Jade Buford

Jade M. Buford (born February 15, 1988) is an American professional racing driver with experience in open-wheel, sports car, and stock car racing. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro for Big Machine Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 33 Toyota Tundra for Reaume Brothers Racing.

Jade Buford
Buford at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2021
Born	Jade M. Buford (1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 (age 34) Houston, Texas
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
45 races run over 3 years
2021 position	23rd
Best finish	23rd (2021)
First race	2020 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis)
Last race	2022 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	2022 DoorDash 250 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Michelin Pilot Challenge career
Debut season	2009
Current team	PF Racing
Car number	40
Engine	Ford 5.2
Co-driver	James Pesek, Shane Lewis
Former teams	Multimatic Motorsports
Best finish	4th in 2013, 2014
Finished last season	11th (2019)
Previous series
2019 2019 2016–2018	British GT Championship GT4 America Series Pirelli World Challenge
Last updated on: June 11, 2022.

Buford has also raced in the Pirelli World Challenge, British GT Championship, GT4 America Series, and ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career

Buford began his racing career when he was 18 years old, competing in Porsches;^[1] he was also an intern at the Porsche Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park.^[2] He debuted in Grand-Am's KONI Sports Car Challenge in 2009.^[1] He raced for RSR Motorsports in the ST class and shared the No. 196 Mini Cooper S with Owen Trinkler.^[3] In 2010, he joined Racers Edge Motorsports in the GS class of the renamed Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.^[4]

He moved to Multimatic Motorsports in 2012, where he shared the No. 71 Aston Martin Vantage with Tonis Kasemets en route to an 11th-place GS finish. The following year, he partnered with Scott Maxwell in Multimatic's No. 55, during which Buford recorded a series-record seven pole positions. The two remained together for 2014.^[2] Buford's co-driver in 2015 was 16-year-old Austin Cindric, who described Buford as "someone to lean on" during the early stages of his racing career.^[5] The duo recorded a victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.^[6]

Buford began competing in the Pirelli World Challenge's GTS class in 2016 with Racers Edge. He swept the Barber Motorsports Park weekend from the pole,^[7][8] followed by a third win at Lime Rock Park after wrecks took out the leaders and a cleanup truck interfered with another.^[9]

He ran two Sports Car Challenge races in 2017 with Multimatic. Buford also returned to the Pirelli World Challenge, running in the GTS Pro class with Racers Edge, and won both races at Mosport.^[10]

Buford joined PF Racing for the 2018 PWC season. In the GTS SprintX race at Circuit of the Americas, he scored the Mustang GT4's maiden victory when he and Maxwell passed pole sitter Harry Gottsacker during pit stops; Buford explained "some of the cars have outright pace on us, but we just executed the perfect race."^[11] Buford recorded a second win that year at Watkins Glen International after beating Ian James to the finish by .208 seconds.^[12]

In 2019, Buford ran the full Michelin Pilot Challenge schedule with PF Racing, finishing 11th in the standings.^[13] He also began racing in the British GT Championship's Silver Cup for Multimatic alongside fellow American Chad McCumbee.^[14]

For the 2020 MPC season, Buford shared PF's No. 40 with James Pesek and Shane Lewis.^[15] In June, he dabbled in stock car racing when he joined SS-Green Light Racing to drive their No. 07 NASCAR Xfinity Series car in the Pennzoil 150 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.^[13] After starting 17th, Buford finished 14th in the event.^[16] Buford would make his second NASCAR start at Road America in the No. 6 for JD Motorsports,^[17] replacing the car's usual driver, B. J. McLeod.

In 2021, Buford joined the newly-formed Big Machine Racing for the full Xfinity season.^[18] His first race with the team came in the second round on the Daytona road course as he was not approved for the season opener on the oval.^[19]

Personal life

Buford is a graduate of Auburn University.^[10] An avid rock climber,^[20] he participated in the show American Ninja Warrior in 2017 (Daytona Beach) and 2018 (Philadelphia), but was eliminated on the third obstacle in both attempts.^[21]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2020	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IND 14	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN		DAY 16	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT 8	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	39th	105	^[22]
	JD Motorsports	6	Chevy																		ROA 19
2021	Big Machine Racing	48	Chevy	DAY	DAY 36	HOM 20	LVS 30	PHO 20	ATL 26	MAR 19	TAL 18	DAR 35	DOV 33	COA 15	CLT 17	MOH 13	TEX 16	NSH 33	POC 19	ROA 34	ATL 17	NHA 18	GLN 21	IND 20	MCH 9	DAY 28	DAR 21	RCH 36	BRI 27	LVS 26	TAL 12	CLT 16	TEX 39	KAN 38	MAR 17	PHO 33	23rd	435	^[23]
2022				DAY 23	CAL 37	LVS 28	PHO 28	ATL 38	COA 8	RCH 33	MAR 22	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR 14	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	40th	127	^[24]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2022	Reaume Brothers Racing	33	Toyota	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRI	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON 33	KNO	NSH	MOH	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	104th	0^1	*

^* Season still in progress

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Fast Track Racing	11	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC 8	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF				60th	62	^[25]
		10																			BRI 18	SLM	KAN

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2021	Fast Track Racing	11	Ford	NSM	FIF	NSV	DOV 9	SNM	IOW	MLW		27th	61	^[26]
		10	Toyota								BRI 18

References

1. "Big Machine Vodka and Hand Sanitizer to sponsor Jade Buford's NASCAR Xfinity Series debut". SS-Green Light Racing (Press release). Catchfence. June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
2. "Jade Buford". Multimatic Motorsports. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
3. "SCC: Utah: Owen Trinkler preview". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. October 1, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
4. "Racers Edge Motorsports Tests Three". AutoMobilSport.com. September 12, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
5. . International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
6. "Austin Cindric, son of Team Penske president, sets CTSC mark". Sports Illustrated. July 11, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
7. "PWC: Buford takes GTS Round 5 win at Barber". Racer. April 22, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
8. "PMG Drivers Finish 2nd & 6th at PWC @ Barber Motorsports Park". Pirelli World Challenge. Performance Motorsports Group. April 23, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
9. Bradley, Charles (May 28, 2016). "Buford inherits win in crazy GTS race at Lime Rock". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
10. "Jade Buford completes GTS weekend sweep with Pirelli World Challenge win". Autoweek. May 21, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
11. Allaway, Phil (March 25, 2018). "Jade Buford, Scott Maxwell Claim Maiden PWC Win for Mustang GT4". Frontstretch. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
12. Dagys, John (September 1, 2018). "Buford Wins; Sofronas Wraps Up Overall GTS Championship". Sportscar365. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
13. Nguyen, Justin (June 30, 2020). "Sports car racer Jade Buford to make NASCAR debut at Indy road course". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
14. "Multimatic confirms Buford and McCumbee for second Mustang". British GT Championship. April 15, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
15. "PF Racing kicks off the 2020 season with an 11th place at Daytona". International Motor Sports Association. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
16. Cain, Holly (July 4, 2020). "Chase Briscoe Earns Hard-Fought NASCAR Xfinity Win at Indianapolis". Autoweek. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
17. "Jade Buford driving for JD Motorsports at Road America". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 3, 2020.
18. Utter, Jim (January 19, 2021). "New Xfinity team to debut at Daytona with driver Jade Buford". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
19. Rutherford, Kevin (February 1, 2021). "Danny Bohn Making Xfinity Debut at Daytona". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
20. "Jade Buford Sets the Pace in Both GTS Practice Rounds Friday at CTMP in No. 55 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4". Motor Racing Press. May 18, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
21. "Jade Buford". Ninja Guide. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
22. "Jade Buford – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
23. "Jade Buford – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
24. "Jade Buford – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
25. "Jade Buford – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
26. "Jade Buford – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

External links

• Jade Buford driver statistics at Racing-Reference