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Bret Holmes Racing

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.[1] The team shut down its operations in 2024; its assets were sold to Late Model team owner Chris Hettinger, who renamed it Hettinger Racing.[2][3][4]

Bret Holmes Racing
Owner(s)Bret Holmes
Stacy Holmes
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race driversTruck Series:
32. Bret Holmes
SponsorsTruck Series:
32. Precision Garage, David's Electric, Best Value Carriers, Golden Eagle Syrup, Skuttle Tight, Beshears Tractor & Equipment
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2016 (ARCA)
2021 (Truck)
Closed2024
Career
DebutTruck Series:
2021 Bucked Up 200 (Las Vegas)
ARCA Menards Series:
2016 Music City 200 (Nashville Fairgrounds)
ARCA Menards Series East:
2020 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Toledo)
ARCA Menards Series West:
2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Races competedTruck Series: 63
ARCA Menards Series: 99
ARCA Menards Series East: 6
ARCA Menards Series West: 1
Drivers' ChampionshipsTruck Series: 0
ARCA Menards Series: 1 (2020)
ARCA Menards Series East: 0
ARCA Menards Series West: 0
Race victoriesTruck Series: 0
ARCA Menards Series: 2
ARCA Menards Series East: 0
ARCA Menards Series West: 0
Pole positionsTruck Series: 0
ARCA Menards Series: 1
ARCA Menards Series East: 0
ARCA Menards Series West: 0

History

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

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Sam Mayer (No. 32) racing Tanner Gray (No. 15) and Johnny Sauter (No. 13) at Richmond in 2021
 
Bret Holmes in the No. 32 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

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.[5] (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.[6] Ty Dillon would drive the truck in the season-finale at Phoenix.

Truck No. 32 results

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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 NCTC Pts
2021 Bret Holmes 32 Chevy DAY DAY LVS
37 		ATL
32 		BRI KAN
27 		DAR CLT
36 		TEX NSH
DNQ 		POC KNX LVS
11 		TAL
15 		MAR
22 		35th 222
Sam Mayer RCH
9 		COA
6 		GLN
9 		GTW DAR BRI
22
Ty Dillon PHO
25
2022 Bret Holmes DAY
35 		LVS
8 		ATL COA MAR
24 		BRI DAR KAN TEX
15 		CLT GTW SON KNO NSH
DNQ 		RCH
15 		KAN
17 		TAL
3 		HOM
33 		PHO 36th 157
Connor Mosack MOH
34 		POC IRP BRI
31
2023 Bret Holmes DAY
31 		LVS
34 		ATL
13 		COA
19 		TEX
23 		BRD
20 		MAR
22 		KAN
14 		DAR
23 		NWS
15 		CLT
21 		GTW
14 		NSH
34 		MOH
32 		POC
29 		RCH
29 		IRP
25 		MLW
19 		KAN
20 		BRI
27 		TAL
16 		HOM PHO 27th 303
2024 DAY
4 		ATL
11 		LVS
12 		BRI
31 		COA
29 		MAR
24 		TEX
22 		KAN
14 		DAR
17 		NWS
29 		CLT
14 		GTW
21 		NSH
36 		POC
12 		IRP
26 		RCH
21 		MLW
26 		BRI
13 		KAN
16 		TAL
9 		HOM MAR PHO 23rd 388

ARCA Menards Series

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Holmes in the No. 23 at Road America in 2017
 
Holmes racing Natalie Decker (No. 25) at Michigan in 2018
 
Holmes standing next to his No. 23 car before the race at Madison in 2018
 
Holmes' No. 23 at Pocono in 2019. The car was a Toyota in this race.
 
Holmes racing Riley Herbst (No. 18) at Kansas in July 2020. Holmes would go on to win this race.
 
Sam Mayer driving down pit road in the No. 23 at Pocono in 2021

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,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

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.[5]

Car No. 23 results

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Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts
2016 Bret Holmes 23 Chevy DAY NSH
5 		SLM TAL
9 		TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP
6 		BLN
4 		ISF DSF SLM
3 		CHI KEN
7 		KAN
26
Grant Enfinger POC
1
2017 Bret Holmes 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
2018 DAY
24 		NSH
10 		SLM
13 		TAL
27 		TOL
5 		CLT
7 		POC
13 		MCH
20 		MAD
7 		GTW
10 		CHI IOW ELK POC
10 		ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN
2019 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
Toyota POC
5 		GTW
10 		SLM
4 		IRP
8
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
Toyota PHO
15
Ford DRC
8
2021 Chevy DAY
3 		PHO TAL
5* 		KAN
19 		TOL CLT MOH IOW
10 		WIN
Sam Mayer POC
22 		ELK BLN GLN
14 		MCH
4 		ISF MLW
2 		DSF BRI
29 		SLM KAN
2022 Connor Mosack DAY PHO
10 		KAN
5 		CLT
4 		IOW
3 		BLN ELK MOH POC
6 		IRP
5 		GLN
16 		ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI
9 		SLM TOL
Bret Holmes TAL
2 		MCH
7
2023 DAY PHO TAL
3 		KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL

References

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  1. ^ "Bret Holmes Returns to Family-Owned Team in 2024; Forges Alliance with Spire Motorsports". TobyChristie. January 19, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bret Holmes Racing shuts down; not competing in the Truck Series in 2025 UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Schramm III, Dewey (October 25, 2024). "Bret Holmes Racing Shuts Down, Will Not Compete in NCTS in 2025". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Hettinger Racing Acquires Bret Holmes Racing Assets; Running Final Two Truck Races of 2024". TobyChristie.com. October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Bret Holmes Racing Expands Program For 2021 Season". ARCARacing.com. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Bob Pockrass. March 6, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022. Bret Holmes Racing has the points of the 28 now
  7. ^ "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 January 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "Enfinger Wins Pocono; Continues to Develop Young Bret Holmes". Speedway Digest. June 4, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Bret Holmes driving for Ken Schrader Racing at Iowa". ThePitLane. July 3, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  10. ^ Bedgood, Summer (July 25, 2020). "Bret Holmes earns first career victory at Kansas Speedway". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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