Free Agent Kelly Bires - the fastest driver for your car!
Early Career
Bires began karting at Sugar River Raceway in Brodhead, Wisconsin at age 9
and began competing in national karting events at age 12. He won several regional titles and two
national championships. He became the Great Lakes Allison Legacy Series Rookie of the Year in 2000,
and followed up the championship by winning the series in 2001. Bires next moved up to the Super
Late Model racecars at Dells Motor Speedway, finishing fifth in points and named 2002 Rookie of the
Year. The following year he finished second in championship points. Bires made his first start in
ARCA in May 2004. He qualified fourth and finished eighth at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and in 2006 he
was American Speed Association Late Model Series champion.
NASCAR career
2007 - 2008 - In the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Bires was the driver of the #21 Wood
Brothers Racing truck in 19 races, handing over driving duties for the other six races to veteran
Mark Martin. He had a tenth place finish at Atlanta. After the departure of Jon Wood due to illness,
Bires left the Truck Series and started racing for Tad Geschickter beginning at Nashville
Superspeedway. His best Busch Series start was 26th and best finish was 7th in the Meijer 300
presented by Oreo race at Kentucky Speedway. Named the permanent driver of the #47 car in 2008,
Bires had six top-ten finishes en route to a 13th place points finish.
2009 - 2010 - Bires spent the 2009 season driving for various teams, including Braun Racing, MSRP Motorsports, and JTG, as well as competing for Kevin Harvick Incorporated and CJM Racing. His best finish that year came at Iowa Speedway, where he finished fifth in Bruan's Fraternal Order of Eagles Toyota. At the end of the season, Bires signed a contract to drive for JR Motorsports through 2011. While he did not compete in the season opening race at Daytona, he did have a seventh place finish at Auto Club. In 6 starts in 2010 Kelly has registered 4 top-15 finishes in the NASCAR Nationwide series.
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