BJ McLeod Was Once Labeled the Next Jeff Gordon

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits down with one of the hardest-working members of the NASCAR garage this week, longtime racer and car owner BJ McLeod. After finding his roots in the Florida super late model scene, BJ took lessons he learned early on in his family’s fertilizer and orange harvesting company to successfully assemble a fleet of NASCAR entries. BJ’s racing start came through years of go-kart barnstorming up and down the East Coast with his father, before acquiring special permission to enter the late model ranks at the tender age of 12. Through mentoring from legends Pete Orr and Gary Balough, BJ became a terror at Florida strongholds like New Smyrna and Orlando Speedworld. He’d win the coveted World Series of Asphalt in 2010, and it was time for the next challenge.

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0:00.0	The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.
0:06.7	You're Dale Jr.
0:10.0	Should I say it?
0:11.4	It's Dale Jr. podcast, I got to say it.
0:16.0	Hey, everybody.
0:16.9	It's Dale Jr. back again for another episode of the Dale Jr. download, the guest segment here, and we got a great one coming in today. Somebody I wanted to have on the show for
0:25.1	quite a while. BJ McLeod, this guy, he's like an independent on the NASCAR circuit. He's had
0:33.3	quite a story coming into the truck series, spot rides here and there, finally developed
0:40.4	an Xfinity team that he owned himself into a full-time program, buys a portion of a cup
0:47.3	charter and goes cup racing, sells it years later, makes millions of dollars.
0:52.8	But he's still out there trying to compete today.
0:55.5	Where did this guy come from?
0:57.6	What is his racing history?
0:59.4	What is his level of success?
1:02.3	Can he drive a race car?
1:03.7	Has he won races?
1:05.4	I don't know that we all understand the answers to those questions.
1:09.6	I certainly didn't.
1:10.7	But the more I hear about
1:12.4	BJ McLeod, the more intrigued I am. This guy, he doesn't look like the typical cup racer.
1:18.4	He doesn't dress like the typical NASCAR racer. He doesn't try to. He's authentically himself,
1:25.4	and I want to know more about him, and I'm sure you do as well. There are some fans out there, I'm sure, that are very versed on his story, but there's a lot who aren't, and we're going to learn today. Where did this guy come from? How did he get his start? And what's he up to these days? What's the future for BJ McLeod and live fast racing? So let's get started. Let's get him in the room. Thanks for being here at the Arby's Studio. It's going to be a great show. Don't forget about the Arby's Meat and Three Box. You get more meal for your money at Arby's. Arby's, we have the meets, and we got a great show for you today. Let's get going.
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