Big Machine Racing

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Big Machine Racing
Owner(s)Scott Borchetta
BaseWelcome, North Carolina[1]
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers48. Parker Kligerman
Sponsors48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2021
Career
Debut2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner 300 (Daytona)
Latest race2024 Focused Health 250 (COTA)
Races competed104
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories1
Pole positions0

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.

History[edit]

Car No. 5 History[edit]

Part-time (2023)

On February 2, 2023, the team announced that it would run a secind car for the 2023 Daytona 300. Jade Buford was announced as the driver for the No. 5 car.[2]

Car No. 5 results[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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[edit]

Jade Buford (2021)
Buford's No. 48 at Atlanta in July 2021

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[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Big Machine Racing partners with Richard Childress for 2022". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 7, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jade Buford running second car for Big Machine Racing at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Stern, Adam (January 19, 2021). "Music Meets Motorsports With Big Machine's New NASCAR Team". Sports Business Journal. Advance Publications. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Chris Knight. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022. Patrick Donahue, crew chief for the new Big Machine Racing team confirmed on @SiriusXMNASCAR with Moody that driver @buforjm is not approved for @DAYTONA oval and is looking for driver for No. 48 Chevrolet. Buford approved for Daytona RC and rest of '21 #NASCAR Xfinity season.
  5. ^ "Danny Bohn to Make Xfinity Debut at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team/Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  7. ^ Long, Dustin. "Tyler Reddick triumphs at Texas; Big Machine Racing scores first Xfinity win". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Spencer, Reid (October 7, 2023). "Sam Mayer converts must-win at Charlotte Roval, advances in Xfinity Series Playoffs". NASCAR. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Parker Kligerman returning to Big Machine Racing in 2024". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jade Buford – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Jade Buford – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.

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