# Big Machine Racing

Big Machine Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that fields the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driven by Nick Sanchez. It is owned by Big Machine Records founder and American record executive Scott Borchetta, who at one point was a race car driver prior to founding Big Machine Records in 2005. Since 2022 the team has had an alliance with Richard Childress Racing and has a shop on the RCR campus alongside Kaulig Racing in Welcome, North Carolina.

## History
### Car No. 5 History
#### Part-time (2023)

On February 2, 2023, the team announced that it would run a second car for the 2023 Daytona 300. Jade Buford was announced as the driver for the No. 5 car.

#### Car No. 5 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Jade Buford | 5 | Chevy | DAY 25 | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL 36 | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 48th | 13 | |

### Car No. 48 History
#### Jade Buford (2021)

On January 19, 2021, Big Machine Records founder and owner Scott Borchetta announced that he and the company were starting a full-time Xfinity Series team, Big Machine Racing, which would field the No. 48 Chevrolet. The team bought cars and equipment from RSS Racing/Reaume Brothers Racing's No. 93 car in 2020. Jade Buford was announced as the driver of the team's No. 48 car in 2021, running full-time and for Rookie of the Year. Buford drove in the Xfinity Series road course races in 2020 for SS-Green Light Racing with Big Machine Records as his sponsor. Patrick Donahue, who also moved over from SS-Green Light Racing (where he had been the crew chief of Joe Graf Jr.'s No. 08 car), was announced as the crew chief for Buford and the BMR No. 48 car. Due to only having competed on road courses in a stock car before the start of the season, Buford was not approved by NASCAR to race at Daytona to start the season, so his first race came at the Daytona Road Course the following week. On February 1, it was announced that On Point Motorsports Truck Series driver Danny Bohn would make his Xfinity Series debut at Daytona substituting for Buford. (Despite it being his first start in the series, Bohn was approved due to him previously having driven in a superspeedway race in NASCAR.)

#### Multiple drivers (2022)

When the Jayski's Silly Season Site 2022 Xfinity Series team/driver chart was released, it was revealed that BMR may form an alliance with a larger NASCAR Xfinity Series team. On October 7, 2021, it was announced that the team would have an alliance with Richard Childress Racing in 2022 and they would move shops from Mooresville, North Carolina to one on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina. A rotation of drivers would drive for the team, such as Tyler Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Jade Buford, Kaz Grala, Parker Kligerman, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Ross Chastain, Nick Sanchez, and Marco Andretti.
On May 21, 2022, Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick earned the team's first victory at Texas.

#### Parker Kligerman (2023–2024)

On October 30, 2022, Big Machine announced that they would field the No. 48 car for Parker Kligerman in 2023. Following Kansas, Kligerman was able to qualify for the playoffs. Kligerman was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.
On August 24, 2023, Kligerman announced he will return for 2024. Following the Michigan race, the No. 48 was levied an L1 penalty after pre-race inspection discovered illegal modifications on the rear spoiler; as a result, the team was docked 20 owner and driver points, and crew chief Patrick Donahue was fined US$25,000. On September 11, Kligerman announced on his podcast that he will not return to BMR and is done with full-time racing at the end of the 2024 season.

#### Nick Sanchez (2025–present)

On September 18, 2024, it was announced that Nick Sanchez would drive the No. 48 and compete for Rookie of the Year honors following two years in the Truck Series.

#### Car No. 48 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 | NXSC | Pts |
| 2021 | Danny Bohn | 48 | Chevy | DAY 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 435 |
| 2021 | Jade Buford | 48 | Chevy | | DAY 36 | HOM 20 | LVS 30 | PHO 20 | ATL 26 | MAR 19 | TAL 18 | DAR 35 | DOV 33 | COA 15 | CLT 17 | MOH 13 | TEX 16 | NSH 33 | POC 19 | ROA 34 | ATL 17 | NHA 18 | GLN 21 | IND 20 | MCH 9 | DAY 28 | DAR 21 | RCH 36 | BRI 27 | LVS 26 | TAL 12 | CLT 16 | TEX 39 | KAN 38 | MAR 17 | PHO 33 | 23rd | 435 |
| 2022 | Jade Buford | 48 | Chevy | DAY 23 | CAL 37 | LVS 28 | PHO 28 | ATL 38 | COA 8 | RCH 33 | MAR 22 | | | | | | PIR 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Kaz Grala | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | TAL 29 | DOV 24 | | | | | | | | | | IND 32 | MCH 18 | GLN 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Tyler Reddick | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 26 | TEX 1 | | | NSH 21 | ROA 30 | ATL 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Austin Dillon | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Ty Dillon | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 | |
| 2022 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 34 | | | | DAY 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 | |
| 2022 | Ross Chastain | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 15 | KAN 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 | |
| 2022 | Nick Sanchez | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI 29 | TEX 11 | | | LVS 12 | HOM 25 | MAR 7 | PHO 12 | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 6 | | | | | | | | | 16th | 633 |
| 2022 | Marco Andretti | 48 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 36 | | | | | | | 16th | 633 | |
| 2023 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | Chevy | DAY 23 | CAL 10 | LVS 11 | PHO 15 | ATL 4 | COA 30 | RCH 8 | MAR 16 | TAL 3 | DOV 38 | DAR 13 | CLT 38 | PIR 14 | SON 5 | NSH 11 | CSC 9 | ATL 8 | NHA 32 | POC 9 | ROA 2 | MCH 8 | IRC 7 | GLN 3 | DAY 4 | DAR 24 | KAN 4 | BRI 31 | TEX 2 | ROV 6 | LVS 13 | HOM 7 | MAR 10 | PHO 16 | 13th | 905 |
| 2024 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | Chevy | DAY 25 | ATL 19 | LVS 11 | PHO 8 | COA 5 | RCH 7 | MAR 12 | TEX 25 | TAL 29 | DOV 12 | DAR 6 | CLT 37 | PIR 8 | SON 10 | IOW 11 | NHA 7 | NSH 16 | CSC 4 | POC 8 | IND 12 | MCH 11 | DAY 3 | DAR 13 | ATL 2 | GLN 7 | BRI 16 | KAN 12 | TAL 12 | ROV 6 | LVS 5 | HOM 11 | MAR 8 | PHO 14 | 11th | 2189 |
| 2025 | Nick Sanchez | 48 | Chevy | DAY 35 | ATL 5 | COA 24 | PHO 10 | LVS 20 | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | | |