Brandon Lareau

Brandon Lareau is a TM Master Cup driver contending for the Independent's Trophy in 2012 with the new team, Afterburner Motorsports.

2012 - Independent's Trophy & TM Lights
Just days prior to the race, it was announced that Lareau would run the full TM Lights schedule along with his part-time schedule in the TM Master Cup Series. Lareau started 9th and finished 16th, scoring his first TM Lights points in his 1st start. Lareau didn't score at Road Atlanta or Carbondale, however he finished 7th at Piqua, his best career finish so far. He would once again finish inside the top 10 at Peoria, but then would be involved in a controversial incident at Mosport when Lareau went up the track after blowing up and wrecking James Davison.

Just hours prior to his TM Master Cup series debut at Las Vegas, Lareau earned sponsorship from Brandon's Chair Repair. The sponsor showed up in plain white text on the car, however they plan on placing the actual logo of the business for the next race. Lareau started 28th and finished 19th, scoring his first TM Master Cup points in his 1st start as well. Unfortunately for Lareau, he would fail to qualify for the year's Karjala Grand Prix. Despite the MCMA boycott at Michigan, Afterburner Motorsports was not affected and ran the race. Lareau would score a career best finish of 9th. At Ohio, Lareau would have a close encounter with Melanie Clevenot early in the race, fall a lap down, but would sneak his way into a 16th place finish. Lareau was unsuccessful in scoring any points at Road America, however he qualified for the Round of Indianapolis and finished 15th.