Brad Wright

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United States Brad Wright
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Nationality United States American
Year Joined 2013
First Race 2013 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix
Series Entered Formula Challenge
Current Team(s) Bower Allen Racing
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Formula Challenge Career (up to April 2013)
Debut Year 2013
Associated Teams Bower Allen Racing
Races 4
Championships 0
Race Wins 0
Podium Finishes 1
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Race 2013 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix


Brad Wright entered the GPVWC scene in March of 2013, making his debut at the 2013 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix. Wright is fairly new to the world of road racing, as the 12 year veteran of sim racing has spent most of those 12 years in the oval racing scene. The highest level of competition that the American would face was the NASCAR iRacing World Drivers' Championship on iRacing. He was a competitor in that series from 2010-2012 with a highest point finish of 5th in 2011. Due to injury, he took a brief leave of absence for the world of sim racing before coming back at the tail end of 2012. His focus in sim racing now is in the Formula Challenge season with hopes of reaching the highest level of road racing in the Superleague one day.

He is currently driving for Jeremy Allen's team in the Formula Challenge, Bower Allen Racing, which is currently fielding two Formula Challenge cars, with Thomas Hazard as his teammate.

Formula Challenge

2013

Round 4 of 18 - 2013 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix

Wright and his team would make their debut at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Qualifying went extremely well for him as he found himself setup 7th on the grid for his debut, first race. He got off to a good start as he found himself in the top 5 after the first lap. He was quickly knocked out of the race after suffering front wing damage due to an incident that occurred while passing for 4th.

Race two was his race to lose. After the invert, Wright would see himself starting 3rd in the second race. The start of the race saw Wright and rival Patrick Fogel battling for the lead, as Wright got the lead entering the 7th corner. Wright would go on to lead the next 11 laps but soon after team engineer AJ Bower came over the radio and said that Wright would be 2 laps short and he will need to come in for a splash of fuel. After pitting Wright found himself in the 5th position but found his was into a podium finish after one driver pitted due to an incident, and after a short lived battle for 3rd.

After the race, penalties were posted and his name was listed on their three times. He received a 5 place grid penalty for Challenge Spanish Grand Prix for being Outside Track Limits, and a 20 second penalty in each races for being Outside Track Limits. All three penalties could be chalked up to being a rookie in the series and mistakes that will surely be corrected.

Team Car
No.
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
KOR
South Korea
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
FRA
France
GER
Germany
USA
United States
UAE
United Arab Emirates
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
Driver Points
United States Bower Allen Racing 68 - - - - - - 17 3 24 (7th)