Tom Hessert III
Tom Hessert | |||||||
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Born | Thomas Hessert III May 22, 1986 Cherry Hill, New Jersey | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2007 | ||||||
Former teams | Chad Bryant Racing, Venturini Motorsports, Cunningham Motorsports, Ken Schrader Racing, Eddie Sharp Racing, RAB Racing, Andy Belmont Racing | ||||||
Starts | 186 | ||||||
Wins | 6 | ||||||
Poles | 5 | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd in 2016 | ||||||
Finished last season | 53rd (2018) | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2009–2011 | ARCA Menards Series East | ||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 84th (2010) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2010 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Last updated on: January 7, 2020. |
Thomas "Tom" 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.
Raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Hessert attended Cherry Hill High School East.[1]
Racing career
Despite after coming off the heels of a second-place points finish, Hessert decided to only run part-time in 2017 in order to spend more time with his family.[2] 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 in 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.[3] CBR is the successor team to Cunningham Motorsports, who Hessert drove the No. 77 for full-time previously.
Hessert returned to ARCA in a January 2020 test session, returning for Chad Bryant Racing in the No. 2 car.[4]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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 31 |
HOM 29 |
84th | 146 |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NKNPSEC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Andy Belmont Racing | 11 | Ford | GRE 28 |
TRI | IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP | ADI | LRP | NHA | DOV | 60th | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | GRE | SBO | RCH | IOW | BGS | GRE | LGY | NHA | COL | GRE 18 |
NHA 26 |
DOV | 45th | 194 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
- ^ Mazda, Jason. "Cherry Hill native Hessert moving up standings of ARCA racing series", The Press of Atlantic City, August 15, 2010. Accessed January 18, 2020. "When Tom Hessert III walked around the halls of Cherry Hill East High School less than a decade ago, few of his fellow students knew they were bumping shoulders with a future professional athlete."
- ^ "Tom Hessert, Back with Venturini Motorsports, Unveils 2017 ARCA Series schedule". Speedway Digest. January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ "Chad Bryant Racing taps Tom Hessert III to pinch-hit for Chase Briscoe at Lucas Oil Raceway". Chad Bryant Racing. October 2, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ "Daytona Test Entry List". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Tom Hessert III driver statistics at Racing-Reference