McAnally–Hilgemann Racing

Owner(s)	Bill McAnally Mike Curb William Hilgemann
Base	Roseville, California Statesville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series West
Race drivers	Truck Series 18.Tyler Ankrum 91.Christian Eckes ARCA Menards Series 19.Jake Bollman (part-time) ARCA Menards Series West 16.Jack Wood (part-time) 19.Daniel Hemric,Jake Bollman,Christian Eckes
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Career
Debut	Whelen All-American Series 1990 Menards Series West: 1992 Craftsman Truck Series 2000 Menards Series East: 2014
Latest race	Nextel Cup Series:2004Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma) Craftsman Truck Series: 2025NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series: 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series East: 2020Skip's Western Outfitters 175 (New Smyrna) ARCA Menards Series West: 2025Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Drivers' Championships	Total: 12 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: 0 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 11 1999, 2000, 2001,2008, 2010,2015,2016,2017,2019,2020,2021 NASCAR Whelen All American Series: 1 1990
Race victories	Total: 119 Nextel Cup Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 10 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 9 ARCA Menards Series West: 100
Pole positions	Total: 102 Nextel Cup Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 13 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 6 ARCA Menards Series West: 83

McAnally–Hilgemann Racing (MHR), also known asBill McAnally Racing (BMR), is an American professionalstock car racing team that competes full-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team is based in Roseville, California, and is owned byBill McAnally (in Truck, is co-owned by William Hilgemann). In the NASCAR Truck Series, the team fields two trucks full-time: No. 18Chevrolet Silverado forTyler Ankrum and the No. 91Chevrolet Silverado forChristian Eckes.

The team also races full-time in theARCA Menards Series West fielding the No. 16Chevrolet SS part-time forJack Wood and the No. 19Chevrolet SS full-time forDaniel Hemric,Jake Bollman, andChristian Eckes, as well as part-time in theARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 19Chevrolet SS part-time forJake Bollman.

Bill McAnally first started racing in theLate Model series atAll American Speedway in 1990. While preparing to begin his Late Model career, he reached out toNAPA to try getting some sponsorship for his car. They agreed to sponsor him, and McAnally won the Late Model division championship in theWhelen All-American Series at the track. NAPA has continued to sponsor the team to this day.

McAnally moved up to the ARCA Menards 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 preparing to retire from racing when a chance meeting took place with a father and son who wanted to go racing. That meeting resulted inSean 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 forBrendan Gaughan, who went on to win back-to-back titles for BMR in 2000 and 2001 and opened a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team in the same years.^[3] McAnally would add two more titles with driverEric Holmes in 2008 and 2010. In 2015 and 2016 the team saw even more success, winning back-to-back championships withChris Eggleston andTodd 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]

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 ofGio Scelzi,Jesse Love,Holley Hollan, andGracie 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 toChevrolet, having a technical alliance withGMS Racing. In trucks,Colby Howard ran the No. 91 (reverse of No. 19) full-time, andJake Garcia drove the No. 35 (his late model number) part-time. In ARCA West,Austin Herzog made his first full-time appearance, but was replaced byLanden Lewis after five rounds.

For2023,Christian Eckes ran the No. 19 full-time while 18-year-old rookieJake Garcia ran the No. 35 full-time except for Daytona which was run byChase Elliott, as Garcia was ineligible for the restrictor plate race due to not being 18 yet. Eckes scored wins atAtlanta,Darlington andKansas.^[9]

In 2003, McAnally fielded the No. 00 Chevrolet atInfineon Raceway withJim Inglebright as the driver.

In 1996,Bill McAnally made his debut in theWinston Cup Series. He drove the No. 02Chevrolet atSears Point andPhoenix.

In 1997, McAnally fielded the No. 16 Chevrolet at Sears Point for himself.

In 2004, McAnally fielded the No. 61 Chevrolet atInfineon Raceway withAustin Cameron as the driver.

In2025, the team fielded the No. 16 truck forChristian Eckes atRichmond andNew Hampshire.^[11] On September 29, 2025, the team signedKris Wright for the No. 16 truck at Charlotte Roval and Talladega.

In December 2023, it was announced thatTyler Ankrum would compete for MHR full-time, driving the No. 18 truck.^[12] Ankrum was able to qualify for the Truck Series Playoffs, eventually advancing to the Round of 8.

Ankrum started the2025 season with a 34th place DNF atDaytona. Two months later, he broke a 130-race winless drought atRockingham.^[13]

In November 2018, it was announced that BMR would reopen a Camping World Truck Series team debuting again atISM Raceway fielding the No. 19 Toyota Tundra forDerek 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.^[14]

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

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

On December 6, 2022, the team announced that they had signedChristian Eckes to drive the No. 19 in 2023.^[15] Eckes started the 2023 season with a third-place finish atDaytona. He then scored wins atAtlanta,Darlington, andKansas.^[16][17] Eckes was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8 atHomestead.^[18] He won two weeks later atPhoenix and finished fifth in the final points standings.^[19]

Eckes started the2024 season with a 10th-place finish atDaytona. Throughout the season, he won atBristol,Martinsville, andNashville, and claimed the regular season championship.^{[20][21][22][23]} During the playoffs, Eckes won atMartinsville to make the Championship 4.^[24] On November 20, with Eckes moving to the Xfinity Series, former Cup Series driver and2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series championDaniel Hemric was announced as the new driver of the No. 19 truck for2025 season.^[25]

Hemric started the2025 season with a seventh place finish atDaytona. Over a month later, he scored his first career Truck Series victory atMartinsville.^[26]

The No. 35 attempted to make their debut at the2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 atMartinsville Speedway, but failed to qualify withJake 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 atDaytona 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.

On September 27, 2023, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing signedDaniel Dye for2024. Dye will use the No. 43 from his previous team,GMS Racing.^[27] Dye was able to qualify for the Truck Series Playoffs, but he would be eliminated after the first round.

McAnally debuted in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000 withBrendan 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 atMesa Marin Raceway.

In 2024, McAnally fielded the No. 81 truck part-time forCorey Day atBristol andMartinsville.

On December 3, 2024, McAnally announced thatConnor Mosack would drive the No. 81 truck full-time in2025.^[28]

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

On December 6, 2023, it was announced thatJack 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.^[29]

The No. 91 would end up running the full schedule in 2024 with other drivers driving the truck in the races Wood was not entered for.Zane Smith was initially scheduled to run in four races,^[30] but drove an additional race at Pocono.Vicente Salas raced at Gateway^[31] finishing 25th.Connor Hall made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Richmond,^[32] finishing an impressive 10th in his first career start.Corey Day drove the remaining two races at Kansas and Homestead.^[33]Ryan Reed would race the truck at Talladega,^[34] finishing 7th.

On December 17, 2024, it was announced thatJack Wood would drive the 91 full-time in2025.^[35]

On November 20, 2025, it was announced thatChristian Eckes will return to the Craftsman Truck series full-time for the2026 season, this time driving the No. 91Chevrolet.^[36]

In 2020, the team fielded the No. 12 car forLawless Alan atPhoenix. He finished 9th.

In 2020,Gio Scelzi was confirmed for a full ARCA West schedule for the team, along with threeARCA Menards Series races at Phoenix, Iowa, and Gateway driving the organization's No. 16 car.^[37]

In 2021,Jesse Love returned to BMR for his second season in the West Series, along with one ARCA starts the No. 16 car at Phoenix. He finished 6th.

In 2022,Austin Herzog signed with BMR to run the full 2022 ARCA Menards Series West schedule. He also piloted the 16 car at one ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix, where he finished 14th.^[38]

In 2023, BMR announced thatTanner Reif would run full-time in the ARCA West series. He also piloted the 16 car at one ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix. He finished 12th.^[39]

In 2024,Jack Wood piloted the No. 16 car at Phoenix. He finished 7th.^[40]

In 2020,Jesse Love was confirmed for a full ARCA West schedule for the team, along with threeARCA Menards Series races at Phoenix, Iowa, and Gateway driving the No. 19 car.

In 2021,Derek Kraus drove the No. 19 car at Phoenix. He finished 5th.

In 2022, Kraus returned at the same race. This time he finished 9th.

In 2024, it was announced thatEric Johnson Jr. will run full-time in the West Series. He also made one ARCA start in the No. 19 car at Phoenix. He finished 20th.

In 2022, the team fielded the No. 21 car in partnership withGMS Racing forJack Wood at Mid-Ohio. He finished 25th.

In 2022, the team fielded the No. 91 car forColby Howard at Mid-Ohio. He finished 17th.

In 2020,Gracie Trotter was announced as a driver for BMR in the ARCA Menards Series West, as well as for select ARCA Menards Series races in the No. 99 car.

In 2021, BMR announced thatCole Moore would run full-time in the ARCA West series. He also piloted the No. 99 car at one ARCA Menards Series race at Phoenix. He finished 12th.

In 2022, Moore returned at the same race. This time he finished 11th.Blaine Perkins also made one start in the 99 car atMid-Ohio. He finished 18th.

In 2014, the team fielded the No. 00 car part-time forCole Custer. He scored a win atRichmond.

In 2015, Custer returned for one race atWatkins Glen. He won the pole and finished 5th.

In 2019, the team fielded the No. 12 car forLawless Alan atNew Hampshire. He finished 10th.

In 2014, Haas Racing development driverNick Drake drove the No. 15 car full-time. He scored one pole at Richmond.

In 2015, Drake returned to the No. 15 car full-time.

In 2013, the team fielded the No. 16 car forSergio Peña atFive Flags Speedway. He finished 8th.Eric Holmes also made one start in the No. 16 car atColombia Motor Speedway where he finished 22nd.

In 2014,Brandon McReynolds made two start in the No. 16 car atNew Smyrna andDaytona.

In 2016,Todd Gilliland made 6 starts in the No. 16 car. After winning the pole at New Smyrna,^[41] he won the race in controversial fashion, asRonnie Bassett Jr. was originally declared the winner since the flagman failed to wave the white flag in time after lap 150 and unintentionally extended the race by a lap.^[42] The race was subsequently declared official after 150 laps.^[41]Riley Herbst made one start in the No. 16 car atDover where he finished 8th.

In 2017, Gilliland run full-time in the No. 16 car.

In 2018,Derek Kraus made 6 starts in the No. 16 car. He won a race atGateway.

In 2019, Kraus returned for another part-time schedule in the No. 16 car. He won New Smyrna and South Boston

In 2020,Gio Scelzi made one start in the No. 16 car at New Smyrna where he finished 13th.

In 2016, the team fielded the No. 19 car forRiley Herbst at New Smyrna and Bristol.

In 2018,Hailie Deegan would make run part-time schedule in the No. 19 car.

In 2019, Deegan would return for part-time schedule in the No. 19 car.Todd Gilliland andBrandon Jones also made made one start each in the No. 19 car.

In 2020,Jesse Love made one start in the No. 19 car at New Smyrna where he finished 12th.

In 2019, the team fielded the No. 50 car forRaphaël Lessard at Bristol. He finished 8th.

In 2020,Holley Hollan made one start in the No. 50 car at New Smyrna where she finished 15th.

In 2017, the team fielded the No. 54 car forRiley Herbst at Bristol. However, the team withdrew from the race.

In 2014, the team fielded the No. 99 car part-time forPatrick Staropoli.Ryan Reed also made one start in the No. 99 car at Watkins Glen where he finished 7th.

In 2015,Anthony Kumpen drove the No. 99 car at New Smyrna. He finished 14th.Eddie Cheever III made one start at Watkins Glen, however he failed to qualify. Staropoli made two starts in the No. 99 car at Richmond and Dover.

In 2017,Derek Kraus made one start in the No. 99 car at New Smyrna. He finished 3rd.

In 2018,Cole Rouse made 6 starts in the No. 99 car.

In 2019,Brittney Zamora made 6 starts in the No. 99 car.

In 2020,Gracie Trotter made one start in the No. 99 car at New Smyrna where she finished 16th.

In 2014, BMR fielded the No. 00 car part-time forCole Custer. He won the series opener atPhoenix, holding offGreg Pursley andBrennan Newberry on thegreen–white–checker finish.^[43]

In 2015, Custer returned for one race atSonoma. He finished 9th.Eddie Cheever III drove the No. 00 car atAll American Speedway. He finished 15th.

In 1996, the team fielded the No. 02 car forBill McAnally part-time.

In 2001, BMR fielded the No. 04 car forHershel McGriff full-time.

In 2018, at the age of 90, McGriff announced plans to run the K&N West races atTucson Speedway in the No. 04 car,^[44] and upon starting became the oldest person to contest in a race sanctioned by NASCAR.^[45]

In 2014, BMR fielded the No. 1 car forMichael Waltrip atAll American Speedway. He finished 9th.

In 2021, the No. 1 car made a return atLas Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring and All American Speedway withJolynn Wilkinson as the driver. She finished 17th and 15th respectively.

In 1995,Bill McAnally run a full regular-season schedule for the first time in the No. 2 car. He finished ninth in the championship standings.

In 1996, he returned for another full-time season. This time he split his driving duty between the No. 2 car and the No. 02 car.

In 1994, the team fielded the No. 4 car forBill McAnally atMesa Marin Speedway. He finished 18th.

In 2021, the No. 4 car made a return atSonoma Raceway withDylan Lupton as the driver.

In 2014, BMR fielded the No. 7 car forGracin Raz atAll American Speedway. He finished 7th.

In 1994, the team fielded the No. 9 car forBill McAnally atTucson Raceway Park. He finished 12th.

In 1992,Bill McAnally made his debut in the west series. He fielded the No. 12 car for himself atShasta Speedway andMesa Marin Raceway. He finished 15th and 19th respectively.

He returned for another part-time seasons in 1993 and 1994. However, he moved to the No. 2 car in 1995.

The No. 12 car made a return in 2003 with a slew of drivers such asBryan Herta,Eric Holmes, Brandon Riehl, Dan Obrist, Nick DeFazio,John Moore, and Lynn Hardy.

At the end of 2008 season, McAnally fielded the No. 12 car forPaulie Harraka in the final two races of the season as preparation for a full run in 2009. In the last race of the season, second race for the team, he qualified on the pole and led 40 laps.^[46]

Over the next two seasons, Harraka competed full-time in the No. 12 car, first under theNAPA Autocare banner, then with NAPA Filters sponsorship, with crew chief Duane Knorr. The team has won 3 races and has 15 top 5 finishes in 30 total races.^[47] They finished 4th and 3rd in the series championship in 2009 and 2010, respectively, with Harraka winning Rookie of the Year in 2009 and Move of the Race in 2010.

Harraka took 2011 off from racing to further his studies, but did run the K&N Pro Series West race at Infineon Raceway in the No. 12 car. Other drivers such asD. J. Kennington, Gareth Nixon,Tomy Drissi andMichael Waltrip also made start in the No. 12 car.

In2019, BMR fielded the No. 12 car forLawless Alan atSonoma.

In2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Alan returned to the No. 12 car full-time.^[48] After the first four races of the season, Alan and his No. 12 car stopped attempting races for unknown reasons. The No. 12 car did not run any more raves for the remainder of the season until it was run by British driverAlex Sedgwick atPhoenix.

In 2008, BMR fielded the No. 14 car forAustin Cameron atIowa. He finished 3rd.

Bill McAnally first fielded his flagship No. 16 car in 1997 with himself as the driver.

In 1998, Mcanally only run the first four races before getting replaced by Gary Smith for the rest of the season. Smith won the team's first race atPortland Speedway.

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 inSean Woodside racing in the No. 16Chevrolet. He won the first race of the season at Tucson and went on to win the series championship.

McAnally next opened a seat forBrendan Gaughan who went on to win back-to-back titles for BMR in 2000 and 2001.

Austin Cameron drove the No. 16Chevrolet from 2002 until 2004.

In 2005,Steve Portenga drove the No. 16Chevrolet full-time. He scored three wins.

In 2006,Peyton Sellers drove the No. 16Chevrolet full-time. He scored one win.

In 2007,Brian Ickler drove the No. 16Chevrolet full-time. He scored three wins.

In 2008, the team switched manufacturer forChevrolet toToyota and movedMoses Smith from the team's No. 18 car to the No. 16 car. He drove the this car until 2011.

The No. 16 did not make any starts in 2012. However, it made a return in 2013 withSergio Peña,Eric Holmes andShane Golobic as the drivers.

Brandon McReynolds drove the No. 16Toyota from 2014 until 2015.

On February 4, 2016, McAnally announced thatTodd Gilliland would compete for full-time driving the No. 16 Toyota Camry.^[49] Gilliland clinched the Pro Series West championship.^[50]

Gilliland returned for 2017 season and won another championship.

In 2018,Derek Kraus was moved from the team's No. 19 car to the flagship No. 16 car. He won the season-opening race at Kern County after making contact with race leaderKevin Harvick on the final restart, giving the lead to teammateCole Rouse in the process. Kraus later passed the fellow BMR driver while both were running in lapped traffic, taking the win.^[51] Kraus then won the pole in both races at the series' doubleheader atTucson Speedway, finishing fourth and eleventh in the first and second races respectively.^[52] At Douglas County Speedway, Kraus won his third career race, leading teammateHailie Deegan to a 1-2 finish for BMR.^[53] At Evergreen Speedway, Kraus won the pole and led a majority of the race but ran out of fuel in the closing stages of the race, losing toDerek Thorn.^[54] In the series' next race, a combination race with theNASCAR K&N Pro Series East atGateway Motorsports Park, Kraus passed Rouse on the final restart to secure his third victory of the season.^[55] At theLas Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, he led 31 laps but spun in the later stages and retired from the race, dropping to 17th in the classification order.^[56][57] AtMeridian Speedway, Kraus led the first 189 laps before slowing to avoid a spinning lapped car in a late caution, leading to a third-place finish.^[58] For the final West race of the season, the tour returned to Kern County Raceway, and Kraus won after a late-race restart.^[59] He finished the season-long points tally in fourth, behind Thorn,Ryan Partridge and Rouse.^[60]

In 2019, Kraus returned to the West Series in the No. 16 car. He began the season at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas with a sixth-place finish. He qualified second and was leading the field until getting shuffled back with around 30 laps remaining.^[61] He later won both races atTucson Speedway's doubleheader event, leading all 100 laps in the first race.^[62] At Colorado, Kraus ran up front until a broken sway bar hindered his car's performance, dropping him down to the back of the top-five.^[63] After returning to the lead,^[63] Deegan collided with him on the final lap, resulting in Kraus finishing eighth after having spun out.^[64][65] AtDouglas County Speedway, Kraus won the pole and led every lap en route to the win.^[66] His next win of the season was at Meridian Speedway, where he led 100 laps after racingJagger Jones for the victory throughout the event and colliding with him late in the race, spinning Jones out.^[67] Kraus won again by leading every lap from the pole at Kern County, his fourth straight victory at the track.^[68] Kraus' position in points enabled him to clinch the K&N West championship simply by starting the final race at ISM Raceway, where he finished third and was crowned champion of the series.^[69]