Branden's Bio:                                                                                                   

Branden Allen is 19 year graduate from Yorkville, Il and is currently a sophomore at Waubonsee Community College. He started racing Go-Kart's at age 12. Branden has continued to improve his performance and advanced into the INEX Bandolero Young Gun division and then excelled into the INEX Legend Semi Pro division.  In 2008, he decided to go back to open wheel racing in the USAC Midget Ford Focus series.

Over the past four years, Branden has won 27 feature races, 2 track championships, 2 state championships and 3 series championships. Throughout his  driving career he has finished in the top five 91% of the time and on eight separate occasions he won all the events of the day. He is also proud of the fact that his accident/DNF rate is less than 5%.

In 2008, Branden was a “Rookie” in the USAC Ford Focus division. He started the season off rough in the first two races, but he quickly became a contender. He was fastest qulaifier 5 times with his best time being 15.433, he won 6 heat races and 2 feature events; the Carter/Anderson Memorial and Bob Lockard Memorial races. Branden consistently finished each of the remaining races in the top five to clinch the  “2008 USAC/UMARA Ford Focus Series Championship Title”.

In 2007, Branden won the INEX Legend Semi Pro Illinois State Championship, the Rockford Speedway Track Championship, the UMARA legend championship. He also placed 11th in the nation by competing in 28 races, while his competion raced in 40-50 events to achieve the same level of success.