Big Machine Racing Team

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Big Machine Racing Team
Owner(s)Scott Borchetta
BaseWelcome, North Carolina[1]
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race driversXfinity Series:
48. Jade Buford
SponsorsXfinity Series:
48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2021
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 (Daytona)
Races competedXfinity Series: 39
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories0
Pole positions0

The Big Machine Racing Team is an American professional stock car racing team that fields the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driven by Jade Buford.

History[]

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 Team, 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 BMRT No. 48 car.[2] 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.[3] 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.)[4]

When the Jayski's Silly Season Site 2022 Xfinity Series team/driver chart was released, it was revealed that BMRT may form an alliance with a larger NASCAR Xfinity Series team.[5] 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]

Car No. 48 results[]

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 [6]
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 MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [7]

References[]

  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. ^ Stern, Adam (January 19, 2021). "Music Meets Motorsports With Big Machine's New NASCAR Team". Sports Business Journal. Advance Publications. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "(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.
  4. ^ "Danny Bohn to Make Xfinity Debut at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team/Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jade Buford – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Jade Buford – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.

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