Billy Boat Motorsports

Billy Boat Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team was owned by former IndyCar Series driver Billy Boat. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the team fielded the No. 84 Chevrolet Camaro for Chad Boat in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado for a full-time Mason Mingus in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

History
The team began racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in 2010 with son Billy Boat and Chad Boat, expanding to the ARCA Racing Series for 2012 and 2013. The team has expanded into a national series of NASCAR in 2014.

The team receives engines from ECR Engines.

Car No. 84 history
Included on January 7, 2014, the team announced that driver Chad Boat, son of owner Billy Boat, would compete with the No. 84 Chevrolet Camaro in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, trying 15 races in his debut season sponsored by Keen Parts/Corvette Parts. Boat qualified for 13 of his 15 attempts, running No. 17 for Vision Racing at Talladega after failing to qualify. Boat had a best finish of 24th at Daytona in February.

Boat returned to part-time in 2015, and sponsor Keen Parts renewed its partnership.

Truck No. 15 history
The team announced on September 18, 2014 that it would install the Chevrolet Silverado No. 15 in the last six races of the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule with rookie driver Mason Mingus, starting with the Rhino Linings 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mingus has run the previous 16 races in Win-Tron Racing No. 35 Toyota Tundra with sponsor. Mingus would finish in 11th place in points, with three top 15 finals under the BBM.

Mingus and returned to the team in 2015. Mingus failed to qualify for Daytona, but earned his first top 10 with the team in Kansas. Chad Boat replaced Mingus for one race at Eldora to make his Camping World Truck Series debut, finishing in 31st place.

The team’s ownership points were sold to Tommy Joe Martins and Martins Motorsports in 2016.

Truck No. 16 history
In 2015, BBM operated another truck number 16 part-time with Chad Boat. They tried four races in the late season that started in Chicagoland in September. They held three races, the qualifiers were canceled in Chicago, and Boat had the best goal in 9th place in Talladega.