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Beard Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with the No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Anthony Alfredo. The team was created in 1982 by Mark Beard for competition in the NASCAR Busch Series. Beard Motorsports attempted two races in the Cup Series in 2014, with driver Clay Rogers, making none. After going dormant in 2015 and 2016, the team returned part-time in 2017 with Brendan Gaughan.
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Car No. 62 history
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The team came back for the 2018 slate of restrictor-plate races in the No. 62 with Brendan Gaughan behind the wheel, and did the same as well in 2019, using cars from Richard Childress Racing, engines from ECR Engines, and technical support from the Childress crew.[2]
2020 marked Gaughan's final season as a driver.[3] He made the field at the 2020 Daytona 500 by posting the second fastest qualifying speed of all the non-charter teams (188.945 mph; 33rd overall).[4] Gaughan's tenure with the team and career ended in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega, where he finished 35th after being collected in a Stage 2 wreck.[5][6]
On January 14, 2021, Beard announced Noah Gragson would attempt to make his Cup debut in the Daytona 500.[7] On January 31, just fourteen days before the 500, team owner Mark Beard died at age 72.[8]
On September 7, 2021, Beard Motorsports announced they will return in the 2022 season, entering the No. 62 in all four superspeedway races with Gragson competing in the 2022 Daytona 500.[9] Gragson finally made his debut, but he failed to finish being involved in a crash. He achieved sponsorship from Wendy's for Talladega and achieved his first ever top-twenty finish in a Cup Series race. Later on, at the August Daytona Race, Gragson finished fifth in the race, giving the team their first top 5 in a NASCAR Cup Series race.
Beard Motorsports attempted to make the 2023 Daytona 500 with Austin Hill, but Hill failed to make the field after a late crash resulted in an eighteenth place finish in Duel 2 of the 2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.[10]
For the 2024 season, Beard Motorsports signed Anthony Alfredo to drive the No. 62. Alfredo finished 27th at the 2024 Daytona 500 and scored a career-best sixth place finish at Talladega.[11] At the 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Parker Retzlaff scored an impressive seventh place finish after pushing Harrison Burton to the lead under an overtime finish.[12]
For the 2025 season, Beard signed Alfredo to drive the No. 62 for multiple races.[13][14] After failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, Alfredo would show a strong performance at Talladega, by leading nineteen laps, but finished 28th after the disqualifications of Joey Logano and Ryan Preece. On April 16, it was announced that Jesse Love will drive the No. 62 at Texas Motor Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[15]
Car No. 62 results
Car No. 75 history
Mark Beard founded the cup team during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race team's engine was built with old Hendrick Motorsports parts and with tests at various east coast tracks, including at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The team was on the entry list for the July race at Loudon but withdrew their car before attempting to qualify.[16] The team then attempted to run at Richmond International Raceway two months later with Clay Rogers in the No. 75 Beard Oil Chevrolet;[17] however, they failed to qualify for the race. The last time Beard Motorsports attempted to qualify for a race was at Phoenix International Raceway with Rogers, but weren't able to make the race.[18]
The team did not attempt any races in 2015 or 2016.[19]
In 2017, Beard Motorsports announced it would run the Daytona 500 with Brendan Gaughan in the No. 75 Beard Oil Chevrolet.[20] Gaughan's Richard Childress Racing Xfinity Series pit crew serviced the car and the team used a Childress engine. The team also bought a car from Leavine Family Racing, a Childress satellite; the car had finished fifteenth in the previous year's Daytona 500 with Michael McDowell.[21] The team did not possess a NASCAR charter.[22] As one of the two fastest non-charter cars in qualifying, Gaughan was able to make the field.
Gaughan then secured an eleventh-place finish in the Daytona 500, the first race in the Cup Series for the team.[23] The team announced it would enter the other three 2017 restrictor plate races. Gaughan and the team returned at Talladega, finishing 27th. Then on July 1 in the Coke Zero 400, Brendan Gaughan drove the team's car to a seventh place finish,[24] despite hitting the wall once in the race. The team's next race was the Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Gaughan led laps and ended up seventeenth after avoiding the big one then being collected in the next crash.
Car No. 75 results
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Busch Series
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Car No. 00 history
In the 1990s Beard fielded the No. 00 car for drivers like Gary Neice, Dana Patten, Bobby Dotter, L. D. Ottinger, Richard Lasater, Butch Miller, and Jim Brinkley Jr.[25]
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Car No. 16 history
During his driving career, Mark Beard raced for his own team in the NASCAR Busch Series as an owner-driver, He first fielded the No. 16 Pontiac at 1982 Goody's 300, where he finished 18th.
Car No. 16 history
Car No. 38 history
In 1986, Beard fielded the No. 38 Pontiac at Charlotte, where he finished 26th.
Car No. 38 history
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Car No. 42 history
The owner of the oil business Beard Oil, Mark Beard revived Beard Motorsports in 2009 and began racing in ARCA with Clay Rogers behind the No. 42 Chevrolet; Beard acquired equipment from Hendrick Motorsports.[26][27]
Car No. 42 results
Car No. 45 history
The team fielded the No. 45 from 2011-2012 and scored a best finish of fourth at Iowa Speedway with Clay Rogers behind the wheel.[28]
Car No. 45 results
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