Bradley "Bread" Perez (born January 21, 1997), is an American professional

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driver and engineer. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 13

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for

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, and the No. 35 Toyota for

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, and part-time

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, driving the No. 43

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for

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, and is currently a tire specialist for the

team,

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Racing career

Early career

Go-Karts

Perez began racing in 2015, at the age of 18, when he raced

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at the AMR Motorplex, outside of the Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving for RYSA Racing.

SCCA

In 2017 he began racing in the

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, driving in the

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category, for his own team, Brad Perez Racing. In 2019, he went full-time racing in Spec Miata's, driving in the Hoosier Super Tour in

. From 2019-2021, he would work as a tire specialist for NASCAR teams,

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in 2019,

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in 2020, and

in 2021. In 2020, Perez would return to the Hoosier Super Tour, and would race in the

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14 Hours of Daytona later that year.

Legend Cars

In 2018, he went over to

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, where he drove at the Citrus County Speedway and the Auburndale Speedway for a few races, driving for Little Gator Motorsports. From 2020-2022 he would return for select races for

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Crew chief

On April 19, 2022, it was announced that Perez will work as a crew chief for

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in the 2022 General Tire 200 at Talladega. It was revealed on the entry list for the race.

ARCA Menards Series

2021

On July 30, 2021,

driver Josh Williams, announced that Perez would drive for his team in the 2021 Clean Harbors 100 at the Glen, making it Perez's first ever

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start. Perez would start the race and finish in 24th position despite running towards the top 10 till late in the race.

2022

He would do pre-season testing at

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to kick off 2022 with

with plans to compete if he can find sponsorship for the season.

Camping World Truck Series

2022

On March 21, 2022, Perez announced that he would make his

debut at the

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for

where he would start 32nd and finish 20th. On June 6, 2022, Perez announced he would make another appearance with Reaume Brothers Racing at

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with sponsorship from the band

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Xfinity Series

2022

On July 25, 2022, Perez announced that he would attempt to make his

debut for

in the

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, driving the No. 13 car, however he failed to qualify. On August 16, Perez would announce that he would once again attempt to make his Xfinity Series start at Watkins Glen, this time driving the 35 car for

. He was able to make the race after qualifying 27th. He would finish the race in 20th, earning his first career top 20 in his first start.

Personal life

Perez graduated from the

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in 2015, in

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. Perez is a

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in his free time. He also occasionally is the merch guy at concerts for metalcore band,

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

References

External links

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