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Brandonbilt Motorsports
Owner(s)Jerry Brown
BaseFredericksburg, Virginia
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers68. Brandon Brown, Austin Dillon, Kris Wright
Sponsors68. Sent Galaxy, Zero FG Energy Drink, US Army, Jabs Construction, Solid Rock Carriers, Trade the Chain, Brandonbilt Foundations, Larry's Hard Lemonade, CAT Trailer Sales, Maestro's, F.N.B. Corporation, Wright Chevrolet, GMC Hummer EV, iHeartRadio, Big Dog Energy
ManufacturerChevrolet
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2022 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 was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was owned by Jerry Brown, who is Southern National Motorsports Park's co-owner.[1][2][3] The team fielded the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for Brandon Brown, Austin Dillon, and Kris Wright.

Xfinity Series

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Car No. 68 history

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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]

On December 30, 2021, it was announced that LGBcoin.io will serve as his full-time sponsor throughout the 2022 season.[7] On January 5, 2022, Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports reported that NASCAR rejected the sponsorship.[8] Due to sponsorship issues the team announced that Austin Dillon would replace Brown at Indy RC with sponsorship from Maestro's. The team closed after the 2022 season due to a lack of sponsorship.

Car No. 68 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
2019 Brandon Brown 68 Chevy 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
2022 DAY
10
CAL
11
LVS
29
PHO
13
ATL
18
COA
20
RCH
8
MAR
34
TAL
30
DOV
18
DAR
35
TEX
15
CLT
17
PIR
12
NSH
11
ROA
34
ATL
33
NHA
3
POC
13
MCH
13
DAY
4
TEX
24
TAL
33
21st 555
Austin Dillon IND
26
Kris Wright GLN
34
DAR
36
KAN
20
BRI
25
CLT
38
LVS
24
HOM
27
MAR
26
PHO
26

Car No. 86 history

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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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[11]

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.[11]

Car No. 86 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 Owners Pts
2016 Brandon Brown 86 Chevy 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

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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.[12] 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.[13] Brian Henderson drove for the team at Watkins Glen, finishing 33rd.[14]

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.[11]

Camping World Truck Series

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Truck No. 44 history

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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.[15] 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,[15] but the future of the team was in question after Martins moved up to the Xfinity Series and shut down the No. 44 truck.[16] The team abandoned the No. 44 and went back to the No. 86.

Truck No. 86 history

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The team debuted in 2014, running three races.[17] Brown turned in finishes of 25th at Iowa Speedway in his first Truck start,[18] 19th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in his second start,[19] and 24th at Martinsville Speedway in his third.[20] He failed to turn in a lead lap finish, but finished all three races. In 2015, the team ran five races.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] In the season's final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brown's truck stalled after two laps and retired with transmission problems.[24]

The team ran half the schedule in 2016,[25] and Brown finished fourth in the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 with funding from NCaseIt Sports Displays.[26] The team failed to finish its first race of the year in the Jacob Companies 200, when suspension troubles hampered the team's efforts.[27] Brown would not crack the top ten for the rest of the season, and finished last at Gateway Motorsports Park.[28] During 2016, Brandonbilt developed an alliance with Mike Harmon Racing, resulting in Tim Viens running one race for the team.[29]

The No. 86 returned to the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2017 but failed to qualify.[30] The team signed Mason Diaz to drive the No. 86 at Martinsville Speedway.[31] Diaz made a splash during qualifying[32] and scored stage points in Stage One before a cut tire ended his hopes of a good run.[33]

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. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Page, Scott (May 20, 2019). "Brandonbilt Motorsports to run two teams in Charlotte XFINITY race". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Albino, Dustin (September 3, 2020). "Eyes on Xfinity: Brandon Brown & Brandonbilt Motorsports: From Part-Time Team to Playoff Bubble". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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  11. ^ a b c d "Brandon Brown Set for 10 XFINITY Series Races in 2018". www.frontstretch.com. January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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  14. ^ "Driver Brian Henderson 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Brandonbilt Motorsports, Martins Motorsports Combine For Select 2017 Races". Kickin' The Tires. February 13, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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  20. ^ "2014 Kroger 200 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  21. ^ "Brandon Brown 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  22. ^ "2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  23. ^ "2015 Lucas Oil 200 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  24. ^ "LASTCAR.info: TRUCKS: Brandon Brown Last At Homestead; Caleb Roark Repeats As LASTCAR Champ". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  25. ^ "Brandon Brown 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "LASTCAR.info: TRUCKS: Austin Wayne Self scores first Truck Series last-place run for #22 since 2009". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  28. ^ "TRUCKS: Brandon Brown out early during wild night at Gateway". brock.lastcar.info. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  29. ^ "Driver Tim Viens 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  30. ^ "05/19/2017 race: N.C. Education Lottery 200 (Truck) - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  31. ^ "Entry List: Texas Roadhouse 200". www.frontstretch.com. October 24, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  32. ^ "Mason Diaz Impresses In Martinsville Qualifying". Race Chaser Online. October 28, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  33. ^ Fleischman, Noah. "Brentsville's Mason Diaz makes NASCAR truck series debut at Martinsville Speedway". Prince William Times. Retrieved January 31, 2018.