Bret Holmes

Bret Holmes
Bret Holmes
	Holmes in 2018
Nationality	American
Born	May 8, 1997 (age 27); Munford, Alabama
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Bret Holmes Racing
Car number	23
Engine	Chevrolet
Crew chief	Shane Huffman
Former teams	Empire Racing, Ken Schrader Racing
Starts	81
Championships	1 (2020)
Wins	1
Poles	1
Best finish	1st in 2020
Finished last season	1st (2020)
Previous series
2020	ARCA Menards Series East
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
Truck no., team	No. 32 (Bret Holmes Racing)
	Last updated on: October 16, 2020.

Bret Holmes (born May 8, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series for his family team Bret Holmes Racing. He won the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship with BHR.

Racing career

Holmes began racing when he ran in go-kart events starting at age 8 and for four years in total, earning 60 wins altogether during that time. After that, he competed in racing series on both dirt and asphalt, which included winning the championship in the Crate Late Model Division. He later raced in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.^[1]

Holmes began racing in ARCA in 2016, intending to compete in the season opener at Daytona for Empire Racing in the No. 18 Ford, but he withdrew for unknown reasons. He had previously driven with them in ARCA's preseason testing at the track in January.^[2]

After initially planning a part-time ARCA schedule in 2020 with Bret Holmes Racing, Holmes ran well in the beginning of the season and shifted to a full schedule. He claimed his first career win at Kansas Speedway after leading 82 laps of the 100 lap event.^[3] Holmes went on to finish the season with four top-five finishes in the final four races. He won the series championship by twelve points over Michael Self.^[4]^[5]

In 2021, Bret Holmes Racing expanded to include a part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team for Holmes and Sam Mayer.^[6]

Personal life

Holmes was studying building science at Auburn University in addition to racing in ARCA in 2017.^[1]

He lives in Munford, Alabama. Bret's father, Stacy Holmes, also is a former racing driver, where he often competed at the Talladega Short Track, where he held the track record until Bret himself broke it in 2013.^[1]

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2021	Bret Holmes Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	DAY	LVS	ATL	BRI	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	MSP	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO

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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2016	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	DAY	NSH 5	SLM	TAL 9	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP 6	POC	BLN 4	ISF	DSF	SLM 3	CHI	KEN 7	KAN 26	21st	1310	^[7]
2017				DAY 6	NSH 13	SLM 7	TAL 22	TOL 24	ELK 4	POC 14	MCH 4	MAD 7	IOW 9	IRP 8	POC 14	WIN 8	ISF 20	ROA 10	DSF 12	SLM 7	CHI 10	KEN 21	KAN 10	6th	4450	^[8]
2018				DAY 24	NSH 10	SLM 13	TAL 27	TOL 5	CLT 7	POC 13	MCH 20	MAD 7	GTW 10	CHI			POC 10							10th	2865	^[9]
	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Ford												IOW 8	ELK
	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Toyota															ISF 6	BLN 12	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN
2019	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	DAY 18	FIF 6	SLM 10	TAL 14	NSH 5	TOL 7	CLT 8		MCH 3	MAD 5		CHI 3	ELK 9	IOW 8	POC 7	ISF 3	DSF 9			KAN 4	3rd	4880	^[10]
2019			Toyota								POC 5			GTW 10							SLM 4	IRP 8		3rd	4880	^[10]
2020			Chevy	DAY 9		TAL 3	POC 4	IRP 7	KEN 2	IOW 3	KAN 1*	TOL 4	TOL 3	MCH 2*		GTW 6	I44 2	TOL 4	BRI 8	WIN 3	MEM 3*	ISF 3	KAN 2	1st	953	^[11]
			Toyota		PHO 15
			Ford												DAY 8

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2020	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	NSM	TOL 3	DOV	TOL 4	BRI 8	FIF	10th	118	^[12]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "About Bret Holmes". Official website of Bret Holmes. Digital Momentum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ "ARCA: Sean Corr, Bret Holmes and Dylan Martin to Represent Empire Racing Group in Daytona International Speedway ARCA Test". OnPitRoad.com. MH Themes. January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ Kristl, Mark (2020-07-25). "Bret Holmes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Kansas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
^ Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^ Haislop, Tadd (October 17, 2020). "First Impressions: Bret Holmes Clinches ARCA Menards Series Championship As Corey Heim Cruises To Win At Kansas". ARCARacing.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ "Holmes & Mayer Going Truck Series Racing". Speed Sport. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
^ "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

External links

Official website
Bret Holmes driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[BH_bio-1] "About Bret Holmes". Official website of Bret Holmes. Digital Momentum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[2] "ARCA: Sean Corr, Bret Holmes and Dylan Martin to Represent Empire Racing Group in Daytona International Speedway ARCA Test". OnPitRoad.com. MH Themes. January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[3] Kristl, Mark (2020-07-25). "Bret Holmes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Kansas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2021-02-04.

[4] Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

[5] Haislop, Tadd (October 17, 2020). "First Impressions: Bret Holmes Clinches ARCA Menards Series Championship As Corey Heim Cruises To Win At Kansas". ARCARacing.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[6] "Holmes & Mayer Going Truck Series Racing". Speed Sport. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[7] "Bret Holmes – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[8] "Bret Holmes – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[9] "Bret Holmes – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[10] "Bret Holmes – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

[11] "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

[12] "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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v t e Bret Holmes Racing
Years active	2016–2024
Personnel	Bret Holmes Stacy Holmes A. J. Heister
Former drivers	Ty Dillon Grant Enfinger Bret Holmes Sam Mayer Connor Mosack
Former personnel	Shane Huffman Mike Shiplett
ARCA Menards Series Championships	2020 (Holmes)
Partnerships and affiliations	Spire Motorsports
Buyouts and mergers	GMS Racing (ARCA) Hettinger Racing

v t e Chevrolet in NASCAR
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NASCAR Xfinity Series (Chevrolet Camaro SS)	Alpha Prime Racing Big Machine Racing B. J. McLeod Motorsports DGM Racing JD Motorsports Jeremy Clements Racing Joey Gase Motorsports Jordan Anderson Racing JR Motorsports Kaulig Racing MBM Motorsports Mike Harmon Racing Our Motorsports Pardus Racing Inc. Peterson Racing Group Richard Childress Racing SS-Green Light Racing Young's Motorsports
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Chevrolet Silverado)	Bret Holmes Racing CR7 Motorsports Faction46 FDNY Racing Freedom Racing Enterprises GK Racing Henderson Motorsports Hettinger Racing Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Niece Motorsports Norm Benning Racing Rackley W.A.R. Rev Racing Roper Racing Spire Motorsports Young's Motorsports
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ARCA Menards Series East (Chevrolet SS)	Cook Racing Technologies Costner Weaver Motorsports Fast Track Racing Hettinger Racing Pinnacle Racing Group Rev Racing Rise Motorsports Scofield Motorsports Veer Motorsports
ARCA Menards Series West (Chevrolet SS)	1/4 Ley Racing Bill McAnally Racing Cook Racing Technologies Costner Weaver Motorsports Fast Track Racing Fierce Creature Racing Rev Racing
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NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (Chevrolet Camaro)	Academy Motorsport Bremotion CAAL Racing Lux Motorsport Marko Stipp Motorsport Race Art Technology
Engine builders	Hendrick Motorsports ECR Engines Pro Motor Engines Clements Racing Engines Ilmor NT1

v t e Ford in NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Series (Ford Mustang Dark Horse)	Front Row Motorsports MBM Motorsports RFK Racing Rick Ware Racing Stewart–Haas Racing Team Penske Wood Brothers Racing
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ARCA Menards Series East (Ford Mustang GT / Ford Fusion)	AM Racing Clubb Racing Inc.
ARCA Menards Series West (Ford Mustang GT / Ford Fusion)	AM Racing Clubb Racing Inc.
NASCAR Canada Series (Ford Fusion)	Bray Autosport Jacombs Racing RGR Motorsports Inc.
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Engine builders	Roush-Yates Engines Pro Motor Engines Ilmor NT1

v t e Toyota in NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Series (Toyota Camry)	23XI Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Legacy Motor Club
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Championships 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Todd Bodine with Germain Racing) 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Johnny Benson Jr. with Bill Davis Racing) 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series (Kyle Busch with Joe Gibbs Racing) 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Todd Bodine with Germain Racing) 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Matt Crafton with ThorSport Racing) 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Matt Crafton with ThorSport Racing) 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Erik Jones with Kyle Busch Motorsports) 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Kyle Busch with Joe Gibbs Racing) 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series (Daniel Suárez with Joe Gibbs Racing) 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Christopher Bell with Kyle Busch Motorsports) 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (Martin Truex Jr. with Furniture Row Racing) 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Brett Moffitt with Hattori Racing Enterprises) 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (Kyle Busch with Joe Gibbs Racing) 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series (Daniel Hemric with Joe Gibbs Racing) 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series (Ty Gibbs with Joe Gibbs Racing)