Big Machine Racing is an American professional

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team that fields the No. 48

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full-time in the

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

, driven by Parker Kligerman and No. 5 part-time for

Jade Buford Jade M. Buford (born February 15, 1988) is an American professional racing driver with experience in open-wheel racing, open-wheel, sports car racing, sports car, and stock car racing. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, drivi ...

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.

was announced as the driver for the No. 5.

Car No. 5 results

Car No. 48 History

;Jade Buford (2021) Jade buford (51308772520)

On January 19, 2021,

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founder and owner

Scott Borchetta Scott Borchetta (born July 3, 1962) is an American record executive and founder of the Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with 13 employees, as its president/CEO and encompasses four imprints: Big Machine Records, BMLG Record ...

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 RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The main spons ...

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's No. 93 car in 2020.

was announced as the driver of the team's No. 48 car in 2021, running full-time and for Rookie of the Yea

Buford drove in the Xfinity Series road course races in 2020 for

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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. Joseph A. Graf Jr. (born July 12, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 07 and 08 Ford Mustangs for SS-Green Light Racing, the No. 38 Mustang for RSS ...

's No. 08 car), was announced as the crew chief for Buford and the BMR No. 48 car. 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

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to start the season, so his first race came at the Daytona Road Course the following week. On February 1, it was announced that On Point Motorsports Truck Series driver

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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.) ;Multiple Drivers (2022) When the ''

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'' 2022 Xfinity Series team/driver chart was released, it was revealed that BMR may form an alliance with a larger NASCAR Xfinity Series team. On October 7, 2021, it was announced that the team would have an alliance with

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in 2022 and they would move shops from

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to one on the RCR campus in

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. A rotation of drivers would drive for the team, such as

Tyler Reddick Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving ...

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Kaz Grala Kaz Edward Grala ( ; born December 29, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. The Boston native is the youngest NASCAR ...

, Parker Kligerman,

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, and

Marco Andretti Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American auto racing driver who drives the No. 98 car for Bryan Herta Autosport, Andretti Herta Autosport part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the third generation of the famous Andretti racin ...

. On May 21, 2022, Cup Series driver

earned the team's first victory at

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. ;Parker Kligerman (2023-) On October 30, 2022, Big Machine announced that they would field the No. 48 car for Parker Kligerman in the

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History

Car No. 5 History

Car No. 5 results

Car No. 48 History

Car No. 48 results

References

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