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🇺🇸 Brennan Poole

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity, Chip Ganassi Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Brennan Poole
Born
11 April 1991(b. 1991)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Chip Ganassi Racing
Series
NASCAR Xfinity
Status
Active
Career wins
3
Career podiums
9
Career starts
307
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
4,644
Brennan Poole
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,644
Rank 1647 of 38,983 indexed, +13 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Brennan Poole is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Xfinity for Chip Ganassi Racing. Poole has recorded 3 wins and 9 podiums from 307 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,644 ranks Poole 1647th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-08NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at IowaNASCAR XfinityP10+74
2026-07-25NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at IndianapolisNASCAR XfinityP29−78
2026-07-11NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at AtlantaNASCAR XfinityP17+16
2026-07-04NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at ChicagoNASCAR XfinityP25−43
2026-06-27NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at SonomaNASCAR XfinityP24−38
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+179NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega 2023NASCAR XfinityP5
+164NASCAR CUP SERIES AT TALLADEGA 2020NASCAR Cup SeriesP9
+164Michigan International Speedway 2013ARCA Menards SeriesP1
+139NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega 2024NASCAR XfinityP5
+133Illinois State Fairgrounds 2013ARCA Menards SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega5 starts+40
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Miami4 starts+33
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Atlanta7 starts+19
Las Vegas4 starts+16
Struggles
Daytona5 starts-35
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Charlotte4 starts-20
Phoenix5 starts-18
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kansas4 starts-17
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸NASCAR Xfinity2300000P28+134,644
2025▸NASCAR Xfinity3300000P24+1024,631
▸NASCAR Cup Series100000P39−50
2024▸NASCAR Xfinity3300000P32+6254,579
2023▸NASCAR Xfinity3100000P27+4773,954
▸NASCAR Cup Series700000P37+7
▸NASCAR Truck300000P36−117
2022▸NASCAR Xfinity1000000P34−4723,586
▸NASCAR Truck700000P30−377
2021▸NASCAR Truck100000P34+384,436
2020▸NASCAR Cup Series3700000P34↑751−7214,436
▸NASCAR Truck1100000P31−606
2019▸NASCAR Truck1301000P18−6134,298
2018▸NASCAR Truck100000P31−675,129
2017▸NASCAR XfinityChip Ganassi Racing3301010P11+2595,653
2016▸NASCAR XfinityChip Ganassi Racing3302000P12+8855,478
2015▸NASCAR XfinityHScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi1700000P34↑53+4015,048
▸NASCAR TruckGMS Racing100000P32+33
2014▸ARCA Menards SeriesZaxby's ( Bill Venturini )712200P10+2354,330
2013▸ARCA Menards SeriesTork / BMRS ( Bill Venturini )523000P8+2,4373,787
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Poole finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Ryan Sieg4,79121510511049%
🇺🇸 Jeremy Clements4,2282131347963%
🇺🇸 Brandon Jones5,6572069011644%
🇺🇸 Justin Allgaier5,7661975514228%
🇺🇸 Joey Gase3,6151841473780%
🇺🇸 Garrett Smithley3,8941691343579%
🇺🇸 Sheldon Creed5,6591584211627%
🇺🇸 Ross Chastain5,946157827552%
🇺🇸 Austin Hill5,1551563112520%
🇺🇸 J.J. Yeley3,8251541074769%
🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated, 1× champion7,381552534%
🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyHigher-rated7,08371125917%
🇺🇸 Ty GibbsHigher-rated, 2× champion6,8323292328%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,637🇪🇸 Celso MiguezFormula V8 3.54,650
1,638🇺🇸 Buddy RiceIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,639🇺🇸 Joey HandIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,640🇬🇧 Nigel MoorePrototype Cup Europe4,649
1,641🇦🇺 Gianmarco PradelGB34,648
1,642🇺🇸 Myles RoweIndy NXT4,648
1,643🇩🇪 Nico MenzelNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,646
1,644🇺🇸 Timothy PetersNASCAR Truck4,645
1,645🇧🇷 Arthur GamaStock Car Pro Series4,644
1,646🇫🇮 Atte MustonenFormula 3 Euro Series4,644
1,647🇺🇸 Brennan PooleNASCAR Xfinity4,644
1,648🇺🇸 Alec UdellEuropean Le Mans Series4,643
1,649🇬🇧 Hugo CookBritish GT Championship4,643
1,650🇨🇦 Phil FayerAsian Le Mans Series4,643
1,651🇺🇸 Bobby LabonteNASCAR Xfinity4,642
1,652🇺🇸 Brett MoffittNASCAR Truck4,642
1,653🇺🇸 Jeff PurvisNASCAR Xfinity4,642
1,654🇦🇺 Patrick HeuzenroederFormula 34,642
1,655🇧🇷 Rodrigo RibeiroInternational Formula 30004,642
1,656🇫🇷 Alex BaronIndy NXT4,641
1,657🇩🇪 Klaus Rader24H Series4,641
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Brennan Poole is a professional stock car driver competing at the mid-field level across NASCAR's national series. His Racer Rating of 4,786 places him among professional competitors; drivers at this level are typically national championship front-runners or front-runners in strong feeder series who beat semi-professionals comfortably. Across nine seasons from 2018 to 2026, Poole has accumulated 207 starts in the NASCAR Truck Series, Cup Series, and Xfinity Series, with a single podium finish and an average classification of 23rd place. The strength of his competition has been substantial; his most frequent rivals include multiple elite-level professionals such as Sheldon Creed (5,838), Brandon Jones (5,655), and Austin Hill, the 2020 NASCAR Truck Series champion.[1]

Poole's record against this group reveals the competitive gap he faces. Against Creed he finished ahead in 39 of 152 shared races; against Hill in 29 of 152; against Jones in 44 of 131. He has beaten considerably stronger drivers in isolated instances, finishing ahead of Chase Elliott and Chase Briscoe on multiple occasions and Kyle Larson once, though these results do not form a pattern. His most successful head-to-head rivalry is against Anthony Alfredo, a driver of similar rating (4,679), where Poole holds a narrow advantage at 67 finishes ahead to 66 behind across 133 races.[2]

Throughout 2026 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Poole has competed in 19 rounds for Alpha Prime Racing, finishing 35th in points without a win or podium. Recent reporting indicates he came close to his first national-series victory at EchoPark Speedway in July 2026, finishing within one lap of the winning margin.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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