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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.
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| Owner(s) | Scott Borchetta |
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| Base | Welcome, North Carolina[1] |
| Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Race drivers | 48. Parker Kligerman |
| Sponsors | 48. Big Machine Spiked Coolers, Dogs of War, Borchetta Bourbon |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2021 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2021 Beef. It's What's for Dinner 300 (Daytona) |
| Latest race | 2024 National Debt Relief 250 (Martinsville) |
| Races competed | 130 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
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]
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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]
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]
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] 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]
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