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.
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In total, McAnally made 56 starts between 1992 and 1998
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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.
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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.
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They came back just as strong in 2017, winning another championship with Todd Gilliland.
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McAnally is the only owner in NASCAR history to have eight championships at the touring series level of NASCAR.
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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.
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The following day, the team revealed a new Menards Series West driver lineup of
Gio Scelzi
,
Jesse Love
,
Holley Hollan
, and
Gracie Trotter
.
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In 2021, McAnally's team participated with the Nos. 1 (
Jolynn Wilkinson
), 4 (
Dylan Lupton
,
Eric Nascimento
), 5 (
Sebastian Arias
), 16 (
Jesse Love
), 19 (
Derek Kraus
,
Eric Nascimento
,
Amber Balcaen
,
Jolynn Wilkinson
,
Sebastian Arias
), and 99 (
Cole Moore
).
In 2022, McAnally-Hilgemann and McAnally's team switched to
Chevrolet
, having a technical alliance with
GMS Racing
. In Truck,
Colby Howard
participated in the No. 91 (reverse of No. 19) full-time, and
Jake Garcia
participating in the No. 35 (his late model number) part-time. In ARCA West,
Austin Herzog
made his first full-time appearance, but was replaced by
Landen Lewis
after five rounds.
For
2023
,
Christian Eckes
ran the No. 19 full-time while 18-year-old rookie
Jake Garcia
ran the No. 35 full-time except for Daytona which was run by
Chase Elliott
, as Garcia was ineligible for the restrictor plate race due to not being 18 yet. Eckes scored wins at
Atlanta
,
Darlington
and
Kansas
.
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In 2003, McAnally fielded the No. 00 Chevrolet at
Infineon Raceway
with
Jim Inglebright
as the driver.
In 2004, McAnally fielded the No. 61 Chevrolet at
Infineon Raceway
with
Austin Cameron
as the driver.
Craftsman Truck Series
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Truck No. 18 history
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In December 2023, it was announced that
Tyler Ankrum
would compete for MHR full-time, driving the No. 18 truck.
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Truck No. 18 results
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Truck No. 19 history
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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.
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The team began a full-time schedule in 2020 with Kraus.
In 2022, the team began running
Chevrolet Silverados
after having run with Toyota since their debut.
On December 6, 2022, the team announced that they had signed
Christian Eckes
to drive the No. 19 in 2023.
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Eckes started the 2023 season with a third place finish at
Daytona
. He then scored wins at
Atlanta
,
Darlington
, and
Kansas
.
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Eckes was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8 at
Homestead
.
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He won two weeks later at
Phoenix
and finished fifth in the final points standings.
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Eckes started the
2024 season
with a 10th-place finish at
Daytona
. Throughout the season, he won at
Bristol
and
Martinsville
.
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Truck No. 19 results
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Truck No. 35 history
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The No. 35 attempted to make their debut at the
2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200
at
Martinsville Speedway
, but failed to qualify with
Jake Garcia
due to a rained out qualifying. The team signed Garcia for a full-time effort in the No. 35 in 2023.
Chase Elliott
ran the first race in 2023 at
Daytona International Speedway
due to Garcia not being 18. The team went on to finish in the top ten several times during the season, but failed to make the playoffs.
Truck No. 35 results
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Truck No. 43 history
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On September 27, 2023, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing signed
Daniel Dye
for
2024
. Dye will use the No. 43 from his previous team,
GMS Racing
.
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Truck No. 43 results
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Truck No. 62 history
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McAnally debuted in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000 with
Brendan Gaughan
as the driver of the No. 62 truck. He run 6 races that season and failed to qualify for 1 race.
In 2001, Gaughan returned for 3 races with the best finished of 3rd at
Mesa Marin Raceway
.
Truck No. 62 results
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Truck No. 91 history
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The team ran the No. 91 in 2022 full time with
Colby Howard
.
On December 6, 2023, it was announced that
Jack Wood
would drive the No. 91 truck part-time for 2024, and full time in the ARCA Menards Series West in the No. 16 Chevy.
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Truck No. 91 results
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