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Big Machine Racing
Owner(s)Scott Borchetta
BaseWelcome, North Carolina[1]
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers48. Nick Sanchez (R)
Sponsors48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers, Dogs of War, Borchetta Bourbon
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2021
Career
Debut2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner 300 (Daytona)
Latest race2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Races competed132
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories1
Pole positions0

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

History

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Car No. 5 History

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Part-time (2023)

On February 2, 2023, the team announced that it would run a second car for the 2023 Daytona 300. Jade Buford was announced as the driver for the No. 5 car.[2]

Car No. 5 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 Ref
2023 Jade Buford 5 Chevy DAY
25 		CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL
36 		DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 48th 13

Car No. 48 History

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Jade Buford (2021)
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, 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 BMR No. 48 car.[3] 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.[4] 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.)[5]

Multiple drivers (2022)

When the Jayski's Silly Season Site 2022 Xfinity Series team/driver chart was released, it was revealed that BMR may form an alliance with a larger NASCAR Xfinity Series team.[6] 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] A rotation of drivers would drive for the team, such as Tyler Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Jade Buford, Kaz Grala, Parker Kligerman, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Ross Chastain, Nick Sanchez, and Marco Andretti.

On May 21, 2022, Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick earned the team's first victory at Texas.[7]

Parker Kligerman (2023–2024)

On October 30, 2022, Big Machine announced that they would field the No. 48 car for Parker Kligerman in 2023. Following Kansas, Kligerman was able to qualify for the playoffs. Kligerman was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.[8]

Kligerman's No. 48 at Las Vegas in March 2024.

On August 24, 2023, Kligerman announced he will return for 2024.[9] Following the Michigan race, the No. 48 was levied an L1 penalty after pre-race inspection discovered illegal modifications on the rear spoiler; as a result, the team was docked 20 owner and driver points, and crew chief Patrick Donahue was fined US$25,000.[10] On September 11, Kligerman announced on his podcast that he will not return to BMR and is done with full-time racing at the end of the 2024 season.[11]

Car No. 48 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 Ref
2021 Danny Bohn 48 Chevy DAY
19 		23rd 435 [12]
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
33 		MAR
22 		PIR
14 		16th 633 [13]
Kaz Grala TAL
29 		DOV
24 		IND
32 		MCH
18 		GLN
5
Tyler Reddick DAR
26 		TEX
1 		NSH
21 		ROA
30 		ATL
4
Austin Dillon CLT
31
Ty Dillon NHA
6
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. POC
34 		DAY
27
Ross Chastain DAR
15 		KAN
5
Nick Sanchez BRI
29 		TEX
11 		LVS
12 		HOM
25 		MAR
7 		PHO
12
Parker Kligerman TAL
6
Marco Andretti CLT
36
2023 Parker Kligerman DAY
23 		CAL
10 		LVS
11 		PHO
15 		ATL
4 		COA
30 		RCH
8 		MAR
16 		TAL
3 		DOV
38 		DAR
13 		CLT
38 		PIR
14 		SON
5 		NSH
11 		CSC
9 		ATL
8 		NHA
32 		POC
9 		ROA
2 		MCH
8 		IRC
7 		GLN
3 		DAY
4 		DAR
24 		KAN
4 		BRI
31 		TEX
2 		ROV
6 		LVS
13 		HOM
7 		MAR
10 		PHO
16 		13th 905
2024 DAY
25 		ATL
19 		LVS
11 		PHO
8 		COA
5 		RCH
7 		MAR
12 		TEX
25 		TAL
29 		DOV
12 		DAR
6 		CLT
37 		PIR
8 		SON
10 		IOW
11 		NHA
7 		NSH
16 		CSC
4 		POC
8 		IND
12 		MCH
11 		DAY
3 		DAR
13 		ATL
2 		GLN
7 		BRI
16 		KAN
12 		TAL
12 		ROV
6 		LVS
5 		HOM
11 		MAR
8 		PHO
14 		11th 2189

References

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  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. ^ "Jade Buford running second car for Big Machine Racing at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Stern, Adam (January 19, 2021). "Music Meets Motorsports With Big Machine's New NASCAR Team". Sports Business Journal. Advance Publications. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "(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.
  5. ^ "Danny Bohn to Make Xfinity Debut at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Team/Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  7. ^ Long, Dustin. "Tyler Reddick triumphs at Texas; Big Machine Racing scores first Xfinity win". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Spencer, Reid (October 7, 2023). "Sam Mayer converts must-win at Charlotte Roval, advances in Xfinity Series Playoffs". NASCAR. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Parker Kligerman returning to Big Machine Racing in 2024". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "Big Machine Racing's No. 48 team levied L1-level penalty after Michigan". NASCAR. August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "Parker Kligerman not returning to Big Machine Racing in 2025, not pursuing full-time rides". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  12. ^ "Jade Buford – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  13. ^ "Jade Buford – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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