Big Machine Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that fields the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driven by Parker Kligerman.
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| Owner(s) | Scott Borchetta |
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| Base | Welcome, North Carolina[1] |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Race drivers | 48. Parker Kligerman |
| Sponsors | 48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers, Dogs of War |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2021 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner 300 (Daytona) |
| Latest race | 2024 SciAps 200 (New Hampshire) |
| Races competed | 114 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
History
Car No. 5 History
- Part-time (2023)
On February 2, 2023, the team announced that it would run a second car for the 2023 Daytona 300. Jade Buford was announced as the driver for the No. 5 car.[2]
Car No. 5 results
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| Year | Driver | 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2023 | Jade Buford | 5 | Chevy | DAY 25 | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL 36 | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 48th | 13 | |||
Car No. 48 History
- Jade Buford (2021)
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On January 19, 2021, Big Machine Records founder and owner Scott Borchetta announced that he and the company were starting a full-time Xfinity Series team, Big Machine Racing, which would field the No. 48 Chevrolet. The team bought cars and equipment from RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing's No. 93 car in 2020. Jade Buford was announced as the driver of the team's No. 48 car in 2021, running full-time and for Rookie of the Year.[1] Buford drove in the Xfinity Series road course races in 2020 for SS-Green Light Racing with Big Machine Records as his sponsor. Patrick Donahue, who also moved over from SS-Green Light Racing (where he had been the crew chief of Joe Graf Jr.'s No. 08 car), was announced as the crew chief for Buford and the BMR No. 48 car.[3] Due to only having competed on road courses in a stock car before the start of the season, Buford was not approved by NASCAR to race at Daytona to start the season, so his first race came at the Daytona Road Course the following week.[4] On February 1, it was announced that On Point Motorsports Truck Series driver Danny Bohn would make his Xfinity Series debut at Daytona substituting for Buford. (Despite it being his first start in the series, Bohn was approved due to him previously having driven in a superspeedway race in NASCAR.)[5]
- Multiple drivers (2022)
When the Jayski's Silly Season Site 2022 Xfinity Series team/driver chart was released, it was revealed that BMR may form an alliance with a larger NASCAR Xfinity Series team.[6] On October 7, 2021, it was announced that the team would have an alliance with Richard Childress Racing in 2022 and they would move shops from Mooresville, North Carolina to one on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina.[1] A rotation of drivers would drive for the team, such as Tyler Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Jade Buford, Kaz Grala, Parker Kligerman, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Ross Chastain, Nick Sanchez, and Marco Andretti.
On May 21, 2022, Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick earned the team's first victory at Texas.[7]
- Parker Kligerman (2023–present)
On October 30, 2022, Big Machine announced that they would field the No. 48 car for Parker Kligerman in 2023. Following Kansas, Kligerman was able to qualify for the playoffs. Kligerman was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.[8]
On August 24, 2023, Kligerman announced he will return for 2024.[9]
Car No. 48 results
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| Year | Driver | 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2021 | Danny Bohn | 48 | Chevy | DAY 19 | 23rd | 435 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jade Buford | DAY 36 | HOM 20 | LVS 30 | PHO 20 | ATL 26 | MAR 19 | TAL 18 | DAR 35 | DOV 33 | COA 15 | CLT 17 | MOH 13 | TEX 16 | NSH 33 | POC 19 | ROA 34 | ATL 17 | NHA 18 | GLN 21 | IND 20 | MCH 9 | DAY 28 | DAR 21 | RCH 36 | BRI 27 | LVS 26 | TAL 12 | CLT 16 | TEX 39 | KAN 38 | MAR 17 | PHO 33 | |||||||||
| 2022 | DAY 23 | CAL 37 | LVS 28 | PHO 28 | ATL 38 | COA 8 | RCH 33 | MAR 22 | PIR 14 | 16th | 633 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaz Grala | TAL 29 | DOV 24 | IND 32 | MCH 18 | GLN 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tyler Reddick | DAR 26 | TEX 1 | NSH 21 | ROA 30 | ATL 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Dillon | CLT 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ty Dillon | NHA 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | POC 34 | DAY 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ross Chastain | DAR 15 | KAN 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Sanchez | BRI 29 | TEX 11 | LVS 12 | HOM 25 | MAR 7 | PHO 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parker Kligerman | TAL 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marco Andretti | CLT 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Parker Kligerman | DAY 23 | CAL 10 | LVS 11 | PHO 15 | ATL 4 | COA 30 | RCH 8 | MAR 16 | TAL 3 | DOV 38 | DAR 13 | CLT 38 | PIR 14 | SON 5 | NSH 11 | CSC 9 | ATL 8 | NHA 32 | POC 9 | ROA 2 | MCH 8 | IRC 7 | GLN 3 | DAY 4 | DAR 24 | KAN 4 | BRI 31 | TEX 2 | ROV 6 | LVS 13 | HOM 7 | MAR 10 | PHO 16 | 13th | 905 | |||||
| 2024 | DAY 25 | ATL 19 | LVS 11 | PHO 8 | COA 5 | RCH 7 | MAR 12 | TEX 25 | TAL 29 | DOV 12 | DAR 6 | CLT 37 | PIR 8 | SON 10 | IOW 11 | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | ||||||||
References
External links
- Official website
- Big Machine Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference