CJB Motorsports has named Brenham Crouch as its full-time driver for the No. 5 sprint car in 2025, the team announced Wednesday.
“First and foremost, I am super pumped to join forces with Barry Jackson, Chad Clemens, and the entire CJB Motorsports team,” Crouch said. “This team nucleus has worked with some great drivers over the years, and in talking with Barry the last month or so, I am really confident for what is to come in 2025.
“As I continue to grow as a driver, I believe CJB Motorsports brings a ton to the table that will help me develop and learn night in and night out.”
Crouch has moved up the motorsports ranks over the last few years as he pocketed the 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Title racing with Keith Kunz Motorsports, the 2023 IRA Sprint Car Title in the family-owned Crouch Motorsports entry and is fresh off of his first full National Sprint Car campaign where he ran with High Limit Racing this past season.
“We are excited for a new beginning with a young up and comer in Brenham,” Team Owner Chad Clemens said. “Only 19 years old, he already has a POWRi National Midget Championship to his credit as well as an IRA Sprint Car Championship. With hard work, his future can be bright on the National level as well.
“We look forward to building a long term relationship with Brenham and his family, and we are excited to welcome them all to our CJB family.”
For Team Manager Barry Jackson, he too is eager to get to work with the youngster and sees the intangibles in him to have a successful career on the road.
“Just getting to know Brenham, I see the traits and qualities that it takes to becomes successful in the highly competitive 410 Sprint Car world at the national level,” Jackson said. “He is very driven and has a desire to learn and develop as we move forward. We are completely committed to this process, and we are working diligently to put all the right pieces in place in to provide the best possible program to enhance Brenham’s development and future.”
Freshly into the offseason, CJB Motorsports’ plan for the year ahead is still a work in progress as they navigate team members, marketing partners and decide on their full schedule.
While work to finalize the team does continue, CJB Motorsports is excited that former team driver, and freshly minted Hall of Famer, Paul McMahan has been enlisted as a mentor for Crouch.
“I am very excited to have my good friend, Paul McMahan back involved with us at CJB Motorsports as we have enlisted in him to be a mentor for Brenham,” Jackson added. “I could not ask for a better person to be in this role as he is a true professional and someone I have the utmost respect for.
“While he will still maintain his role at Quick Car, he will get to the track when he can and be someone that Brenham can lean on from both the mental side of being a driver on the national level as well as the technical side of things.”