Blake Bainbridge

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name=Blake Bainbridge

|image=

|caption=

|nationality={{flagicon|USA}} American

|birth_name=

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1979|7|24}}

|birth_place=Hueytown, Alabama, U.S.

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Total_Truck_Races = 3

| Years_In_Truck = 1

| Prev_Truck_Year =

| Prev_Truck_Pos =

| Best_Truck_Pos = 58th (1998)

| First_Truck_Race = 1998 Cummins 200 (Indianapolis)

| Last_Truck_Race = 1998 Sam's Town 250 (Las Vegas)

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

| updated = December 17, 2024

}}

Blake Bainbridge (born July 24, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who currently serves as the crew chief for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing and the No. 81 Chevrolet Silverado for Connor Mosack in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.{{cite web |url=https://bmrnaparacing.com/nascar-craftsman-truck-series/connor-mosack-joins-mhr-for-his-ncts-rookie-season/ |title=Connor Mosack Joins MHR for His NCTS Rookie Season |website=BMR NAPA Racing |date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}} He has previously worked for teams such as GMS Racing, Halmar Friesen Racing, DGR-Crosley, and Rusty Wallace Racing.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Yn2xNDtgI |title=Fr8 208 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Full Race Replay |website=YouTube |publisher=NASCAR |date=March 18, 2023 |access-date=March 22, 2023 |quote="(at 1:05:09) PHIL PARSONS: New crew chief on board for the No. 52 of Stewart Friesen this week. Blake Bainbridge now is the crew chief. (...) (at 1:05:22) MICHAEL WALTRIP: He just felt like they needed something different- a fresh change. Chris Larsen, team owner, Tripp Bruce, manager, they got together and made that move."}}{{cite web |url=https://tobychristie.com/ra/blake-bainbridge-joins-gms-racing-as-new-crew-chief-of-no-43-truck/ |title=Blake Bainbridge Joins GMS Racing as New Crew Chief of No. 43 Truck |last=Srigley |first=Joseph |website=TobyChristie.com |date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=December 17, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/crew-chiefs/bainbbl01/|title=Crew Chiefs – Racing Reference|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 17, 2024}}

Bainbridge has also previously competed in three races in the Truck Series in 1998, and in the Allison Legacy Series, where he won the championship in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Blake_Bainbridge|title=Blake Bainbridge |work=The Third Turn|access-date=December 16, 2024}}{{cite web|last=Lauer|first=Cheryl|title=Clay Rogers: Who Says Opportunity Only Knocks Once?|url=http://www.speedcouch.com/stp/2010/ClayRogers.html|publisher=Speed Couch|access-date=31 May 2012}}

Motorsports results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45\| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 ! {{Tooltip\|NCTC\|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
rowspan=2\| 1998 ! Wilber Bunce ! 9 ! Chevy \| WDW \| HOM \| PHO \| POR \| EVG \| I70 \| GLN \| TEX \| BRI \| MLW \| NZH \| CAL \| PPR \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| IRP {{small\|30}} \| NHA \| FLM \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| NSV {{small\|34}} \| HPT \| LVL \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| RCH {{small\|DNQ}} \| MEM \| GTY \| MAR \| SON \| MMR \| PHO \| ! rowspan=2\| 58th ! rowspan=2\| 238 ! rowspan=2\| {{cite web\|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/bainbbl01/2000/C\|title=Blake Bainbridge – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|access-date=December 17, 2024}}
Xpress Motorsports ! 61 ! Chevy \| colspan=26\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| LVS {{small\|33}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1998

! Wilber Bunce

! 9

! Chevy

| WDW

| HOM

| PHO

| POR

| EVG

| I70

| GLN

| TEX

| BRI

| MLW

| NZH

| CAL

| PPR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
{{small|30}}

| NHA

| FLM

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|34}}

| HPT

| LVL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
{{small|DNQ}}

| MEM

| GTY

| MAR

| SON

| MMR

| PHO

! rowspan=2| 58th

! rowspan=2| 238

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/bainbbl01/2000/C|title=Blake Bainbridge – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=December 17, 2024}}

Xpress Motorsports

! 61

! Chevy

| colspan=26|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
{{small|33}}

References

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Blake_Bainbridge}}
{{Racing-Reference crewchief|Blake_Bainbridge}}

Category:Living people

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Alabama

Category:1979 births

Category:NASCAR crew chiefs