Morgen Baird

Morgen Baird
Born	Morgen John Baird (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 Grass Lake, Michigan
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., team	No. 53 (Joey Gase Motorsports)
ARCA Menards Series career
13 races run over 8 years
Best finish	35th (2019)
First race	2016 Corrigan Oil 200 (Michigan)
Last race	2023 Henry Ford Health 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 12, 2023.

Morgen John Baird (born March 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 53 Ford Mustang for Joey Gase Motorsports. He has competed in select ARCA Menards Series races since 2016.

Racing career

Baird began racing in go-karts in Jackson, Michigan, at the age of twelve, and he won in his second start in the Jr. Sportsman class, before moving up to the Jr. Can class, where he won the championship in 2007.

Baird moved up to mini-cup racing the following year at Jackson Speedway, where he finished second in the points. three feature wins and three heat wins. He also ran the Great Lakes Super Mini-Cup Series during that time, and despite missing an opening race due to age restrictions, he won a race at Owosso Speedway. In 2009, Baird moved up to the GLS Series, finishing runner-up in the points and winning rookie of the year honors that season. He went on to win the title the following year with five feature race wins, seven poles (with four of them setting new track records), twelve top-5s, and eight heat race wins. He won the title again in 2011 with twelve poles, six feature race wins, six heat race wins, and eight poles, and won the title for two more years in 2012 and 2013.

Baird moved to dwarf cars in 2014, driving for Finishline Racing in the MCR Dwarf Series, finishing third in the points that year whilst also winning rookie of the year honors. He departed the team to race in his own equipment in 2015, and finished fourth in the points that year.

In 2016, Baird made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Michigan Speedway driving the No. 64 Chevrolet for Hixson Motorsports, where he finished 17th. He repeated that finish in his next start at Chicagoland Speedway. He joined Jent Motorsports at Kansas Speedway driving the No. 14 Ford and finished 22nd. It was also during this year that he made two starts in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in the pro late model division. He made two starts at Michigan for the next two years in ARCA, driving for Fast Track Racing with a best finish of 19th in 2018.

In 2019, Baird ran at Salem Speedway for Fast Track in the No. 11, finishing 16th due to a radio issue. He made two more starts that year, finishing 11th at Michigan, and 13th at Chicagoland. He made a one-off start at Michigan the following year in the No. 10 Ford, finishing 15th due to brake issues.

In 2021, Baird got his first top-10 finish at Michigan, finishing seventh on the lead lap after starting in that same position. He finished in the top-10 at the track again in 2022, finishing tenth. It was also during this year that Baird joined Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 Toyota at the season finale at Toledo Speedway. In a car that shared visual similarities to the No. 20 car of Jesse Love in that same event, he did not start the race and was classified in 24th. He then ran only one race for Fast Track in 2023, finishing a career best sixth at Michigan.

On March 27, 2024, it was announced that Baird would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Richmond Raceway, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports. However, two days later, it was announced that Baird would postpone his debut in the series due to his fiancé going into induced labor with their soon to be born child; he would be replaced by Garrett Smithley. On August 12, it was announced that Baird would instead make his debut at Michigan, this time driving the No. 53 for Joey Gase Motorsports.

Personal life

Baird currently resides in Jackson, Michigan.

Motorsports 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
2024	JD Motorsports	6	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	COA	RCH Wth	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND														73rd	4
	Joey Gase Motorsports	53	Ford																					MCH DNQ	DAY	DAR	ATL 33	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

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
2016	Hixson Motorsports	64	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH 17	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI 17	KEN		60th	410
	Jent Motorsports	14	Ford																				KAN 22
2017	Fast Track Racing	10	Toyota	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH 21	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	103rd	125
2018		11		DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH 19	MAD	GTW	CHI	IOW	ELK	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	97th	140
2019			Ford	DAY	FIF	SLM 16	TAL	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC													35th	490
			Toyota									MCH 11	MAD	GTW	CHI 13	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN
2020		10	Ford	DAY	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH 15	DAY	GTW	I44	TOL	BRI	WIN	MEM	ISF	KAN	75th	29
2021			Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH 7	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	80th	37
2022		11		DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH 10	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM		61st	54
	Venturini Motorsports	55	Toyota																				TOL 24
2023	Fast Track Racing	11	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH	IOW	POC	MCH 6	IRP	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	75th	38

External links

• Morgen Baird driver statistics at Racing-Reference