McAnally Hilgemann Racing

McAnally Hilgemann Racing History

McAnally Hilgemann Racing is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team that has been racing in the series for 25 years as of 2024. The team has a long-standing connection with NAPA. They were the first sponsors for the team and have been with the team to date. The team is known for its part-time and full-time operations at Bill McAnally Racing. The team initially started as a competitor in the Late Model Series became McAnally started Truck Series operations in 2000 after winning back-to-back titles in the K&N Pro Series in the previous years.

In 2020, McAnally partnered with William Hilgemann for their Truck Series program. Over the years, the team has won eight races in the NASCAR Truck Series and achieved 12 pole positions without any championship. Their driver, Christian Eckes qualified for the championship race in 2024. He lost the title to Ty Majeski after claiming a third-place finish in the final race.

McAnally Hilgemann Racing Owner

Bill McAnally is the founder and co-owner of the team McAnally Hilgemann Racing. William Hilgemann is the co-owner of the team, who joined their Truck Series operations in 2020.

Bill McAnally

Bill McAnally is an ex-stock car racing driver who started his own Late Model team in 1990 with the help of NAPA. McNally raced in the K&N Pro Series West, later on driving a full season for the first time in 1995. He participated in 56 races from 1992 to 1998 as a racing driver and team owner. During this period, he was working as a lineman on a full-time job.

McAnally retired from racing in 1999 and he passed on the driver’s seat to Sean Woodside who won the first race and championship for the team in 1999. McAnally has achieved immense success as a team owner in the ARCA Menards Series West. He has won eight championships. McAnally is the only owner in the history of NASCAR to achieve eight victories in the touring series of NASCAR.

There is no known information available about co-owner William Hilgemann.

McAnally Hilgemann Racing Crew Chief

McAnally Hilgemann Racing sports three full-time cars and one part-time car in the series. The crew chiefs for the respective drivers are:

Mark Hillman

Mark Hillman joined the team in 2021 as the crew chief for their No. 18 car, partnering with Derek Kraus. Hillman is 44 years old as of November 2024 and hails from New York in the United States. Hillman has served as a crew chief in all three national divisions of NASCAR. In the Cup Series (2014-2019) he has worked for

• Hillman Racing

• Premium Motorsports

• H. Scott Motorsports

• Gaunt Brothers

In the Xfinity Series, he worked for the MBM Motorsports team during the 2021 season. Hillman has two Truck Series championships under his belt as crew chief with Germain Racing (2006 and 2010).

Charles Denike

Charles Denike is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia. He has completed his master’s in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He has a diverse resume including a career in racing and the Army.

He was a Brigade Engineer and Officer US Army, 7th Sustainment Brigade until 2012. He joined racing in 2012 in the K&N Pro Series working with Precision Performance Motorsports. He worked in the Xfinity Series serving as an Engineer, Crew Chief, and Director of Engineering at GMS Racing for five years. Denike joined McAnally Hilgemann Racing in 2022. He is a resident of Terrell, North Carolina in the United States.

There is no further information available about the other crew chiefs at McAnally Hilgemann Racing.

List of McAnally Hilgemann Racing Drivers

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