# Tom Hessert III

Thomas Hessert III (born May 22, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports and the No. 22 Ford Fusion for Chad Bryant Racing. He has raced in the series for over a decade and also made two NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series starts in 2010 for Germain Racing. In his eight full-time seasons in ARCA, he has finished in the top-10 in points every year, including in the top-5 in five of those eight years. He finished second in the ARCA point standings in 2016, his most recent full-time season in ARCA.

## Racing career
### Early career

Hessert became the youngest driver to compete in the Rolex 24 when he drove in the event in 2003 at age 16 alongside his father Tom Jr. Both of them shared the No. 68 for The Racer's Group.

### ARCA career

Despite coming off the heels of a second-place points finish, Hessert decided to only run part-time in 2017 to spend more time with his family but left the door open to returning full-time in the future. He ended up running five races that season, sharing the Venturini No. 25 with Spencer Davis, Raphaël Lessard, Natalie Decker, Tanner Thorson and Christopher Bell.
He returned to Venturini for the season-opener at Daytona in 2018, this time in the No. 55 as Decker was driving the No. 25 full-time that year. Hessert's next start and only other of 2018 did not come until the race at IRP, where he drove the No. 22 for Chad Bryant Racing at that race as a replacement for Chase Briscoe, who could not compete after the race was rescheduled a month later than it was supposed to be run due to rain, and the new race date conflicted with his Xfinity schedule. CBR is the successor team to Cunningham Motorsports, who Hessert drove the No. 77 for full-time previously.
After having not competed in any races in the series in 2019, Hessert returned to ARCA in their January 2020 preseason test session at Daytona, where he drove the No. 2 car for Chad Bryant Racing.

## Personal life

Hessert is the son of former sports car racing driver Tom Hessert Jr., who won the 1988 IMSA GT Championship, and three times in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. His family is involved in the auto industry, owning several car dealerships in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Cherry Hill Classic Cars, which has sponsored Hessert during various points of his career, particularly during his time driving the Cunningham No. 77 in ARCA.
He was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and attended Cherry Hill High School East. Hessert currently lives in Cherry Hill with his wife and young children, his eldest being named Tom Hessert IV.

## 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.)

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | Germain Racing | 9 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO 31 | | 84th | 146 | |
| 2010 | Germain Racing | 77 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 29 | 84th | 146 | |

#### K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Andy Belmont Racing | 11 | Ford | GRE 28 | TRI | IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP | ADI | LRP | NHA | DOV | | 60th | 79 | |
| 2011 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | GRE | SBO | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | NHA | COL | GRE 18 | NHA 26 | DOV | 45th | 194 | |

### 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2007 | Andy Belmont Racing | 62 | Ford | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF 33 | MIL | GTW | DSF 20 | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 111th | 195 | |
| 2008 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | DAY 6 | SLM 15 | IOW 11 | KAN 13 | CAR 9 | KEN 14 | TOL 10 | POC 30 | MCH 23 | CAY 7 | KEN 12 | BLN 9 | POC 36 | NSH 11 | ISF 7 | DSF 15 | CHI 30 | SLM 22 | NJE 19 | TAL 27* | TOL 5 | | | 8th | 4465 | |
| 2009 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | DAY 25 | SLM 6 | CAR 13 | TAL 10 | KEN 27 | TOL 3 | POC 28 | MCH 17 | MFD 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 4495 | |
| 2009 | RAB Racing | 09 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | IOW 29 | KEN 10 | BLN 10 | POC 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 4495 |
| 2009 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 20 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ISF 23 | CHI 25 | TOL 11 | DSF 18 | NJE 8 | SLM 8 | KAN 14 | CAR 16 | | | | 8th | 4495 | |
| 2010 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | DAY 15 | PBE 4 | SLM 5 | TEX 20 | TAL 8 | TOL 3 | POC 19 | MCH 15 | IOW 1* | MFD 8 | POC 4 | BLN 4 | NJE 5 | ISF 3 | CHI 7 | DSF 2 | TOL 7* | SLM 3 | KAN 6 | CAR 19 | | | | 3rd | 4860 | |
| 2011 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Toyota | DAY 37 | TAL 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 4335 | |
| 2011 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Chevy | | | SLM 7 | TOL 14 | NJE 5 | CHI 6 | POC 9 | MCH 29 | WIN 5 | BLN 6 | IOW 8 | IRP 5 | POC 4 | ISF 2 | MAD 5 | DSF 26 | SLM 19 | KAN 13 | TOL 4* | | | | | | | | 6th | 4335 | |
| 2012 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Toyota | DAY 10 | | | TAL 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 3205 | |
| 2012 | Ken Schrader Racing | 52 | Chevy | | MOB 9 | SLM 13 | | TOL 5 | ELK 5 | POC 11 | MCH 24 | WIN 21 | NJE 9 | IOW 29 | CHI | IRP 2 | POC | BLN 4 | ISF | MAD 6 | SLM 1* | DSF C | KAN | | | | | | 10th | 3205 | |
| 2013 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | DAY 12 | MOB 11 | SLM 1 | TAL 26 | TOL 10 | ELK 2 | POC 4 | MCH 21 | ROA 3 | WIN 6 | CHI 11 | NJE 2 | POC 16 | BLN 8 | ISF 3 | MAD 10 | DSF 2 | IOW 8 | SLM 19 | KEN 11 | KAN 13 | | | 4th | 5005 | |
| 2014 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | DAY 4 | | SLM 5 | TAL 1 | TOL 20 | NJE 9 | POC 16 | MCH 12 | ELK 2 | | CHI 9 | IRP 9 | POC 3 | BLN 5 | ISF 11 | | DSF 8 | SLM 1 | KEN 10 | KAN 11 | | | | 3rd | 4795 | |
| 2014 | Cunningham Motorsports | 72 | Dodge | | MOB 10 | | | | | | | | WIN 13 | | | | | | MAD 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 4795 |
| 2015 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Dodge | DAY 11 | | | | TAL 15* | | NJE 2 | POC 6 | MCH 4 | CHI 10 | | IOW 3 | | POC 25 | | ISF 5 | DSF 3 | | KEN 31 | KAN 7 | | | | 4th | 2630 | |
| 2015 | Cunningham Motorsports | 77 | Ford | | MOB 11 | NSH 19 | SLM 7 | | TOL 2 | | | | | WIN 6 | | IRP 3 | | BLN 14 | | | SLM 17 | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2630 | |
| 2016 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY 28 | NSH 12 | SLM 6 | TAL 6* | TOL 8 | NJE 2 | POC 15 | MCH 21 | MAD 5 | WIN 5 | IOW 16 | IRP 10 | POC 8 | BLN 7* | ISF 6 | DSF 1 | SLM 2 | CHI 10 | KEN 4 | KAN 9 | | | | 2nd | 4755 | |
| 2017 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY 5 | NSH | SLM | TAL 9 | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF 14 | ROA | DSF 10 | SLM 15 | CHI | KEN | KAN | | | | 30th | 900 | |
| 2018 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY 4 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | | | | | | 53rd | 395 | |
| 2018 | Chad Bryant Racing | 22 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRP 9 | KAN | | | | | | 53rd | 395 | |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 113 | |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | | | | | | | | ELK 6 | MOH | POC | IRP 11 | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | | | | | | 30th | 113 | |