Casey Mears’ Experience, Beard Motorsports’ Superspeedway Prowess Converge for Saturday Night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (Aug. 25, 2026) – At Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, sometimes the smartest move a driver can make is knowing when not to make one at all. For Casey Mears, 28 career NASCAR Cup Series starts around the…
Legacy Meets Opportunity for Casey Mears and Beard Motorsports in Return to Indianapolis MT. PLEASANT, Michigan (July 22, 2026) – For Casey Mears, every trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway carries more meaning than the last. The iconic 2.5-mile oval has long been woven into the fabric of one of the most accomplished racing families in America. Long…
MT. PLEASANT, Michigan (June 9, 2026) — For Casey Mears, the road to a milestone 500th career NASCAR Cup Series start got just a little sidetracked thanks to the intervention of Mother Nature seven weekends ago at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. It continues in earnest for the 48-year-old veteran driver with Sunday’s Great American Getaway 400…
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (March 31, 2026) – Beard Motorsports announced today that veteran NASCAR Cup Series driver Casey Mears will pilot the family-owned team’s No. 62 Chevrolet in five Cup Series races during the 2026 season beginning with the April 26 Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. The new collaboration includes four additional races…
YellaWood 500 Race Report Date: Oct. 19, 2025 Event: YellaWood 500 Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Format: 188 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/60 laps/68 laps) Note: Race extended five laps past its scheduled 160-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish. Race Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Stage…
JESSE LOVE Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet Camaro Event Overview Event: Indianapolis 400 (Round 22 of 36) Time/Date: 2:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 27 Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Layout: 2.5 mile oval Laps/Miles: 160 laps/400 miles State Lengths: Stage 1: 50 laps / Stage 2: 50 laps…
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.
