1. Colin Braun is the 2014 and 2015 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion and currently drives the No 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 for Meyer Shank Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
49 Facts About Colin Braun
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Colin Braun formerly competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Xfinity Series.
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At 16, Colin 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.
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Colin Braun made history as the youngest Daytona Prototype driver at 17, driving an Essex Racing Ford Crawford.
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Colin Braun became the youngest winner of a major auto race on North American soil with his win at the Brumos Porsche 250 in Daytona.
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Colin Braun 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.
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Colin Braun stayed on with Krohn for 2007, but was teamed with Max Papis.
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In 2007, Colin Braun signed a driver development contract with Roush Fenway Racing.
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Colin Braun later made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No 50 RSC Equipment Rental Ford for Roush Fenway.
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Colin Braun was running in the top 20 before a flat tire sent him into the wall and a 34th-place finish.
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Colin Braun would drive the No 16 3M Ford at the Sam's Town 250 where he had a 30th-place finish.
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Colin 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.
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Colin Braun earned three top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award.
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Colin Braun became the sixth Roush Fenway Racing driver to claim the rookie title in the truck series.
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Colin Braun made five Nationwide Series starts including one top-five finish and two poles.
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Colin Braun 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.
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In 2010, Colin Braun was promoted to the Nationwide Series, and Con-way would be his sponsor for 18 races.
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However, by midseason, Colin 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.
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Colin Braun had a tough rookie year in the Nationwide Series, making 24 starts with 5 top 10s but had 7 DNFs.
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Colin Braun joined Robertson Racing in the American Le Mans Series for part of the 2011 season.
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Colin Braun returned to NASCAR with Billy Ballew Motorsports, driving their No 51 Ford at Michigan.
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Colin Braun joined the Kia Racing team as part of Kinetic Motorsports Pirelli World Challenge GTS Class No 38 Kia Optima entry.
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Colin 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.
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Colin Braun returned to CORE autosport for the full 2013 American Le Mans Series season, competing in the Prototype Challenge class.
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On October 9,2013, Colin 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, set in 1987.
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Colin Braun broke the record, setting a fastest single lap at a speed of 222.971 miles per hour.
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In 2013 Colin Braun began coaching Team CrowdStrike in the NARRA Radical Cup Series to many wins and an overall championship.
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Colin Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2014, in the new United SportsCar Championship, driving the No 54 PC car with Bennett.
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Colin Braun received the TOTAL Pole Award for winning more PC pole positions than any other driver.
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Colin Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2016, racing with Bennett in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class.
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Colin Braun passed Tom Kimber-Smith with 23 minutes remaining and won by a margin of 1.283 seconds.
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Colin Braun made his Global Rally Cross debut with CORE autosport in 2016.
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In 2017, IMSA eliminated the PC class and Colin Braun moved to the GTD class in a Porsche GT3R with CORE autosport and co-driver Bennett.
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Colin Braun scored poles at Watkins Glen and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
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In 2018 Colin Braun joined forces with George Kurtz and his team, CrowdStrike Racing for Pirelli World Challenge racing.
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Mid-way through the 2019 season, Bennett announced he would be retiring leaving Colin Braun to look for other opportunities.
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Colin Braun would join co-drivers Henrik Hedman and Ben Hanley in the LMP2-class ORECA 07-Gibson.
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Colin Braun helped the team win their second-consecutive LMP2 victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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Colin Braun joined George Kurtz and the CrowdStrike Racing team in GT World Challenge's GT3 Pro-Am class.
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The LMP3 class requires a Pro-Am lineup with Colin Braun filling Pro duties and Bennett filling Am duties.
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Colin Braun won by more than 22 seconds over the No 38 Performance Tech Motorsports team.
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Long Beach wasn't on the schedule for the LMP3 class so Colin Braun made a one-off GT Daytona start for Scuderia Corsa in its Ferrari 488 GT3 with co-driver, Daniel Mancinelli.
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Colin 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.
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Colin Braun returned to IMSA competition with CORE autosport in the LMP3 class for 2022.
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The 2023 season kicked off at the Roar Before the Rolex 24, with Colin Braun making his first appearance with Meyer Shank Racing.
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Colin Braun started the weekend by logging the fastest lap time in the first session.
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Colin Braun 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.
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Colin Braun combined with CORE autosport in 2018 to win the Trueman Pro-Am Team Endurance class.
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For 2024, Colin 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.