McAnally-Hilgemann Racing

McAnally–Hilgemann Racing (MHR) is an American professional stock car racing team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team is based in Roseville, California, and is owned by Bill McAnally (in Truck, is co-owned by William Hilgemann). In the NASCAR Truck Series, the team fields the No. 19 Chevrolet Silverado for Christian Eckes and the No. 35 for Jake Garcia.

McAnally–Hilgemann Racing
Owner(s)Bill McAnally
Mike Curb
William Hilgemann
BaseRoseville, California
SeriesNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
ARCA Menards Series
ARCA Menards Series West
Race driversTruck Series
19. Christian Eckes
35. Jake Garcia (R), Chase Elliott
ARCA Menards Series
16. Tanner Reif (part-time)
ARCA Menards Series West
16. Tanner Reif
19. Eric Johnson Jr., Cole Moore (Part-time)
24. Dylan Lupton (part-time)
99. Caleb Schrader (part-time)
SponsorsTruck Series
19. NAPA Auto Care, Gates Hydraulics, Instacoat Premium Products
35. Gates Hydraulics, Quanta Services, Adaptive One Calipers, Crown Fiber
ARCA Menards Series
16. NAPA Auto Parts
ARCA Menards Series West
16. NAPA Auto Parts
19. Key Property Services, NAPA Auto Parts
24. Lupton Excavation
99. Riverbrook Trucking Permits
ManufacturerChevrolet
Career
DebutWhelen All-American Series
1990
Menards Series West:
1992
Craftsman Truck Series
2000
Menards Series East:
2014
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 12
NASCAR Whelen All American Series: 1
1990
ARCA Menards Series West: 11
1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
ARCA Menards Series East: 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: 0

The team also races full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series as Bill McAnally Racing (BMR), fielding the No. 16 Chevrolet SS full-time for Tanner Reif, the No. 19 Chevrolet SS part-time for Eric Johnson Jr. and Cole Moore, the No. 24 Chevrolet SS part-time for Dylan Lupton, and the No. 99 Chevrolet SS for Caleb Schrader.

History

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.[1] In total, McAnally made 56 starts between 1992 and 1998[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] They came back just as strong in 2017, winning another championship with Todd Gilliland.[5] McAnally is the only owner in NASCAR history to have eight championships at the touring series level of NASCAR.[6]

The team is also known as Bill McAnally Racing outside of NASCAR Truck

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.[7] The following day, the team revealed a new Menards Series West driver lineup of Gio Scelzi, Jesse Love, Holley Hollan, and Gracie Trotter.[8]

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.[9]

Car No. 61 History

In 2004, McAnally fielded the No. 61 Chevrolet at Infineon Raceway with Austin Cameron as the driver.

Car No. 61 Results

NASCAR Nextel 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 Owners Pts
2004 Austin Cameron 61 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
38
DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM

Truck No. 19 History

Derek Kraus (2018–2022)
Kraus's No. 19 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

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.[10]

The team began a full-time schedule in 2020 with Kraus.

In 2022, the team began running Chevy Silverados after having run with Toyota since their debut.

Christian Eckes (2023–present)

On December 6, 2022, the team announced that they had signed Christian Eckes to drive the No. 19 in 2023.[11] Eckes started the 2023 season with a third place finish at Daytona. He then scored wins at Atlanta, Darlington, and Kansas.[12][13] Eckes was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8 at Homestead.[14]

Truck No. 19 Results

NASCAR Camping World 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 Owners Pts
2018 Derek Kraus 19 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
8
HOM
2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR
18
TEX DOV
8
KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS
27
TAL MAR PHO
31
HOM
DNQ
2020 DAY
4
LVS
22
CLT
16
ATL
7
HOM
15
POC
10
KEN
8
TEX
11
KAN
5
KAN
7
MCH
8
DRC
30
DOV
10
GTW
13
DAR
2
RCH
23
BRI
15
LVS
30
TAL
10*
KAN
9
TEX
9
MAR
10
PHO
24
11th 645
2021 DAY
33
DRC
7
LVS
32
ATL
13
BRD
38
RCH
15
KAN
28
DAR
35
COA
21
CLT
8
TEX
13
NSH
35*
POC
10
KNX
5
GLN
21
GTW
20
DAR
16
BRI
13
LVS
12
TAL
20
MAR
24
PHO
15
14th 480
2022 Chevy DAY
26
LVS
24
ATL
9
COA
12
MAR
14
BRD
29
DAR
19
KAN
8
TEX
36
CLT
12
GTW
7
SON
27
KNX
6
NSH
11
MOH
8
POC
9
IRP
14
RCH
12
KAN
21
BRI
6
TAL
13
HOM
15
PHO
11
13th 595
2023 Christian Eckes DAY
3*
LVS
6
ATL
1
COA
30
TEX
15
BRD
30
MAR
15
KAN
30
DAR
1*
NWS
25
CLT
6
GTW
2
NSH
23
MOH
3
POC
7
RCH
11
IRP
2
MLW
3
KAN
1
BRI
2*
TAL
19
HOM
20
PHO
2024 DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO

Truck No. 35 History

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 behind the wheel. 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

NASCAR Camping World 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 Owners Pts
2022 Jake Garcia 35 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA MAR
DNQ
BRI DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW
29
SON KNO NSH MOH POC IRP
28
RCH
20
KAN BRI
22
TAL HOM PHO
16
42nd 70
2023 Chase Elliott DAY
10
- -
Jake Garcia LVS
10
ATL
18
COA
19
TEX
5
BRD
6
MAR
13
KAN
8
DAR
26
NWS
23
CLT
15
GTW
10
NSH
10
MOH
16
POC
35
RCH
4
IRP
13
MLW
9
KAN
11
BRI
11
TAL
29
HOM
15
PHO

Truck No. 43 History

On September 27, 2023, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing signed Daniel Dye for 2024. Dye will use the No. 43 from his previous team, GMS Racing.[15]

Truck No. 43 Results

NASCAR Camping World 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 Owners Pts
2024 Daniel Dye 43 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO

Truck No. 62 History

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

NASCAR Camping World 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 Owners Pts
2000 Brendan Gaughan 62 Chevy DAY HOM PHO
13
MMR
13
MAR PIR GTY
11
MEM PPR EVG
24
TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC
DNQ
RCH DOV TEX CAL
19
2001 DAY HOM MMR
3
MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS
11
PHO
13
CAL

Truck No. 91 History

Howard's No. 91 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

The team ran the No. 91 in 2022 full time with Colby Howard.

Truck No. 91 Results

NASCAR Camping World 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 Owners Pts
2022 Colby Howard 91 Chevy DAY
30
LVS
34
ATL
26
COA
24
MAR
18
BRI
12
DAR
13
KAN
11
TEX
34
CLT
14
GTW
23
SON
19
KNX
16
NSH
16
MOH
9
POC
18
IRP
32
RCH
28
KAN
9
BRI
24
TAL
8
HOM
13
PHO
15
18th 422

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