Live Fast Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series. It is owned by B. J. McLeod and Joe Falk. The team currently fields the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for driver/owner McLeod and Daniel Dye, in a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.
History
Car No. 78 history
On May 13, 2020, B. J. McLeod announced that his team, B. J. McLeod Motorsports, would be running part-time in the Cup Series with him as the driver. On October 23, 2020, it was announced that McLeod and Matt Tifft had teamed up with Joe Falk to acquire the charter from Go Fas Racing. Tifft was a former Cup Series driver who had to put his racing career on hold due to health issues in 2019. On November 20, 2020, the team announced its name, Live Fast Motorsports, and would continue to use the number 78. Although McLeod's primary manufacturer was Chevrolet in 2020, they were running Fords in the Cup Series.
The No. 78 started the 2021 season with McLeod finishing 23rd at the 2021 Daytona 500. He scored the team's first top-10 with a ninth place finish at the Daytona night race. Scott Heckert drove the No. 78 at the Daytona road course (28th), Sonoma (26th), and the Charlotte Roval (31st). Dirt racer Shane Golobic drove the car to a 37th finish at the Bristol dirt race. British racer Kyle Tilley drove the No. 78 at COTA (31st), Road America (35th), and Watkins Glen (30th). Andy Lally finished 39th at the Indianapolis road course after Tilley was sidelined with a shoulder injury prior to the race. The No. 78 finished the season 32nd in points.
McLeod started the 2022 season with a 27th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. Lally finished 39th at COTA while Josh Williams finished 25th at the Bristol dirt race. Crew chief Lee Leslie was suspended for four races after McLeod lost a wheel during the Talladega race. Team engineer Christopher Stanley was announced as McLeod's crew chief for Dover. McLeod finished a career best seventh at the rain-delayed Daytona summer race. The No. 78 finished the season 36th in points.
On December 1, 2022, the team announced that it would be switching from Ford to Chevrolet for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. McLeod started the season with a 30th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. Josh Bilicki drove the car to a 26th place finish at COTA. Anthony Alfredo drove the car at Richmond and Martinsville Sheldon Creed drove the No. 78 at Kansas to a 29th place finish. The team finished 36th in the final points standings for a second year in a row.
On September 16, 2023, Live Fast Motorsports sold its charter to Spire Motorsports for 40 million. It was announced in November that Tifft would step away from the team to pursue other opportunities.
For the 2024 season, McLeod attempted to run the 2024 Daytona 500, but failed to make the race after finishing fourteenth in Duel 2 of the 2024 Bluegreen Vacations Duels. He ran a total of five races in 2024 and the No. 78 car finished 39th in the points standings. On December 19, LFM announced the team will run all six superspeedway races and the Coca-Cola 600 in 2025.
During the 2025 season, McLeod failed to qualify for the 2025 Daytona 500. On March 3, the team announced that Katherine Legge would drive the No. 78 car in her Cup Series debut at Phoenix.
In 2026, McLeod qualified the team for its fourth appearance in the Daytona 500 and first since 2023 by advancing through the Daytona Duels. The team secured its starting position following the disqualification of Beard Motorsports driver Anthony Alfredo, who had originally finished ahead of McLeod in the qualifying race. On April 20, it was announced that Daniel Dye would run four Cup Series races in the No. 78 car, beginning with the race at Talladega.
Car No. 78 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 34 35 36 Pts 2021 B. J. McLeod 78 Ford DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV CLT NSH POC POC ATL NHA MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL TEX KAN MAR PHO 32nd 267 Scott Heckert DRC SON ROV Shane Golobic BRD Kyle Tilley COA ROA GLN Andy Lally IRC 2022 B. J. McLeod DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW NSH ATL NHA POC MCH RCH DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL LVS HOM MAR PHO 36th 271 Andy Lally COA Josh Williams BRD IRC ROV Scott Heckert SON Kyle Tilley ROA GLN 2023 B. J. McLeod Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL BRD TAL DOV DAR CLT GTW ATL NHA POC RCH DAY DAR BRI TEX TAL LVS MAR PHO 36th 258 Josh Bilicki COA KAN SON NSH CSC MCH IRC GLN ROV HOM Anthony Alfredo RCH MAR Sheldon Creed KAN 2024 B. J. McLeod DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 39th 63 2025 DAY ATL COA TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH ATL DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV TAL MAR PHO 37th 117 Katherine Legge PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI MXC POC CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH LVS 2026 B. J. McLeod DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN ATL NWS -*-* Daniel Dye TAL TEX POC COR SON CHI IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Katherine Legge GLN CLT NSH MCH
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