Bill McAnally Racing

Bill McAnally Racing
Owner(s) Bill McAnally
Base Roseville, California
Series NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Car numbers 00, 04, 1, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 38, 50, 54, 60, 61, 62, 99
Race drivers 04. Hershel McGriff (part-time)
16. Derek Kraus
19. Hailie Deegan
24. Alex Bowman (part-time)
50. Chris Eggleston (part-time)
60. Christopher Bell (part-time)
62. Brendan Gaughan (part-time)
99. Cole Rouse
Sponsors 04. South Point
16. NAPA Auto Parts, Curb Records
19. Mobil 1, NAPA Power Premium Plus
24. Axalta, Nationwide
60. NAPA Belts and hoses
62. South Point
99. NAPA Filters
Manufacturer Toyota
Career
Debut Whelen All-American Series
1990
K&N Pro Series West:
1992
K&N Pro Series East:
2014
Drivers' Championships Total: 9
NASCAR Whelen All American Series: 1
1990
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West: 8
1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East: 0

Bill McAnally Racing (BMR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. The team is based in Roseville, California and is owned by Bill McAnally. The team currently fields the No. 16 Toyota Camry for Derek Kraus, the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Hailie Deegan and the No. 99 Toyota Camry for Cole Rouse. They also field part-time entries for Hershel McGriff in the No. 04 Toyota Camry, the No. 50 for former longtime driver Chris Eggleston, NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman in the No. 24. And NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers Christopher Bell in the No. 60 and Brendan Gaughan in the No. 62.

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 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at the track. NAPA was so impressed by him that they have 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 an 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. 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.[3] They came back just as strong in 2017, winning another championship with Todd Gilliland.[4] McAnally is the only owner in NASCAR history to have eight championships at the touring series level of NASCAR.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Company History | BMR NAPA". www.bmrnapa.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Driver Bill McAnally Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Where are they now? – Bill McAnally continues to make a difference". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Driver Todd Gilliland 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  5. ↑ "Rouse To Team With Bill McAnally Racing – NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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