Brennan Poole

Brennan Poole
Poole in 2017
Born	Brennan Cole Poole (1991-04-11) April 11, 1991 (age 30) Folsom, California[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Achievements	Holds record for most UARA-Stars wins in a season (6 in 2010) Holds record for most consecutive UARA-Stars wins in a season (3 in 2010) 2011 UARA-Stars Champion (driver and owner)
Awards	2009 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year 2009–2010 UARA-Stars Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
35 races run over 1 year
2020 position	32nd
Best finish	32nd (2020)
First race	2020 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2020 Season Finale 500 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
83 races run over 3 years
2017 position	6th
Best finish	6th (2017)
First race	2015 Boyd Gaming 300 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2017 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 37 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
28 races run over 5 years
2020 position	85th
Best finish	18th (2019)
First race	2015 Rhino Linings 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2021 SpeedyCash.com 220 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
Statistics current as of November 21, 2021.

Brennan Cole Poole (born April 11, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 30 Toyota Tundras for On Point Motorsports. He has raced in all of the Top 3 Division’s of NASCAR as well as the ARCA Menards Series where he has multiple wins.

Racing career[]

Early career[]

UMP Modifieds[]

Poole drove Dirt Modifieds in the UMP ranks from 2007 to 2008 for his family's team at their hometrack of Houston Raceway Park, he scored 7 wins in 2008 and the Texas World Dirt Championship.^[2]

UARA-Stars Late Models[]

In 2011, Poole scored four UARA-Stars wins at Hickory, , Rockingham, and . He clinched the championship at Rockingham after locking the championship up a week before at Concord.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

ARCA Racing Series[]

2011[]

Poole made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Salem Speedway in 2011, driving the No. 55 Chevrolet for Venturini Motorsports, in which Poole would lead 31 laps and win in his debut.^[3] Poole ran three more races that year in Venturini's 25 car, scoring a pole and a top five finish at Pocono Raceway.

2012[]

Poole ran the full 2012 schedule for Venturini in the 25 car, earning 15 top tens, three poles, and back-to-back wins at Elko Speedway and Pocono Raceway while going on to finish 3rd in points.^[8][9]

2013[]

Poole ran part-time schedules over the next two years for Venturini.^[10] At the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Poole crossed the finish line in third but was awarded the win after it was determined that the two drivers who finished ahead of him, and A. J. Fike, jumped the final restart.^[11]

2014[]

In 2014, Poole returned at Pocono Raceway in which he led 31 of 50 laps. He returned again for the next six races as a substitute for John Wes Townley; Poole scored four top fives and a victory at Kentucky Speedway in his final ARCA start in the No. 15.^[9][12] Poole was later penalized 25 driver points after his Kentucky car was found to be in violation of the minimum roof height rule.^[13]

2015[]

Poole signed a contract with Team BCR Racing to run 10 races in the 2015 season to drive the No. 45 Ford Fusion for the team, replacing Grant Enfinger.^[14]

2018[]

Poole returned to Venturini as a relief driver at Pocono Raceway in 2018, relieving Natalie Decker, who was recovering from surgery. He nearly won the race but ultimately struggled to gain his speed back after a late race caution.^[15]

Other ventures in ARCA[]

During his ARCA career, Poole worked several odd jobs within auto racing between starts, including serving as a consultant, spotter, driver coach, and working in shop for Venturini Motorsports. He also served as a cameraman for Dartfish racing analysis videos.^[1][10][16]

Xfinity Series[]

2015[]

In 2015, Poole was signed to drive in the Xfinity Series for HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi, with the operation being run out of Ganassi's NASCAR shop. Poole shared the No. 42 ride with Ganassi Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Larson and Justin Marks. In between starts he also traveled to Sprint Cup races as an observer with Ganassi's other Cup driver, Jamie McMurray.^[1][17] On May 17, Poole was parked by NASCAR during the race at Iowa Speedway after intentionally turning J. J. Yeley into the outside wall in response to Yeley turning Poole into the wall earlier.^[18] In total he scored two top tens and ten top-fifteen finishes during the season.^[19][20]

2016[]

For 2016, Poole moved into a new No. 48 car for Ganassi full-time with sponsorship from DC Solar for the full season.^[19][20] At Talladega, Poole finished third after crossing the finish line first after a last-lap caution. NASCAR reviewed the finish and later awarded Elliott Sadler the win by virtue of being in first when the caution flag was displayed.^[21] Poole finished eighth in points, scoring 17 top tens and four top fives.

2017[]

He returned to CGR's No. 48 for 2017. He won his first career series pole at Daytona International Speedway in July.^[22] Poole advanced to the Round of 8 in the Xfinity Series playoffs, but fell out of the elimination race early after contact with Caesar Bacarella.^[23] Poole finished sixth at Homestead, finishing sixth in points.

On June 18, 2018, it was announced that Poole would sue Chip Ganassi Racing, and agency Spire Sports + Entertainment for breach of contract, alleging that CGR and Spire conspired to take away DC Solar's sponsorship from Poole and move it to the No. 42 CGR Cup Series team and that Spire's involvement representing both driver and team constituted a conflict of interest.^[24][25] Ganassi and Spire both released statements through attorneys denying the claims, with CGR's statement saying the sponsorship of Poole ended "because he never won a race despite the advantages of the best equipment in the garage."^[26][27] Poole, CGR, and Spire would later settle their dispute out-of-court at the end of 2018 following DC Solar's FBI raid, although terms were not released.

2018[]

Poole tested for GMS Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.^[28]

Truck Series[]

2015[]

In 2015, Poole made his Truck Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet for GMS Racing, where he qualified 15th and finished 11th.^[29]

2018[]

On October 31, 2018, it was announced Poole would return to the series for a one-off race with NextGen Motorsports in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra. His fifteenth-place finish was encumbered due to the team violating rule 20.3.4 in the NASCAR rule book.^[30]

On November 2, 2018, Poole announced he would return with NextGen Motorsports in the No. 35 at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Truck Series season finale. He finished 19th after dealing with a stuck accelerator during the race.^[31]

2019[]

On January 28, 2019, Poole announced a full-time schedule with On Point Motorsports for the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 30.^[32] Poole finished in the top ten for the first time after avoiding late attrition at Texas Motor Speedway early in the season.^[33] The team later scaled back its effort due to sponsorship concerns.^[34] Utilizing a chassis from 2007 and dealing with a broken sway bar during the race, Poole finished second at Charlotte in May.^[34] On July 11 at Kentucky Speedway, the lapped truck of Poole made contact with Ben Rhodes, who was running second. Both drivers acquired enough damage to make additional pit stops. After the race, Rhodes charged Poole, irate that a slower truck cost Rhodes a shot at a NASCAR playoffs berth, which would have come with a win.^[35][36]

2020[]

Although he moved to the Cup Series for the 2020 season, Poole continued racing in the Truck Series with On Point Motorsports on a part-time basis beginning at Daytona.^[37] He ran the first 11 races of the season, recording a best finish of 12th in both Kansas Speedway doubleheader races in July.^[38]

Scott Lagasse Jr. and Danny Bohn took over the No. 30 after the Michigan International Speedway race in August as Poole had run out of eligible Truck races as a full-time Cup driver.^[39]

2021[]

In June 2021, Poole made his return to NASCAR and On Point Motorsports for the Truck race at Texas Motor Speedway.^[40]

NASCAR Cup Series[]

2020[]

On December 11, 2019, Poole announced he would race full-time for Premium Motorsports in the No. 15 in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2020.^[41]

On February 3, 2020, Poole announced at the NASCAR Hall Of Fame that as a primary sponsor through their Spartan GO! line of products and would join him as an associate sponsor both for 17 races starting at the Daytona 500 which would also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duel and NASCAR All-Star Race.^[42]

In September, Poole was replaced by J. J. Yeley in the No. 15 for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race due to sponsorship reasons, though he remained with the team. At the time, Poole was 32nd in points.^[43]

In the 2020 YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 4, Poole earned his career best Cup Series finish. He crossed the line in 11th, but finished 9th due to penalties issued against Matt DiBenedetto and Chris Buescher.

Other racing[]

Asphalt Modifieds[]

In July 2019 Poole made his Asphalt Modified debut at Bowman Gray Stadium for Truck Series team On Point Motorsports in their No. 30 entry finishing 24th after having plug wire issues early on in the race.^[44]

Late Model Stocks[]

On September 27, 2019, Poole made his first appearance in a Late Model Stock for the first time since his UARA-Stars championship in 2011 for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 in a joint partnership with On Point Motorsports and DGR-Crosley, he would finish 15th.^[45]

Personal life[]

Raised outside of Houston, Texas,^[4] Poole was born in Folsom, California, living there until the age of seven.^[1] Poole earned the nickname "The Bull" early in his career, after charging from the rear of the field in several events.^{[1][3][6][7][10]}

Poole graduated from Woodlands Christian Academy a year early in 2008, at the age of 17.^[7]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

NASCAR Cup 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	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2020	Premium Motorsports	15	Chevy	DAY 16	LVS 29	CAL 32	PHO 31	DAR 27	DAR 37	CLT 30	CLT 38	BRI 24	ATL 30	MAR 30	HOM 32	TAL 35	POC 29	POC 27	IND 35	KEN 31	TEX 27	KAN 30	NHA 27	MCH 37	MCH 30	DAY 28	DOV 36	DOV 30	DAY 15	DAR 28	RCH 33	BRI	LVS 30	TAL 9	CLT 37	KAN 28	TEX 28	MAR 37	PHO 29	32nd	269	[46]

Daytona 500[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2020	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	34	16

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
2015	HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS 9	PHO 26	CAL	TEX 13	BRI 11	RCH 13	TAL 28	IOW 38	CLT	DOV 12	MCH	CHI 17	DAY 36	KEN 12	NHA 10	IND	IOW 14	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH 11	CHI	KEN 32	DOV	CLT 21	KAN 13	TEX	PHO	HOM	23rd	433	[47]
2016	Chip Ganassi Racing	48		DAY 27	ATL 14	LVS 11	PHO 10	CAL 13	TEX 19	BRI 13	RCH 10	TAL 3	DOV 10	CLT 9	POC 12	MCH 11	IOW 8	DAY 26	KEN 9	NHA 6	IND 11	IOW 4	GLN 10	MOH 10	BRI 28	ROA 3	DAR 5	RCH 10	CHI 21	KEN 10	DOV 15	CLT 18	KAN 7	TEX 8	PHO 11	HOM 27	8th	2192	[48]
2017				DAY 26	ATL 11	LVS 16	PHO 8	CAL 8	TEX 37	BRI 8	RCH 22	TAL 24	CLT 8	DOV 12	POC 15	MCH 11	IOW 27	DAY 7	KEN 21	NHA 10	IND 7	IOW 4	GLN 17	MOH 8	BRI 6	ROA 31	DAR 6	RCH 10	CHI 11	KEN 2	DOV 5	CLT 5	KAN 12	TEX 7	PHO 38	HOM 6	6th	2223	[49]

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2015	GMS Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS 11	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	96th	01	[50]
2018	NextGen Motorsports	35	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX 15	PHO	HOM 19	49th	43	[51]
2019	On Point Motorsports	30	Toyota	DAY 24	ATL 13	LVS 20	MAR 29	TEX 9	DOV 23	KAN	CLT 2	TEX 7	IOW 11	GTW	CHI	KEN 15	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI 19	MSP	LVS 6	TAL 26	MAR	PHO	HOM	18th	300	[52]
2020				DAY 17	LVS 15	CLT 38	ATL 17	HOM 19	POC 35	KEN 17	TEX 31	KAN 12	KAN 12	MCH 35	DAY	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	85th	01	[38]
2021				DAY	DAY	LVS	ATL	BRI	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX 14	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO		54th	35

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2011	Venturini Motorsports	55	Chevy	DAY	TAL	SLM 1	TOL																		28th	780	[53]
		25	Toyota							POC 5		WIN	BLN
			Chevy											IOW 14			ISF		DSF	SLM	KAN	16
2012				DAY 7		SLM 3	TAL 8	TOL 22	ELK 1*			2*		IOW 28		IRP 4		BLN 9	ISF 22		SLM 8	DSF C			3rd	4735	[54]
			Toyota		MOB 7					POC 1*	MCH 11*		6		CHI 2		2*			10			KAN 4
2013		15		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH 1									DSF 1*	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN	26th	1065	[55]
		55	Chevy										WIN 3	CHI			BLN
		15																ISF 4
		55	Toyota																9
2014		15		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	QL†	MCH	ELK		CHI			BLN 3				6	KEN 1	KAN		24th	1290	[56]
		66														4*			MAD 22
		55																ISF 5		DSF 6
2018	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL		POC QL‡	MCH	MAD		CHI	IOW			ISF	BLN	DSF		IRP	KAN		NA	-	[57]
† – Qualified for John Wes Townley. ‡ – Qualified for Natalie Decker and also relieved her in the race.

References[]

External links[]

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