51 Facts About Brennan Poole

Brennan Cole Poole was born on April 11,1991 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Brennan Poole competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 44 Chevrolet SS for Alpha Prime Racing.

Brennan Poole was formerly a development driver for Venturini Motorsports from 2011 to 2014 as well as for Chip Ganassi Racing from 2015 to 2017.

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

From 2009 to 2010 Brennan 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 2011, Brennan Poole formed his own race team driving the No 7 and went on to score four wins at Hickory, Kingsport, Rockingham, and Lonesome Pine.

Brennan Poole clinched the championship at Rockingham after locking the championship up a week before at Concord.

Brennan Poole made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Salem Speedway in 2011, driving the No 55 Chevrolet for Venturini Motorsports, in which Brennan Poole would lead 31 laps and win in his debut.

Brennan Poole ran three more races that year in Venturini's 25 car, scoring a pole and a top-five finish at Pocono Raceway.

Brennan Poole ran the full 2012 schedule for Venturini in the No 25 car, earning 15 top tens, three poles, and back-to-back wins at Elko Speedway and Pocono Raceway while going on to finish 3rd in points.

Brennan Poole ran part-time schedules over the next two years for Venturini.

In 2014, Brennan Poole returned at Pocono Raceway in which he led 31 of 50 laps.

Brennan Poole 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.

Brennan Poole was later penalized 25 driver points after his Kentucky car was found to be in violation of the minimum roof height rule.

Brennan 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 but would withdraw from the season opener at Daytona and never make a start after that.

Brennan Poole returned to Venturini as a relief driver at Pocono Raceway in 2018, relieving Natalie Decker, who was recovering from surgery.

Brennan Poole 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.

In 2015, Brennan 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.

Brennan Poole shared the No 42 ride with Ganassi Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Larson and Justin Marks.

For 2016, Brennan Poole moved into a new No 48 car for Ganassi full-time with sponsorship from DC Solar for the full season.

At Talladega, Brennan Poole finished third after crossing the finish line first after a last-lap caution.

Brennan Poole finished eighth in points, scoring 17 top tens and four top fives.

On June 18,2018, it was announced that Brennan 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 Brennan 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.

Brennan Poole tested for GMS Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May of 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.

Brennan Poole attempted his first race with MHR in the Production Alliance Group 300at Auto Club, but Brennan Poole missed the field.

On December 12,2022, it was announced Brennan 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.

Brennan Poole would start the season off by finishing 33rd with a DNF at Daytona after running the top 15 much of the night.

Brennan Poole would collect his best finish of the season at Talladega after narrowly surviving several disastrous crashes, he would finish 5th marking his first top 5 and top 10 on the season as well as his first for both categories since the 2017 season.

Brennan Poole 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 Brennan at the wheel.

On November 9,2023, it was announced that Brennan Poole would drive full-time in Alpha Prime Racing's No 44 Chevrolet.

In 2015, Brennan 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.

On November 2,2018, Brennan Poole announced he would return with NextGen Motorsports in the No 35 at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Truck Series season finale.

Brennan Poole finished 19th after dealing with a stuck accelerator during the race.

On January 28,2019, Brennan Poole announced a full-time schedule with On Point Motorsports for the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No 30.

Brennan Poole finished in the top ten for the first time after avoiding late attrition at Texas Motor Speedway early in the season.

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

On February 28,2022, it was announced Brennan 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 Brennan Poole qualified in on speed and Jaskol failed to do so.

On December 11,2019, Brennan Poole announced he would race full-time for Premium Motorsports in the No 15 in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2020.

Brennan Poole crossed the line in 11th but finished 9th due to penalties issued against Matt DiBenedetto and Chris Buescher.

Brennan Poole had 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 Brennan Poole was running for at the time.

Brennan 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.

Brennan Poole would reveal in other interviews he'd be returning to the car the next week at Kansas and hoped to have it turn into more starts if possible.

In July 2019 Brennan 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.

On September 27,2019, Brennan 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 15th.

Brennan 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.

From 2011 to 2014 Brennan 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.

Brennan Poole ran a weekly vlog during the 2016 and 2017 seasons which he started back up during the pandemic in the 2020 season.

Brennan Poole 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.

Brennan 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 Brennan Poole For Texas initiative and in 2018 for Hurricane Florence for Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brennan Poole earned the nickname "The Bull" early in his career, after charging from the rear of the field in several events.

Brennan Poole graduated from Woodlands Christian Academy a year early in 2008, at the age of 17.