motorsports . bk racing owner s ron devine wayne press mike wheeler 1 anthony marlowe base statesville north carolina series sprint cup series car numbers 23 26 73 83 93 race drivers 23 . david ragan 26 . robert richardson jr. part time 83 . michael waltrip matt dibenedetto dylan lupton 93 . matt dibenedetto ryan ellis dylan lupton part time sponsors 23 . dr pepper sweet frog schluter systems bubba burger weaver media shriners hospital for children flaming leprechaun brandeis machinery usa network jewel osco 26 . stalkit 83 . maxwell house waltrip ; dustless blasting cosmo motors burger king sewanee university schluter systems e. j. wade construction anest iwata mass markets orange crush dibenedetto 93 . dustless blasting dibenedetto sciencelogic ellis elk grove toyota bell bros. plumbing lupton manufacturer toyota opened 2012 career debut 2012 daytona 500 daytona latest race 2016 bank of america 500 charlotte races competed 345 drivers championships 0 race victories 0 pole positions 0 bk racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar sprint cup series . the team currently fields the no. 23 dr pepper sweet frog toyota camry full time for david ragan the no. 83 dustless blasting cosmo motors burger king toyota camry full time for matt dibenedetto and the no. 93 dustless blasting sciencelogic elk grove toyota bell bros. plumbing toyota camry part time for matt dibenedetto ryan ellis and dylan lupton . contents 1 ownership and sponsorship 2 car no. 23 history 3 car no. 26 history 4 car no. 83 history 5 car no. 93 history 6 references 7 external links ownership and sponsorship edit bk racing s logo until 2015 bk racing is owned by a couple of investors who were formerly involved in the ownership of trg motorsports sprint cup series team which closed after the 2011 season . burger king franchise owner ron devine and tomato grower wayne press joined thomas uberall former race director of the red bull racing team to acquire the assets and race shop of the former red bull operation which also closed after the 2011 season for around 10 million . 2 3 4 like front row motorsports owner bob jenkins principal owner devine s many burger king franchises allow him to advertise the brand on the cars when there is no outside sponsor . 2 4 5 6 7 prior to the 2012 daytona 500 burger king announced a licensing agreement with the team authenticating the paint schemes of the 83 and 93 and the usage of the company s logos though it is unclear whether or not the company and or franchisee devine funds the team . according to a 2013 autoweek article the partnership is limited to the licensing agreement with burger king not sponsoring the team . 7 8 the burger king partnership includes the branding of dr pepper a soft drink served at burger king restaurants . dr pepper has appeared as the primary sponsor of the team on various occasions typically the 93 car and expanded to a newly renumbered 23 car for 2014 signifying the drink s 23 flavors . 9 in may 2014 the team expanded to three cars and added another owner and investor in anthony marlowe who purchased a ten percent stake in the team . 2 4 10 formerly a partner in the recently exited swan racing marlowe founded outsourcing company tmone and is currently the managing partner in iowa city capital partners and its subsidiary marlowe companies inc. 4 11 after the 2015 season marlowe began the process of selling his stake in the team . 4 10 the team used engines from triad racing technologies upon inception . 3 in 2014 the team started an in house engine program while using triad engines on occasion . 2 12 for 2016 the team purchased equipment from the recently closed michael waltrip racing and hired several former mwr employees with increased manufacturer support from toyota . 4 13 14 car no. 23 history edit alex bowman was signed to drive the 23 car in 2014 . what is now the 23 began as the 93 with david reutimann driving in the 2012 daytona 500 . 15 travis kvapil took over the no. 93 after daytona and the remainder of the 2012 season 16 with the exception of one race at darlington where reutimann returned to the 93 while kvapil raced a third no. 73 entry . 17 18 19 the 93 finished 28th in owner standings 20 and kvapil finished 27th in the drivers standings . 21 kvapil returned to the 93 for the full 2013 season in a new blue scheme the 83 ran a red car the two primary colors of the burger king logo with todd anderson returning as crew chief . 22 prior to the second charlotte race in october kvapil was arrested for a domestic dispute with his wife . kvapil was ultimately allowed to drive at charlotte . 7 overall kvapil fell back to 31st in points 23 while the 93 slipped to 34th in owner points . 24 for 2014 up and comer ryan truex tested the no. 93 at daytona . 25 truex would wind up in the 83 and fellow up and comer alex bowman who had tested the 83 would take over the renumbered no. 23 to run for rookie of the year . dr pepper stepped up as the full time primary sponsor of the car the no. 23 applying to the soft drink s original 23 flavors . 9 26 27 when truex s 83 missed the daytona 500 his sponsor borla exhaust moved over to the 23 which bowman drove to a solid 23rd place finish in his sprint cup debut . 28 houston based dustless blasting came on to sponsor bowman at watkins glen and the second talladega race . 29 during july and august bk racing hosted an effort to field a bitcoin sponsored car at atlanta with a goal of fundraising 100 000 . 30 the goal was subsequently listed at 25 000 31 but failed to raise enough money . 32 in october dipyourcar.com a retailer of plasti dip automotive finish products signed to sponsor both the 23 and 83 cars at martinsville and homestead . 33 both cars would promote the film dumb and dumber to at phoenix in november with bowman s 23 car featuring the face of jim carrey s character lloyd christmas . 34 bowman finished 2014 35th in the driver points 35 while the no. 23 slipped again to 36th in the owner points . 36 j.j. yeley at sonoma in 2015 . on january 27 2015 it was announced that j. j. yeley who had been the interim driver of the no. 83 following ryan truex s release in late 2014 would be joining the team full time . it was subsequently revealed that yeley would be driving the no. 23 with bowman departing for tommy baldwin racing . 37 at richmond in april yeley gave up his seat to teammate jeb burton after burton failed to qualify his estes sponsored 26 car . 12 38 in august prior to the fall race at darlington it was announced that yeley and burton would switch rides on a permanent basis . 39 also for darlington the team unveiled a retro scheme to honor burton s father ward with the estes sponsored toyota replicating the caterpillar inc. cars ward drove for bill davis racing . 38 after making his first seven attempts in the no. 23 burton failed to qualify at talladega ; this is the first time the no. 23 has failed to qualify . burton would qualify for the next three races before missing the race again in the season finale at homestead miami . burton would finish the season 38th in the driver points 40 and third in the rookie of the year standings 41 while the no. 23 slipped once again to 40th in the owner points . 42 yeley and burton were both released from the team at the end of 2015 . on january 25 2016 the team announced that david ragan would take over the no. 23 full time in 2016 . 43 ragan was sponsored by dr pepper outside of the toyota owners 400 at richmond where he was sponsored by sweet frog 44 and the pennsylvania 400 at pocono where he was sponsored by usa network to promote the network s upcoming nascar broadcasts while nbc is airing the summer olympics . 45 car no. 26 history edit further information swan racing on april 23 2014 during a two week hiatus between the spring darlington and richmond races it was announced that anthony marlowe had acquired the no. 26 team from swan racing and merged his ownership with bk racing . the 26 team s driver cole whitt was carried over in the transaction with marlowe being listed as the owner on the no. 26 . 2 4 46 the team inherited swan racing s speed stick gear sponsorship and the company proceeded to extend their sponsorship for six additional races starting at the coca cola 600 . 2 47 additional sponsors that were absent when whitt and marlowe were with swan racing came on race by race leaving only two races to be filled by burger king logos . scorpyd crossbows joined the team for its first two races under the bk banner . 48 iowa chop house partnered with the team at kansas . 49 rinnai water heaters came on to sponsor the team at sonoma 50 then returned for atlanta motor speedway and loudon . 51 scorpion window film sponsored the car at daytona in july . 52 axxess pharma and their tapout muscle recovery brand signed on for multiple races in june starting with the first new hampshire race . 53 anthony marlowe s iowa city capital partners came on to back the car at michigan and chicagoland . at watkins glen local new york winery bully hill vineyards sponsored the 26 . 54 a strong road course racer whitt qualified a solid 18th and was running in 19th when his brakes failed entering turn 1 sending him into the distant tire barrier in an eerily similar fashion as jimmie johnson s notorious busch series crash in 2000 . 55 at richmond in september standard plumbing company signed on to sponsor . uponor would sponsor the fall races at dover and martinsville the latter of which resulted in an 18th place finish . moen was on the car for the second kansas race . at talladega with bad boy mowers sponsoring whitt led his first lap in sprint cup competition after staying out under caution . he would go on to post his then career best finish of 15th in the race . fuelxx was on the hood for the penultimate race at phoenix unfortunately whitt would be caught up in a mid race wreck after an earlier parts failure . whitt and the no. 26 finished the season 31st in both driver and owner points . 35 36 whitt did not return to the no. 26 for the 2015 season 56 moving to the no. 35 at front row motorsports . 57 jeb burton at sonoma in 2015 . on february 8 2015 the team announced that former camping world truck series driver jeb burton would be the replacement for whitt and would compete for the series rookie of the year award . 58 burton failed to qualify for the daytona 500 after being involved in an accident during his budweiser duel qualifying race . 59 burton would qualify for the next five races afterward before failing to qualify at texas motor speedway . shortly afterward estes express lines who had sponsored burton at thorsport racing in the truck series announced that they would sponsor the no. 26 beginning at richmond . 60 when he failed to