B. J. McLeod

Burton Darwin "B. J." McLeod Jr. (born November 17, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. McLeod co-owns Live Fast Motorsports (along with Joe Falk), a NASCAR Cup Series team which fields the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, which he drives part-time. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 92 Chevrolet Camaro SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports McLeod has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career Early years Early in his career, McLeod was a go-kart and super late model driver in the Southeast. 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. 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. The following year, he ran an American Speed Association National Tour race at Fairgrounds Speedway for Herzog Motorsports, finishing fifteenth. After a test session with Herzog, McLeod had an agreement in place to run a limited NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule for the team in 2002 but it never materialized.

NASCAR Craftsman 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 seventeenth. The following year he split time in a partial schedule with his own team, SS-Green Light Racing and RSS Racing. However, McLeod did not end up running either race for the team.

On May 16, 2025, Spire Motorsports announced that McLeod would drive their No. 07 truck in the race at Charlotte with sponsorship from the Pigeon Forge Racing Coaster, arguably giving him his first opportunity in NASCAR in competitive equipment.

ARCA In 2014, he ran an ARCA Racing Series event at Pocono Raceway for Venturini Motorsports, finishing 27th. He drove the team's No. 15 Zaxby's Toyota, substituting for the injured John Wes Townley. This has been McLeod's only ARCA start to date.

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. 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.

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.

Cup Series

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

In 2019, McLeod joined Ware for his Daytona 500 debut. During the race, McLeod and fellow RWR teammate Cody Ware crashed while several cars were entering pit road, with McLeod spinning into the grass in the tri-oval; despite the wreck, McLeod would continue the race and finish nineteenth due to most of his fellow competitors being involved in crashes throughout the race. McLeod would then participate in 17 other events for Rick Ware Racing across their No. 51, No. 52, and No. 53 cars. In May, McLeod expanded his B. J. McLeod Motorsports team to the Cup level, running the No. 78 for the team in several races beginning with The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway. He would lead laps at Talladega with a best finish of nineteenth all year at the 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.

Team owner career

McLeod started a driver development program, known as B. J. McLeod Motorsports, running late model and K&N Pro Series East events, and Scott Heckert. 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.

The team made its NASCAR 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. 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. Later in the season, at Talladega, Green led the team's first laps and scored its first top-ten finish. Green, however, would only drive one more race for the team, 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.

On October 23, 2020, McLeod and Matt Tifft purchased Archie St. Hilare's half of Go Fas Racing's charter and formed Live Fast Motorsports. McLeod and Tifft used the charter full-time from 2021 until they sold it to Spire Motorsports at the end of the 2023 season. B. J. McLeod Motorsports will continue operating at the Xfinity level.

For the 2024 season, McLeod attempted to run the 2024 Daytona 500, but failed to make the race after finishing fourteenth in Duel 2 of the 2024 Bluegreen Vacations Duels. He ran a total of five races with LFM and two with MBM Motorsports in 2024 and finished 51st in the drivers' points standings. On December 19, LFM announced the team will run all six superspeedway races and the Coca-Cola 600 in 2025. McLeod's No. 78 car at Daytona International Speedway ahead of qualifying for the 2026 Daytona 500. During the 2025 season, McLeod failed to qualify for the 2025 Daytona 500. On March 3, the team announced that Katherine Legge would drive the No. 78 car in her Cup Series debut at Phoenix.

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 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 NHA34 DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 69th 01 2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN32 NHA IND32 POC GLN MCH36 BRI32 DAR RCH37 CHI NHA DOV36 CLT32 TAL KAN30 MAR TEX PHO HOM 60th 01 2018 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN35 CLT33 POC MCH37 SON CHI35 DAY KEN32 NHA34 POC40 GLN DAR32 KAN33 MAR TEX PHO 65th 01 Ford MCH31 LVS28 RCH ROV DOV34 TAL HOM35 52 BRIDNQ IND30 2019 51 Chevy DAY19 TEX31 BRI RCH TAL BRI32 DAR39 DOV29 TAL KAN MAR27 TEX PHO 48th 01 52 ATL32 DOV37 KAN KEN36 NHA Ford LVS37 PHO CAL37 MAR 53 Chevy CLT29 POC MCH SON HOM32 51 Ford CHI36 DAY28 POC33 GLN MCH IND25 LVS33 RCH ROV 2020 52 DAY38 LVS CAL PHO 47th 01 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DAR39 DAR36 ATL40 MAR POC39 POC37 IND22 KEN TEX33 KAN39 NHA MCH MCH DRC DOV38 DOV31 DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO Ford CLT32 CLT35 BRI28 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy HOM35 TAL31 2021 Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford DAY23 DRC HOM34 LVS30 PHO30 ATL34 BRD MAR29 RCH32 TAL25 KAN31 DAR32 DOV36 COA CLT31 SON NSH28 POC30 POC29 ROA ATL30 NHA30 GLN IRC MCH28 DAY9 DAR27 RCH30 BRI37 LVS33 TAL30 ROV TEX22 KAN30 MAR29 PHO27 47th 01 2022 DAY27 CAL22 LVS28 PHO33 ATL19 COA RCH34 MAR36 BRD TAL26 DOV35 DAR32 KAN36 CLT19 GTW30 SON NSH32 ROA ATL36 NHA36 POC30 IRC MCH23 RCH33 GLN DAY7 DAR29 KAN31 BRI24 TEX26 TAL33 ROV LVS30 HOM33 MAR34 PHO31 45th 01 2023 Chevy DAY30 CAL24 LVS32 PHO36 ATL36 COA RCH BRD26 MAR TAL18 DOV29 KAN DAR32 CLT29 GTW27 SON NSH CSC ATL20 NHA31 POC32 RCH36 MCH IRC GLN DAY23 DAR36 KAN BRI31 TEX22 TAL29 ROV LVS31 HOM MAR36 PHO33 50th 01 2024 DAYDNQ ATL24 LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL32 DOV KAN DAR DAY19 DAR ATL25 GLN BRI KAN TAL22 ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 51st 01 MBM Motorsports 66 Ford CLT37 GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND39 RCH MCH 2025 Live Fast Motorsports 78 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL22 COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL33 TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL16 CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY32 DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL28 MAR PHO 48th 01 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2019 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 38 19 2020 Ford 38 38 2021 Live Fast Motorsports Ford 38 23 2022 37 27 2023 Chevrolet 32 30 2024 DNQ 2025 DNQ 2026 38 41

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2015 Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW36 CLT37 DOV27 MCH CHI DAY KEN34 CLT35 104th 01 SS-Green Light Racing 90 Chevy NHA24 MBM Motorsports 13 Dodge IND32 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA Chevy DAR31 RCH CHI KEN DOV SS-Green Light Racing 15 Chevy KAN33 TEX King Autosport 92 Chevy PHO37 HOM38 2016 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Ford DAY24 ATL26 LVS27 PHO29 CAL33 TEX29 BRI28 RCH28 TAL36 DOV19 CLT25 POC22 MCH34 IOW19 DAY40 KEN23 NHA20 IND26 IOW23 GLN26 MOH27 BRI19 ROA28 DAR37 RCH32 CHI24 KEN21 DOV33 CLT30 KAN22 TEX28 PHO25 HOM31 20th 459 2017 Chevy DAY ATL LVS37 PHO25 CAL23 TEX27 BRI29 RCH37 HOM33 26th 247 Toyota TALDNQ DAY11 8 Chevy CLT29 DOV22 POC26 MCH30 IOW17 KEN24 NHA26 IND33 IOW22 GLN MOH BRI26 ROA DAR27 RCH CHI35 KEN28 DOV27 CLT28 KAN32 TEX26 PHO 2018 78 DAY ATL30 LVS26 PHO26 CAL22 TEX29 BRI20 RCH32 DOV23 POC22 29th 276 Toyota TAL19 99 Chevy CLT40 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy MCH28 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy IOW29 CHI25 DAY36 KEN21 NHA35 IOW GLN MOH BRI19 ROA DAR23 IND16 LVS19 RCH ROV DOV37 01 KAN23 TEX36 PHO23 HOM32 2019 15 DAY27 ATL24 LVS20 PHO21 CAL24 TEX32 BRI18 TAL22 DOV27 CLT18 POC17 MCH19 IOW CHI23 DAY33 GLN27 MOH26 BRI26 ROA23 IND22 RCH30 ROV23 DOV16 20th 425 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota RCH30 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy KEN20 DAR19 LVS22 KAN19 TEX16 PHO HOM20 01 NHA21 IOW 2020 0 DAY13 LVS33 CAL24 PHO20 21st 433 6 DAR15 CLT17 BRI11 ATL25 HOM26 HOM34 TAL23 POC14 IRC29 KEN18 KEN20 TEX20 KAN31 ROA DRC20 DOV34 DOV25 DAY32 RCH29 RCH24 BRI34 LVS26 TAL B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DAR14 MAR33 PHO14 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy ROV22 KAN17 DGM Racing 90 Chevy TEX17 2021 DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR26 CLTDNQ MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR22 RCH 96th 01 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chevy DOV21 COA LVS30 TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO JD Motorsports 15 Chevy BRI26 2022 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH28 ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN 57th 29 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy BRI34 TEX TAL26 ROV LVS HOM36 MAR PHO32 2023 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 53 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRIWth 68th 1 35 BRI37 TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2024 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY15 ATL18 LVS32 PHO14 COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC 40th 78 MBM Motorsports 13 Chevy IND28 MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2026 DGM Racing withJesse Iwuji Motorsports 92 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 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 MAR17 TAL TEX PHO HOM 95th 112 2011 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY PHO35 DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW 37th 112 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy NSH20 IRP POC MCH BRI ATL30 CHI NHA RSS Racing 93 Chevy KEN26 LVS23 TAL27 MAR TEX21 HOM 2012 38 DAY MARDNQ CAR KAN 50th 50 93 CLTDNQ DOV Glenden Enterprises 84 Chevy TEX23 KEN IOW CHI POC MCH Hillman Racing 27 Chevy BRI15 ATL IOW KEN 25 LVS32 TAL MAR TEX33 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 HOM19 62nd 25 2014 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX25 GTW KEN IOW ELD POC30 MCH BRI34 NHA26 LVS27 TAL MAR TEX PHO32 HOM 39th 107 08 MSP27 CHI 2015 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 45 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN28 CLT31 DOV27 TEX27 GTW IOW KEN29 ELD POC29 MCH30 BRIDNQ MSP28 CHI28 NHA LVS28 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 32nd 138 2016 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN15 DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 94th 01 2017 Norm Benning Racing 57 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN31 ELD POC 92nd 01 Copp Motorsports 63 Chevy MCH24 BRI MSP 36 CHI30 NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2018 TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL 105th 01 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy LVS23 MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy GTWDNQ CHI KEN ELD POC24 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Chevy MCH29 33 BRIDNQ MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2019 Jacob Wallace Racing 80 Ford DAY ATLDNQ LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW 112th 01 Beaver Motorsports 1 Toyota CHI30 KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 2020 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Toyota DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR22 PHO 91st 01 2021 34 DAY DRC LVS26 ATL BRD RCH KAN 85th 5 33 Chevy DAR32 COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 2025 Spire Motorsports 07 Chevy DAY ATL LVS HOM MAR BRI CAR TEX KAN NWS CLT15 NSH MCH POC LRP IRP GLN RCH DAR BRI NHA ROV TAL MAR PHO 56th 22

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Switched from Xfinity to Truck points on May 4

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 Pts Ref 2014 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC27 BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 144th 70