Thomas Hessert III (born May 22, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports and the No. 22 Ford Fusion for Chad Bryant Racing. He has raced in the series for over a decade and also made two NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series starts in 2010 for Germain Racing. In his eight full-time seasons in ARCA, he has finished in the top-10 in points every year, including in the top-5 in five of those eight years. He finished second in the ARCA point standings in 2016, his most recent full-time season in ARCA.

Racing career

Early career Hessert became the youngest driver to compete in the Rolex 24 when he drove in the event in 2003 at the age of sixteen alongside his father Tom Jr. Both of them shared the No. 68 for The Racer's Group.

ARCA career

Despite coming off the heels of a second-place points finish, Hessert decided to only run part-time in 2017 to spend more time with his family but left the door open to returning full-time in the future. He ended up running five races that season, sharing the Venturini No. 25 with Spencer Davis, Raphaël Lessard, Natalie Decker, Tanner Thorson and Christopher Bell.

He returned to Venturini for the season-opener at Daytona in 2018, this time in the No. 55 as Decker was driving the No. 25 full-time that year. Hessert's next start and only other of 2018 did not come until the race at IRP, where he drove the No. 22 for Chad Bryant Racing at that race as a replacement for Chase Briscoe, who could not compete after the race was rescheduled a month later than it was supposed to be run due to rain, and the new race date conflicted with his Xfinity schedule. CBR is the successor team to Cunningham Motorsports, who Hessert drove the No. 77 for full-time previously.

After having not competed in any races in the series in 2019, Hessert returned to ARCA in their January 2020 preseason test session at Daytona, where he drove the No. 2 car for Chad Bryant Racing.

Personal life Hessert is the son of former sports car racing driver Tom Hessert Jr., who won the 1988 IMSA GT Championship, and three times in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. His family is involved in the auto industry, owning several car dealerships in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Cherry Hill Classic Cars, which has sponsored Hessert during various points of his career, particularly during his time driving the Cunningham No. 77 in ARCA.

He was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and attended Cherry Hill High School East. Hessert currently lives in Cherry Hill with his wife and young children, his eldest being named Tom Hessert IV.

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 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2010 Germain Racing 9 Toyota DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO 84th 146 77 HOM

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2009 Andy Belmont Racing 11 Ford GRE TRI IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV 60th 79 2011 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 45th 194

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 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2007 Andy Belmont Racing 62 Ford DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 111th 195 2008 1 DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 8th 4465 2009 DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD 8th 4495 RAB Racing 09 Ford IOW KEN BLN POC Eddie Sharp Racing 20 Ford ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 2010 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 3rd 4860 2011 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Toyota DAY TAL 6th 4335 Chevy SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 2012 Toyota DAY TAL 10th 3205 Chevy MOB SLM TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 2013 Cunningham Motorsports 77 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 4th 5005 2014 DAY SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK CHI IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 3rd 4795 72 MOB WIN MAD 2015 77 DAY TAL NJE POC MCH CHI IOW POC ISF DSF KEN KAN 4th 2630 Ford MOB NSH SLM TOL WIN IRP BLN SLM 2016 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 2nd 4755 2017 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 30th 900 2018 55 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM 53rd 395 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford IRP KAN 2022 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN 31st 113 55 ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL

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