Brennan Poole

Brennan Cole Poole (born April 11, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Alpha Prime Racing. He was formerly a development driver for Venturini Motorsports from 2011 to 2014, as well as for Chip Ganassi Racing from 2015 to 2017.

Racing career Early career IMCA Modifieds and Dirt Late Models Poole driving a IMCA Modified in 2008 at Houston Raceway Park. Poole drove Dirt Modifieds in the IMCA ranks from 2007 to 2008 for his family's team at their home track of Houston Raceway Park, he scored seven wins in 2008 and the Texas World Dirt Championship.

Poole also ran some select Dirt Late Model races on the side, in addition to his IMCA schedule.

UARA-Stars Late Models From 2009 to 2010, Poole raced Late Model Stock Cars in the UARA-Stars ranks, driving the No. 5 for Jamie Yelton, where he would score the Rookie of the Year title in 2009 and the Most Popular Driver Award both years as well. In 2010, he picked up his first win at Tri-County Motor Speedway and would go on to score five more coming at Hickory, Lonesome Pine Speedway, Kingsport Speedway, Dillon Motor Speedway, and Greenville-Pickens Speedway and finish runner-up in the points.

In 2011, Poole formed his own race team driving the No. 7, and went on to score four wins at Hickory Motor Speedway, Kingsport, Rockingham Speedway, and Lonesome Pine. He clinched the championship at Rockingham after locking the championship up a week before at Concord Speedway. 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, Kelly Kovski and A. J. Fike, jumped the final restart.

2014 In 2014, Poole returned to Pocono Raceway in where 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. Poole was later penalized 25 driver points after his Kentucky car was found to be in violation of the minimum roof height rule.

2015 Poole signed a contract with Team BCR Racing to run ten races in the 2015 season to drive the No. 45 Ford Fusion for the team, replacing Grant Enfinger but would withdraw from the season opener at Daytona and never make a start after that.

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, which would’ve made Decker the first female winner in ARCA Racing Series history as she started the race, but he ultimately struggled to gain his speed back after a late race caution as he was passing Harrison Burton for the lead.

O'Reilly Auto Parts 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. 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. In total, he scored two top tens and ten top-fifteen finishes during the season. 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. Poole finished eighth in points, scoring seventeen 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. 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. 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. 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." 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 during open practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2018. Poole tested for GMS Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 2018 and was expected to run all the races that the suspended Spencer Gallagher would miss however he would ultimately not make a single start for the team.

2022 After five seasons of not competing in the series, he would return to run the entire West Coast Swing in the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing. Poole attempted his first race with MHR in the Production Alliance Group 300at Auto Club, but Poole missed the field. He would successfully make it to the field the following week in Las Vegas. However, only three laps into the event, the engine gave out, leaving him 37th. Poole would then fail to qualify for the next three races, before finally making the field once again at Richmond Raceway; however, rear gear issues knocked Poole out of the event after 112 laps. He would then qualify for the second time in a row at Martinsville, but couldn’t even turn a lap thanks to the clutch failing on him, and then started and parked at Kansas. He would only make four more races with the team until moving to Jimmy Means Racing for Bristol, but failed to qualify.

Poole would then sign a three-race deal with JD Motorsports in the No. 6 Chevrolet at Texas, Homestead, and Phoenix. He would finish 31st in his first start with the team at Texas due to a multiple-car pileup midway through the race. At Homestead, he would finish 14th, his best finish since 2017 at the same track. At Phoenix, he would sport the Out of the Groove Camaro, which featured host Eric Estepp's face on the hood. Estepp would later publish a race vlog on his channel about the whole opportunity.

2023

On December 12, 2022, it was announced Poole would run full-time for JD Motorsports in the No. 6, his first full-time stint in NASCAR since 2020 and his first in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2017. On February 9, 2023, Macc Door Systems announced they would sponsor Poole in six races starting at the season opener at Daytona and also both races at Las Vegas, Talladega, Nashville, and Bristol.

He would start the season off by finishing 33rd with a DNF at Daytona after running in the top fifteen much of the night. At Las Vegas, he would do much of the same and finish 25th, this time finishing the race.

He would collect his best finish of the season at Talladega after narrowly surviving several disastrous crashes. He would finish fifth, marking his first top-five and top-ten on the season as well as his first for both categories since the 2017 season. He failed to qualify for the race at Sonoma and was replaced by Garrett Smithley in the Wawa 250 at Daytona due to his sponsor putting their focus on the Cup side in the No. 15 with Rick Ware Racing with Poole at the wheel. He would later click off a string of several top-twenty and top-fifteen finishes mainly in the road course races towards the end of the year; finishing twentieth at Nashville, fifteenth at Road America, twelfth at Watkins Glen, twentieth at Darlington, seventeenth at the Charlotte Roval, and nineteenth at Homestead-Miami. Poole would end his 2023 Xfinity Series campaign 24th in points.

2024

On November 9, 2023, it was announced that Poole would drive full-time in Alpha Prime Racing's No. 44 Chevrolet. Finance Pro Plus, who sponsored Poole in the Cup in 2023, would return as a sponsor for twenty races, and Macc Door Systems, who served as his primary sponsor in the Xfinity Series in 2023, would return to sponsor Poole in ten races. He would nearly win at Talladega once again in April that year, leading the race going into the trioval coming to the checkered but would ultimately lose his pusher in Anthony Alfredo and hand the win to Jesse Love, settling for a fifth place finish, only the second top-five in APR's history.

2025

On October 31, 2024, it was announced that Poole would return to APR for the 2025 season. At Martinsville, Poole would score a fourth place finish, the first ever top-five finish for Alpha Prime Racing at a non-drafting track in their fifteen year history, also qualifying him for the Dash 4 Cash at Bristol in April, his first appearance in the D4C since Richmond in 2016, which was his rookie year.

2026

On November 18, 2025, it was announced that Poole would once again return to Alpha Prime for the 2026 season.

In the season opener at Daytona, Poole would spin at the very start of the race, crossing the line backwards to start the first lap. He would rally back and fight for the win on the final lap, running 2nd down the backstretch but would nearly get turned after a push from Justin Allgaier went wrong while he was attempting to pass for the race lead. He would ultimately settle for a 12th place finish.

Poole was leading on the last lap at Atlanta and attempted to block Nick Sanchez in turn 1 before making contact with Carson Kvapil, resulting in Poole and Sanchez both wrecking. Poole managed to salvage a 17th place finish.

Craftsman 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 fifteenth and finished eleventh.

2018 On October 31, 2018, it was announced that 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.

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 nineteenth after dealing with a stuck accelerator during the race.

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. Poole finished in the top ten for the first time after avoiding late attrition at Texas Motor Speedway early in the season. The team later scaled back its effort due to sponsorship concerns.

After having to miss Kansas due to a lack of sponsorship Poole and On Point returned at Charlotte, they would top the board going fastest in final practice, and qualify seventeenth, and using a chassis from 2007, dealing with a broken sway bar after it broke at the beginning of the race, and missing half of his shocks, Poole finished second to Kyle Busch.

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. He ran the first eleven races of the season, recording the best finish of twelfth in both Kansas Speedway doubleheader races in July.

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

2022 On February 28, 2022, it was announced Poole would drive part-time in the No. 46 for G2G Racing starting at Las Vegas however, would be replaced by Matt Jaskol, G2G Racing's full-time driver after Poole qualified in on speed and Jaskol failed to do so. He would drive G2G's No. 47 at Atlanta. He returned to the team at Darlington.

2023 Poole would return to G2G in 2023 in the No. 46, making his season debut at Las Vegas, finishing 33rd after suffering issues with the gearing. He would return later in the season at Kansas to pick up a very solid twentieth place finish after running as far up as seventh under caution and even in the top-fifteen under green at certain points in the race, a milestone achievement for the G2G team up to that point, the finish to date would also be G2G's best finish ever outside of superspeedway races. He would return the next week at Darlington.

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.

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

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.

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

2023 On April 24, 2023, it was revealed on the entry list that Poole would make his return to the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway that weekend, piloting the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing due to the recent suspension of driver Cody Ware. Poole had also driven for RWR in his lone Cup Series season in 2020 after racing returned from COVID in May, where RWR had bought the team Premium Motorsports, which was the team Poole was running for at the time.

Poole would start 34th after qualifying was rained out and would work his way up to 31st on lap 81 battling with Austin Dillon for the 30th position when Ross Chastain entered in behind him going into turn 1 to punt him off the track washing back up into the wall collecting Kyle Larson along with him, he would finish 33rd. Poole would state post-race, "he needs his butt whooped" to analyst Jamie Little. He would also reveal in other interviews that he'd be returning to the car the next week at Kansas and hoped to have it turn into more starts if possible.

2025 On June 17, 2025, it was announced that Poole will drive the No. 44 Chevrolet for NY Racing Team at Pocono Raceway.

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.

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 fifteenth.

Other ventures Poole has been seen as a jack of all trades due to his wherewithal to take roles of any form in the motorsports space most prominently in his days with Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series from 2013 to 2014 when he was left without a full-time ride after the 2012 season due to a lack of funding.

Consulting, coaching, spotting, and engineering In his days with Venturini Motorsports from 2013 to 2014, Poole served as a consultant, driver coach, spotter, and engineer scoring a few wins along the way with each of his roles, most notably spotting for Erik Jones' first and only ARCA Racing Series win at Berlin Raceway in 2013.

In 2023, Poole would spot at Flat Rock Speedway for the return to the seat of Billy Venturini, and the pairing would result in a fourth place finish.

Dartfish Camera Operator From 2011 to 2014, Poole served as a Dartfish camera operator for Richard Childress Racing’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams.

Vlogging Poole ran a weekly vlog during the 2016 and 2017 seasons which he started back up during the pandemic in the 2020 season. He was the first ever driver in the NASCAR and one of the first ever in the motorsports space to start doing a consistent vlog series and since then numerous drivers such as fellow NASCAR drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, and Aric Almirola have followed suit and started their own vlogging series.

Charity work Poole has been involved in hurricane relief efforts in the past starting in 2017 with Hurricane Harvey for his hometown of The Woodlands, Texas with his Poole For Texas initiative and also in 2018 for Hurricane Florence for Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 2020, Poole, in partnership with Premium Motorsports and Children's Hospital of Orange County, started Brennan’s Miracle Miles to help better CHOC's mental health services and expand their intensive care unit and programs that supported children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Personal life Raised outside of Houston, Texas, Poole was born in Folsom, California, living there until the age of seven.

Motorsports career results

Racing career summary

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 Pts Ref 2020 Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY16 LVS29 CAL32 PHO31 DAR27 DAR37 CLT30 CLT38 BRI24 ATL30 MAR30 HOM32 TAL35 POC29 POC27 IND35 KEN31 TEX27 KAN30 NHA27 MCH37 MCH30 DRC28 DOV36 DOV30 DAY15 DAR28 RCH33 BRI LVS30 TAL9 ROV37 KAN28 TEX28 MAR37 PHO29 32nd 269 2023 Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV33 KAN28 DAR36 CLT GTW SON NSH33 CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN DAY39 DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL30 ROV LVS30 HOM MAR PHO 57th 01 2025 NY Racing Team 44 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC34 ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 58th 01

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2020 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 34 16

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2015 HScott Motorsports 42 Chevy DAY ATL LVS9 PHO26 CAL TEX13 BRI11 RCH13 TAL28 IOW38 CLT DOV12 MCH CHI17 DAY36 KEN12 NHA10 IND IOW14 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH11 CHI KEN32 DOV CLT21 KAN13 TEX PHO HOM 23rd 433 2016 Chip Ganassi Racing 48 DAY27 ATL14 LVS11 PHO10 CAL13 TEX19 BRI13 RCH10 TAL3 DOV10 CLT9 POC12 MCH11 IOW8 DAY26 KEN9 NHA6 IND11 IOW4 GLN10 MOH10 BRI28 ROA3 DAR5 RCH10 CHI21 KEN10 DOV15 CLT18 KAN7 TEX8 PHO11 HOM27 8th 2192 2017 DAY26 ATL11 LVS16 PHO8 CAL8 TEX37 BRI8 RCH22 TAL24 CLT8 DOV12 POC15 MCH11 IOW27 DAY7 KEN21 NHA10 IND7 IOW4 GLN17 MOH8 BRI6 ROA31 DAR6 RCH10 CHI11 KEN2 DOV5 CLT5 KAN12 TEX7 PHO38 HOM6 6th 2223 2022 Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy DAY CALDNQ LVS37 PHODNQ ATLDNQ COADNQ RCH38 MAR38 TAL DOVDNQ DARDNQ TEXDNQ CLT35 PIR NSHDNQ ROA ATL31 NHA POCDNQ IRC MCHDNQ GLN DAY DAR31 KAN37 94th 01 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Chevy BRIDNQ ROVDNQ LVS JD Motorsports 6 Chevy TEX31 TAL HOM14 MAR PHO29 2023 DAY33 CAL25 LVS33 PHO29 ATL13 COA33 RCH34 MAR29 TAL5 DOV24 DAR23 CLT30 PIR38 SONDNQ NSH20 CSC26 ATL28 NHA24 POC29 ROA15 MCH29 IRC25 GLN12 DAY DAR20 KAN28 BRI22 TEX34 ROV17 LVS25 HOM19 MAR32 PHO29 24th 366 2024 Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevy DAY19 ATL20 LVS19 PHO20 COA15 RCH28 MAR14 TEX21 TAL5 DOV22 DAR20 CLT31 PIR16 SON14 IOW28 NHA16 NSH21 CSC20 POC26 IND21 MCH33 DAY16 DAR20 ATL15 GLN23 BRI17 KAN18 TAL9 ROV38 LVS21 HOM18 MAR13 PHO24 16th 572 2025 DAY30 ATL17 COA20 PHO17 LVS22 HOM14 MAR4 DAR19 BRI36 CAR4 TAL19 TEX17 CLT22 NSH16 MXC38 POC16 ATL17 CSC10 SON22 DOV25 IND20 IOW20 GLN12 DAY9 PIR13 GTW14 BRI10 KAN28 ROV31 LVS25 TAL19 MAR36 PHO18 19th 608 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 2015 GMS Racing 21 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS11 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 96th 01 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 TEX15 PHO HOM19 49th 43 2019 On Point Motorsports 30 Toyota DAY24 ATL13 LVS20 MAR29 TEX9 DOV23 KAN CLT2 TEX7 IOW11 GTW CHI KEN15 POC ELD MCH BRI19 MSP LVS6 TAL26 MAR PHO HOM 18th 300 2020 DAY17 LVS15 CLT38 ATL17 HOM19 POC35 KEN17 TEX31 KAN12 KAN12 MCH35 DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 85th 01 2021 DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX14 NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 54th 35 2022 G2G Racing 46 Toyota DAY LVSQL† DAR30 KAN TEX23 CLT35 GTW34 SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCHDNQ KAN34 BRI TAL HOM24 PHO 53rd 21 47 ATL28 COA MAR BRD 2023 46 DAY LVS33 ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN20 DAR36 NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 107th 01 † – Qualified but replaced by Matt Jaskol

Season still in progress 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 Pts Ref 2011 Venturini Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY TAL SLM1 TOL NJE CHI 28th 780 25 Toyota POC5 MCH WIN BLN Chevy IOW14 IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL16 2012 DAY7 SLM3 TAL8 TOL22 ELK1* WIN2* IOW28 IRP4 BLN9 ISF22 SLM8 DSFC 3rd 4735 Toyota MOB7 POC1* MCH11* NJE6 CHI2 POC2* MAD10 KAN4 2013 15 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH1 ROA DSF4 IOW SLM KEN KAN 26th 1065 55 Chevy WIN3 CHI NJE POC BLN 15 ISF1* 55 Toyota MAD9 2014 15 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POCQL MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP BLN3 SLM6 KEN1 KAN 24th 1290 66 POC4* MAD22 55 ISF5 DSF6 2018 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POCQL‡ MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN N/A — † – Qualified for John Wes Townley. ‡ – Qualified for Natalie Decker and also relieved her in the race.