Big Machine Racing

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 Parker Kligerman and No. 5 part-time for Jade Buford.

Big Machine Racing
Owner(s)Scott Borchetta
BaseWelcome, North Carolina[1]
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers5. Jade Buford (part-time)
48. Parker Kligerman
Sponsors5. Big Machine Spiked Coolers
48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2021
Career
Debut2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner 300 (Daytona)
Latest race2023 Contender Boats 300 (Homestead)
Races competed97
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories1
Pole positions0

History

Car No. 5 History
Part-time (2023-present)

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.[2]

Car No. 5 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
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 –* –*

Car No. 48 History
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. 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-present)

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]

On August 24, 2023, Kligerman announced he will return for 2024.[9]

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 [10]
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 [11]
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 PHO -* -*

References
  1. "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. "Jade Buford – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  11. "Jade Buford – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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