Bret Holmes

Stacy Bret Holmes (born May 5, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver and owner. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Bret Holmes Racing in 2024, after which the team would close down. He won the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship with BHR.

Bret Holmes
Holmes at Daytona International Speedway in 2023
Born	Stacy Bret Holmes (1997-05-05) May 5, 1997 (age 27) Munford, Alabama, U.S.
Achievements	2020 ARCA Menards Series Champion 2015 Show Me The Money Pro Late Model Series Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
56 races run over 4 years
Truck no., team	No. 32 (Bret Holmes Racing)
2023 position	23rd
Best finish	23rd (2023)
First race	2021 Bucked Up 200 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2024 Love's RV Stop 225 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series career
88 races run over 8 years
Best finish	1st (2020)
First race	2016 Music City 200 (Fairgrounds)
Last race	2023 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
First win	2020 Dawn Ultra 150 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 69 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish	14th (2020)
First race	2020 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Toledo)
Last race	2021 Shore Lunch 150 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
Statistics current as of October 25, 2024.

Racing career

Holmes' No. 32 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

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, however, 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 at 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]

On October 1, 2022, at the Chevy Silverado 250 at Talladega, Holmes had narrowly beaten Rackley WAR driver Matt DiBenedetto to the line, but was classified as third during the caution.^[7]

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.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	23	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2021	Bret Holmes Racing	32	Chevy	DAY	DRC	LVS 37	ATL 32	BRD	RCH	KAN 27	DAR	COA	CLT 36	TEX	NSH DNQ	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS 11	TAL 15	MAR 22	PHO		38th	81	[8]
2022				DAY 35	LVS 8	ATL	COA	MAR 24	BRD	DAR	KAN	TEX 15	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX	NSH DNQ	MOH	POC	IRP	RCH 15	KAN 17	BRI	TAL 3	HOM 33	PHO	33rd	148	[9]
2023				DAY 31	LVS 34	ATL 13	COA 23	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	23rd	303	[10]
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	-*	-*	[11]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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	[12]
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	[13]
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	[14]
	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Ford												IOW 8	ELK
			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	[15]
			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	1st	953	[16]
			Toyota		PHO 15
			Ford												DRC 8
2021			Chevy	DAY 3	PHO	TAL 5*	KAN 19	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW 10	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	29th	141	[17]
2022				DAY	PHO	TAL 2	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH 7	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	46th	80	[18]
2023				DAY	PHO	TAL 3	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH	IOW	POC	MCH	IRP	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	71st	41	[19]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2020	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Chevy	NSM	TOL 3	DOV	TOL 4	BRI 8	FIF			14th	118	[20]
2021				NSM	FIF	NSV	DOV	SNM	IOW 10	MLW	BRI	41st	34	[21]

References

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 (July 25, 2020). "Bret Holmes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Kansas". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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. "Matt DiBenedetto Survives Last-Lap Carnage, Crashes Across Start-Finish Line for First NASCAR Victory at Talladega". TobyChristie. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
8. "Bret Holmes – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
9. "Bret Holmes – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
10. "Bret Holmes – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
11. "Bret Holmes – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
12. "Bret Holmes – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
13. "Bret Holmes – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
14. "Bret Holmes – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
15. "Bret Holmes – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
16. "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
17. "Bret Holmes – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
18. "Bret Holmes – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
19. "Bret Holmes – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
20. "Bret Holmes – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
21. "Bret Holmes – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Bret Holmes driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christian Eckes	ARCA Menards Series Champion 2020	Succeeded by Ty Gibbs