It’s easy to assume that most people don’t look Brennan Poole’s way during a race.
The NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year contender raced part-time last year in the truck series and his last full-time season was in the Xfinity series in 2017. Poole hasn’t finished higher than 15th (at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in August) this season, and he typically winds up in the 20s or 30s.
But during the Auto Club 400 in southern California on March 1, most eyes were on him and his car, which was decorated with unicorns, robots, giant multicolored ice cream cones, flowers and even Godzilla fighting with a giant octopus.