B. J. McLeod

B. J. McLeod (born November 17, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 52 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing and No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for his B.J. McLeod Motorsports team, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports.

B. J. McLeod
McLeod at Road America in 2019
Born	(1983-11-17) November 17, 1983 Wauchula, Florida
NASCAR Cup Series career
55 races run over 5 years
Car no., team	No. 52 (Rick Ware Racing) No. 78 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports) No. 77 (Spire Motorsports)
2019 position	48th
Best finish	48th (2019)
First race	2015 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
Last race	2020 Super Start Batteries 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
143 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	Nos. 0/6 (JD Motorsports)
2019 position	20th
Best finish	15th (2016, 2019)
First race	2015 3M 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2020 UNOH 188 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
38 races run over 9 years
2019 position	112th
Best finish	32nd (2015)
First race	2010 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2019 Camping World 225 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 15, 2020.

Racing career

Early years

Early in his career, McLeod was a go-kart and super late model driver in the Southeast.[1] He was noted around the Southeast for being the youngest driver in several of the divisions he competed in as a teenager, including the Hooters Pro Cup.[2] In 2000, McLeod competed in two Pro Cup races at Hickory Motor Speedway and USA International Speedway, with a best finish of 31st in the former.[3] The following year, he ran an American Speed Association National Tour race at Fairgrounds Speedway for Herzog Motorsports, finishing 15th.[4] After a test session with Herzog, McLeod had an agreement in place to run a limited NASCAR Busch Series schedule for the team in 2002 but it never materialized.[5]

In 2014, he ran an ARCA Racing Series event at Pocono Raceway for Venturini Motorsports, finishing 27th.[6]

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

McLeod began racing in NASCAR's top three series in 2010, making his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway in the No. 9 for Germain Racing; after qualifying 23rd, he finished 17th.[7] The following year he split time in a partial schedule with his own team, SS-Green Light Racing and RSS Racing.[8] In 2012, McLeod again ran a partial schedule, this time with RSS, Glenden Enterprises and Hillman Racing.[9] For 2013, he focused on his own team and only made one race, the season finale at Homestead–Miami Speedway.[10] The following year McLeod served as a part-time start and park driver for SS-Green Light.[11] In 2015, while doing a part-time Xfinity schedule, McLeod again started and parked, this time for his own team.[12] While running a 2016 full-time Xfinity schedule, McLeod came back to the Trucks for one race in 2016, turning in a top-fifteen, lead-lap finish for MB Motorsports at Kansas Speedway.[13]

Xfinity Series

In 2015, he joined Rick Ware Racing at Iowa Speedway for his Xfinity Series debut, retiring after 68 laps due to brake troubles, and was credited with a 36th-place finish.[14] McLeod then proceeded to bounce between different teams, starting and parking and running full races. McLeod in that season ran for RWR, a partnership between SS-Green Light Racing and Young's Motorsports, MBM Motorsports and King Autosport.[15]

2016 Xfinity Series car at Road America

McLeod took on a full-time Xfinity schedule in 2016, his first full slate in a NASCAR national series. He ran the full schedule with his own B. J. McLeod Motorsports No. 78 car, scoring three top twenty finishes.[16]

In 2017, he has rotated between the Nos. 78 and 8 while taking some races off to give to pay drivers as he focuses on making his team better.[17]

Cup Series

McLeod made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the 2015 Sylvania 300, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet SS for Circle Sport.[18] Two years later, he returned to the Cup Series and Ware for the 2017 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, driving the No. 51.[19] McLeod has continued to drive part-time in the No. 51 car, recording his first top 30 finish at Kansas Speedway.[20]

In 2019, McLeod joined Ware for his Daytona 500 debut.[21]

B. J. McLeod Motorsports

Main article: B. J. McLeod Motorsports

McLeod started a driver development program, known as B. J. McLeod Motorsports, running late model and K&N Pro Series East events,[1] and fielded rides for drivers like Matt Tifft[22] and Scott Heckert.[23] In 2014, McLeod partnered with Tommy Regan to field a Truck Series team, the No. 45, for Regan at Iowa Speedway; despite initially having to qualify faster than two other trucks to qualify, Wauters Motorsports and the start and park ride of MB Motorsports withdrew, guaranteeing the No. 45 a spot in the race. Regan finished last after ignition problems on lap one.[24]

The team made its Xfinity Series debut at Daytona in 2016, fielding two cars: the No. 78 and No. 99 Fords. McLeod ran the full season in the 78 and ran the 99 part-time with drivers like Todd Peck, Stanton Barrett and Jeff Green. He also ran a third part-time team, the No. 15, in an alliance with Rick Ware Racing, with Peck driving most of the races.

In 2017, McLeod expanded to two full-time teams; originally the plan was for McLeod to drive the 78 and for Jeff Green to drive the 8 car.[25] The team also entered a 99 car with last year's owner points; however, the team is operated by SS-Green Light Racing. McLeod took the first two races of the season off to put Clint King in the car.[26] Later in the season, at Talladega, Green led the team's first laps and scored its first top ten finish.[27] Green, however, would only drive one more race for the team,[28] as McLeod slotted to the 8 car and a rotation of drivers including Tommy Joe Martins, Jordan Anderson, Angela Ruch, Stephen Young, Josh Bilicki, John Graham and Jennifer Jo Cobb drove the 78.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	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	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2015	Circle Sport	33	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA 34	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	0^1	[29]
2017	Rick Ware Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN 32	NHA	IND 32	POC	GLN	MCH 36	BRI 32	DAR	RCH 37	CHI	NHA	DOV 36	CLT 32	TAL	KAN 30	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	60th	0^1	[30]
2018				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN 35	CLT 33	POC	MCH 37	SON	CHI 35	DAY	KEN 32	NHA 34	POC 40	GLN			DAR 32							KAN 33	MAR	TEX	PHO		65th	0^1	[31]
			Ford																							MCH 31				LVS 28	RCH	CLT	DOV 34	TAL					HOM 35
		52																									BRI DNQ		IND 30
2019		51	Chevy	DAY 19						TEX 31	BRI	RCH	TAL														BRI 32	DAR 39					DOV 29	TAL	KAN	MAR 27	TEX	PHO		48th	0^1	[32]
		52			ATL 32									DOV 37	KAN							KEN 36	NHA
			Ford			LVS 37	PHO	CAL 37	MAR
		53	Chevy													CLT 29	POC	MCH	SON																				HOM 32
		51	Ford																	CHI 36	DAY 28			POC 33	GLN	MCH			IND 25	LVS 33	RCH	CLT
2020		52		DAY 38	LVS	CAL	PHO																																	-*	0^1*	[33]
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevy					DAR 39	DAR 36				ATL 40	MAR			POC 39	POC 37	IND 22	KEN	TEX 33	KAN 39	NHA	DOV	MCH	MCH	GLN	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO
			Ford							CLT 32	CLT 35	BRI 28
	Spire Motorsports	77	Chevy												HOM 35	TAL 31

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2019	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	38	19
2020		Ford	38	38

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	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
2015	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW 36	CLT 37	DOV 27	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN 34													CLT 35					104th	0^1	[34]
	SS-Green Light Racing	90	Chevy																	NHA 24
	MBM Motorsports	13	Dodge																		IND 32	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA
			Chevy																								DAR 31	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV
	SS-Green Light Racing	15	Chevy																														KAN 33	TEX
	King Autosport	92	Chevy																																PHO 37	HOM 38
2016	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Ford	DAY 24	ATL 26	LVS 27	PHO 29	CAL 33	TEX 29	BRI 28	RCH 28	TAL 36	DOV 19	CLT 25	POC 22	MCH 34	IOW 19	DAY 40	KEN 23	NHA 20	IND 26	IOW 23	GLN 26	MOH 27	BRI 19	ROA 28	DAR 37	RCH 32	CHI 24	KEN 21	DOV 33	CLT 30	KAN 22	TEX 28	PHO 25	HOM 31	20th	459	[16]
2017			Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS 37	PHO 25	CAL 23	TEX 27	BRI 29	RCH 37																									HOM 33	26th	247	[35]
			Toyota									TAL DNQ						DAY 11
		8	Chevy										CLT 29	DOV 22	POC 26	MCH 30	IOW 17		KEN 24	NHA 26	IND 33	IOW 22	GLN	MOH	BRI 26	ROA	DAR 27	RCH	CHI 35	KEN 28	DOV 27	CLT 28	KAN 32	TEX 26	PHO
2018		78		DAY	ATL 30	LVS 26	PHO 26	CAL 22	TEX 29	BRI 20	RCH 32		DOV 23		POC 22																						29th	276	[36]
			Toyota									TAL 19
		99	Chevy											CLT 40
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy													MCH 28
	JD Motorsports	15	Chevy														IOW 29	CHI 25	DAY 36	KEN 21	NHA 35	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 19	ROA	DAR 23	IND 16	LVS 19	RCH	CLT	DOV 37
		01																															KAN 23	TEX 36	PHO 23	HOM 32
2019		15		DAY 27	ATL 24	LVS 20	PHO 21	CAL 24	TEX 32	BRI 18		TAL 22	DOV 27	CLT 18	POC 17	MCH 19	IOW	CHI 23	DAY 33				GLN 27	MOH 26	BRI 26	ROA 23		IND 22		RCH 30	CLT 23	DOV 16					20th	425	[37]
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	99	Toyota								RCH 30
	JD Motorsports	4	Chevy																	KEN 20							DAR 19		LVS 22				KAN 19	TEX 16	PHO	HOM 20
		01																			NHA 21	IOW
2020		0		DAY 13	LVS 33	CAL 24	PHO 20																														-*	-*	[38]
		6						DAR 15	CLT 17	BRI 11	ATL 25	HOM 26	HOM 34	TAL 23	POC 14	IND 29	KEN 18	KEN 20	TEX 20	KAN 31	ROA	DAY 20	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
Year	Team	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	NGOTC	Pts	Ref
2010	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	9	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR 17	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	95th	112	[39]
2011	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	PHO 35	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW															37th	112	[8]
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevy												NSH 20	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL 30	CHI	NHA
	RSS Racing	93	Chevy																				KEN 26	LVS 23	TAL 27	MAR	TEX 21	HOM
2012		38		DAY	MAR DNQ	CAR	KAN																						50th	50	[9]
		93						CLT DNQ	DOV
	Glenden Enterprises	84	Chevy							TEX 23	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH
	Hillman Racing	27	Chevy													BRI 15	ATL	IOW	KEN
		25																		LVS 32	TAL	MAR	TEX 33	PHO	HOM
2013	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM 19				62nd	25	[10]
2014	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX 25	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC 30	MCH	BRI 34			NHA 26	LVS 27	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 32	HOM				39th	107	[11]
		08															MSP 27	CHI
2015	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	45	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN 28	CLT 31	DOV 27	TEX 27	GTW	IOW	KEN 29	ELD	POC 29	MCH 30	BRI DNQ	MSP 28	CHI 28	NHA	LVS 28	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			32nd	138	[12]
2016	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN 15	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			94th	0^1	[13]
2017	Norm Benning Racing	57	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN 31	ELD	POC														92nd	0^1	[40]
	Copp Motorsports	63	Chevy													MCH 24	BRI	MSP
		36																	CHI 30	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2018	TJL Motorsports	1	Chevy	DAY DNQ	ATL																								105th	0^1	[41]
	Beaver Motorsports	50	Chevy			LVS 23	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy										GTW DNQ	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC 24
	Reaume Brothers Racing	34	Chevy															MCH 29
		33																	BRI DNQ	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2019	Jacob Wallace Racing	80	Ford	DAY	ATL DNQ	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW															112th	0^1	[42]
	Vizion Motorsports	1	Toyota												CHI 30	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Venturini Motorsports	15	Toyota	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	ELK	WIN	CHI	IRP	POC 27	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN	144th	70	[43]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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External links

• Official website
• B. J. McLeod driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• B. J. McLeod owner statistics at Racing-Reference