Colin Braun returned to IMSA competition with
CORE autosport
in the LMP3 class for 2022. It was announced that
George Kurtz
would join Colin and co-driver Jon Bennett for the endurance races.
[60]
In his 17th consecutive
Rolex 24
start, Colin, crossed the finish line third in his final stint of the 24 Hour race to give the team a podium finish at the 60th running of the race in
Daytona Beach, FL
.
[61]
The duo of Braun and Bennett would collect five podium results on the year including two wins at Mid-Ohio
[62]
and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). The win at CTMP marked the duo’s fifth win at the track.
[63]
With the help of Kurtz, the team finished fifth in the final race of the year at Road Atlanta but were crowned IMSA LMP3 champions. This marked the third IMSA championship for Braun and Bennett.
[64]
Colin returned to CrowdStrike Racing in 2022 to pilot the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing/AWS machine for the fourth consecutive year in GT3 competition. The team partnered with Riley Motorsports for the 2022 season.
[65]
Sharing driving duties with
George Kurtz
, the team amassed three wins starting with NOLA Motorsports Park. Their win in Saturday’s race launched them into the championship point lead.
[66]
They continued their winning ways at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), rebounding to win on Sunday after a hard-luck race on Saturday.
[67]
At Watkins Glen, the duo earned the overall win on Sunday by 3.962 seconds over second place.
[68]
To close out the 2022 season, Colin partnered with CrowdStrike Racing and Riley Motorsports to win the 25 Hours of Thunderhill with co-drivers Kurtz, Matt McMurry, and Felipe Fraga in an LMP3.
[69]
In November 2022, Jon Bennett announced he would be closing CORE autosport.
[70]
On the heels of that announcement, it was announced that Colin would join the
Meyer Shank Racing
(MSR) roster for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Colin will co-drive with Tom Blomqvist for the team’s full-season Acura LMDh program. The MSR team claimed the 2022 IMSA DPi championship and will now look ahead to a new era of IMSA competition in the hybrid-powered GTP class.
[71]
2023
The 2023 season kicked off at the Roar Before the Rolex 24, with Colin Braun making his first appearance with
Meyer Shank Racing
(MSR). Colin started the weekend by logging the fastest lap time in the first session (1:35.635).
[72]
Then, during the fourth test session, Colin clocked the fastest lap time (1:35.038) in the No. 60 Acura ARX-06.
[73]
The MSR team claimed the 2023 pole award as Colin's co-driver,
Tom Blomqvist
, drove the hybrid-powered
Acura
ARX-06 during the 15-minute session.
[74]
The 61st running of the
Rolex 24
saw the debut of the
Grand Touring Prototype
(GTP) era.
Meyer Shank Racing
with regular drivers Colin Braun and
Tom Blomqvist
and additional drivers
Helio Castroneves
and
Simon Pagenaud
combined to give the team its second Rolex 24 victory in as many seasons. After 24 hours, the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 crossed the line 4.190 seconds ahead of second place.
[75]
The win marked Colin's fourth Rolex 24 class win and first overall win. Colin won the 2014 Rolex 24 in the PC Class with CORE autosport and then in 2020, captured the LMP2 win as one of four drivers for DragonSpeed USA. He also combined with CORE autosport in 2018 to win the Trueman Pro-Am Team Endurance class.
[76]
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2024
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For 2024, Braun made his debut in the
IndyCar Series
after being signed to drive for
Dale Coyne Racing
for the
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
and the non-championship Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge.
[79]
Motorsports career results
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24 Hours of Daytona results
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NASCAR
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Nationwide Series
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ARCA Menards Series
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American Le Mans Series results
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Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
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WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
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Complete Global Rallycross Championship results
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GRC Lites
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2
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3
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4
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6
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7
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2016
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CORE Autosport
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Lites
Ford Fiesta
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PHO1
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PHO2
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DAL
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DAY1
3
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DAY2
10
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MCAS1
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MCAS2
C
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DC
12
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AC
3
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SEA
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LA1
DSQ
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LA2
3
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10th
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154
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2017
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CORE Autosport
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Lites
Ford Fiesta
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MEM
4
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LOU
4
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THO1
4
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THO2
2
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OTT1
2
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OTT2
8
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INDY
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AC1
DNS
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AC2
4
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SEA1
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SEA2
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LA
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8th
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405
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American open-wheel racing results
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IndyCar Series
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