Brennan Cole Poole (born April 11, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro SS and Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Alpha Prime Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Spire Motorsports.
Racing career Early career IMCA Modifieds and Dirt Late Models
Poole drove in Dirt Modified's in the IMCA ranks from 2007 to 2008 for his family team at Houston Raceway Park. He earned seven dirt wins and the Texas World Dirt Track Championship before switching disciplines to asphalt in 2009.
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.
ARCA Racing Series 2011 Poole made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Salem Speedway in 2011, driving the No. 55 Chevrolet for Venturini Motorsports, and won in his first start. He made three additional starts that season, earning one pole.
2012
Poole ran the full 2012 schedule for Venturini in the No. 25 car, earning fifteen top-tens, three poles, and back-to-back wins at Elko Speedway and Pocono Raceway while going on to finish third in points.
2013 Poole ran part-time schedules over the next two years for Venturini. 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, 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 ten-race agreement with Team BCR Racing to drive the No. 45 Ford Fusion in 2015, replacing Grant Enfinger.
2018 Poole returned to Venturini at Pocono Raceway in 2018 as a relief driver for Natalie Decker, who was recovering from surgery.
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.
2016
For 2016, Poole moved into a new No. 48 car for Ganassi full-time with sponsorship from DC Solar for the full 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 with four top-five and seventeen top-ten finishes.
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 in the championship standings, with four top-five and seventeen top-ten finishes.
2018
Poole tested the No. 23 car for GMS Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 2018 during Spencer Gallagher's suspension, but did not make a series start that season.
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.
2022 After five seasons away from the series, Poole returned in 2022. He made seven starts for Mike Harmon Racing and three for JD Motorsports, with a best finish of 14th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2023
Poole joined JD Motorsports as its primary No. 6 driver for 2023. His best finish was fifth at Talladega Superspeedway, his first series top-five since 2017, and he finished 24th in the championship standings.
2024
Poole joined Alpha Prime Racing full-time in 2024, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet. At Talladega Superspeedway in April, he led coming off the final turn before finishing fifth, which tied Alpha Prime's best finish at the time. He finished 16th in points with one top-five and two top-ten finishes.
2025
Poole returned to Alpha Prime for the 2025 season. He finished fourth at Martinsville Speedway in March, earning eligibility for the next Dash 4 Cash event at Bristol Motor Speedway. Poole finished 19th in the season standings with two top-five and five top-ten finishes.
2026
Poole returned to Alpha Prime for a third consecutive full season in 2026.
In the season opener at Daytona, Poole recovered from an early spin to finish 12th. In the July race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Poole took the white flag in the lead but crashed while battling Nick Sanchez and Carson Kvapil, finishing 17th.
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 Poole made two starts for NextGen Motorsports in 2018, finishing 15th at Texas Motor Speedway and 19th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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 missing Kansas because of a lack of sponsorship, Poole and On Point returned at Charlotte. Poole was fastest in final practice, qualified seventeenth, and finished second to Kyle Busch despite mechanical problems during the race.
On July 11 at Kentucky Speedway, Ben Rhodes made contact with Poole while Rhodes was running second in the third and fourth turns. Both drivers acquired enough damage to make additional pit stops. After the race, Rhodes confronted Poole, saying that the contact had cost him a chance to win and secure a playoff berth.
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.
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.
2021 In June 2021, Poole made his return to NASCAR and On Point Motorsports for the Truck race at Texas Motor Speedway.
2022 Poole made seven Truck Series starts for G2G Racing in 2022, driving the Nos. 46 and 47. His best finish was 24th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2023 Poole made three starts for G2G in 2023. His best finish was 20th at Kansas Speedway.
2026 On September 10, 2026, Spire Motorsports announced that Poole would drive its No. 7 Chevrolet at Kansas Speedway on September 26.
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, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Poole announced Spartan Mosquito Eradicators as a primary sponsor for 17 races, with R.E.D. as an associate sponsor.
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 of ninth after post-race penalties were issued to Matt DiBenedetto and Chris Buescher.
2023 Poole returned to the Cup Series in 2023, driving the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing at Dover Motor Speedway. During the race, contact from Ross Chastain sent Poole into the path of Kyle Larson; Poole finished 33rd. He made seven Cup starts for Rick Ware Racing that season.
2025 On June 16, 2025, it was announced that Poole would 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 On Point Motorsports, finishing 24th after early plug-wire problems.
Late model stocks On September 27, 2019, Poole made his first Late Model Stock appearance since his 2011 UARA-Stars championship, driving in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 through a partnership between On Point Motorsports and DGR-Crosley. He finished 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.
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