Thomas Hessert III (born May 22, 1986) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55Toyota Camry forVenturini Motorsports and the No. 22Ford Fusion forChad Bryant Racing. He has raced in the series for over a decade and also made twoNASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series starts in 2010 forGermain 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 in2016, his most recent full-time season in ARCA.

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Hessert became the youngest driver to compete in theRolex 24 when he drove in the event in 2003 at age 16 alongside his father Tom Jr.^[1] Both of them shared the No. 68 forThe Racer's Group.

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.^[2] He ended up running five races that season, sharing the Venturini No. 25 withSpencer Davis,Raphaël Lessard,Natalie Decker,Tanner Thorson andChristopher Bell.

He returned to Venturini for the season-opener at Daytona in2018, 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 atIRP, where he drove the No. 22 forChad Bryant Racing at that race as a replacement forChase 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.^[3] CBR is the successor team toCunningham Motorsports, who Hessert drove the No. 77 for full-time previously.

After having not competed in any races in the series in2019, Hessert returned to ARCA in their January 2020 preseason test session atDaytona, where he drove the No. 2 car for Chad Bryant Racing.^[4]

Hessert is the son of formersports car racing driverTom Hessert Jr., who won the 1988IMSA GT Championship, and three times in both the24 Hours of Daytona and the12 Hours of Sebring.^[5] His family is involved in the auto industry, owning several car dealerships in thePhiladelphia 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.^[1]

He was raised inCherry Hill, New Jersey and attendedCherry Hill High School East.^[6] Hessert currently lives in Cherry Hill with his wife and young children, his eldest being named Tom Hessert IV.^[7]

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• Tom Hessert III driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• Racing drivers from New Jersey
• 1986 births
• Living people
• Cherry Hill High School East alumni
• Sportspeople from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• USAC Silver Crown Series drivers

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