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Brennan Poole making first NASCAR Cup Series start of 2025 with NY Racing Team

Originally posted on 5 GOATs | By Jonathan Howard | Last updated Jun 16, 2025 6:22 PM ET

A big announcement for Brennan Poole as he will make a NASCAR Cup Series start for the first time in the 2025 season. Poole has been working hard in the Xfinity Series and is ready to mix it up with the best the sport has to offer this weekend.

This is going to be a bit of a special weekend. Brennan Poole will be in the No. 44 car in Xfinity with Alpha Prime Racing, his usual ride. Then he’s going to be in the No. 44 Cup Series car with NY Racing Team. That is continuity you don’t see very often.

The cars will be identical in sponsorship as well. Members 1st Federal Credit Union will bring a bright and colorful paint scheme to Pocono Raceway for Poole. Here’s hoping for a successful weekend for “The Bull.”

We’re doing the @PoconoRaceway double this weekend with @Members1stFCU! Super excited for this opportunity to race on Sunday again and I can’t wait to get behind the @NYRacingTeam Chevy! You won’t have any issues picking out our #44 on both Saturday and Sunday pic.twitter.com/XYcojx2ohB
— Brennan Poole (@brennanpoole) June 16, 2025

Brennan Poole has been punching above his weight in the No. 44 car in the Xfinity Series. He has a pair of P4 finishes this season. The first at Martinsville and the second at Rockingham. Besides his three DNFs, he has finished in the top-20 in every other race this season.

Alpha Prime Racing looks for those opportunities in races. Whenever everyone else has problems, that is when Poole looks to capitalize. Otherwise, he bides his time, gets around the track cleanly, and tries to bring his car home in one piece.

Brennan Poole back in the Cup Series

The start Brennan Poole is making this weekend is a big deal. He hasn’t made a Cup Series start since 2023. That season, he made seven starts with Rick Ware Racing with a best finish of P28 at Kansas.

Back in 2020, Poole raced the full Cup Series schedule. He was in the No. 15 for Premium Motorsports. That season, he had earned his career-best finish in the Cup Series at Talladega when he crossed the line P9. He had two top-16 finishes at Daytona.

It was a little obvious that Brennan Poole didn’t have the best situation in the Cup Series when he went. His time in the Xfinity Series marked him as an exciting and young prospect in his mid-20s. Now, Poole has found his niche racing for smaller teams in the Xfinity Series, and it has worked out pretty well for him.

Poole has a career-best finish of P12 at Pocono in the Xfinity Series. That came back in 2016 when he was with Chip Ganassi Racing.

This article first appeared on 5 GOATs and was syndicated with permission.

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