Bill McAnally Racing
Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) is an American professional stock car racing team that competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East. The team is based in Roseville, California and is owned by Bill McAnally. In the Menards Series West, the team fields five Toyota Camrys: the No. 12 for Lawless Alan, the No. 16 for Gio Scelzi, the No. 19 for Jesse Love, the No. 50 for Holley Hollan, and the No. 99 for Gracie Trotter.
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| Owner(s) | Bill McAnally Mike Curb William Hilgemann |
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| Base | Roseville, California |
| Series | NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series West |
| Race drivers | Truck Series 19. Derek Kraus (R) Menards Series East 12. Lawless Alan (part-time) 16. Gio Scelzi (part-time) 19. Jesse Love (part-time) 50. Holly Hollan (part-time) 99. Gracie Trotter (part-time) Menards Series West 12. Lawless Alan 16. Giovanni Scelzi 19. Jesse Love 50. Holley Hollan 99. Gracie Trotter |
| Sponsors | Truck Series 19. Shockwave Marine Suspension Seating, NAPA Auto Parts, Eneos Menards Series East 16. NAPA Auto Parts, Curb Records 19. Monster Energy, Mobil 1, NAPA Power Premium Plus 99. NAPA Filters Menards Series West 16. NAPA Auto Parts, Curb Records 19. Monster Energy, Mobil 1, NAPA Auto Parts, NAPA Power Premium Plus 50. JBL, NAPA Filters, NAPA Belts & Hoses 99. Eneos |
| Manufacturer | Toyota |
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| Debut | Whelen All-American Series 1990 Menards Series West: 1992 Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2000 Menards Series East: 2014 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 9 NASCAR Whelen All American Series: 1 1990 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West: 9 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East: 0 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: 0 |
The team also races full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series as McAnally–Hilgemann Racing (MHR), fielding the No. 19 Toyota Tundra for Derek Kraus.
History
Bill McAnally first started racing in the Late Model series at All American Speedway in 1990. While preparing to begin his Late Model career he reached out to NAPA to try getting some sponsorship for his car. They agreed to sponsor him, and McAnally won the Late Model division championship in the Whelen All-American Series at the track. NAPA has continued to sponsor the team to this day.
McAnally moved up to the K&N Pro Series West (then called the NASCAR Winston West Series), making two starts that season. The following season he bumped that up to five starts. The 1994 season got off to a bad start when he lost his car and equipment to vandals the night before the season opener. Despite this, McAnally still managed to race in six events while rebuilding his team that year. In 1995 he finally reached his dream of running a full regular season schedule, finishing ninth in the championship standings. He followed that up with another ninth-place finish in the standings the following year.[1] In total, McAnally made 56 starts between 1992 and 1998[2] while also working a full-time job as a lineman for a utility company.
In 1999 McAnally was getting ready to retire from racing when a chance meeting took place with a father and son who wanted to go racing. That meeting resulted in Sean Woodside racing for McAnally in 1999. He won the first race of the season at Tucson and went on to win the series championship. McAnally next opened a seat for Brendan Gaughan who went on to win back-to-back titles for BMR in 2000 and 2001 and opened a Camping World Truck Series (then called Craftsman Truck Series) team in the same years.[3] McAnally would add two more titles with driver Eric Holmes in 2008 and 2010. In 2015 and 2016 the team saw even more success, winning back-to-back championships with Chris Eggleston and Todd Gilliland respectively. This made McAnally just the third car owner in the history of the series to win consecutive titles on two separate occasions.[4] They came back just as strong in 2017, winning another championship with Todd Gilliland.[5] McAnally is the only owner in NASCAR history to have eight championships at the touring series level of NASCAR.[6]
In November 2018, it was announced that BMR would reopen a Camping World Truck Series team debuting again at ISM Raceway fielding the No. 19 Toyota Tundra for Derek Kraus. After finishing in the top-ten, BMR expanded its inventory to three trucks and committed to running a four-race schedule with Kraus in 2019.[7]
On January 13, 2020, BMR announced a partnership with Bill Hilgemann to form McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. The team fielded the No. 19 Tundra full-time in the Truck Series for Kraus.[8] The following day, the team revealed a new Menards Series West driver lineup of Gio Scelzi, Jesse Love, Holley Hollan, and Gracie Trotter.[9]
References
- "Company History | BMR NAPA". www.bmrnapa.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Driver Bill McAnally Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Craftsman Truck Series Entry in 2000 and 2001.website=racing-reference.info". Retrieved 2018-11-04.
- "Where are they now? – Bill McAnally continues to make a difference". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Driver Todd Gilliland 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Rouse To Team With Bill McAnally Racing – NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- Seelman, Jacob. "Kraus Set For Four Truck Races With McAnally". Speed Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- Segal, Davey (January 13, 2020). "Derek Kraus, Bill McAnally Racing to Field Full-Time Truck Series Team in 2020". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- Bonkowski, Jerry (January 14, 2020). "Bill McAnally Racing names 2020 ARCA Menards West driver lineup". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
