Bret Holmes

Bret Holmes
Bret Holmes
	Holmes in 2018
Nationality	American
Born	Bret B. Holmes; May 8, 1997 (age 24); Munford, Alabama
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Bret Holmes Racing
Car number	23
Engine	Chevrolet
Crew chief	Shane Huffman
Former teams	Empire Racing, Ken Schrader Racing
Starts	81
Championships	1 (2020)
Wins	1
Poles	1
Best finish	1st in 2020
Finished last season	1st (2020)
Previous series
2020	ARCA Menards Series East
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
	7 races run over 1 year
Truck no., team	No. 32 (Bret Holmes Racing)
First race	2021 Bucked Up 200 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2021 United Rentals 200 (Martinsville)
	Last updated on: May 28, 2021.

Bret B. Holmes (born May 8, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series for his family team Bret Holmes Racing. He won the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship with BHR.

Racing career[]

Holmes began racing when he ran in go-kart events starting at age 8 and for four years in total, earning 60 wins altogether during that time. After that, he competed in racing series on both dirt and asphalt, which included winning the championship in the Crate Late Model Division. He later raced in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.^[1]

Holmes began racing in ARCA in 2016, intending to compete in the season opener at Daytona for Empire Racing in the No. 18 Ford, however, he withdrew for unknown reasons. He had previously driven with them in ARCA's preseason testing at the track in January.^[2]

After initially planning a part-time ARCA schedule in 2020 with Bret Holmes Racing, Holmes ran well at the beginning of the season and shifted to a full schedule. He claimed his first career win at Kansas Speedway after leading 82 laps of the 100 lap event.^[3] Holmes went on to finish the season with four top-five finishes in the final four races. He won the series championship by twelve points over Michael Self.^[4]^[5]

In 2021, Bret Holmes Racing expanded to include a part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team for Holmes and Sam Mayer.^[6]

Personal life[]

Holmes was studying building science at Auburn University in addition to racing in ARCA in 2017.^[1]

He lives in Munford, Alabama. Bret's father, Stacy Holmes, also is a former racing driver, where he often competed at the Talladega Short Track, where he held the track record until Bret himself broke it in 2013.^[1]

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.)

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2021	Bret Holmes Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	DAY	LVS 37	ATL 32	BRI	RCH	KAN 27	DAR	COA	CLT 36	TEX	NSH DNQ	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS 11	TAL 15	MAR 22	PHO	38th	81	^[7]

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	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	DAY	NSH 5	SLM	TAL 9	TOL	NJE	POC		MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP 6		BLN 4	ISF	DSF	SLM 3	CHI	KEN 7	KAN 26	21st	1310	^[8]
2017				DAY 6	NSH 13	SLM 7	TAL 22	TOL 24	ELK 4	POC 14	MCH 4	MAD 7	IOW 9	IRP 8	14	WIN 8	ISF 20	10	DSF 12	SLM 7	CHI 10	KEN 21	KAN 10	6th	4450	^[9]
2018				DAY 24	NSH 10	SLM 13	TAL 27	TOL 5	CLT 7	POC 13	MCH 20	MAD 7	10	CHI			10							10th	2865	^[10]
	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Ford												IOW 8	ELK
	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Toyota															ISF 6	BLN 12	DSF		IRP	KAN
2019	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	DAY 18	6	SLM 10	TAL 14	NSH 5	TOL 7	CLT 8		MCH 3	MAD 5		CHI 3	ELK 9	IOW 8	7	ISF 3	DSF 9			KAN 4	3rd	4880	^[11]
2019			Toyota								POC 5			10							SLM 4	8		3rd	4880	^[11]
2020			Chevy	DAY 9		TAL 3	POC 4	IRP 7	KEN 2	IOW 3	KAN 1*	4	TOL 3	MCH 2*		GTW 6	I44 2	TOL 4	BRI 8	3	MEM 3*	ISF 3	KAN 2	1st	953	^[12]
			Toyota		PHO 15
			Ford												DAY 8
2021			Chevy	DAY 3	PHO	TAL 5*	KAN 19	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	29th	141	^[13]

ARCA Menards Series East[]

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2020	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	NSM	TOL 3	DOV	TOL 4	BRI 8	FIF	10th	118	^[14]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "About Bret Holmes". Official website of Bret Holmes. Digital Momentum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ "ARCA: Sean Corr, Bret Holmes and Dylan Martin to Represent Empire Racing Group in Daytona International Speedway ARCA Test". OnPitRoad.com. MH Themes. January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ Kristl, Mark (2020-07-25). "Bret Holmes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Kansas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
^ Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^ Haislop, Tadd (October 17, 2020). "First Impressions: Bret Holmes Clinches ARCA Menards Series Championship As Corey Heim Cruises To Win At Kansas". ARCARacing.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Holmes & Mayer Going Truck Series Racing". Speed Sport. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

External links[]

Official website
Bret Holmes driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[BH_bio-1] "About Bret Holmes". Official website of Bret Holmes. Digital Momentum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[2] "ARCA: Sean Corr, Bret Holmes and Dylan Martin to Represent Empire Racing Group in Daytona International Speedway ARCA Test". OnPitRoad.com. MH Themes. January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[3] Kristl, Mark (2020-07-25). "Bret Holmes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Kansas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2021-02-04.

[4] Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

[5] Haislop, Tadd (October 17, 2020). "First Impressions: Bret Holmes Clinches ARCA Menards Series Championship As Corey Heim Cruises To Win At Kansas". ARCARacing.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[6] "Holmes & Mayer Going Truck Series Racing". Speed Sport. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[7] "Bret Holmes – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[8] "Bret Holmes – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[9] "Bret Holmes – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[10] "Bret Holmes – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[11] "Bret Holmes – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[12] "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

[13] "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

[14] "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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