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, and Kris Wright.

Xfinity Series

Car No. 68 history

On May 20, 2019, the team announced that it would expand to two cars for the Alsco 300 that weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 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 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 of Fox Sports reported that NASCAR rejected the sponsorship. Due to sponsorship issues the team announced that Austin Dillon would replace Brown at Indy RC with sponsorship from Maestro's.

The team closed after the 2022 season due to a lack of sponsorship.

Car No. 68 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 2019 Brandon Brown68Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT20 POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN MOH24 CLT17 DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM13 40th 84 Dillon Bassett NHADNQ Will Rodgers IOW28 GLN Mason Diaz BRI38 ROA DAR IND LVS RCH 2020 Brandon Brown DAY7 LVS11 CAL33 PHO12 DAR13 CLT8 BRI7 ATL12 HOM14 HOM36 TAL11 POC33 IND11 KEN27 KEN13 TEX10 KAN11 ROA12 DAY34 DOV14 DOV16 DAY26 DAR17 RCH18 RCH11 BRI12 LVS15 TAL9 CLT26 KAN13 TEX5 MAR18 PHO12 14th 732 2021 DAY6 DAY8HOM34LVS11 PHO3ATL33 MAR27 TAL7 DAR24 DOV10 COA26 CLT4 MOH6 TEX13 NSH35 POC15 ROA11ATL31NHA17 GLN12 IND34 MCH40 DAY34 DAR28 RCH8 BRI14 LVS22 TAL1 CLT22 TEX33KAN14 MAR36PHO20 18th 620 2022 DAY10 CAL11 LVS29 PHO13 ATL18 COA20 RCH8 MAR34 TAL30 DOV18 DAR35 TEX15 CLT17 PIR12 NSH11 ROA34 ATL33 NHA3 POC 13 MCH 13DAY4 TEX24 TAL33 21st 555 Austin Dillon IND26Kris Wright GLN34 DAR36 KAN20 BRI25 CLT38 LVS24 HOM27 MAR26 PHO26

Car No. 86 history

Brown ran three Xfinity Series races in 2016 with a partnership with GMS Racing. The team finished 29th in its debut race, at Richmond International Raceway. There were a few bumps in the road, such as withdrawing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, 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 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 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 2016 Brandon Brown86Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH29 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN25 TEX PHO HOM23 2018 DAY36 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM24 2019 DAY18 ATL13 LVS17 PHO15 CAL15 TEX17 BRI23 TAL15 DOV13 POC13 MCH26 IOW31 CHI22 DAY6 KEN17 NHA16 IOW27 GLN18 BRI12 ROA37 DAR33 IND28 LVS16 RCH34 DOV11 KAN18 TEX25 PHO20 19th 540 Mason Diaz RCH36 CLT30 Will Rodgers MOH12 CLT28 HOM22

Car No. 90 history

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 Daytona. 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 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 for "select races" in the 2017 season. Brown DNQed at Daytona International Speedway and made the race at spring Martinsville race in the No. 44, Brown was scheduled to attempt also Charlotte, Eldora and fall Martinsville race, but the future of the team was in question after Martins moved up to the Xfinity Series 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 in his first Truck start, 19th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in his second start, and 24th at Martinsville Speedway 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 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. 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 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. During 2016, Brandonbilt developed an alliance with Mike Harmon Racing, resulting in Tim Viens running one race for the team.

The No. 86 returned to the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2017 but failed to qualify. The team signed Mason Diaz to drive the No. 86 at Martinsville Speedway. 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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