B. J. McLeod Motorsports

B. J. McLeod Motorsports

Owner(s)	B. J. McLeod Jessica Smith-McLeod
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	Xfinity Series: TBA. Nick Sanchez, TBA 78. Josh Williams 99. Stefan Parsons
Sponsors	Xfinity Series: 5. TBA 78. TBA 99. TBA
Manufacturer	Chevrolet Toyota Ford
Opened	2011
Career
Debut	Cup Series: 2020 The Real Heroes 400 (Darlington) Xfinity Series: 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) Camping World Truck Series: 2011 Lucas Deep Clean 200 (Nashville)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2021 Buschy McBusch Race 400 (Kansas) Xfinity Series: 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) Camping World Truck Series: 2015 Rhino Linings 350 (Las Vegas)
Races competed	Total: 533 Cup Series: 16 Xfinity Series: 496 Camping World Truck Series: 21
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0
Pole positions	Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0

B. J. McLeod Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by B. J. McLeod and his wife Jessica. The team currently fields the No. TBA full-time for multiple drivers, the No. 78 full-time for Josh Williams, and the No. 99 for Stefan Parsons in the Xfinity Series.

Founding[]

On February 3, 2016, team owner B. J. McLeod said that the team fielded two full-time cars, including the No. 78 Ford Mustang driven by himself. Batteries Plus Bulbs sponsored the car for three races in 2016.^[1]

On October 23, 2020, McLeod and Matt Tifft purchased Archie St. Hilare's half of Go Fas Racing's charter. McLeod, Tifft, and Joe Falk used the charter to form Live Fast Motorsports as a full-time Cup team in 2021.^[2] Although McLeod became Live Fast's driver, B. J. McLeod Motorsports continued to operate as an Xfinity team.^[3] On April 26, 2021, the team returned with the 55 with fellow Xfinity driver Matt Mills.

Cup Series[]

Car No. 55/78 history[]

In 2020, it was announced that B. J. McLeod would make his first attempt in the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington.^[4][5] B. J. McLeod would drive his own No. 78 Chevy to a 39th-place finish in the team's Cup debut. He improved to a 36th-place finish at the next race at Darlington. The No. 78 switched to a Ford for the next three races before running a Chevy again at Atlanta. The No. 78 skipped the next two races (Withdrawing from both events) and returned with Garrett Smithley behind the wheel at Talladega, where he scored a 34th-place finish.^[6] After that, B. J. McLeod returned to the No. 78 for the two Pocono races, and Indianapolis, where he scored a season-best 22nd-place finish.^[7]

The team's Cup operations were replaced by Live Fast Motorsports in 2021.^[3]

Although Live Fast Motorsports replaced the team's Cup operations, the team announced that they would return to compete in the Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway with the team's Xfinity Series driver, Matt Mills. The team would be renumbered to the No. 55 due to Live Fast Motorsports bearing the No. 78. Mills finished 38th, 12 laps down.

Car No. 55 results[]

NASCAR Cup 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	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2020	B. J. McLeod	78	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR 39	DAR 36				ATL 40	MAR	HOM		POC 39	POC 37	IND 22	KEN	TEX 33	KAN 39	NHA	MCH	MCH	DAY	DOV 38	DOV 31	DAY	DAR	RCH									41st	56	[8]
			Ford							CLT 32	CLT 35	BRI 28
	Garrett Smithley		Chevy													TAL 34																BRI 32	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO
2021	Matt Mills	55	Ford	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN 38	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	44th	1	[9]

Xfinity Series[]

Car No. 5 history[]

In 2017, it was announced that Jeff Green would drive the No. 8 full-time. The team used owner points of the No. 99 from last year, so the team needed to qualify in the Top-33 to make the field. As Green had a Past Champion Provisional, he was locked in the field for the season opener at Daytona. The number was expected to be the No. 15, but Green asked to renumber to No. 8 because he and his brother David Green had both used it in the past. Despite the initial announcement of a full-time campaign for Green, Matt Mills brought sponsorship from and he drove the car at Phoenix and Richmond. After Charlotte, B. J. McLeod started driving the No. 8 in every race besides the Daytona July race when Green returned to the team for one race. Josh Bilicki drove the No. 8 at the road course races. Tommy Joe Martins drove at Richmond's fall race and Caesar Bacarella ran the final two races (Phoenix and Homestead-Miami) for the team.

In 2018, the team returned once again with multiple drivers behind the wheel. Caesar Bacarella, Tommy Joe Martins, Ray Black Jr., Bayley Currey, Blake Jones, Angela Ruch, Scott Heckert and Cody Ware shared the car.

Mills became the full-time driver of the No. 8 in 2019, though the number was changed to 5 after JR Motorsports acquired No. 8 from McLeod.^[10][11][12] Mills would drive for the first 19 races of the season, driving a mix of Chevy's and Toyota's, only getting four top 20's, and 1 top 10 at Daytona.^[13] He would be replaced at Watkins Glen by road course ace Scott Heckert who would finish 13th.^[13] Vinnie Miller would drive the car at Mid-Ohio and would finish 25th a lap down.^[13] Mills would return to the No. 5 at Bristol.

Car No. 5 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	Owners	Pts	ref
2017	Matt Mills	8	Chevy				PHO 30				RCH 31																										32nd	326	[14][15]
	B.J. McLeod												CLT 29	DOV 22	POC 26	MCH 30	IOW 17		KEN 24	NHA 26	IND 33	IOW 22			BRI 26		DAR 27		CHI 35	KEN 28	DOV 27	CLT 28	KAN 32	TEX 26
	Josh Bilicki																						GLN 28	MOH 29		ROA 12
	Tommy Joe Martins																											RCH 29
	Caesar Bacarella																																		PHO 30	HOM 31
	Jeff Green			DAY 39	ATL 26	LVS 36		CAL 29	TEX 36	BRI 25
			Toyota									TAL 10						DAY 20
2018	Caesar Bacarella		Toyota	DAY 13																																	26th	364	[16][17]
			Chevy													MCH 34			DAY 38									IND 23
	Tommy Joe Martins				ATL 33	LVS 25	PHO 27	CAL 24		BRI 26	RCH 23			CLT 24	POC 25												DAR 22								PHO 35	HOM 26
			Toyota									TAL 18
	Bayley Currey		Chevy						TEX 22
	Ray Black Jr.												DOV 27							KEN 22		IOW 28			BRI 37				LVS 17	RCH 23				TEX 19
	Blake Jones																IOW 27	CHI 24
	Angela Ruch																				NHA 30
	Scott Heckert																						GLN 30			ROA 29
	Cody Ware																							MOH 33
	Dylan Murcott																														CLT 30
	Matt Mills																															DOV 28
	Jairo Avila Jr.																																KAN 18
2019	Matt Mills	5	Toyota	DAY 26								TAL 17			POC 30				DAY 10																		26th	408	[18][19]
			Chevy		ATL 30	LVS 29	PHO 28	CAL 23	TEX 27	BRI 21	RCH 28		DOV 31	CLT 26		MCH 24	IOW 26	CHI 27		KEN 23	NHA 20	IOW 18			BRI 18		DAR 31	IND 25	LVS 24			DOV 24	KAN 20
	Vinnie Miller																							MOH 25		ROA 28				RCH 35	CLT 25			TEX 24	PHO 31	HOM 26
	Scott Heckert		Toyota																				GLN 13
2020	Matt Mills			DAY 31										TAL 38			KEN 30	KEN 19	TEX 26	KAN 26					DAY 16					LVS 30	TAL 21	CLT 25	KAN 25	TEX 13			27th	430	[20]
			Chevy		LVS 25	CAL 27	PHO DNQ	DAR 34	CLT 30	BRI 25	ATL 30	HOM 27	HOM 24		POC 25	IND 30						DAY 22	DOV 33	DOV 30			RCH 13	RCH 13	BRI 22						MAR 38	PHO 35
	Vinnie Miller																				ROA 34					DAR 28
2021	Matt Mills			DAY 16			LVS 39	PHO 35	ATL 34	MAR 33		DAR 40			CLT 35			NSH 25	POC 23		ATL 26	NHA 32			MCH 14		DAR 23	RCH 21		LVS 28					MAR 29	PHO 29	29th	378
			Toyota		DAY 19	HOM 29					TAL 25		DOV 27			MOH 23	TEX 26						GLN 38			DAY 33					TAL 23	CLT 30
	Kevin Harvick		Ford											COA 4
	Andy Lally		Toyota																	ROA 13
	James Davison																							IND 18
	Stefan Parsons																												BRI 22
	Mason Massey																																TEX 27	KAN 37

Car No. 15 history[]

Todd Peck attempted three of the first four races of the 2016 season (Atlanta Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway) with the No. 99 but he only was able to make the field at Atlanta. At Phoenix, Ryan Ellis made the field but crashed his only car for the weekend in the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing, so they called Peck to make the race with his former No. 99, renumbered as the No. 15 car. After this, RWR and B. J. McLeod Motorsports started a partnership to share the No. 15 car full-time. McLeod fielded the car for Peck, Blake Jones, Cody Ware, Travis Kvapil, Timmy Hill, Scott Heckert, Josh Wise, Jeff Green, Stanton Barrett, Michael Lira, Clint King, Josh Reaume and D. J. Kennington. Kvapil recorded a best finish of 20th at Bristol.^[21]

Car No. 76 history[]

In 2021, the team fielded the No. 76 car for Stefan Parsons at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Car No. 78 history[]

Team owner McLeod drove this car as an owner-driver in 2016. He made the first ten races and scored one top twenty finish, a nineteenth at Dover International Speedway. McLeod also had two engine failures, at Auto Club and Talladega Superspeedway.^[22]

In 2017, the team returned with Clint King in the two first races of the season. McLeod returned at Las Vegas. At Charlotte Jeff Green went to the No. 78 for a one-race deal but failed to qualify. Jordan Anderson, Tommy Joe Martins, Angela Ruch, John Graham, Josh Bilicki and Jennifer Jo Cobb have driven the No. 78. Stephen Young drove the No. 78 at the road course races.

In 2018, the team returned once again with multiple drivers behind the wheel. Ryan Ellis, McLeod, Ray Black, Jr., Tommy Joe Martins, Blake Jones, Scott Heckert, and Jairo Avila Jr. shared the car. Vinnie Miller took over the No. 78 car for the remainder of the 2018 season and a full schedule in 2019 and 2020, although he was replaced at Mid-Ohio with Scott Heckert.^[23]

Car No. 78 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	Owners	Pts	Ref
2016	B. J. McLeod	78	Ford	DAY 24	ATL 26	LVS 27	PHO 29	CAL 33	TEX 29	BRI 28	RCH 28	TAL 36	DOV 19	CHA 25	POC 22	MCH 34	IOW 19	DAY 40	KEN 23	NHA 20	IND 26	IOW 23	GLN 26	MOH 27	BRI 19	ROA 28	DAR 37	RCH 32	CHI 24	KEN 21	DOV 33	CHA 30	KAN 22	TEX 28	PHO 25	HOM 31	26th	459	[24][25]
2017	Clint King		Chevy	DAY 38	ATL 35																																38th	222	[26][15]
	Jeff Green												CLT DNQ
	Jordan Anderson													DOV 26
	Tommy Joe Martins														POC 29	MCH 28	IOW 11			NHA 29	IND 26	IOW 27			BRI 33		DAR 31
	Angela Ruch																		KEN 30											KEN 32		CLT 36		TEX 38
	Stephen Young																						GLN 28	MOH 29		ROA 12
	John Graham																											RCH 37							PHO 31
	Josh Bilicki																												CHI 34		DOV 30
	Jennifer Jo Cobb																																KAN 35
	B. J. McLeod					LVS 37	PHO 25	CAL 23	TEX 27	BRI 29	RCH 37																									HOM 33
			Toyota									TAL DNQ						DAY 11
2018	Ryan Ellis		Toyota	DAY 30																																	25th	369	[27][17]
			Chevy																							ROA 17
	B. J. McLeod				ATL 30	LVS 26	PHO 26	CAL 22	TEX 29	BRI 20	RCH 32		DOV 23		POC 22
			Toyota									TAL 19
	Tommy Joe Martins																						GLN 40
			Chevy													MCH 24	IOW 32				NHA 20	IOW 21		MOH 19				IND 27
	Blake Jones																			KEN 25
			Toyota																DAY 37
	Ray Black Jr.		Chevy											CLT 19
	Scott Heckert																	CHI 28
	Jairo Avila Jr.																								BRI 20
	Cody Ware																										DAR 22
	Cole Rouse																												LVS 21
	Matt Mills																													RCH 27
	Vinnie Miller																														CLT 31	DOV 25	KAN 22	TEX 27	PHO 36	HOM 40
2019					ATL 32	LVS 26	PHO 23	CAL 25	TEX 25	BRI 24	RCH 27		DOV 32	CLT 23	POC 25	MCH 28	IOW 32	CHI 29		KEN 25	NHA 27	IOW 20	GLN 36		BRI 21		DAR 28	IND 26	LVS 30			DOV 20	KAN 30				28th	380	[28][19]
			Toyota	DAY 25								TAL 19							DAY 11
	Scott Heckert																							MOH 29
	Ryan Ellis																									ROA 21
	J. J. Yeley																													RCH 21	CLT 38
	Matt Mills		Chevy																															TEX 18	PHO 19	HOM 30
2020	Vinnie Miller		Toyota	DAY 14										TAL 21											DAY 11						TAL 22		KAN 31				24th	438	[29]
			Chevy		LVS 28	CAL 15	PHO 27	DAR 29	CLT 23	BRI 12	ATL 31	HOM 34	HOM 29		POC 18	IND 32	KEN 23	KEN 28	TEX 25	KAN 30			DOV 28	DOV 36
	B.J. McLeod																									DAR 14									MAR 33	PHO 14
	Scott Heckert		Toyota																		ROA 33	DAY 19
	Mason Massey																										RCH 27	RCH 21
	Stefan Parsons																												BRI 23	LVS 20
	Josh Bilicki																															CLT 13
	C.J. McLaughlin																																	TEX 20
2021	Jesse Little		Chevy	DAY 17	DAY 14				ATL 22	MAR 32	TAL 26	DAR 32	DOV 37			MOH 24	TEX 29						GLN 27				DAR 32		BRI 28				TEX 31	KAN 30			28th	394
			Toyota			HOM 32	LVS 26	PHO 40						COA DNQ	CLT 18			NSH 27	POC 29		ATL 28	NHA 28
	Ryan Ellis																			ROA 30
	Andy Lally		Chevy																					IND 10
	Mason Massey		Toyota																						MCH 30	DAY 25		RCH 17		LVS 23	TAL 35
	Stefan Parsons		Chevy																													CLT 24
	Akinori Ogata		Toyota																																MAR 26
	Sheldon Creed		Chevy																																	PHO 10

Car No. 90 history[]

In 2015, McLeod fielded a part-time team in partner with King Autosport, sharing the owner points of the 90/92 team. In 2016, Todd Peck returned to the No. 90 team at the Richmond spring race.

Car No. 99 history[]

In 2016, the No. 99 car entered Daytona with Chris Fontaine at the wheel, missing the show. The car qualified the following week at Atlanta, with Todd Peck driving. However, Peck also failed to qualify the car in two races. The No. 99 team shut down the rest of the season because they missed most of their races. They returned at Road America with Stanton Barrett. The team returned as the No. 25 at the second Kentucky race, because Chris Cockrum crashed the only car he had for the weekend. Peck replaced him the No. 25 (McLeod's third entry, Blake Jones was in the No. 15, and McLeod in the No. 78). The No. 99 returned at Kansas, Phoenix and Homestead with Jeff Green.

In February 2017, it was announced that David Starr would drive the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro with help from SS-Green Light Racing full-time with sponsorship and Whataburger. The No. 99 used the owner points from the No. 15 from last year to make the field in the first three races. Despite a slow start to the season, Starr recorded a fifth-place finish at the July Daytona race; Starr was originally not entered in the race, as the No. 99 had been scheduled to be driven by Korbin Forrister, but Forrister came down with the flu and Starr was summoned from Texas to race at Daytona.^[30]

On January 20, 2018, Ray Black Jr. was announced to drive the No. 99 car starting at Daytona. However, without SS-Green Light Racing's help, the team became part-time. Black attempt the season-opener at Daytona but failed to qualify. B. J. McLeod start and parked the car at Charlotte. Ray Black returned at July's Daytona race and finished 22nd.

In late 2018, Stephen Leicht drove the No. 99 part-time.

In 2019, the team would field for McLeod, Tommy Joe Martins, Jairo Avila Jr., D.J. Kennington, Ryan Ellis, Stefan Parsons, Cody Ware, Todd Peck, Patrick Gallagher, and C. J. McLaughlin. The team usually ran Toyota Supras while the No. 78 and No. 5 usually ran Chevrolet Camaros. Martins would leave the #99 after New Hampshire.

Car No. 99 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	Owners	Pts	Ref
2016	Chris Fontaine	99	Ford	DAY DNQ																																	47th	50	[31][25]
	Todd Peck				ATL 38	LVS DNQ	PHO DNQ	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI
	Stanton Barrett																									ROA 27	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT
	Jeff Green																																KAN 21	TEX	PHO 37	HOM 32
2017	David Starr		Chevy	DAY 40	ATL 32	LVS 28	PHO 32	CAL 24	TEX 24	BRI 36	RCH 17	TAL 18	CLT 31	DOV 33	POC 25	MCH 21	IOW 14	DAY 5	KEN 31	NHA 30	IND 29	IOW 26	GLN 30	MOH 17	BRI 40	ROA 28	DAR 36	RCH 35	CHI 22	KEN 29	DOV 38	CLT 26	KAN 27	TEX 31	PHO 29	HOM 32	33rd	315	[32][15]
2018	B. J. McLeod													CLT 40	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI																			49th	24	[33][17]
	Stephen Leicht																															DOV 40	KAN 32	TEX 37	PHO 38	HOM DNQ
	Ray Black Jr.		Toyota	DAY DNQ	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV						DAY 22	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT
2019	D. J. Kennington			DAY 33																																	27th	407	[34][19]
	Tommy Joe Martins				ATL 31		PHO 35	CAL 20	TEX 19	BRI 26			DOV 21			MCH 18		CHI 28			NHA 25
	B. J. McLeod										RCH 30
	Ryan Ellis																IOW 23
	C. J. McLaughlin																								BRI 23
	Josh Bilicki																																KAN 29	TEX 21	PHO 23
	Stefan Parsons																		DAY 12			IOW 21					DAR 22	IND 19				DOV 19
			Chevy																												CLT RL†
	Cody Ware		Toyota									TAL 21
			Chevy																				GLN 21								CLT 24
	Jairo Avila Jr.					LVS 25								CLT DNQ						KEN 38																HOM 25
			Toyota																										LVS 27
	Todd Peck		Chevy												POC 27
	Patrick Gallagher																							MOH 23
	Loris Hezemans																									ROA 22
	Matt Mills																													RCH 28
2020	Josh Bilicki		Toyota	DAY 21		CAL 29										IND 23					ROA 17	DAY 12									TAL 18						36th	296	[35]
	Mason Massey				LVS 29			DAR 30	CLT 21	BRI 30	ATL 23			TAL 20			KEN 28	KEN 23
	Stefan Parsons											HOM 22	HOM 32		POC 21				TEX 18				DOV 26	DOV 28											MAR 24
	Jairo Avila Jr.																			KAN 32
	Joey Gase																								DAY 28
	J. J. Yeley		Chevy				PHO DNQ
	Matt Mills																									DAR 22
	Vinnie Miller																										RCH 30	RCH 32	BRI 33	LVS 34
	C.J. McLaughlin																															CLT 29
	Jesse Iwuji																																KAN 27	TEX 23		PHO 30
2021	Stefan Parsons			DAY 13			LVS 36										TEX 35																			PHO 34	33rd	337
			Toyota			HOM 31		PHO 18		MAR 20								NSH 36
	Andy Lally		Chevy		DAY 31
	Mason Massey		Toyota						ATL 32		TAL 27								POC 30		ATL 29
			Chevy																			NHA 40
	Ryan Ellis		Toyota									DAR 16		COA 24		MOH 28											DAR 35
			Chevy																																MAR 23
	B.J. McLeod												DOV 21																	LVS 30
	Chase Briscoe		Ford												CLT 6											DAY 19
	Kevin Harvick																			ROA 6				IND 33
	Kyle Tilley		Chevy																				GLN 40
	Jesse Little		Toyota																						MCH 32
	Sam Mayer		Chevy																									RCH 12
	Matt Mills																												BRI 36				TEX 32	KAN 25
	J.J. Yeley																														TAL 16	CLT 19
† – Relieved Cody Ware.

Camping World Truck Series[]

Note: Christopher Long is listed as the owner for these races.

Truck No. 0 history[]

Matt Tifft made one start with this truck, at Martinsville Speedway in 2014.^[36] He finished an eighth-place finish, the team's best finish.

Truck No. 35 history[]

Tommy Regan made one start in this truck, at Martinsville in 2015.^[37]

Truck No. 45 history[]

Regan debuted this truck in 2014, making one start with it at Iowa Speedway.^[38] Tifft made two starts in it later in the season.^[39] Chris Fontaine ran this number for the Eldora Speedway race in 2015^[40] and also ran in Talladega late in the season. McLeod made ten other starts, receiving funding from Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery.^[41] Regan also made two starts with the truck at Iowa and Gateway.^[42]

Truck No. 78 history[]

McLeod ran this truck for two races in 2011, with a best finish of 20th at Nashville its team debut in NASCAR.^[43] He also made one race with this truck in 2013.^[44] Tommy Regan returned at Texas (fall) in 2016 but failed to qualify.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• B. J. McLeod Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference