| The NASCAR driver of the No. 16 Con-way Ford for | | | | honors in 2008 as well as scoring his first win and five |
| the Roush Racing in the Nationwide Series is younger | | | | pole positions in 2009. Throughout 2008 and 2009 he |
| than most would think. The 21-year-old Colin Braun has | | | | competed full-time for Roush Fenway Racing in the |
| already broken a fair share of records in his career as | | | | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the No. 6 |
| well as won two championships, three | | | | Con-Way Freight Ford F-150. He made six NASCAR |
| Rookie-of-the-Year awards and a variety of other | | | | Nationwide Series starts for Roush and earned two |
| wins and poles. The impressive career he's built at | | | | pole positions and a top-5 finish over the course of |
| such a young age is what many drivers hope to build | | | | two seasons in 2008 and 2009. |
| over the course of a lifetime. | | | | Today Braun has been driving the Roush Fenway |
| Braun began racing when he was 6-years-old in | | | | Racing No. 16 Con-Way Freight Ford full-time for the |
| Quarter Midgets then made the leap to kart racing | | | | 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Roush Fenway |
| when he was 8-years-old. He won many national | | | | Racing is currently NASCAR's largest team that |
| karting championships before he reached the age of | | | | operates eight motorsports teams. It contains four |
| 10, and he drove for international factory go-kart | | | | drivers in the Sprint Cup Series and four in the |
| teams, competing in Italy, Monaco and Japan all before | | | | Nationwide Series. Braun races in the Nationwide |
| he was 14. He began racing cars when he was | | | | Series along with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Brian Ickler and |
| 14-years-old. In 2003, Braun raced Formula Renault | | | | Paul Menard. Braun recently returned from a 2-week |
| TR1600 and won the championship and | | | | hiatus and achieved his highest finish of the series. He |
| Rookie-of-the-Year after winning 8 of 11 races. In 2004 | | | | secured his first top-10 finish of the season and was |
| he won the championship again in Formula TR2000 | | | | the highest finishing Roush Fenway Racing Ford in the |
| Pro Series. | | | | Heluva Good 200 at Dover International Speedway. |
| When Braun was just 16-years-old he competed for | | | | The No. 16 team is now locked into the top-30 |
| Team 16 in Daytona. He drove a Porsche 996 GT3. In | | | | rankings. Last week, Braun appeared at the Roush |
| the very same season he drove an Essex Racing | | | | Fenway Racing Spring fan day at their headquarters in |
| Ford Crawford and made history by becoming the | | | | Concord, North Carolina. He signed autographs |
| youngest driver of a Daytona Prototype. He was only | | | | alongside drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Ricky |
| 17. | | | | Stenhouse Jr. for fans during the first autograph |
| In 2006, Braun joined Krohn Racing and won his first | | | | session. Tickets for the event went passed out at |
| Grand Am race at the Brumos Porsche 250 at | | | | 8:00am that morning and fans were required to bring |
| Daytona. This made him the youngest driver in North | | | | two non-perishable items or a monetary donation in |
| America to win a major auto race. He was named | | | | order to receive a ticket to help support the local |
| Rookie-of-the-Year again, this time by SPEED and | | | | Cabarrus County food pantries. |
| Racer Magazine. The next year, he became the | | | | Upcoming in June, Braun will be racing on the Kentucky |
| youngest driver to stand on the podium at the 24 | | | | Speedway, the Road America and New Hampshire |
| Hours of Le Mans just after he finished in second in his | | | | Motor Speedway tracks. He's currently 29th in the |
| class driving a Ferrari F430. | | | | 2010 Nationwide Series. On his Web site Braun keeps |
| After making history at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he | | | | a blog to update his fans on his activities and progress |
| made his ARCA/MAX Series, NASCAR Camping | | | | and he's up to 8,862 followers on Twitter. At such a |
| World Truck Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series | | | | young age, the Texas native has made quite the |
| debut with Roush Fenway Racing. As a result, Braun | | | | career for himself, only time will tell what the future |
| went on to earn Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year | | | | holds. |