Bret Holmes Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that fielded the No. 32 full-time Chevrolet Silverado full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for owner Bret Holmes. The team had a technical alliance with Spire Motorsports. The team shut down its operations in 2024; its assets were sold to Late Model team owner Chris Hettinger, who renamed it Hettinger Racing.

History NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

On July 31, 2020, Holmes told reporter Chris Knight that he was looking at debuting his team in the Truck Series for select races in 2021. On January 14, 2021, Holmes announced that he and Sam Mayer would run part-time schedules for his own team in the Truck Series, which would field the No. 32 truck. (The team chose the No. 32 as it is the No. 23 backwards, and the No. 23 was being used by GMS Racing in the Truck Series.) On March 6, 2021, it was revealed that the team had purchased the owner points of the No. 28 FDNY Racing truck, which attempted the season-opener at Daytona, in order to be more likely to qualify for races without qualifying if an entry list had over 40 trucks. Ty Dillon would drive the truck in the season-finale at Phoenix.

Truck No. 32 results Year Driver 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 2021 Bret Holmes 32 Chevy DAY DAY LVS37 ATL32 BRI KAN27 DAR CLT36 TEX NSHDNQ POC KNX LVS11 TAL15 MAR22 35th 222 Sam Mayer RCH9 COA6 GLN9 GTW DAR BRI22 Ty Dillon PHO25 2022 Bret Holmes DAY35 LVS8 ATL COA MAR24 BRI DAR KAN TEX15 CLT GTW SON KNO NSHDNQ RCH15 KAN17 TAL3 HOM33 PHO 36th 157 Connor Mosack MOH POC IRP BRI 2023Bret Holmes DAY LVS ATL COA TEX23 BRD20 MAR22 KAN14 DAR23 NWS15 CLT21 GTW14 NSH34 MOH32 POC29 RCH29 IRP25 MLW19 KAN20 BRI27 TAL16 HOM PHO 27th 303 2024 DAY4 ATL11 LVS12 BRI31 COA29 MAR24 TEX22 KAN14 DAR17 NWS29 CLT14 GTW21 NSH36POC12 IRP26RCH21 MLW26 BRI13 KAN16 TAL9 HOM MAR PHO 23rd 388

ARCA Menards Series

After GMS Racing closed down their ARCA team after the 2015 season to focus on expanding their Truck Series team in 2016, driver Bret Holmes, who was going to start the season with Empire Racing, and his father Stacy Holmes purchased the team's assets and ran part-time in the series in 2016. Their debut came in the race at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. The GMS No. 23 had won the 2015 championship with Grant Enfinger driving. Enfinger had moved up to the Truck Series with GMS in 2016, driving part-time for the team in their No. 24 and No. 33 trucks. Enfinger would become a driver coach and crew chief for Holmes' ARCA team and would also drive the car in one race, which was at Pocono and he would win that race, giving the team a win in its first season.

BHR would field the No. 23 full-time in 2017 with Holmes driving, and although he did not win any races, he finished sixth in the standings. In 2018, Holmes and his team intended on running full-time again. However, halfway through the season, the team did not run any races except for the second Pocono race due to lack of sponsorship, although Wayne Peterson Racing used the team's car number in two races to keep collecting owner points for the No. 23 in case sponsorship was found and the team could compete again. Holmes would drive Ken Schrader Racing's No. 52 car in three of the final ten races of the season. BHR returned full-time in 2019, and Holmes finished third in the standings although he did not win any races.

In 2020, Holmes won his first race in the series at Kansas in July. He went on to win the championship despite his team having older equipment and struggling to find sponsorship, narrowly beating Michael Self, who drove a fully sponsored car for the powerhouse Venturini Motorsports team.

In 2021, the No. 23 car only ran part-time with Holmes driving it in four races and JR Motorsports Xfinity Series driver Sam Mayer (also a former GMS ARCA and Truck Series driver) driving it in five races.

Car No. 23 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts 2016 Bret Holmes 23 Chevy DAY NSH5 SLM TAL9 TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP6 BLN4 ISF DSF SLM3 CHI KEN7 KAN26 Grant Enfinger POC1 2017 Bret Holmes DAY6 NSH13 SLM7 TAL22 TOL24 ELK4 POC14 MCH4 MAD7 IOW9 IRP8 POC14 WIN8 ISF20 ROA10 DSF12 SLM7 CHI10 KEN21 KAN10 2018 DAY24 NSH10 SLM13 TAL27 TOL5 CLT7 POC13 MCH20 MAD7 GTW10 CHI IOW ELK POC10 ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 2019 DAY18 FIF6 SLM10 TAL14 NSH5 TOL7 CLT8 MCH3 MAD5 CHI3 ELK9 IOW8 POC7 ISF3 DSF9 KAN4 Toyota POC5 GTW10 SLM4 IRP8 2020 Chevy DAY9 TAL3 POC4 IRP7 KEN2 IOW3 KAN1* TOL4 TOL3 MCH2* GTW6 I442 TOL4 BRI8 WIN3 MEM3* ISF3 KAN2 2nd 1003 Toyota PHO15 Ford DRC8 2021 Chevy DAY3 PHO TAL5* KAN19 TOL CLT MOH IOW10 WIN19th290 Sam Mayer POC22 ELK BLN GLN14 MCH4 ISF MLW2 DSF BRI29 SLM KAN 2022 Connor Mosack DAY PHO10 KAN5 CLT4 IOW3 BLN ELK MOH POC6 IRP5 GLN16 ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI9 SLM TOL19th376 Bret Holmes TAL2 MCH7 2023 DAY PHO TAL3 KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 52nd41

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