Brandon BrownBrandon Brown Refocusing Goals Entering Darlington

Brandon Brown Refocusing Goals Entering Darlington

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer

With a NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff berth unlikely, Brandon Brown is focusing on improving throughout the remainder of the 2022 season.

Teaming with McLeod

Brandon brown enters darlington raceway with a new focus for the remainder of the nascar xfinity series season.
#68: Brandon Brown, Brandonbilt Motorsports, Jabs Construction Chevrolet Camaro. Photo by NKP / NKP Photo.

The 28-year-old returns to B.J. McLeod Motorsports for the Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway. Onboard his No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro SS is Jabs Construction. It’s the first time the Woodbridge, VA company is partnering with Brown since Richmond Raceway earlier this year. In 11 starts together, the pair have one top-five and four top-10 finishes. 

“It feels great to have a loyal partner like Jabs Construction, because with them partnering with me in the 78, it just shows that they’re willing to stick by my side no matter where it is that I go racing and that’s always important,” admitted Brown. “I’m very grateful to Tim and his family for their continued support of me in my career and wanting to see a fellow Woodbridge native go as far as I can.” 

New Goals

Brandon brown enters darlington raceway with a new focus for the remainder of the nascar xfinity series season.
#68: Brandon Brown, Brandonbilt Motorsports, Jabs Construction Chevrolet Camaro. Photo by NKP / NKP Photo.

In addition to Brown being locked in via his Past Winner’s Provisional, only 38 entries means that all teams are locked into the race. Entering Darlington, the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro SS is 36th in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Owners Points standings, 54-points behind 30th.

“B.J. McLeod’s team showed up with a decent baseline at Watkins Glen, so it was good,” reflected Brown. “We focused on the little gremlins in the car, and had some electrical issues. From there we’ll go on to work on handling and how we can tweak the cars to be even better than where they are right now.” 

Track Stats

Brown has eight starts at ‘The Track Too Tough to Tame.’ In those eight starts at Darlington, his best finish is 13th in the race that the Xfinity Series returned to racing from the COVID break in 2020.

Brandon brown enters darlington raceway with a new focus for the remainder of the nascar xfinity series season.
#68: Brandon Brown, Brandonbilt Motorsports, Jabs Construction Chevrolet Camaro. Photo by NKP / NKP Photo.

“One of my goals is to avoid the wrecks,” explained Brown. “It seems like every time we’ve run there, we’ve run right in the hornets’ nest and just fell victim to circumstance. The other goal will be to save tires and get the best finishing position possible, top-25 or better.” 

While the Xfinity Series playoffs are unlikely, Brown now aims to finish the season in the top-20 in points. Currently, he sits 15th in points with a 100-point gap to the next full-time driver not in the playoffs.

Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway is scheduled for Saturday, September 3 at 3:00 p.m. on USA Network. The race will also be broadcasted on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Featured Photo Credit: Photo by NKP / NKP Photo.

Seth Eggert
Seth Eggert
Growing up in Northern New Jersey, Seth grew up in a family of NASCAR fans. He was always determined to have a career in the industry. While in college, Seth bought a subscription to iRacing. As an avid iRacer, Seth took an opportunity to start a journalism career at iRacingNews covering the iRacing.com IndyCar Open Oval Series. He spent four years at iRacingNews before moving towards coverage of motorsports in the real world. In 2016, Seth joined Tribute Racing, which then became Motorsports Tribune as a Staff Writer. That same year, he graduated from Mitchell Community College with an Associate’s Degree in History. He joined the Kickin’ the Tires team as a Staff Writer and eSports Editor in late 2019. When he is not writing or covering NASCAR or iRacing, Seth works at Mitchell Community College as an Administrator in their Mooresville campus tutoring center. He is also qualified to tutor up to 38 different classes ranging from Communications to History to Math to various electives.
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