Tom Hessert III


Thomas "Tom" Hessert III 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.
Raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Hessert attended Cherry Hill High School East.

Racing career

Despite after coming off the heels of a second-place points finish, Hessert decided to only run part-time in 2017 in order to spend more time with his family. 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 in 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.
Hessert returned to ARCA in a January 2020 test session, returning for Chad Bryant Racing in the No. 2 car.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

Season still in progress

Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series