Brandon McReynolds

Lawrence Brandon McReynolds[1] (born May 21, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver and the spotter for Ross Chastain and the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team in the NASCAR Cup Series.[2] As a driver, he has competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for JGL Racing, and has also competed in the K&N Pro Series East and West as well as the ARCA Menards Series. He is the son of NASCAR on Fox analyst and former crew chief Larry McReynolds.

Brandon McReynolds
McReynolds' NASCAR K&N Pro Series East car in 2018
BornLawrence Brandon McReynolds
(1991-05-21) May 21, 1991
Mooresville, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2016 position59th
Best finish59th (2016)
First race2010 5-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
Last race2016 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2012 position63rd
Best finish63rd (2012)
First race2012 Winstar World Casino 350K (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
Car no., teamNo. 28 (DJK Racing)
2018 position39th
Best finish39th (2018)
First race2018 Bumper to Bumper 300 (Riverside)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of August 19, 2018.

Racing career

UARA-STARS Series

The one notable event from McReynolds' UARA-Stars tenure was the 2009 Bailey's 300 at Martinsville Speedway. Jake Crum won the race, with McReynolds finishing second. McReynolds and Crum disagreed on tactics used throughout the race which culminated in both getting in to each other on the backstretch after the race. McReynolds captured eight victories during his time on the tour, which was from 2008 to 2010.[3]

K&N Pro Series

McReynolds made a combined total of 44 starts, 29 in the West, 15 in the East from 2011 to 2015. He scored a best finish of third twice in the East, and won two races in the West series in 2015. Both wins came from the pole at Iowa.[4] [5] [6]

In November 2017 it was announced that McReynolds will run a partial K&N Pro Series East schedule in 2018 with longtime NASCAR Modified owner John Visconti in an alliance with Tommy Baldwin Racing, whom McReynolds had previously run with. The team will race whenever McReynolds is not helping with Noah Gragson's team in the Camping World Truck Series.[7] McReynolds captured his first K&N Pro Series East win at New Hampshire in September, beating Derek Kraus and Riley Herbst on a late restart.[8]

ARCA Racing Series

McReynolds logged seven starts from 2010 to 2012, emerging victorious once, at Talladega Superspeedway in 2012, passing Matt Lofton on the final circuit. He returned to the series in 2019 for a partial superspeedway slate with KBR Development.[9]

Camping World Truck Series

In his one start in the series, McReynolds finished 18th at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012.[10]

Xfinity Series

McReynolds made his Xfinity (then Nationwide) debut in 2010, finishing 19th in Eddie Smith's Dodge. It would be another six years before his next start, a 23rd at Talladega for JGL Racing. His dad Larry was in the booth for FOX broadcasting the race.[11] Later in 2016, McReynolds returned to the JGL No. 24 machine, crashing in the U.S. Cellular 250.[12] McReynolds did not return to NASCAR competition in 2017.[13]

Pinty's Series

In his one start in the series, McReynolds finished 9th at Riverside International Speedway in 2018.[14]

Spotting

In 2017, McReynolds took on the role of spotter and driver coach to Noah Gragson's Kyle Busch Motorsports team in the Camping World Truck Series.[15] After he was unable to find a ride in any NASCAR series in 2020, McReynolds returned to spotting in 2021, replacing Tony Raines (another former driver-turned spotter) as the spotter of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevy in the NASCAR Cup Series, which will begin to be driven by Ross Chastain.[2]

McReynolds has dipped his toe in to broadcasting like his father, serving as a guest analyst for a K&N Pro Series West race on NBCSN in 2017.[16]

Personal life

He is an avid deer hunter.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts
2010 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY
19		 TEX PHO HOM 112th 106
2016 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL
24		 DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW
32		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 59th 27

Camping World Truck Series
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 NCWTC Pts
2012 Turner Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX
18		 PHO HOM 63rd 63

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2011 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy GRE
8		 SBO RCH
16		 IOW BGS GRE LGY NHA
21		 25th 827 [17]
Blanton Motorsports 42 Dodge COL
24		 GRE
20
Toyota NHA
10		 DOV
8
2012 Turner Motorsports 28 Chevy BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS GRE LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV
3		 GRE CAR 76th 17 [18]
2013 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy BRI GRE
9		 PEN RCH BGS 24th 134 [19]
McReynolds Incorporated 28 Chevy IOW
22		 LGY COL IOW
10		 VIR GRE NHA DOV
4		 RAL
2014 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota NSM
14		 DAY
3		 BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FFL LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 37th 71 [20]
2015 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV
22		 60th 22 [21]
2016 Tommy Baldwin Racing 21 Chevy NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA
29		 IOW GLN GRE
2		 NJM DOV
19		 34th 82 [22]
2018 Visconti Motorsports 74 Chevy NSM
10		 BRI
5		 LGY SBO
14		 SBO MEM NJM THO
7		 NHA
6		 IOW GLN GTW NHA
1*		 DOV
2		 11th 295 [23]
2019 NSM
3		 BRI
3		 SBO SBO MEM NHA
17		 IOW GLN BRI
11		 GTW NHA DOV
9		 12th 178 [24]

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2013 Bill McAnally Racing 20 Toyota PHO
9		 S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO
5		 36th 74 [25]
2014 16 PHO
8		 IRW
4		 S99
4		 IOW
14		 KCR
4		 SON
5		 SLS
3		 CNS
4		 IOW
3		 EVG
2		 KCR
2		 MMP
5		 AAS
3		 PHO
20		 4th 538 [26]
2015 KCR
27		 IRW
12		 TUS
8		 IOW
1		 SHA
7		 SON
19		 SLS
8		 IOW
1*		 EVG
12		 CNS
5		 MER
2		 AAS
24		 PHO
3		 7th 455 [27]

Pinty's Series
NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2018 DJK Racing 28 Dodge MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS
9		 MSP ASE NHA JUK 39th 35

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts
2010 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Toyota DAY PBE SLM
26		 TEX TAL
23		 TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC
10		 BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN 45th 520
RBR Enterprises 92 Chevy CAR
21
2011 Turner Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY TAL
25		 SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 139th 105
2012 DAY
11		 MOB SLM 67th 315
32 TAL
1		 TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN
2019 KBR Development 28 Toyota DAY
25		 FIF SLM 31st 530
Chevy TAL
19		 NSH TOL CLT
20		 POC MCH
14		 MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN

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  2. "Some spotters switching teams for 2021". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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