Brennan Poole
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 Poole at Road America in 2017 | |||||||
| Born | Brennan Cole Poole (1991-04-11) April 11, 1991 Folsom, California[1] | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements | Youngest Dirt Modified pole winner ever (15) Holds record for most UARA-Stars wins in a season (6 in 2010) 2011 UARA-Stars Champion 2012 ARCA Racing Series Hoosier Speedway Challenge Winner Tied with Andrew Ranger for most consecutive seasons with a win in the ARCA Racing Series (2011–2014) | ||||||
| Awards | 2009 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year 2009–2010 UARA-Stars Most Popular Driver | ||||||
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) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 35 (Vizion Motorsports) | ||||||
2018 position | 49th | ||||||
| Best finish | 49th (2018) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Rhino Linings 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of December 8, 2018. | |||||||
Brennan Cole Poole (born April 11, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet Silverado for Vizion Motorsports.
Contents
1 Racing career
1.1 Early career
1.2 ARCA Racing Series
1.3 Xfinity Series
1.4 Camping World Truck Series
2 Controversies
3 Personal life
4 Motorsports career results
4.1 NASCAR
4.1.1 Xfinity Series
4.1.2 Camping World Truck Series
4.2 ARCA Racing Series
5 References
6 External links
Racing career
Early career
Poole's racing interests began at the age of five, when his father purchased him a quarter midget car. He turned his first laps at Capital Speedway in California, where Jeff Gordon also began his racing career. Poole began his competitive career in 1999 running quarter midgets, winning 98 races and the 2002 National Championship. He would proceed to win 96 events in Legends Cars, seven Texas World Dirt Track wins, and 10 wins in UARA-Stars late models including the 2011 championship.[2][3][4][5][6]
ARCA Racing Series
Although he was set to make his debut filling in for Max Gresham in the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2010 at Michigan, 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.[2] Poole ran three more races that year in Venturini's 25 car, scoring a pole and a top five finish at Pocono Raceway. 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 onto finish 3rd in points.[7][8] Despite the success, Poole ran part-time schedules over the next two years for Venturini.[9] In his first race back Poole scored the win at Michigan after tangling with Justin Boston with 12 laps to go. Later in the season, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Poole won in a controversial finish. He won after Kelly Kovski, A. J. Fike, and Spencer Gallagher jumped a late restart. Poole won despite crossing the finish line second. He went onto score four total top fives in five 2013 races. In 2014, Poole returned at Pocono Raceway in which he led 31 out of 50 laps. He returned again for the next six races as a substitute for the injured John Wes Townley; Poole scored four top fives and a victory at Kentucky Speedway in his final ARCA start in the No. 15.[8][10] 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. The BCR deal eventually fell through when Poole signed on with Chip Ganassi Racing. Poole returned to Venturini as a relief driver at Pocono Raceway in 2018, relieving Natalie Decker, who was recovering from surgery.
In 35 career ARCA starts, Poole won six races and finished in the top five in over half the events he drove in.[7][8][11]
During his ARCA career, Poole worked several odd jobs within auto racing between starts, including serving as a spotter, driver coach, and working in shop for Venturini Motorsports and serving as a cameraman for Dartfish racing analysis videos.[1][9][12]
Xfinity Series
Poole's No. 48 at Road America in 2016
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][13] Poole finished a strong 9th in his debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading the team to expand his schedule to 17 total events. He scored two top tens and ten top-15s during the season.[14][15]
For 2016, Poole moved into a new No. 48 car for Ganassi full-time with sponsorship from DC Solar for the full season.[14][15] At Talladega in April, Poole earned a third-place finish following a crash by leader Joey Logano in the tri-oval on the last lap. Poole had crossed the finish line in first, but was not leading when the caution flag was thrown; Elliott Sadler was declared the winner upon review.[16] At Iowa in July, Poole finished fourth. He also secured back-to-back top fives at Road America and Darlington in late summer. Those were his last top fives of the season. Poole was eliminated from Round 1 of the Xfinity Series Chase, but rebounded at Kansas, finishing seventh after he and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson started from the rear of the field. Poole finished eighth in points, scoring 17 top tens and four top fives.
He returned to CGR's No. 48 for 2017. At the July Daytona race, Poole won his first Xfinity Series pole position. A strong effort was almost hampered by contact with Ty Dillon, but Poole slavaged a sixth-place result from the effort. His first top-five finish came at Iowa Speedway during summer. At Kentucky in September, he finished a career best second, behind teammate Tyler Reddick. Poole then finished fifth in the next two races, with teammate Alex Bowman winning at Charlotte. He was the only Playoff driver to have top fives in the first three races of the Playoffs, but his championship hopes came to an end after crashing early at Phoenix after Caesar Bacarella came down the racetrack on lap 23. Poole finished sixth at Homestead, finishing sixth in points.
On May 4, 2018 Poole tested with GMS Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Although speculation emergedthat Poole would eventually drive for GMS, nothing arose from the opportunity.
Camping World Truck Series
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.[17]
On November 1, 2018 it was announced Poole would return to the series for a one off race with NextGen Motorsports in the No. 35 Toyota Tundra. He finished 8th in stage 2 but ended up getting a uncontrolled tire penalty and was forced to the back but ended up finishing in 15th place in NextGen Motorsports’s 1st race with the No. 35 truck. However the 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 trucks series season finale. He would go onto finish 19th after a strong run throughout the day and night.
Controversies
On May 17, 2015, Poole was parked by NASCAR during the Xfinty Series race at Iowa Speedway after intentionally turning J. J. Yeley into the outside wall after Yeley turned Poole into the wall earlier.
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.[18][19] 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."[20][21]
Personal life
Raised outside of Houston, Texas,[3] Poole was born in Folsom, California, living there until the age of seven.[1] He is known for his surfer-like appearance and persona including his long hair. Poole earned the nickname "The Bull" early in his career, after charging from the rear of the field to earn several victories.[1][2][5][6][9]
Poole's father owns a Midas Car Care Center in their hometown of The Woodlands, Texas. Poole graduated from Woodlands Christian Academy a year early in 2008, at the age of 17.[6]
Poole maintains a presence on the video game-streaming service Twitch.tv, and has a dormant YouTube channel.
Poole is an avid fan of the late rapper Mac Miller and in his free time makes songs and raps.
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.)
Xfinity Series
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| 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 | |||
2015 | HScott Motorsports | 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 | |||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||||
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Chevy | DAY | TAL | SLM 1 | TOL | NJE | CHI | 28th | 780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Toyota | POC 5 | MCH | WIN | BLN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | IOW 14 | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KAN | TOL 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | DAY 7 | SLM 3 | TAL 8 | TOL 22 | ELK 1* | WIN 2* | IOW 28 | IRP 4 | BLN 9 | ISF 22 | SLM 8 | DSF C | 3rd | 4735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toyota | MOB 7 | POC 1* | MCH 11* | NJE 6 | CHI 2 | POC 2* | MAD 10 | KAN 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | 15 | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH 1 | ROA | DSF 1* | IOW | SLM | KEN | KAN | 26th | 1065 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Chevy | WIN 3 | CHI | NJE | POC | BLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | ISF 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Toyota | MAD 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 15 | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC QL† | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | BLN 3 | SLM 6 | KEN 1 | KAN | 24th | 1290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | POC 4* | MAD 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | ISF 5 | DSF 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Team BCR Racing | 45 | Chevy | DAY Wth | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 139th | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC QL‡ | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | IRP | SLM | KAN | 105th | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
† – Qualified for John Wes Townley. ‡ – Qualified for Natalie Decker and also relieved her in the race. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
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External links
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Brennan Poole driver statistics at Racing-Reference
