BRENNAN POOL
By Alex Apple
Brennan Poole has nally reached the pinnacle, the shining
accomplishment he could not wait to add to his resume.
In December, Poole announced he would race fulltime for Premium
Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2020.
That move comes after racing in 2019 for Poole on the GANDER
RV UTDRS Truck Series where he drove the No. 30 truck
with n Point Motorsports, but much of his success comes from the
ARCA Series where he amassed six victories over four seasons.
For all his accomplishments, Poole needs to show more
consistency in 2020 and try to do so on racings biggest stage.
He has just four top10s in 16 truck starts and 36 top10s in 83
xnity starts.
Many NASCAR fans will remember Pooles 2016 performance at
Darlington when he nished fth but also refused to back down
from Kevin Harvick in the middle of the race, going toe to toe with
one of NASCARs best.
Im very happy to welcome Brennan and his group to the
Premium Motorsports family, team owner ay Robinson said
in the press release. Brennan is a very talented and dedicated
young man, I believe he has a very bright future in the NASCAR
Cup Series.
Poole is taking over for Ross Chastain, who made the majority
of 2019 Cup starts in the car Poole will drive. He joins a crop
of rookies that includes Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and
Cole Custer.
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TURNING PROMISE
INTO PERFORMANCE
Throughout his career, Poole has developed a reputation for racing
hard, sometimes too hard in the eyes of his competitors. In May of
2019, Poole was racing in the Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor
Speedway and garnered a careerbest runnerup nish there.
After the race, the competitive California native admitted to
NASCAR.com that he was trying to get closer to winner Kyle
Busch to spin him out.
I tried. I tried. Im not gonna lie, he said. I tried to get to his
corner and if I spun him, I spun him. It was going to be what it was
there at the end.
That secondplace nish looks even more impressive when you
consider it came with a broken sway bar. n the nal restart,
Poole knew he had a decent shot at grabbing his rst NASCAR
national Series victory.
I knew I was going to have a shot at it and I got a good run, I was
pushing Kyle Busch down the backstretch and I probably pulled
off of him a little bit too soon and dove in the corner, he said to
NASCAR.com. I tried to tag him a little bit and slow him down and
get some side draft and I just couldnt uite get here and he got me.
Its that competitive spirit that Poole and Premium Motorsports
hope he uses for success in 2020. Few rookies go through a rst
season without their fair share of peaks and valleys, but Poole has
prepared since the age of 20 for this opportunity.
He still holds the record for most UARAStars wins in a season
an accolade he earned at the age of 19. Turning promise into
performance is Pooles next big step.
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