Brennan Poole will remain the driver of Alpha Prime Racing’s No. 44 in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2026, the team announced Nov. 18.
Poole returns for a third season in a row after joining the organization in 2024.
In 2025, he finished 19th in points with two top fives and five top 10s, both Poole’s best statistics in those categories since 2017, when he was driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Poole is the first driver announced to the APR stable for 2026. In 2025, he and Parker Retzlaff were the team’s full-time drivers alongside the full-time No. 45 that featured a rotating cast of racers, plus a part-time No. 5. Retzlaff has since departed for Viking Motorsports.
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