Josh Holt

Josh Holt was an ARCS driver from Phoenix, AZ. His rookie year was 2002, and spent most of his career driving for Crompton Motorsports. He won the 2005 and 2012 ARCS championships, the latter driving for Nielson Enterprises, a team he owned just a year before. From 2002 until 2011, he drove the #18 McDonald's Chevrolet. After handing ownerships of Crompton daughter team over to Wes Nielson, he unveiled his now famous #8 Monster Energy Chevrolet. He ran that car to his 2nd championship in it's first year, and to a 4th place finish in the 2013 points. He always ran best at Superspeedways, but was infamous for his lack of luck, crashing in the last lap of 4 Talladega and Daytona races whil running in the top 10.

Death and aftermath
Going into the 2013 season finale at Daytona, Holt was 3rd in points, 52 points behind team owner Wes Nielson. He was running 9th coming out of turn 4, but was caught in what began a small crash before the tri-oval. The second pack however, could not slow down in time. Holt was hit head on and then in the driver's door at over 200 mph. Holt was rushed to the hospital, but died in a coma 2 months later.

After his death, the post-season banquet was cancelled. However, Holt's family pleaded to series officials to replan it, and it was at first a day of sorrow, after Holt's brother Jake gave a short speach, became a night that re-bonded the series after the turmoil that was the entire 2013 season.

Nielson Enterprises will be running all black schemes, and Monster will not sponsor a car for any team, in 2014. The #18 is retired until further notice.

Josh Holt is survived by his younger brother, Jake, who also races, and his mother.