B. J. McLeod Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by B. J. McLeod and his wife, Jessica. The team last fielded the No. 78 part-time for B. J. McLeod.

Founding

On February 3, 2016, team owner B. J. McLeod said that the team fielded two full-time cars, including the No. 78 Ford Mustang driven by himself. Batteries Plus Bulbs sponsored the car for three races in 2016.

On October 23, 2020, McLeod and Matt Tifft purchased Archie St. Hilare's half of Go Fas Racing's charter. McLeod, Tifft, and Joe Falk used the charter to form Live Fast Motorsports as a full-time Cup team in 2021. Although McLeod became Live Fast's driver, B. J. McLeod Motorsports continued to operate as an Xfinity team. On April 26, 2021, the team returned with the 55 with fellow Xfinity driver Matt Mills.

Cup Series

Car No. 55 history Although Live Fast Motorsports replaced the team's Cup operations, the team announced that they would return to compete in the Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway with the team's Xfinity Series driver, Matt Mills. The team would be renumbered to the No. 55 due to Live Fast Motorsports bearing the No. 78. Mills finished 38th, 12 laps down.

Car No. 55 results YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536PtsRef 2021 Matt Mills 55 Ford DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL BRI MAR RCH TAL KAN38 DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 44th 1

Car No. 78 history In 2020, it was announced that B. J. McLeod would make his first attempt in the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington. B. J. McLeod would drive his own No. 78 Chevy to a 39th-place finish in the team's Cup debut. He improved to a 36th-place finish at the next race at Darlington. The No. 78 switched to a Ford for the next three races before running a Chevy again at Atlanta. The No. 78 skipped the next two races (Withdrawing from both events) and returned with Garrett Smithley behind the wheel at Talladega, where he scored a 34th-place finish. After that, B. J. McLeod returned to the No. 78 for the two Pocono races, and Indianapolis, where he scored a season-best 22nd-place finish.

The team's Cup operations were replaced by Live Fast Motorsports in 2021.

Car No. 78 results YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536PtsRef 2020 B. J. McLeod 78 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR39 DAR36 ATL40 MAR HOM POC39 POC37 IND22KEN TEX33 KAN39NHAMCHMCHDAY DOV38 DOV31DAYDARRCH 41st 56Ford CLT32 CLT35 BRI28Garrett SmithleyChevy TAL34 BRI32LVSTALCLTKANTEXMARPHO

Xfinity Series

Primary Car history #78 (2016-2024)

Team owner McLeod drove this car as an owner-driver in 2016. He made the first ten races and scored one top twenty finish, a nineteenth at Dover International Speedway. McLeod also had two engine failures, at Auto Club and Talladega Superspeedway.

In 2017, the team returned with Clint King in the two first races of the season. McLeod returned at Las Vegas. At Charlotte Jeff Green went to the No. 78 for a one-race deal but failed to qualify. Jordan Anderson, Tommy Joe Martins, Angela Ruch, John Graham, Josh Bilicki and Jennifer Jo Cobb have driven the No. 78. Stephen Young drove the No. 78 at the road course races.

In 2018, the team returned once again with multiple drivers behind the wheel. Ryan Ellis, McLeod, Ray Black Jr., Tommy Joe Martins, Blake Jones, Scott Heckert, and Jairo Avila Jr. shared the car. Vinnie Miller took over the No. 78 car for the remainder of the 2018 season and a full schedule in 2019 and 2020, although he was replaced at Mid-Ohio with Scott Heckert.

In 2021, Jesse Little would drive the No. 78 car for the majority of the season while Ellis, Andy Lally, Mason Massey, Stefan Parsons, Akinori Ogata, and Sheldon Creed shared the ride.

In 2022, Josh Williams would drive the No. 78 full-time. After Indy Road Course Williams left the team and he was replaced by multiple drivers such as Mills, Heckert, Brandon Brown, Parsons, McLeod, and Garrett Smithley.

In 2023, BJMM announced that Anthony Alfredo would join the team as the full-time driver in the No. 78 Chevrolet. Alfredo finished the season 24th in the points standings. On November 15, BJMM parted ways with Alfredo.

In 2024, although the team started the season with three top-20s through the first four races of the season, including two top-15s, BJMM announced early in the season that the team would scale back to a part-time schedule. The team sold its owns points to the No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing and didn't attempt any races for the rest of the season.

Primary Car 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 Pts Ref 2016 B. J. McLeod78 Ford DAY24 ATL26 LVS27 PHO29 CAL33 TEX29 BRI28 RCH28 TAL36 DOV19 CHA25 POC22 MCH34 IOW19 DAY40 KEN23 NHA20 IND26 IOW23 GLN26 MOH27 BRI19 ROA28 DAR37 RCH32 CHI24 KEN21 DOV33 CHA30 KAN22 TEX28 PHO25 HOM31 26th 459 2017 Clint KingChevy DAY38 ATL3538th222 Jeff Green CLTDNQ Jordan Anderson DOV26 Tommy Joe Martins POC29 MCH28 IOW11 NHA29 IND26 IOW27 BRI33 DAR31 Angela Ruch KEN30 KEN32 CLT36 TEX38 Stephen Young GLN28 MOH29 ROA12 John Graham RCH37 PHO31 Josh Bilicki CHI34 DOV30 Jennifer Jo Cobb KAN35 B. J. McLeod LVS37 PHO25 CAL23 TEX27 BRI29 RCH37 HOM33 Toyota TALDNQ DAY11 2018 Ryan Ellis Toyota DAY30 25th 369 Chevy ROA17 B. J. McLeod ATL30 LVS26 PHO26 CAL22 TEX29 BRI20 RCH32 DOV23 POC22 Toyota TAL19 Tommy Joe Martins GLN40 Chevy MCH24 IOW32 NHA20 IOW21 MOH19 IND27 Blake Jones KEN25 Toyota DAY37 Ray Black Jr. Chevy CLT19 Scott Heckert CHI28 Jairo Avila Jr. BRI20 Cody Ware DAR22 Cole Rouse LVS21 Matt Mills RCH27 Vinnie Miller CLT31 DOV25 KAN22 TEX27 PHO36 HOM40 2019 ATL32 LVS26 PHO23 CAL25 TEX25 BRI24 RCH27 DOV32 CLT23 POC25 MCH28 IOW32 CHI29 KEN25 NHA27 IOW20 GLN36 BRI21 DAR28 IND26 LVS30 DOV20 KAN30 28th 380 Toyota DAY25 TAL19 DAY11 Scott Heckert MOH29 Ryan Ellis ROA21 J. J. Yeley RCH21 CLT38 Matt Mills Chevy TEX18 PHO19 HOM30 2020 Vinnie Miller Toyota DAY14 TAL21 DAY11 TAL22 KAN31 24th 438 Chevy LVS28 CAL15 PHO27 DAR29 CLT23 BRI12 ATL31 HOM34 HOM29 POC18 IND32 KEN23 KEN28 TEX25 KAN30 DOV28 DOV36 B. J. McLeod DAR14 MAR33PHO14 Scott HeckertToyota ROA33 DAY19 Mason Massey RCH27 RCH21 Stefan Parsons BRI23 LVS20 Josh Bilicki CLT13 C. J. McLaughlin TEX20 2021 Jesse Little Chevy DAY17 DAY14 ATL22 MAR32 TAL26 DAR32 DOV37 MOH24 TEX29 GLN27 DAR32 BRI28 TEX31 KAN30 28th 394 ToyotaHOM32LVS26 PHO40COADNQ CLT18 NSH27 POC29 ATL28 NHA28 Ryan Ellis ROA30 Andy Lally Chevy IND10 Mason Massey Toyota MCH30 DAY25 RCH17LVS23 TAL35 Stefan Parsons Chevy CLT24 Akinori Ogata Toyota MAR26 Sheldon Creed ChevyPHO10 2022 Josh Williams DAY31 CAL21 LVSDNQ PHO35 ATL22 COADNQ RCH27 MARDNQ TAL19 DOV25 DAR34 TEX20 CLT27 PIR22 NSH34 ROA17 ATL25 POC25INDDNQ 35th 327 Matt Mills NHA22 MCH38 ToyotaDAY24Scott Heckert Chevy GLN 23Brandon BrownDAR29 CLT20Stefan ParsonsKAN26MAR31B. J. McLeod BRI34 TAL26 HOM36 PHO32Garrett Smithley TEX23 LVS25 2023 Anthony Alfredo DAY24 CAL17 LVS19 PHO14 ATL14 COA16 RCH38 MAR24 TAL37 DOV36 DAR15 CLT32 PIR21 SON37 NSH23 CSC27 ATL34 NHA34 POC13 ROA16 MCH18 IRC23 GLN31 DAY8 DAR33 KAN27 BRI25 TEX14 ROV30 LVS34 HOM28 MAR8 PHO24 24th 454 2024 B. J. McLeod DAY15 ATL18 LVS32 PHO14 COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -*

Secondary Car history #99 (2016) In 2016, the No. 99 car entered Daytona with Chris Fontaine at the wheel, missing the show. The car qualified the following week at Atlanta, with Todd Peck driving. However, Peck also failed to qualify the car in two races. The No. 99 team shut down the rest of the season because they missed most of their races. They returned at Road America with Stanton Barrett. The team returned as the No. 25 at the second Kentucky race, because Chris Cockrum crashed the only car he had for the weekend. Peck replaced him the No. 25 (McLeod's third entry, Blake Jones was in the No. 15, and McLeod in the No. 78). The No. 99 returned at Kansas, Phoenix and Homestead with Jeff Green.

#8 (2017-2018)

In 2017, it was announced that Jeff Green would drive the No. 8 full-time. The team used owner points of the No. 99 from last year, so the team needed to qualify in the Top-33 to make the field. As Green had a Past Champion Provisional, he was locked in the field for the season opener at Daytona. The number was expected to be the No. 15, but Green asked to renumber to No. 8 because he and his brother David Green had both used it in the past. Despite the initial announcement of a full-time campaign for Green, Matt Mills brought sponsorship from Thompson Electric and he drove the car at Phoenix and Richmond. After Charlotte, B. J. McLeod started driving the No. 8 in every race besides the Daytona July race when Green returned to the team for one race. Josh Bilicki drove the No. 8 at the road course races. Tommy Joe Martins drove at Richmond's fall race and Caesar Bacarella ran the final two races (Phoenix and Homestead) for the team.

In 2018, the team returned once again with multiple drivers behind the wheel. Caesar Bacarella, Tommy Joe Martins, Ray Black Jr., Bayley Currey, Blake Jones, Angela Ruch, Scott Heckert and Cody Ware shared the car.

#5 (2019-2022)

Matt Mills was announced as the full-time driver of the No. 8 in 2019, though the number was changed to 5 after JR Motorsports acquired No. 8 from McLeod. Mills would drive for the first 19 races of the season, driving a mix of Chevy's and Toyota's, only getting four top 20's, and 1 top 10 at Daytona. He would be replaced at Watkins Glen by road course ace Scott Heckert who would finish 13th. Vinnie Miller would drive the car at Mid-Ohio and would finish 25th a lap down. Mills would return to the No. 5 at Bristol.

In 2020, Mills returned for full season while Miller drove at Road America and Darlington.

In 2021, Mills drove the No. 5 car for majority of the season while drivers such as Kevin Harvick, Andy Lally, James Davison, Stefan Parsons, and Mason Massey shared the ride.

In 2022, Mills will run a handful of races whilst Rev Racing ARCA Menards Series star Nick Sanchez, Scott Heckert, Stewart–Haas Racing-based Ryan Preece, Joe Graf Jr., and Stefan Parsons drove the rounds Mills wasn't entered in.

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