B. J. McLeod Motorsports

Summary

B. J. McLeod Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by B. J. McLeod and his wife, Jessica. The team currently fields No. 78 part-time for B. J. McLeod.

B. J. McLeod Motorsports
Owner(s)B. J. McLeod
Jessica Smith-McLeod
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race driversXfinity Series:
78. B. J. McLeod (part-time)
SponsorsXfinity Series:
78. Kale's Truck & Heavy Equipment
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2011
Career
DebutCup 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 raceCup Series:
2021 Buschy McBusch Race 400 (Kansas)
Xfinity Series:
2024 Focused Health 250 (COTA)
Camping World Truck Series:
2015 Rhino Linings 350 (Las Vegas)
Races competedTotal: 303
Cup Series: 16
Xfinity Series: 266
Camping World Truck Series: 21
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Cup Series: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0

Founding edit

 
B. J. McLeod

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 edit

Car No. 55 history edit

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 edit

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
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 [4]

Car No. 78 history edit

In 2020, it was announced that B. J. McLeod would make his first attempt in the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington.[5][6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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

Car No. 78 results edit

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 [9]
Ford CLT
32
CLT
35
BRI
28
Garrett Smithley Chevy TAL
34
BRI
32
LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO

Xfinity Series edit

Car No. 5 history edit

 
Vinnie Miller in the No. 5 car in 2019 at Road America

Matt Mills was announced as 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.

In 2020, Mills returned for full season while Miller drove at Road America and Darlington.

In 2021, Mills drove the No. 5 car for majority of the season while drivers such as Kevin Harvick, Andy Lally, James Davison, Stefan Parsons, and Mason Massey shared the ride.

In 2022, Mills will run a handful of races whilst Rev Racing ARCA Menards Series star Nick Sanchez, Scott Heckert, Stewart-Haas-based Ryan Preece, Joe Graf Jr., and Stefan Parsons drove the rounds Mills wasn't entered in.

Car No. 5 results edit

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
2019 Matt Mills 5 Toyota DAY
26
TAL
17
POC
30
DAY
10
26th 408 [14][15]
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 [16]
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
2022 Matt Mills Chevy DAY
25
CAL
23
LVS
35
ATL
31
MAR
18
TAL
31
DOV
31
DAR
31
TEX
37
ATL
37
TEX
16
LVS
35
HOM
32
MAR
35
PHO
DNQ
36th 326
Nick Sanchez PHO
26
Scott Heckert COA
32
PIR
13
IND
31
CLT
22
Ryan Preece Ford RCH
16
CLT
5
NSH
6
Joe Graf Jr. ROA
36
Josh Williams Chevy NHA
24
MCH
36
Ford DAY
29
Stefan Parsons Chevy POC
23
Brandon Brown GLN
33
BRI
38
Tommy Joe Martins DAR
38
Garrett Smithley KAN
32
Joey Gase Ford TAL
21

Car No. 8 history edit

 
Scott Heckert's 2018 Road America car

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 Thompson Electric 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.

Car No. 8 results edit

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 [17][18]
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 [19][20]
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

Car No. 15 history edit

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. 15 results edit

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 Travis Kvapil 15 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
25
TAL
25
DOV
30
KEN
25
BRI
20
CHI
33
HOM
26
28th 395
Cody Ware CLT
38
Todd Peck POC
28
MCH
30
IND
40
DAR
28
Timmy Hill IOW
35
DAY
Scott Heckert NHA
26
GLN
16
ROA
29
Michael Lira IOW
26
Stanton Barrett MOH
20
Clint King RCH
30
CLT
26
TEX
26
Blake Jones KEN
35
Josh Wise DOV
39
Josh Reaume KAN
27
D. J. Kennington PHO
30

Car No. 55 history edit

In 2022, the team fielded the No. 55 car for Matt Mills at Richmond Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Car No. 55 results edit

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
2022 Matt Mills 55 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH
DNQ
MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT
20
PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO

Car No. 76 history edit

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

Car No. 76 results edit

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
2021 Stefan Parsons 76 Chevy DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT
23
MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 46th 14

Car No. 78 history edit

 
No. 78 car at Road America in 2017

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]

In 2021, Jesse Little would drive the No. 78 car for the majority of the season[24] while Ellis, Andy Lally, Mason Massey, Stefan Parsons, Akinori Ogata, and Sheldon Creed shared the ride.

In 2022, Josh Williams would drive the No. 78 full-time.[25] After Indy Road Course Williams left the team and he was replaced by multiple drivers such as Mills, Heckert, Brandon Brown, Parsons, McLeod, and Garrett Smithley.

In 2023, BJMM announced that Anthony Alfredo would join the team as the full-time driver in the No. 78 Chevrolet. Alfredo finished the season 24th in the points standings. On November 15, BJMM parted ways with Alfredo.[26]

In 2024, although the team started the season with three top-20s through the first four races of the season, including two top-15s, BJMM announced early in the season that the team would scale back to a part-time schedule.[27]

Car No. 78 results edit

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 [28][29]
2017 Clint King Chevy DAY
38
ATL
35
38th 222 [30][18]
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 [31][20]
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 [32][15]
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 [33]
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
2022 Josh Williams DAY
31
CAL
21
LVS
DNQ
PHO
35
ATL
22
COA
DNQ
RCH
27
MAR
DNQ
TAL
19
DOV
25
DAR
34
TEX
20
CLT
27
PIR
22
NSH
34
ROA
17
ATL
25
POC
25
IND
DNQ
35th 327
Matt Mills NHA
22
MCH
38
Toyota DAY
24
Scott Heckert Chevy GLN
23
Brandon Brown DAR
29
CLT
20
Stefan Parsons KAN
26
MAR
31
B. J. McLeod BRI
34
TAL
26
HOM
36
PHO
32
Garrett Smithley TEX
23
LVS
25
2023 Anthony Alfredo DAY
24
CAL
17
LVS
19
PHO
14
ATL
14
COA
16
RCH
38
MAR
24
TAL
37
DOV
36
DAR
15
CLT
32
PIR
21
SON
37
NSH
23
CSC
27
ATL
34
NHA
34
POC
13
ROA
16
MCH
18
IRC
23
GLN
31
DAY
8
DAR
33
KAN
27
BRI
25
TEX
14
ROV
30
LVS
34
HOM
28
MAR
8
PHO
24
24th 454
2024 B. J. McLeod DAY
15
ATL
18
LVS
32
PHO
14
COA 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 -* -*

Car No. 90 history edit

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. 90 results edit

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 Todd Peck 90 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
32
TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 25th* 477*
* Finished 25th in owner points with 477 points as it was their own entry however the points were owned by King Autosport.

Car No. 99 history edit

 
The No. 99 car at Road America in 2017

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 Striping Technology 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.[34]

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.

In 2023, Garrett Smithley was announced to drive No. 78 car full-time.[35] However, it was announced in January that he will move to the No. 99 car. Smithley left the team following the race at Las Vegas and joined DGM Racing to drive the No. 91 instead.

Car No. 99 results edit

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 [36][29]
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 [37][18]
2018 B. J. McLeod CLT
40
POC MCH IOW CHI 49th 24 [38][20]
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 [39][15]
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 [40]
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
2022 Stefan Parsons DAY
DNQ
CAL
30
LVS
33
PHO
21
ATL
25
COA
21
RCH
35
MAR
28
TAL DOV
30
DAR
20
TEX 41st 82
Nick Sanchez CLT
28
PIR
Matt Mills NSH
DNQ
ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO
2023 Garrett Smithley DAY
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
LVS
36
PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 51st 1
– Relieved Cody Ware.

Camping World Truck Series edit

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

Truck No. 0 history edit

Matt Tifft made one start with this truck, at Martinsville Speedway in 2014.[41] He finished an eighth-place finish, the team's best finish.

Truck No. 0 results edit

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Owners Pts
2014 Matt Tifft 0 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
8
TEX PHO HOM

Truck No. 35 history edit

Tommy Regan made one start in this truck, at Martinsville in 2015.[42]

Truck No. 35 results edit

Year Team 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 Owners Pts
2015 Tommy Regan 35 Chevy DAY ATL MAR
25
KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

Truck No. 45 history edit

Regan debuted this truck in 2014, making one start with it at Iowa Speedway.[43] Tifft made two starts in it later in the season.[44] Chris Fontaine ran this number for the Eldora Speedway race in 2015[45] and also ran in Talladega late in the season. McLeod made ten other starts, receiving funding from Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery.[46] Regan also made two starts with the truck at Iowa and Gateway.[47]

Truck No. 45 results edit

Year Team 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 Owners Pts
2014 Tommy Regan 45 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW
36
ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX
Matt Tifft PHO
20
HOM
21
2015 B. J. McLeod DAY ATL MAR KAN
28
CLT
31
DOV
27
TEX
27
KEN
29
POC
29
MCH
30
BRI
DNQ
MSP
28
CHI
28
NHA LVS
28
TAL MAR
Tommy Regan GTW
24
IOW
28
Chris Fontaine ELD
16
Todd Peck TEX
28
Brandon Hightower PHO
DNQ
HOM

Truck No. 78 history edit

McLeod ran this truck for two races in 2011, with a best finish of 20th at Nashville its team debut in NASCAR.[48] He also made one race with this truck in 2013.[49] Tommy Regan returned at Texas (fall) in 2016 but failed to qualify.

Truck No. 78 results edit

Year Team 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 Owners Pts
2011 B. J. McLeod 78 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH
20
IRP POC MCH BRI ATL
30
CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM
2013 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
19
2016 Tommy Regan DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX
DNQ
PHO HOM

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External links edit

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