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Jerett Brooks

{{Short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jerett Brooks

| image = Stadium Super Trucks Jerrett Brooks wins Crandon 2013.jpg

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| caption = Brooks after winning the Stadium Super Trucks race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway in 2013

| nationality = American

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|7|27}}

| birth_place = Alpine, California

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| current series = Championship Off-Road

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| current team = Jerett Brooks Racing

| car number = 77

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{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes

| current series = Stadium Super Trucks

| first year = 2013

| car number = 27

| starts = 25

| championships =

| wins = 2

| podiums = 8

| poles = 1

| best finish = 9th

| year = 2014

| last finish = 13th (2022)

| prev series =

| prev series years =

| titles = COR Pro 2
LOORRS Pro 2
LOORRS Pro Lite
TORC Pro Lite

| title years = 2022
2019–2020
2016–2017
2014

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| updated = November 14, 2022

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Jerett Brooks (born July 27, 1997) is an American racing driver. He mainly competes in short course off-road racing such as TORC: The Off-Road Championship, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, and Championship Off-Road.

He is a five-time off-road truck champion with three Pro Lite class titles in TORC (2014) and LOORRS (2016–2017) and two in LOORRS' Pro 2 division (2019–2020). Brooks has also competed in the Stadium Super Trucks and X Games.

Racing career

File:Stadium Super Trucks winner 77 Jerrett Brooks.jpg

In his youth, Brooks often visited K1 Speed and built radio-controlled cars before switching to competitive trophy kart racing.{{cite news|url=https://generaltire.com/our-world/latest-news/jerett-brooks-rising-star-in-short-course-racing|title=Jerett Brooks: Rising Star in Short-Course Racing|work=General Tire|access-date=July 17, 2021}} In 2008, he debuted in Championship Off-Road Racing's Junior 1 Kart class.{{cite interview|last=Brooks|first=Jerett|interviewer=Steven Olsewski|url=https://www.offroadxtreme.com/features/interviews/interview-sitting-down-with-pro-lite-driver-jerett-brooks/|title=Interview: Sitting Down With Pro Lite Driver Jerett Brooks|publisher=Off Road Xtreme|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2021}}{{cite interview|last=Brooks|first=Jerett|interviewer=Scott Neth|url=https://lucasoiloffroad.com/news/series-news/20-questions-jerett-brooks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717051923/https://lucasoiloffroad.com/news/series-news/20-questions-jerett-brooks|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2021|title=20 Questions with Jerett Brooks|publisher=Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=July 16, 2021}} After three years in Junior Karts, he switched to LOORRS' Modified Karts and won two races in 2010.

Brooks moved up to the Pro Lites in 2012, where he befriended driver Doug Mittag who built a new truck for him the following year. Two years later, he won his first LOORRS Pro Lite race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in addition to racing for the TORC Pro Lite championship, which he won.{{cite news|last=Estrada|first=Chris|url=https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2014/09/01/2014-torc-champions-crowned-in-crandon-spoiler/|title=2014 TORC champions crowned in Crandon (SPOILER)|publisher=NBC Sports|date=September 1, 2014|access-date=July 20, 2021}} He returned to LOORRS in 2015. He won two consecutive LOORRS Pro Lite tiles in 2016 and 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.prpseats.com/jerett-brooks-earns-pro-lite-title-challenge-cup-chandler/|title=Jerett Brooks Earns Pro Lite Title & Challenge Cup in Chandler!|work=PRP Seats|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=July 20, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://generaltire.com/our-world/latest-news/jerett-brooks-takes-second-straight-pro-lite-championship|title=Jerett Brooks Takes Second Straight Pro Lite Championship|work=General Tire|access-date=July 20, 2021}}

In 2017, Brooks won in his LOORRS Pro 2 class debut at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.{{cite news|url=https://www.jerettbrooks.com/jerett-brooks-wins-big-in-pro-2-debut/|title=Jerett Brooks Wins Big in Pro 2 Debut|work=Jerett Brooks Racing|date=April 23, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2021}} He claimed the series' Pro 2 championship in 2019 and 2020, the former of which made him the class's youngest champion at the age of 22.{{cite magazine|last=James|first=Richard S.|url=https://racer.com/2019/10/27/brooks-wins-loorrs-pro-2-title-as-champions-are-crowned-in-season-finale/|title=Brooks wins LOORRS Pro 2 title as champions are crowned in season finale|magazine=Racer|date=October 27, 2019|access-date=July 20, 2021}} His Jerett Brooks Racing operation also won 2020 Team of the Year honors.{{cite magazine|last=James|first=Richard S.|url=https://racer.com/2020/10/20/loorrs-champions-crowned-at-glen-helen-finale/|title=LOORRS champions crowned at Glen Helen finale|magazine=Racer|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=July 20, 2021}} When LOORRS folded after 2020, Brooks joined Championship Off-Road's Pro 2 class.{{cite news|last=Leone|first=Chris|url=https://offroadracer.com/championship-off-road-race-preview-erx/|title=Championship Off-Road Race Preview: ERX|publisher=Off-Road Racer|date=July 8, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021}}

During the Stadium Super Trucks' inaugural season in 2013, Brooks debuted at Qualcomm Stadium before winning for the first time at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway.{{cite news|url=https://shortcourseracer.com/sst-qualcomm-stadium-2013/|title=SST Qualcomm Stadium (2013)|work=Shortcourse Racer|date=May 18, 2013|access-date=July 20, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Burns|first=Josh|url=https://www.off-road.com/competition/race/maccachren-brooks-earn-stadium-super-truck-wins-at-crandon-53753.html|title=MacCachren, Brooks Earn Stadium Super Truck Wins at Crandon|publisher=Off-Road.com|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=July 20, 2021}} He continued racing in the series on a sporadic basis over the next two years, which included entering X Games Austin 2014 and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.xgames.com/athletes/3096672/jerett-brooks|title=Jerett Brooks|work=X Games|access-date=July 20, 2021}} Brooks returned to the series for the 2017 finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond as an injury replacement for Paul Morris; he finished second in the final race to beat Matthew Brabham for the title by one point.{{cite news|last=Herrero|first=Dan|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/12/17/paul-morris-wins-stadium-super-trucks-series/|title=Paul Morris wins Stadium Super Trucks series|work=Speedcafe|date=December 17, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2021}} He also ran the 2018 season opener at Lake Elsinore in Morris' truck.{{cite web|url=https://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2018-lake-elsinore-race-1/|title=2018 Lake Elsinore Race 1|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 20, 2021}} After not racing in SST in 2019 and 2020, Brooks rejoined the trucks at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in July 2021, where he led the most laps in the first race and fought with Robby Gordon for the win in the second before spinning on the final lap.{{cite web|url=https://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2021-mid-ohio-race-1-2/|title=Round 5 – Mid-Ohio – 7/3/21|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 20, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2021/07/matt-brabham-sweeps-mid-ohio-indy-sst-weekend/|title=Matt Brabham sweeps Mid-Ohio Indy SST weekend|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=July 4, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021}} Two months later, Brooks won the first race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach after using his brakes conservatively to have enough strength for the finish, a tactic that he called "pretty smart";{{cite news|last=Morales|first=Robert|url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/09/25/acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach-jerett-brooks-wins-first-of-two-super-stadium-trucks-races/|title=Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach: Jerett Brooks wins first of two Super Stadium Trucks races|newspaper=Press-Telegram|date=September 25, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2021}} he finished runner-up in the second race to take the weekend victory.{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2021/09/robby-gordon-becomes-sst-long-beach-all-time-winner-with-race-2-triumph/|title=Robby Gordon becomes SST Long Beach all-time winner with Race 2 triumph|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2021}}

Brooks retired from full-time racing after the 2022 season, where he won Championship Off-Road's Pro 2 title.{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2022/12/jerett-brooks-retiring-from-short-course-racing/|title=Jerett Brooks retiring from short course racing|publisher=The Checkered Flag|date=December 31, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2024}} Since then, he has occasionally returned to driving at marquee events like the Crandon World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.floracing.com/events/10871852-2023-amsoil-championship-off-road-at-crandon-international-raceway/videos?playing=11222703|title=2022 PRO2 Champ Jerett Brooks Is Back For Crandon World Championship|website=FloSports|date=September 3, 2023|access-date=November 15, 2024}}

Personal life

A native of Alpine, California, Brooks was homeschooled in high school as his racing career interfered with his education.

Motorsports career results

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Season

! Series

! Races

! Wins

! Podiums

! Poles

! Points

! Position

! Ref

rowspan=3| 2009

| LOORRS Junior 1 Karts

| 4

| 0

| 2

| N/A

| 146

| 22nd

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/7899|title=LOORRS - Junior 1 Karts {{!}} Season: 2009|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

LOORRS Junior 2 Karts

| 8

| 2

| 6

| N/A

| 379

| 7th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/7888|title=LOORRS - Junior 2 Karts {{!}} Season: 2009|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

LOORRS Modified Karts

| 10

| 0

| 1

| N/A

| 527

| 8th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/7891|title=LOORRS - Modified Karts {{!}} Season: 2009|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

rowspan=2| 2010

| LOORRS Junior 2 Karts

| 2

| 1

| 1

| N/A

| 83

| 16th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/9989|title=Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series - Junior 2 Karts {{!}} Season: 2010|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

LOORRS Modified Karts

| 15

| 2

| 4

| N/A

| 553

| 7th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/9986|title=Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series - Modified Karts {{!}} Season: 2010|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2011

| LOORRS Modified Karts

| 15

| 0

| 5

| N/A

| 570

| 5th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/15079|title=Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series - Modified Karts {{!}} Season: 2011|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2012

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 15

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 392

| 14th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/20825|title=Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series - Pro Lite {{!}} Season: 2012|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

rowspan=2| 2013

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 15

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 292

| 18th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/26605|title=2013 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series - Pro Lite {{!}} Season: 2013|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

Stadium Super Trucks

| 5

| 1

| 2

| 0

| 108

| 11th

|

rowspan=2| 2014

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 3

| 3

| 3

| N/A

| 154

| 21st

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/37231|title=Pro Lite {{!}} Season: 2014|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

Stadium Super Trucks

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 0

| 129

| 9th

|

rowspan=2| 2015

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 16

| 4

| 8

| N/A

| 707

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/41463|title=Pro Lite {{!}} Season: 2015|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

Stadium Super Trucks

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 27

| 27th

|

2016

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 15

| 7

| 12

| N/A

| 710

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/49552|title=Pro Lite - 2016 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series {{!}} Season: 2016|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

rowspan=3| 2017

| LOORRS Pro Lite

| 13

| 4

| 11

| N/A

| 610

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/59783|title=Pro Lite - 2017 Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series {{!}} Season: 2017|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

LOORRS Pro 2

| 13

| 1

| 4

| N/A

| 529

| 6th

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/59780|title=Pro 2 - 2017 Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series {{!}} Season: 2017|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 20, 2021}}

Stadium Super Trucks

| 21

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0

| N/A1

|

rowspan=2| 2018

| LOORRS Pro 2

| 11

| 0

| 6

| N/A

| 484

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/67940|title=Pro 2- 2018 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing {{!}} Season: 2018|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

Stadium Super Trucks

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 54

| 18th

|

2019

| LOORRS Pro 2

| 16

| 10

| 13

| N/A

| 429

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/75312|title=05 - PRO 2 - 2019 Lucas Oil Off Road Nationals {{!}} Season: 2019|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2020

| LOORRS Pro 2

| 18

| 11

| 15

| N/A

| 515

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

| {{cite web|url=https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Championships/86142|title=08 - PRO 2 - 2020 Lucas Oil Off Road Nationals {{!}} Season: 2020|work=MyLaps|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

colspan=9 align=center| 1 – Paul Morris credited with finishes

=Stadium Super Trucks=

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results
Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2013

| PHO

| LBH

| LAN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SDG
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| SDG
{{small|6}}

| STL

| TOR

| TOR

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CRA
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRA
{{small|1*}}

| OCF

| OCF

| OCF

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CPL
{{small|4}}

| colspan=8|

! 11th

! 108

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2013-final-point-standings/|title=2013 SST Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2014

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| STP
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| STP
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LBH
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IMS
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMS
{{small|4}}

| DET

| DET

| DET

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
{{small|4}}

| TOR

| TOR

| OCF

| OCF

| CSS

| LVV

| LVV

| colspan=6|

! 9th

! 129

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2014-standings/|title=Official 2014 Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2015

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| STP

| STP

| LBH

| DET

| DET

| DET

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
{{small|5}}

| TOR

| TOR

| OCF

| OCF

| OCF

| SRF

| SRF

| SRF

| SRF

| SYD

| LVV

| LVV

! 27th

! 27

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2015-standings/|title=2015 Official Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2017

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| STP

| STP

| LBH

| LBH

| PER

| PER

| PER

| DET

| DET

| TEX

| TEX

| HID

| HID

| HID

| BEI

| GLN

| GLN

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ELS
{{small|8{{sup|†}}}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ELS
{{small|2{{sup|†}}}}

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/|title=2017 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2018

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ELS
{{small|10{{sup|†}}}}

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| LBH

| LBH

| PER

| PER

| DET

| DET

| TEX

| TEX

| ROA

| ROA

| SMP

| SMP

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HLN
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HLN
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MXC
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MXC
{{small|7}}

| colspan=2|

! 18th

! 54

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2018-standings/|title=2018 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=July 16, 2021}}

2021

| STP

| STP

| MOH

| MOH

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOH
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MOH
{{small|8}}

| NSH

| NSH

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LBH
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LBH
{{small|2}}

| colspan=12|

! 6th

! 111

! {{cite web|url=https://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2021-standings/|title=2021 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=March 9, 2022}}

2022

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LBH
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
10

| MOH

| MOH

| TOR

| TOR

| NSH

| NSH

| BRI

| BRI

| colspan=12|

! 13th

! 31

!

colspan=45|† – Replaced Paul Morris, points went to Morris

References

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External links

  • {{Official|1=https://www.jerettbrooks.com/}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1997 births

Category:People from Alpine, California

Category:Racing drivers from California

Category:Sportspeople from San Diego County, California

Category:Off-road racing drivers

Category:X Games competitors

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