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.
Car No. 68 results
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
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.