Beard Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with the No.
Beard Motorsports attempted two races in the Cup Series in 2014, with driver Clay Rogers, making none.
The race team's engine was built with old Hendrick Motorsports parts and with tests at various east coast tracks, including at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The team was on the entry list for the July race at Loudon but withdrew their car before attempting to qualify.
Then on July 1 in the Coke Zero 400, Brendan Gaughan drove the team's car to a seventh-place finish,[14] despite hitting the wall once in the race.
[16] He made the field at the 2020 Daytona 500 by posting the second fastest qualifying speed of all the non-charter teams (188.945 mph; 33rd overall).
[17] Gaughan's tenure with the team and career ended in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega, where he finished 35th after being collected in a Stage 2 wreck.
[18][19] On January 14, 2021, Beard announced Noah Gragson would attempt to make his Cup debut in the Daytona 500.