Brandon has always been a big NASCAR fan, and even as a young child he would never miss a race.  “I remember when he was 8 years old, he knew the name of the driver on every NASCAR team”, says father Brian Sweet, who also serves as team manager and Public Relations Representative.  As much as Brandon enjoyed NASCAR, the family all had a love for the local racing, as Brandon’s grandfather, “Papa Joe” owned several cars that competed at both Can Am Speedway and Thunder Alley Speedway.  

At the age of 10, the family decided to purchase a go-kart and Brandon soon realized that this was his calling.  It didn’t take long for Brandon to win his first race, and battle for his first championship.  Brandon won numerous feature events in the karts, and won several track championships, and in 2006, at the age of 15, he moved into the DIRTcar Sportsman division.  

The following season, Brandon teamed up Clarence Henry Coach and they progressed through the Sportsman ranks, learning the car inside and out.  By the end of 2007 Brandon was running consistently at the front of the pack.   

2008 was a breakthrough season for Brandon and his family operated team.  The team had several wins, as well as the 2008 Can Am Speedway track championship and the SUNY Canton Sportsman series Championship.  As exciting as 2008 was for the team, bigger and better things were in store for the following season.

Brandon came out flying at the start of the 2009 season, winning four feature events before the summer officially started in June.  While Brandon was tearing up the track, Brian was busy finalizing the sale of the team to Robert C. Freeman III, and also announcing that the team would be running pavement in 2010, competing the full schedule in the USAR Pro Cup tour, and several ASA series events. 

The team has ran several ASA and USAR Pro Cup races in 2010, but without the necessary funding, the team could not run the full season.  In mid-summer, the team returned back to Watertown, seeking sponsorship, and other racing endeavors, before returning to the Sportsman class at the end of the season.  

In 2011, Sweet will move up into the 358 Modified division, racing at Chapman's Can Am Motorsports Park, and possibly other tracks in the area.  They are still seeking sponsorship to run more events on the pavement as well.

While Brandon may have admired his brother’s trophy case just 10 years ago, today, Brandon’s trophy case is getting pretty full as well.   Football and Baseball may not have been his forte, but driving a racecar certainly is.