Brandonbilt Motorsports

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Brandonbilt Motorsports
BrandonbiltMotorsportsLogo.png
Owner(s)Jerry Brown
BaseFredericksburg, Virginia
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers68. Brandon Brown
Sponsors68. Larry's Hard Lemonade, Jabs Construction, Brandonbilt Foundations, GreenTech Energy, Good Sam, Midwest Moving Company, Kickin' the Tires, The Garrett Company, Sim Seats, Baby Doge, Armorguard Coatings, Trade the Chain, American PetroLog, DF Kit Car
ManufacturerChevrolet
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 1
Xfinity Series: 1
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0

Brandonbilt Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Jerry Brown, who is Southern National Motorsports Park's co-owner.[1][2][3] The team currently fields the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for Brandon Brown.

Xfinity Series[]

Car No. 68 history[]

Brandon Brown driving the No. 68 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2021

On May 20, 2019, the team announced that it would expand to two cars for the Alsco 300 that weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Brandon Brown was announced as driver, and Vero was announced as sponsor.[4] Jeff Stankiewicz was later confirmed as crew chief.

Before the 2020 season, Brown moved full-time to the No. 68, and picked up industry insider Doug Randolph as crew chief.[5]

During the 2021 season, Brown scored a career-best finish of third at Phoenix in March, followed by a fourth-place finish at Charlotte in May. This was bested by his first career win in October at Talladega.[6]

Car No. 68 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
2019 Brandon Brown 68 Chevrolet DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT
20 		POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN MOH
24 		CLT
17 		DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM
13 		40th 84
Dillon Bassett NHA
DNQ
Will Rodgers IOW
28 		GLN
Mason Diaz BRI
38 		ROA DAR IND LVS RCH
2020 Brandon Brown DAY
7 		LVS
11 		CAL
33 		PHO
12 		DAR
13 		CLT
8 		BRI
7 		ATL
12 		HOM
14 		HOM
36 		TAL
11 		POC
33 		IND
11 		KEN
27 		KEN
13 		TEX
10 		KAN
11 		ROA
12 		DAY
34 		DOV
14 		DOV
16 		DAY
26 		DAR
17 		RCH
18 		RCH
11 		BRI
12 		LVS
15 		TAL
9 		CLT
26 		KAN
13 		TEX
5 		MAR
18 		PHO
12 		14th 732
2021 DAY
6 		DAY
8 		HOM
34 		LVS
11 		PHO
3 		ATL
33 		MAR
27 		TAL
7 		DAR
24 		DOV
10 		COA
26 		CLT
4 		MOH
6 		TEX
13 		NSH
35 		POC
15 		ROA
11 		ATL
31 		NHA
17 		GLN
12 		IND
34 		MCH
40 		DAY
34 		DAR
28 		RCH
8 		BRI
14 		LVS
22 		TAL
1 		CLT
22 		TEX
33 		KAN
14 		MAR
36 		PHO
20 		18th 620

Car No. 86 history[]

Brandon Brown driving the No. 86 in 2019 at Road America

Brown ran three Xfinity Series races in 2016 with a partnership with GMS Racing.[7] The team finished 29th in its debut race, at Richmond International Raceway. There were a few bumps in the road, such as withdrawing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but improved its finishes in all three of its races, culminating with a 23rd in the season's final race.[8]

On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Brown would return to the No. 86 car for the season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300 as well as a partial schedule in the No. 90 car.[9]

On September 21, 2018, it was announced that Brandonbilt Motorsports would be competing full-time in the 2019 Xfinity Series under the rebranding title of BMS. The team later announced it would run the number 86.[9]

On January 3, 2019, it was announced that driver Brandon Brown had taken an executive role within the organization. Brown stated it would not affect his driving duties and he was looking forward to the opportunity.[9]

Car No. 86 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
2016 Brandon Brown 86 Chevrolet DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
29 		CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
25 		TEX PHO HOM
23
2018 DAY
36 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM
24
2019 DAY
18 		ATL
13 		LVS
17 		PHO
15 		CAL
15 		TEX
17 		BRI
23 		TAL
15 		DOV
13 		POC
13 		MCH
26 		IOW
31 		CHI
22 		DAY
6 		KEN
17 		NHA
16 		IOW
27 		GLN
18 		BRI
12 		ROA
37 		DAR
33 		IND
28 		LVS
16 		RCH
34 		DOV
11 		KAN
18 		TEX
25 		PHO
20 		19th 540
Mason Diaz RCH
36 		CLT
30
Will Rodgers MOH
12 		CLT
28 		HOM
22

Car No. 90 history[]

Brandon Brown driving the No. 90 at Richmond Raceway in 2017

On January 5, 2017, it was announced that Brown would attempt to run at least 10 races driving the No. 86 Camaro in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, starting with the season opener at Daytona. Adam Brenner was named the crew chief, and Coastal Carolina University was announced to be the primary sponsor for all but one of the races.[10] The team never entered the Daytona race, and Brandonbilt formed a partnership the following week with King Autosport to have Brown's ten races be in the No. 90 and having Mario Gosselin be the listed owner.[11] Brian Henderson drove for the team at Watkins Glen, finishing 33rd.[12]

On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Brown would return to the Xfinity Series and the 90 in 2018, mixing short tracks, intermediate tracks, and superspeedways.[9]

Camping World Truck Series[]

Truck No. 44 history[]

Although not officially part of the team, Brandonbilt announced that it would use the No. 44 of Martins Motorsports for "select races" in the 2017 season.[13] Brown DNQed at Daytona International Speedway and made the race at spring Martinsville race in the No. 44, Brown was scheduled to attempt also Charlotte, Eldora and fall Martinsville race,[14] but the future of the team was in question after Martins moved up to the Xfinity Series and shut down the No. 44 truck.[15] The team abandoned the No. 44 and went back to the No. 86.

Truck No. 86 history[]

The team debuted in 2014, running three races.[16] Brown turned in finishes of 25th at Iowa Speedway in his first Truck start,[17] 19th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in his second start,[18] and 24th at Martinsville Speedway in his third.[19] He failed to turn in a lead lap finish, but finished all three races. In 2015, the team ran five races.[20] Brown failed to qualify for four others. An oil line failure caused the team's first failure to finish, in the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.[21] Even with four races where the team did not qualify, Brown improved to a then-best finish of 14th at the Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway.[22] In the season's final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brown's truck stalled after two laps and retired with transmission problems.[23]

The team ran half the schedule in 2016,[24] and Brown finished fourth in the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 with funding from .[25] The team failed to finish its first race of the year in the Jacob Companies 200, when suspension troubles hampered the team's efforts.[26] Brown would not crack the top ten for the rest of the season, and finished last at Gateway Motorsports Park.[27] During 2016, Brandonbilt developed an alliance with Mike Harmon Racing, resulting in Tim Viens running one race for the team.[28]

The No. 86 returned to the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2017 but failed to qualify.[29] The team signed Mason Diaz to drive the No. 86 at Martinsville Speedway.[30] Diaz made a splash during qualifying[31] and scored stage points in Stage One before a cut tire ended his hopes of a good run.[32]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Recent news on Brandon Brown - Brandonbilt Motorsports-86-CWT - Rotoworld.com". www.rotoworld.com. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Growing Pains for All in the Family". RACE22.com. December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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  25. ^ "Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Paint Schemes". www.jayski.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  26. ^ "LASTCAR.info: TRUCKS: Austin Wayne Self scores first Truck Series last-place run for #22 since 2009". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  27. ^ "TRUCKS: Brandon Brown out early during wild night at Gateway". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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  32. ^ Fleischman, Noah. "Brentsville's Mason Diaz makes NASCAR truck series debut at Martinsville Speedway". Prince William Times. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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