Generational Race Team Procures NextGen Car MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (Sept. 7, 2021) – Beard Motorsports is the first non-chartered NASCAR Cup Series team to announce its intention to compete in the 64th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The generational race team founded by the late Mark Beard…
Twenty-Two-Year-Old Las Vegas Native To Make NASCAR Cup Series Debut in The Great American Race MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (Jan. 14, 2021) – Beard Motorsports has selected Noah Gragson to drive its No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro in the 63rd running of the Daytona 500 Feb. 14 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Upon qualifying for The Great…
Crash Leaves Gaughan 35th in Final NASCAR Race Driver of No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro Collected in Multi-Car Accident at Talladega Date: Oct. 4, 2020 Event: YellaWood 500 (Round 31 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval) Format: 188 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/60 laps/68 laps) Start/Finish: 39th/35th (Accident,…
Brendan Gaughan Talladega G’Night TALLADEGA, Ala. (Sept. 29, 2020) – “You know, I asked my uncle once how I’d know when it was time to stop. You know what he said? ‘The youngsters tell you.’” That quote came from the fictional character, Cal Weathers, in Cars 3, the 2017 Pixar movie that despite featuring talking…
Gaughan Finishes Eighth at Daytona Driver of No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro Earns Another Top-10 at World Center of Racing Date: Aug. 29, 2020 Event: Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Round 26 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) Format: 160 laps, broken into three stages (50 laps/50 laps/60 laps) Start/Finish:…
Brendan Gaughan Mixing a Cool Can of Confidence with Coke Zero Sugar DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2020) – In a racing career spanning three decades that intentionally began well off the beaten path in off-road before transitioning to the pavement bullrings of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and, ultimately, the gleaming showplaces of…
Beard Motorsports has proven to be the little team that could, a modern-day David competing against the Goliaths of the NASCAR Cup Series. Owned by Mark Beard Sr., president of Beard Motorsports and various family businesses, Beard Motorsports has taken a strategic approach to its racing endeavors, forming a technical partnership with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and running only the superspeedway races at Daytona and Talladega. With cars constructed by RCR and powered by ECR-built engines, Beard Motorsports has scored four top-10 finishes, including a seventh-place drive in the 62nd Daytona 500.
Beard Motorsports is part passion project and part corporate initiative, with the race team serving to market Beard Oil Distributing, a third-generation, family-owned company that services the nation’s pipeline construction industry.
