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Speed made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7, 2008 driving for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports #46 Chevy with Red Bull sponsorship. He recorded his first career Top 10 finish in NASCAR in just his second race, when he finished tenth at Martinsville Speedway. On April 25, 2008 he won his first ARCA race at Kansas Speedway in just his fourth start. On April 26, 2008; Speed recorded a back-to-back top ten finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway by finishing in eighth place in the #22 Red Bull Toyota for Bill Davis Racing, and won his first career race the following week at Dover. Two races after his first win, Scott scored another top five at Michigan International Speedway. On July 18, 2008 Speed won his second ARCA race at Kentucky Speedway. On Sunday October 19, 2008, Scott Speed started his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Martinsville Speedway finishing in 30th place. He finished the season in the #84 Red Bull Toyota Camry for the Red Bull Racing Team.
For the 2009 Sprint Cup season, Speed's car was renumbered to #82. He was eligible to race in the 31st Annual Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, as his car was one of the top 6 Toyotas in points.
He began his quest for rookie of the year in 2009. He won his first ever Rookie of the Race honors at the prestigious Daytona 500.
Scott Speed won the pole for the Sam's Town 300 in his Nationwide Series debut on February 28, 2009; he also broke the track record with a speed of 182.451 mph and a lap time of 29.597. Unfortunately, he collided with Kyle Busch early on and finished 40th.
After failing to qualify for Darlington and Sonoma, Speed competed in Joe Nemechek's #87 Toyota. He failed to qualify for the April Texas race.
Red Bull Racing's #82 finished 36th in the 2009 owner's points standings, missing a guaranteed entry into the first five races of 2010 by one position. Speed did successfully attempt the 2010 Daytona 500. He led several laps late in the race after not going to pits with about 19 laps to go. The next week at Auto Club Speedway, during a rain caution, Scott did not pit and it appeared that the Sprint Cup Series was going to have another first-time winner, but Speed ran out of gas. Scott was in the top 12 after the Food City 500 which guaranteed him a spot in the top 35. During the Michigan race in June, he was angry with his temporary teammate Casey Mears. When they were running 34th and 35th respectively, Casey collided with Scott and he spun out, causing a caution. Scott's temper flared and Casey was replaced by Reed Sorenson for most of the remainder of the season. On November 26, 2010, Speed was released from his contract at Red Bull Racing to make room for the returning Brian Vickers who underwent heart surgery in June 2010. Speed's best finish with Red Bull Racing was fifth at Talladega on April 26, 2009.
Speed was without a ride for most of the 2011 season; he drove for Whitney Motorsports for a number of races at the end of the year. In 2012, he ran a limited schedule for Leavine Family Racing; it was announced in August that he would return to the team for 2013 to run the majority of the season.
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