---
title: "No, BMW Won’t Be Joining NASCAR"
description: "A letdown. A big, M8 GTE-sized letdown."
date: "2020-09-04"
modified: "2020-09-04"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/36204/no-bmw-wont-be-joining-nascar"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "Features"
  - "NASCAR"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "BMW"
---

# No, BMW Won’t Be Joining NASCAR

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Over last day or so, BMW has unexpectedly become a hot topic in the stock car racing world, which speaks of the automaker as a possible new participant in NASCAR. Trite jokes about the Toyota GR Supra aside, the Bavarian marque's debut in NASCAR would mark a welcome return for the Germans, which were last represented in NASCAR 66 years ago by the [Porsche 356](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31785/this-porsche-356-model-has-so-much-detail-its-basically-a-shrunken-car>). But a BMW Cup Series car isn't meant to be, as BMW has confirmed to *The Drive* that the social media post that set off this speculation bomb was merely a joke.

This hubbub started with a tweet by BMW USA, which responded to a request to "describe [NASCAR](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/32873/next-gen-nascar-cup-racer-delayed-until-2022>) racing in three words or less" with "better with BMW."

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1301578879589584896

The above naturally whipped NASCAR fans into a frenzy, with many posting reaction .gifs, [images of stock cars wearing the kidney grille](<https://twitter.com/AwndrezAwndrez/status/1301586431777869825>), or best of all, [photoshops](<https://twitter.com/Left_turns24/status/1301603003443666947>) of BMW's famously huge M8 GTE endurance race car [inserted into Cup Series races](<https://twitter.com/8802gator/status/1301585287966085120>).

This bubbling pot was then stirred by two-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race winner James Bickford (and cousin of Jeff Gordon), who tagged BMW in a video suggesting some sort of pending partnership.

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1301586431777869825

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1301603003443666947

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1301585287966085120

https://twitter.com/\_/status/1301637663821385729

It all looked too good to be true, and that's because it was.

When asked by *The Drive* if it was examining involvement in stock car racing in any capacity, a BMW spokesperson confirmed the company tweet to be mere trolling.

"Just a humorous tweet. No hidden meaning in this case," commented Oleg Satanovsky, BMW Product and Technology Spokesperson.

This will come as a disappointment to those who wanted to see another country represented in NASCAR, whose fields have always been mostly comprised of American cars. Then again, it's news that's sure to please the many who don't want to see BMW's bucktoothed new grille stretched out over [another M4 race car](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/35903/bmw-adds-its-huge-new-grille-to-its-m4-race-car>).

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)