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. The team fielded the No. 68
Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for
Brandon Brown,
Austin Dillon
Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and reality TV show actor. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racin ...
, and
Kris Wright
Kristofer Cole Wright (born July 17, 1994) is an American professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro for Brandonbilt Motorsports. He has also competed in sports car, ope ...
.
Xfinity Series
Car No. 68 history
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On May 20, 2019, the team announced that it would expand to two cars for the
Alsco 300 that weekend at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
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.
Brandon Brown was announced as driver, and
Vero was announced as sponsor. 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.
During the
2021 season, Brown scored a career-best finish of third at
Phoenix
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in March, followed by a fourth-place finish at Charlotte in May. This was bested by his first career win in October at
Talladega.
On December 30, 2021, it was announced that LGBcoin.io will serve as his full-time sponsor throughout the 2022 season. On January 5, 2022,
Bob Pockrass
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of
Fox Sports
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reported that NASCAR rejected the sponsorship. Due to sponsorship issues the team announced that
Austin Dillon
Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and reality TV show actor. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racin ...
would replace Brown at
Indy RC with sponsorship from Maestro's.
Car No. 68 results
Car No. 86 history
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Brown ran three
Xfinity Series
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races in 2016 with a partnership with
GMS Racing
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. The team finished 29th in its debut race, at
Richmond International Raceway
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. There were a few bumps in the road, such as withdrawing at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
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, but improved its finishes in all three of its races, culminating with a 23rd in the season's final race.
On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Brown would return to the No. 86 car for the season-opening
PowerShares QQQ 300
The Daytona 300, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300, is the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, held at Daytona International Speedway. It is held the day before the Daytona 500, and is ...
as well as a partial schedule in the No. 90 car.
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.
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.
Car No. 86 results
Car No. 90 history
![Brandon Brown Richmond 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Brandon_Brown_Richmond_2017.jpg)
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
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. 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. The team never entered the Daytona race, and Brandonbilt formed a partnership the following week with
King Autosport
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to have Brown's ten races be in the No. 90 and having
Mario Gosselin be the listed owner.
Brian Henderson drove for the team at
Watkins Glen, finishing 33rd.
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.
Camping World Truck Series
Truck No. 44 history
Although not officially part of the team, Brandonbilt announced that it would use the No. 44 of
Martins Motorsports
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for "select races" in the 2017 season. Brown DNQed at
Daytona International Speedway
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and made the race at spring
Martinsville race in the No. 44, Brown was scheduled to attempt also
Charlotte
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,
Eldora and fall Martinsville race, but the future of the team was in question after Martins moved up to the
Xfinity Series
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and shut down the No. 44 truck. The team abandoned the No. 44 and went back to the No. 86.
Truck No. 86 history
The team debuted in 2014, running three races. Brown turned in finishes of 25th at
Iowa Speedway
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in his first Truck start, 19th at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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in his second start, and 24th at
Martinsville Speedway
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in his third. He failed to turn in a lead lap finish, but finished all three races. In 2015, the team ran five races. 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
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at
Atlanta Motor Speedway. 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
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. In the season's final race at
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brown's truck stalled after two laps and retired with transmission problems.
The team ran half the schedule in 2016, and Brown finished fourth in the season-opening
NextEra Energy Resources 250
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with funding from
NCaseIt Sports Displays. The team failed to finish its first race of the year in the
Jacob Companies 200, when suspension troubles hampered the team's efforts. Brown would not crack the top ten for the rest of the season, and finished last at
Gateway Motorsports Park
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. During 2016, Brandonbilt developed an alliance with
Mike Harmon Racing
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, resulting in
Tim Viens
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running one race for the team.
The No. 86 returned to the track at
Charlotte Motor Speedway
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in 2017 but failed to qualify. The team signed
Mason Diaz
Mason A. Diaz (born May 16, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes for Ferrier-McClure Racing, driving their No. 44 Toyota part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.
Racing ...
to drive the No. 86 at
Martinsville Speedway
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. Diaz made a splash during qualifying and scored stage points in Stage One before a cut tire ended his hopes of a good run.
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