# BK Racing

BK Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that fielded entries in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from 2012 to 2018. It most recently fielded the No. 23 Toyota Camry and Ford Fusion for J. J. Yeley, Gray Gaulding, and other drivers. In 2018, the team was involved in a court case involving team owner Ron Devine and Union Bank & Trust Company over outstanding loans. In August of that year, after being turned over to a trustee who oversaw the team's operations, BK Racing was liquidated, with the assets going to Front Row Motorsports. However, BK Racing still fielded a car until the end of the 2018 season, with help from Front Row Motorsports and NY Racing Team.

## History

BK Racing was owned by a couple of investors who were formerly involved in the ownership of TRG Motorsports Sprint Cup Series team, which closed after the 2011 season. Burger King franchise owner Ron Devine and tomato grower Wayne Press joined Thomas Uberall, former race director of the Red Bull Racing Team, to acquire the assets and race shop of the former Red Bull operation, which also closed after the 2011 season, for around $10 million.
Like Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins, principal owner Devine's many Burger King franchises allow him to advertise the brand on the cars when there is no outside sponsor. Prior to the 2012 Daytona 500, Burger King announced a "licensing agreement" with the team, authenticating the paint schemes of the 83 and 93 and the usage of the company's logos, though it is unclear whether or not the company and/or franchisee Devine funds the team. According to a 2013 Autoweek article, the partnership is limited to the licensing agreement, with Burger King not sponsoring the team. The Burger King partnership includes the branding of Dr Pepper, a soft drink served at Burger King restaurants. Dr Pepper has appeared as the primary sponsor of the team on various occasions (typically the 93 car), and expanded to a newly renumbered 23 car for 2014 (signifying the drink's 23 flavors).
In May 2014, the team expanded to three cars and added another owner and investor in Anthony Marlowe, who purchased a ten percent stake in the team. Formerly a partner in the recently exited Swan Racing, Marlowe founded outsourcing company TMone, and is currently the managing partner in Iowa City Capital Partners and its subsidiary Marlowe Companies Inc. After the 2015 season, Marlowe began the process of selling his stake in the team.
The team used engines from Triad Racing Technologies upon inception. In 2014, the team started an in-house engine program while using Triad engines on occasion. For 2016, the team purchased equipment from the recently closed Michael Waltrip Racing, and hired several former MWR employees, with increased manufacturer support from Toyota.
The team operated out of a facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, which housed former Cup Series team BAM Racing and was the base of GMS Racing until 2015.
In August 2018, BK Racing was liquidated with most of the team going to Front Row Motorsports (FRM), other teams such as Obaika Racing and Rick Ware Racing received part of the team's assets. FRM's bid of US$2.08 million beat GMS Racing's offer of US$1.8 million during the bankruptcy auction. Front Row Motorsports previously purchased a charter from BK Racing after the 2016 season for US$2 million, which is currently the subject of a lawsuit by Union Bank & Trust Company, which claims to be the owner of the charter due to a lien that the bank claims it has when the charter was sold. On December 20, 2022, Devine was ordered to pay US$31 million to the trust handling the team's bankruptcy. On October 18, 2023, Devine was indicted of four counts of failure to pay payroll taxes by the U.S. Attorney's Office. It was also reported that some of the alleged funds used in the scheme were used to finance the team during its existence. On January 17, 2025, it was reported that an appeals court upheld a US$31 million judgment issued in 2022. The court found that Devine had used multiple corporations and family trusts as alter egos to divert approximately US$6.4 million from BK Racing.

### Car No. 23 history
#### Alex Bowman (2014)

For 2014, up-and-comer Ryan Truex tested the No. 93 at Daytona. Truex would wind up in the 83, and fellow up-and-comer Alex Bowman (who had tested the 83) would take over the renumbered No. 23 to run for Rookie of the Year. Dr Pepper stepped up as the full-time primary sponsor of the car, the No. 23 applying to the soft drink's original 23 flavors. When Truex's 83 missed the Daytona 500, his sponsor Borla Exhaust moved over to the 23, which Bowman drove to a solid 23rd-place finish in his Sprint Cup debut. Houston-based Dustless Blasting came on to sponsor Bowman at Watkins Glen and the second Talladega race. In October, DipYourCar.com, a retailer of Plasti Dip automotive finish products, signed to sponsor both the 23 and 83 cars at Martinsville and Homestead. Both cars would promote the film Dumb and Dumber To at Phoenix in November, with Bowman's 23 car featuring the face of Jim Carrey's character Lloyd Christmas. Bowman finished 2014 35th in the driver points, while the No. 23 slipped again to 36th in the owner points.

#### J. J. Yeley (2015)

On January 27, 2015, it was announced that J. J. Yeley, who had been the interim driver of the No. 83 following Ryan Truex's release in late 2014, would be joining the team full-time. It was subsequently revealed that Yeley would be driving the No. 23, with Bowman departing for Tommy Baldwin Racing. At Richmond in April, Yeley gave up his seat to teammate Jeb Burton after Burton failed to qualify his ESTES-sponsored 26 car. In August, prior to the fall race at Darlington, it was announced that Yeley and Burton would switch rides on a permanent basis. Also for Darlington, the team unveiled a retro scheme to honor Burton's father Ward, with the ESTES-sponsored Toyota replicating the Caterpillar Inc. cars Ward drove for Bill Davis Racing. After making his first seven attempts in the No. 23, Burton failed to qualify at Talladega; this is the first time the No. 23 has failed to qualify. Burton would qualify for the next three races before missing the race again in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami. Burton would finish the season 38th in the driver points and third in the Rookie of the Year standings, while the No. 23 slipped once again to 40th in the owner points.

#### David Ragan (2016)

Yeley and Burton were both released from the team at the end of 2015. On January 25, 2016, the team announced that David Ragan would take over the No. 23 full-time in 2016. Ragan was sponsored by Dr Pepper outside of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond, where he was sponsored by Sweet Frog, and the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono, where he was sponsored by USA Network to promote the network's upcoming NASCAR broadcasts while NBC is airing the Summer Olympics. Ragan's contract with BK was not renewed after the 2016 season.

#### Multiple drivers (2017-2018)

In 2017, Joey Gase joined the No. 23 team for three races starting at the Daytona 500. Gray Gaulding was later announced as the driver of the car for the other 33 races, running for Rookie of the Year. Gaulding will run some races in the 83. The only race he did not run was the Daytona 500, since NASCAR would not approve him due to the lack of superspeedway experience. Later in the season, Ryan Sieg joined the team at Michigan International Speedway in June, and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Alon Day joined the team to make his Cup Series debut at Sonoma Raceway. In June, Gaulding was released from the team because of financial issues, although he returned to BK for Darlington but in the No. 83 team. On September 22, Day returned to the No. 23 car at Richmond Raceway.
The No. 23 team ran the 2018 season with Gaulding, Yeley, Gase, Day, Blake Jones, and Spencer Gallagher. At the same time, the team filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and team owner Ron Devine was stripped of ownership in favor of a trustee. The #23 became a single-car team run by the trustee who formed a partnership with NY Racing Team to keep fielding the #23 as the 2018 season went on. Eventually, the #23 was sold in a bankruptcy auction to Front Row Motorsports and the primary driver for the rest of the season became JJ Yeley, the normal driver of NY Racing. At the 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega, the team switched to the Ford Fusion for the race. The team reverted to Toyota at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas. For their final race at the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead, the team once again reverted to the Fusion with Yeley behind the wheel.
The No. 23 did not return to Cup in 2019, being renumbered by Front Row Motorsports to the No. 36, with driver Matt Tifft. At the same time, Front Row ended their partnership with NY Racing Team and J. J. Yeley.

#### Car No. 23 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 | Owners | Pts |
| 2014 | Alex Bowman | 23 | Toyota | DAY 23 | PHO 41 | LVS 37 | BRI 32 | CAL 22 | MAR 36 | TEX 32 | DAR 29 | RCH 28 | TAL 28 | KAN 35 | CLT 33 | DOV 40 | POC 31 | MCH 40 | SON 29 | KEN 36 | DAY 13 | NHA 31 | IND 40 | POC 31 | GLN 36 | MCH 26 | BRI 32 | ATL 35 | RCH 38 | CHI 35 | NHA 28 | DOV 34 | KAN 32 | CLT 30 | TAL 43 | MAR 29 | TEX 42 | PHO 32 | HOM 33 | 36th | 412 |
| 2015 | J. J. Yeley | 23 | Toyota | DAY 40 | ATL 34 | LVS 36 | PHO 31 | CAL 37 | MAR 26 | TEX 43 | BRI 32 | RCH QL$^‡$ | TAL 14 | KAN 37 | CLT 38 | DOV 29 | POC 36 | MCH 38 | SON 41 | DAY 33 | KEN 39 | NHA 43 | IND 39 | POC 30 | GLN 30 | MCH 38 | BRI 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 302 |
| 2015 | Jeb Burton | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | RCH 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 31 | RCH 39 | CHI 38 | NHA 33 | DOV 43 | CLT 41 | KAN 37 | TAL DNQ | MAR 27 | TEX 32 | PHO 39 | HOM DNQ | 40th | 302 |
| 2016 | David Ragan | 23 | Toyota | DAY 29 | ATL 32 | LVS 32 | PHO 24 | CAL 22 | MAR 21 | TEX 33 | BRI 39 | RCH 23 | TAL 34 | KAN 29 | DOV 17 | CLT 31 | POC 23 | MCH 22 | SON 32 | DAY 16 | KEN 22 | NHA 30 | IND 37 | POC 32 | GLN 33 | BRI 21 | MCH 29 | DAR 21 | RCH 34 | CHI 35 | NHA 32 | DOV 30 | CLT 23 | KAN 36 | TAL 24 | MAR 37 | TEX 33 | PHO 31 | HOM 29 | 34th | 455 |
| 2017 | Joey Gase | 23 | Toyota | DAY 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 36 | | | | | | BRI 34 | | | | | | | TAL 32 | | | | | | 35th | 230 |
| 2017 | Gray Gaulding | 23 | Toyota | | ATL 37 | LVS 34 | PHO 36 | CAL 37 | MAR 29 | TEX 34 | BRI 29 | RCH 31 | TAL 20 | KAN 34 | CLT 27 | DOV 24 | POC 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 230 |
| 2017 | Ryan Sieg | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 230 |
| 2017 | Alon Day | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 230 |
| 2017 | Corey LaJoie | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 11 | | NHA 31 | IND 40 | POC 25 | GLN 33 | MCH 31 | | DAR 28 | | CHI 36 | NHA 27 | DOV 34 | CLT 28 | | KAN 27 | MAR 33 | TEX 39 | PHO 31 | HOM 31 | 35th | 230 |
| 2018 | Gray Gaulding | 23 | Toyota | DAY 20 | ATL 36 | LVS 33 | PHO 34 | CAL 32 | MAR 36 | TEX 20 | BRI 31 | RCH 35 | TAL 24 | DOV 30 | KAN 29 | CLT 31 | POC 33 | MCH 31 | SON 30 | CHI 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | Blake Jones | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 33 | | | MCH 30 | BRI 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | Spencer Gallagher | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | Joey Gase | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | Alon Day | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 38 | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | J. J. Yeley | 23 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 18 | KEN 39 | | POC 28 | | | | | IND 29 | LVS 17 | | CLT 28 | DOV 32 | | KAN 31 | MAR 31 | TEX 36 | PHO 38 | | 35th | 229 |
| 2018 | J. J. Yeley | 23 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 36 | | | | | HOM 32 | 35th | 229 |
| $^‡$ - Qualified but replaced by Jeb Burton ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

### Car No. 26 history
#### Cole Whitt (2014)

On April 23, 2014, during a two-week hiatus between the spring Darlington and Richmond races, it was announced that Anthony Marlowe had acquired the No. 26 team from Swan Racing and merged his ownership with BK Racing. The 26 team's driver Cole Whitt was carried over in the transaction, with Marlowe being listed as the owner on the No. 26. The team inherited Swan Racing's Speed Stick GEAR sponsorship, and the company proceeded to extend their sponsorship for six additional races starting at the Coca-Cola 600. Additional sponsors (that were absent when Whitt and Marlowe were with Swan Racing), came on race by race, leaving only two races to be filled by Burger King logos. Scorpyd Crossbows joined the team for its first two races under the BK Banner. Iowa Chop House partnered with the team at Kansas. Rinnai Water Heaters came on to sponsor the team at Sonoma, then returned for Atlanta Motor Speedway and Loudon. Scorpion Window Film sponsored the car at Daytona in July. Axxess Pharma and their TapouT Muscle Recovery brand signed on for multiple races in June, starting with the first New Hampshire race. Anthony Marlowe's Iowa City Capital Partners came on to back the car at Michigan and Chicagoland. At Watkins Glen, local New York winery Bully Hill Vineyards sponsored the 26. A strong road course racer, Whitt qualified a solid 18th and was running in 19th when his brakes failed entering turn 1, sending him into the distant tire barrier in an eerily similar fashion as Jimmie Johnson's notorious Busch Series crash in 2000.
At Richmond in September, Standard Plumbing Company signed on to sponsor. Uponor would sponsor the fall races at Dover and Martinsville, the latter of which resulted in an 18th-place finish. Moen was on the car for the second Kansas race. At Talladega, with Bad Boy Mowers sponsoring, Whitt led his first lap in Sprint Cup competition after staying out under caution. He would go on to post his then-career-best finish of 15th in the race. Fuelxx was on the hood for the penultimate race at Phoenix, unfortunately Whitt would be caught up in a mid-race wreck after an earlier parts failure. Whitt and the No. 26 finished the season 31st in both driver and owner points. Whitt did not return to the No. 26 for the 2015 season, moving to the No. 35 at Front Row Motorsports.

#### Jeb Burton (2015)

On February 8, 2015, the team announced that former Camping World Truck Series driver Jeb Burton would be the replacement for Whitt and would compete for the series Rookie of the Year award. Burton failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after being involved in an accident during his Budweiser Duel qualifying race. Burton would qualify for the next five races afterward, before failing to qualify at Texas Motor Speedway. Shortly afterward, Estes Express Lines, who had sponsored Burton at ThorSport Racing in the Truck Series, announced that they would sponsor the No. 26 beginning at Richmond. When he failed to qualify at Richmond in April, Burton and Estes moved to the 23 for one race, supplanting J. J. Yeley and regular BK sponsor Maxim Fantasy Sports. Burton failed to qualify for seven of the first 24 races in 2015, leading the team to put him in the 23 car (which was higher in owner points) for the remainder of the season beginning at Darlington. Yeley would take over the 26. In his first race in the 26, needing to qualify on speed, Yeley was able to run 36th to make the field. He finished 34th. After Yeley ran Richmond and Chicagoland, qualifying for both races, Josh Wise stepped in for a single race at New Hampshire, due to Yeley's driving duties with JGL Racing in the Xfinity Series. Yeley returned at Dover. At Charlotte, being required to qualify on speed for the first time since Darlington, Yeley was once again able to make the field, this time in 35th place. Yeley qualified on speed at Kansas and Talladega as well, with the latter being his best start in the No. 26, at 30th place. Ultimately, the No. 26 would not miss a race in the final third of the season, but still tumbled to 43rd in the owner points; Yeley was ineligible for driver points in the Sprint Cup Series as he had declared for the Xfinity Series at the start of the year.
Burton and Yeley were both released from BK Racing at the end of 2015. With the team reportedly only eligible for two guaranteed starting spots under a proposed revision to NASCAR's qualifying system, and with Marlowe divesting himself from the team, the No. 26 ceased full-time operations.

#### Final Race (2016)

The No. 26 car returned for the 2016 Daytona 500 with Robert Richardson Jr. driving, with sponsorship from StalkIt. After DiBenedetto raced the No. 93 in through the Can-Am Duels, Richardson was able to qualify on speed, starting 40th in the race. However, he suffered an engine failure and finished 38th.

#### Car No. 26 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 | Owners | Pts |
| 2014 | Cole Whitt* | 26 | Toyota | DAY 28 | PHO 27 | LVS 36 | BRI 40 | CAL 18 | MAR 29 | TEX 31 | DAR 38 | RCH 41 | TAL 21 | KAN 28 | CLT 27 | DOV 27 | POC 30 | MCH 28 | SON 27 | KEN 28 | DAY 34 | NHA 28 | IND 32 | POC 21 | GLN 43 | MCH 25 | BRI 30 | ATL 30 | RCH 30 | CHI 30 | NHA 38 | DOV 30 | KAN 23 | CLT 28 | TAL 15 | MAR 18 | TEX 26 | PHO 42 | HOM 26 | 31st | 502 |
| 2015 | Jeb Burton | 26 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | ATL 35 | LVS 40 | PHO 34 | CAL 39 | MAR 29 | TEX DNQ | BRI 42 | RCH DNQ | TAL DNQ | KAN 42 | CLT DNQ | DOV 30 | POC 33 | MCH 37 | SON 32 | DAY 36 | KEN 41 | NHA 41 | IND DNQ | POC 35 | GLN 39 | MCH 33 | BRI DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 43rd | 252 |
| 2015 | J. J. Yeley | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 34 | RCH 34 | CHI 35 | | DOV 35 | CLT 33 | KAN 42 | TAL 38 | MAR 29 | TEX 33 | PHO 29 | HOM 34 | 43rd | 252 |
| 2015 | Josh Wise | 26 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 31 | | | | | | | | | | | 43rd | 252 |
| 2016 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 26 | Toyota | DAY 38 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | BRI | MCH | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 46th | 3 |
* Cole Whitt's first 8 entries were fielded by Swan Racing before they suspended operations.

### Car No. 73 history

In 2012, BK Racing fielded the third car, a part-time entry numbered 73. At the 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, David Reutimann drove the No. 93 car with his regular ride at Tommy Baldwin Racing being occupied by Danica Patrick. The team fielded the additional No. 73 car for full-time driver Travis Kvapil, qualifying 33rd and finishing 32nd. On May 21, 2012, BK Racing announced that they would run Reutimann in the No. 73 in the eight remaining races he was not scheduled to drive the No. 10 for TBR, beginning at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. The No. 73, however, failed to make the 600. Reutimann later decided to take further weekends off that he was not driving for Tommy Baldwin, and the No. 73 was not run for the rest of the year.

#### Car No. 73 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 | Owners | Pts |
| 2012 | Travis Kvapil | 73 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 58th | 0 |
| 2012 | David Reutimann | 73 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | TAL | CLT | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 0 |

### Car No. 83 history
#### Landon Cassill (2012)

After spending the majority of the 2011 season driving Phoenix Racing's 09/51 car, former JR Motorsports driver and Hendrick test driver Landon Cassill was signed to drive the 83 car for the balance of the 2012 season. Cassill drove all 36 races in the number 83, finishing 31st in driver standings while the team finished 32nd in the owners points. Cassill had 14 finishes of 25th or better, including a best finish of 18th three times. One of these 18th-place finishes came at Kansas Speedway in October, when Cassill was involved in several incidents with then-part-time Cup driver Danica Patrick, eventually leading Patrick to attempt to wreck Cassill, though she ended up collecting severe damage herself.
Cassill departed the team in January 2013 after a new deal could not be achieved for the upcoming season. Cassill later sued the team and principal owner Ron Devine for unpaid winnings and salary in excess of $205,000, in addition to Cassill's claim that he was misinformed about his employment status with the team until January 16 of that year. Meanwhile, owner Devine stated that Cassill's demands to be the team's number-one driver led contract negotiations to go sour, while claiming teammates Travis Kvapil and David Reutimann were content with sharing two rides among three drivers. Cassill ultimately signed with Hillman-Circle Sport LLC to be their primary driver.

#### David Reutimann (2013)

For 2013, David Reutimann, who had driven the number 73 for BK Racing in select races during the 2012 season (when Danica Patrick was driving the 10), replaced Cassill in the red No. 83 for the 2013 season with Pat Tryson as the team's crew chief. The 83 dropped to 36th in the owner points, while Reutimann finished 33rd in driver points, the lowest ranked driver to run all 36 races. Reutimann and the team mutually parted ways after the season.

#### Ryan Truex (2014)

2013 Nationwide ROTY runner-up Alex Bowman tested the No. 83 at Daytona testing in January 2014. Bowman moved over to the new 23 team, while former MWR and JGR development driver Ryan Truex was signed to drive the 83 during the 2014 season and run for Rookie of the Year. In January, California-based Borla Exhaust was signed to a five race sponsorship, sporting a unique black paint scheme with flame-emitting exhaust pipes adorning the sides of the car. The flames were retained even in races where usual sponsor Burger King was on the car. VooDoo BBQ & Grill returned to the team for the spring races at Richmond and Talladega. Truex's rookie season was a struggle, as he missed three races including the Daytona 500 and was marred by crashes and mechanical failures that led to 8 DNFs. When running, the 83 was often the slowest of the three BK cars, with an average finish of 36.3. The high point of his season was at Richmond, where qualifying was cancelled and Truex started 8th based on practice speeds, though he would finish 31st. Truex was taken to the hospital after a hard practice crash at Michigan in August. J. J. Yeley replaced Truex in the race, finishing 30th. At New Hampshire in September, Truex was entered in the race, but was pulled from the car on the Friday prior to the race, with the team not citing a reason for the driver change. Former BK driver Travis Kvapil, scheduled to drive the No. 93, was moved into the 83 for the race. Prior to the Dover race the following weekend, several reports surfaced that Truex had been dismissed from the ride after his name was once again left off the entry list, and Truex ultimately parted ways with the team. Chatter from within the team stated that Truex was giving unsatisfactory feedback to the team, while Nick DeGroot of Motorsport.com tweeted that the team owed Truex "a good amount of money".
Owner Ron Devine stated that Truex's release was an attempt "to put a little more seniority in the car", with Kvapil running the 83 again at Dover. Yeley stepped back in starting at Kansas, running the rest of the season in the 83. In October, DipYourCar.com, a retailer of Plasti Dip automotive finish products, signed to sponsor both the 23 and 83 cars at Martinsville and Homestead. The two cars would promote the Dumb and Dumber To film at Phoenix in November; Yeley's 83 car featured the face of Jeff Daniels' Harry Dunne character, and Yeley sported a firesuit mocked up as a powder-blue dress suit. The 83 would end the season 41st in owner points, lowest among cars that attempted every race in 2014. Truex's partial season resulted in a driver rank of 39th.

#### Matt DiBenedetto (2015-2016)

In February 2015, the team announced that Camping World Truck Series driver Johnny Sauter would attempt the Daytona 500 in the car, with Doug Richert as crew chief. It was later revealed that Sauter would run a select number of races that don't interfere with his truck schedule. Former Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Matt DiBenedetto signed to drive the car beginning at Atlanta. Dustless Blasting, which sponsored the 23 car in two races in 2014, would return for all four restrictor plate races including the Daytona 500, as well as the spring Bristol and Charlotte races. DiBenedetto missed his first two attempts at Atlanta and Las Vegas, making his series debut at Phoenix finishing 35th. DiBenedetto ran solid at Bristol in April, qualifying 22nd and finishing 21st. Ultimately, Sauter did not return to the team; DiBenedetto would later apply for Rookie of the Year contention, and ran in the car every week from Atlanta to Homestead. In 33 starts, he had an average finish of 32nd, finishing 35th in driver points and second to Brett Moffitt for Rookie of the Year. The No. 83 rebounded to 37th in the owner points.
DiBenedetto returned to BK Racing full-time in 2016 with sponsors Dustless Blasting and Cosmo Motors returning. For the Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip drove the car with sponsorship from Maxwell House. DiBenedetto scored the team's best finish to date at Bristol Motor Speedway in April, finishing sixth; the finish was BK's first top ten since Kvapil's eighth-place run in the 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega. For the following race at Richmond, DiBenedetto acquired sponsorship from E. J. Wade Construction. Dylan Lupton drove the No. 83 at the Richmond fall race, while Jeffrey Earnhardt drove at the Talladega fall race with sponsorship from Starter Clothing Line. Earnhardt drove the car against the AAA Texas 500 in place of DiBenedetto, who suffered a concussion in the previous day's Xfinity Series race. DiBenedetto parted ways with BK Racing after the 2016 season.

#### Corey LaJoie (2017)

Corey LaJoie joined the team in late January to run a part-time schedule. Gray Gaulding will drive the car in at least two races, when Joey Gase occupies his usual ride in the No. 23. Ryan Sieg joined the team at Dover International Speedway to attempt his Cup Series debut. He finished 26th. The No. 83 team skipped Sonoma and planned to return at Daytona. Sieg made another start with them in the 83 and for the next three races (four until they withdrew at Indy). Stephen Leicht drove the car at the second Pocono race. Brett Moffitt ran 7 races with the team. Joey Gase drove the car at the final race in Miami.

#### Car No. 83 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 | Owners | Pts |
| 2012 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | DAY 22 | PHO 35 | LVS 36 | BRI 29 | CAL 36 | MAR 29 | TEX 30 | KAN 34 | RCH 20 | TAL 34 | DAR 26 | CLT 18 | DOV 38 | POC 43 | MCH 18 | SON 31 | KEN 25 | DAY 32 | NHA 29 | IND 25 | POC 26 | GLN 23 | MCH 25 | BRI 24 | ATL 20 | RCH 19 | CHI 29 | NHA 27 | DOV 36 | TAL 30 | CLT 26 | KAN 18 | MAR 19 | TEX 26 | PHO 25 | HOM 27 | 32nd | 598 |
| 2013 | David Reutimann | 83 | Toyota | DAY 16 | PHO 25 | LVS 34 | BRI 39 | CAL 33 | MAR 38 | TEX 24 | KAN 28 | RCH 22 | TAL 41 | DAR 36 | CLT 21 | DOV 26 | POC 32 | MCH 32 | SON 26 | KEN 27 | DAY 30 | NHA 28 | IND 29 | POC 31 | GLN 43 | MCH 37 | BRI 29 | ATL 32 | RCH 32 | CHI 36 | NHA 26 | DOV 28 | KAN 37 | CLT 26 | TAL 40 | MAR 37 | TEX 28 | PHO 39 | HOM 31 | 36th | 465 |
| 2014 | Ryan Truex | 83 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | PHO 35 | LVS 35 | BRI 42 | CAL 31 | MAR 30 | TEX DNQ | DAR 40 | RCH 31 | TAL 31 | KAN 43 | CLT 38 | DOV 32 | POC 32 | MCH DNQ | SON 41 | KEN 33 | DAY 32 | NHA 36 | IND 41 | POC 20 | GLN 39 | MCH INQ$^†$ | BRI 37 | ATL 36 | RCH 42 | CHI 42 | | | | | | | | | | 41st | 287 |
| 2014 | J. J. Yeley | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 30 | | | | | | | KAN 29 | CLT 38 | TAL 42 | MAR 39 | TEX 31 | PHO 30 | HOM 37 | 41st | 287 |
| 2014 | Travis Kvapil | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 32 | DOV 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 41st | 287 |
| 2015 | Johnny Sauter | 83 | Toyota | DAY 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 434 |
| 2015 | Matt DiBenedetto | 83 | Toyota | | ATL DNQ | LVS DNQ | PHO 35 | CAL 42 | MAR 31 | TEX 34 | BRI 21 | RCH 37 | TAL 18 | KAN 25 | CLT 34 | DOV 32 | POC 32 | MCH 39 | SON 29 | DAY 26 | KEN 42 | NHA 35 | IND 32 | POC 29 | GLN 26 | MCH 30 | BRI 33 | DAR 25 | RCH 36 | CHI 39 | NHA 30 | DOV 34 | CLT 29 | KAN 30 | TAL 40 | MAR 30 | TEX 35 | PHO 28 | HOM 37 | 37th | 434 |
| 2016 | Michael Waltrip | 83 | Toyota | DAY 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 406 |
| 2016 | Matt DiBenedetto | 83 | Toyota | | ATL 29 | LVS 31 | PHO 20 | CAL 27 | MAR 29 | TEX 34 | BRI 6 | RCH 30 | TAL 36 | KAN 30 | DOV 40 | CLT 32 | POC 40 | MCH 34 | SON 31 | DAY 33 | KEN 38 | NHA 31 | IND 40 | POC 28 | GLN 34 | BRI 17 | MCH 32 | DAR 26 | | CHI 30 | NHA 28 | DOV 27 | CLT 25 | KAN 24 | | | TEX INQ$^‡$ | PHO 25 | | 35th | 406 |
| 2016 | Dylan Lupton | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 25 | | | | | | | MAR 31 | | | | | | 35th | 406 |
| 2016 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 34 | | TEX 34 | | HOM 31 | 35th | 406 |
| 2017 | Corey LaJoie | 83 | Toyota | DAY 24 | ATL 34 | LVS 39 | PHO 38 | CAL 30 | MAR 28 | TEX 32 | BRI 24 | RCH 32 | TAL 27 | KAN 27 | CLT 32 | | POC 28 | MCH 30 | SON | | | | | | | | BRI 28 | | RCH 29 | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 211 |
| 2017 | Ryan Sieg | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 26 | | | | DAY 40 | KEN 27 | NHA 32 | IND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 211 |
| 2017 | Stephen Leicht | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 211 |
| 2017 | Brett Moffitt | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 32 | MCH 32 | | | | CHI 37 | NHA 32 | DOV 33 | CLT 39 | | KAN 31 | | | | | | | | 36th | 211 |
| 2017 | Gray Gaulding | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 36 | | | | | | TAL 9 | | MAR 31 | TEX 40 | PHO | | 36th | 211 |
| 2017 | Joey Gase | 83 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 39 | 36th | 211 |
| $^†$ - Qualified but replaced by J. J. Yeley. $^‡$ - Qualified but replaced by Jeffrey Earnhardt ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

### Car No. 93 history

David Reutimann driving the No. 93 car in the 2012 Daytona 500. Travis Kvapil took over the No. 93 after Daytona and the remainder of the 2012 season, with the exception of one race at Darlington where Reutimann returned to the 93, while Kvapil raced a third No. 73 entry. The 93 finished 28th in owner standings, and Kvapil finished 27th in the drivers standings. Kvapil returned to the 93 for the full 2013 season in a new blue scheme (the 83 ran a red car, the two primary colors of the Burger King logo), with Todd Anderson returning as crew chief. Prior to the second Charlotte race in October, Kvapil was arrested for a domestic dispute with his wife. Kvapil was ultimately allowed to drive at Charlotte. Overall, Kvapil fell back to 31st in points, while the 93 slipped to 34th in owner points.
The team announced that the No. 93 team would return on a part-time basis in 2014. The car was driven by Morgan Shepherd for the 2014 Daytona 500 in collaboration with Pat MacDonald, with sponsorship from the Support Military Foundation. However, Shepherd failed to qualify. Though the team had already expanded to three full-time cars with the addition of the No. 26, the No. 93 returned later in the year as a fourth BK car. Veteran Mike Bliss drove at both Kentucky and Loudon with Dr Pepper on the car. Johnny Sauter then drove the car with Dr Pepper at Pocono in August, and J. J. Yeley drove a Burger King-branded No. 93 at Richmond in September. At Loudon in September, Travis Kvapil was scheduled to return to BK's No. 93, but moved over to the No. 83 and was replaced with Clay Rogers, with Iowa City Capital Partners appearing on the car. Rogers returned to the car again at Martinsville, this time with Burger King decals. Except for the Daytona 500, the part-time car was a start-and-park ride used to fill the sponsorship gaps on the other three cars. Since the team failed to qualify in its first attempt and its next three appearances were late-entries, the team had no owner points prior to Richmond in September.
For 2015, it was planned that Sprint Cup Series rookie Matt DiBenedetto would race the 93 car part-time, driving the 93 in races that Camping World Truck Series driver Johnny Sauter drove in the 83. However, after Sauter only ran the Daytona 500, DiBenedetto took over the 83 full-time; the 93 did not run in 2015. For the 2016 Daytona 500, DiBenedetto drove the car due to Michael Waltrip driving the 83, with sponsorship from Dustless Blasting. The team also utilized an engine from Toyota Racing Development. DiBenedetto qualified for the race on speed, but crashed with Chris Buescher just before the halfway point of the race, finishing last. Starting at Richmond in April, the 93 car would return for multiple races with Ryan Ellis driving and sponsorship from Science Logic. Dylan Lupton joined the team in the 93 at Sonoma. DiBenedetto returned to the 93 at the fall Richmond race. At the Ford EcoBoost 400, the car was renumbered to No. 49 to promote NASCAR Heat Evolution's $49.99 price.

#### Car No. 93 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 | Owners | Pts |
| 2012 | David Reutimann | 93 | Toyota | DAY 26 | | | | | | | | | | DAR 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28th | 644 |
| 2012 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | | PHO 19 | LVS 39 | BRI 27 | CAL 29 | MAR 27 | TEX 38 | KAN 25 | RCH 30 | TAL 16 | | CLT 29 | DOV 23 | POC 26 | MCH 26 | SON 36 | KEN 17 | DAY 16 | NHA 30 | IND 37 | POC 25 | GLN 24 | MCH 15 | BRI 18 | ATL 26 | RCH 27 | CHI 31 | NHA 31 | DOV 29 | TAL 8 | CLT 25 | KAN 17 | MAR 31 | TEX 23 | PHO 20 | HOM 26 | 28th | 644 |
| 2013 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | DAY 25 | PHO 29 | LVS 39 | BRI 38 | CAL 34 | MAR 39 | TEX 22 | KAN 36 | RCH 37 | TAL 38 | DAR 23 | CLT 40 | DOV 39 | POC 20 | MCH 27 | SON 17 | KEN 42 | DAY 18 | NHA 38 | IND 31 | POC 26 | GLN 40 | MCH 28 | BRI 16 | ATL 27 | RCH 28 | CHI 24 | NHA 28 | DOV 31 | KAN 26 | CLT 35 | TAL 19 | MAR 24 | TEX 32 | PHO 41 | HOM 37 | 34th | 496 |
| 2014 | Morgan Shepherd | 93 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 3 |
| 2014 | Mike Bliss | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 41$^1$ | DAY | NHA 43$^1$ | IND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 3 |
| 2014 | Johnny Sauter | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 43$^1$ | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 3 |
| 2014 | J. J. Yeley | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 43 | CHI | | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 3 |
| 2014 | Clay Rogers | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 43 | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR 43 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 51st | 3 |
| 2016 | Matt DiBenedetto | 93 | Toyota | DAY 40 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 37 | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL 27 | MAR 32 | | | | 41st | 55 |
| 2016 | Ryan Ellis | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | RCH 37 | TAL | KAN | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | | | | | IND 32 | POC | GLN | BRI | MCH | DAR | | | | | | | | | TEX 38 | PHO | | 41st | 55 |
| 2016 | Dylan Lupton | 93 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 35 | DAY | KEN | NHA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 41st | 55 |
| 2016 | Matt DiBenedetto | 49 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 27 | 41st | 55 |
| $^1$ Post-Entry. Driver and Owner scored no points ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||