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Joshua Michael Bilicki (born June 3, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang for Garage 66, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports and the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for SS-Green Light Racing with BRK Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41/44 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Niece Motorsports. He has also previously competed in various sports car racing series.
After several successful years of racing Spec Miata nationally, 2015 marked Bilicki's first year of professional sportscar racing in the IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge. He also raced a Spec Miata in the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour.
Bilicki returned to the No. 77 in 2017, along with other races planned with Obaika. In April, Bilicki announced he would make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in June's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 51 for Rick Ware Racing. After starting 33rd, he finished 36th. Bilicki also drove an Xfinity Series race at Michigan International Speedway for MBM Motorsports, finishing 27th. He ran another race for Rick Ware Racing in Cup, but it was not the second road course race as planned. Instead, Bilicki made his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series oval debut at New Hampshire. Later in the season, he signed a deal to run all three of the Xfinity road courses for B. J. McLeod Motorsports, running the organization's No. 8 entry. After pit road speeding penalties at Watkins Glen and a crash at Mid-Ohio, Bilicki ran down Elliott Sadler in the final green flag run to finish twelfth at his home track, Road America. He continued his relationship with McLeod a couple weeks later, driving the team's flagship No. 78 at Chicagoland Speedway.
On February 5, 2018, it was announced that Bilicki would attempt the full Xfinity season for startup team JP Motorsports, bringing with him previous sponsor Prevagen to the No. 45. Josh Bilicki gets his break as a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Retrieved November 4, 2018.
On February 4, 2019, it was announced that Bilicki would join RSS Racing to pilot the team's No. 38 Chevrolet Camaro for the full 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. In May, he made his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut in the Digital Ally 250 at Kansas Speedway, driving the No. 34 for Reaume Brothers Racing. He also returned to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in June, driving for Rick Ware Racing at Michigan. Later in the month, he drove Ware's No. 53 at Chicagoland. Before the Kansas Lottery 300 in October, he announced he would drive for B. J. McLeod Motorsports for the remainder of the 2019 season.
On May 11, 2020, Bilicki and Tommy Baldwin Racing announced that they would partner for the 2020 The Real Heroes 400. He also drove sporadically for B. J. McLeod Motorsports, and tied his career-high finish in the Xfinity Series with a twelfth place finish at the Daytona International Speedway road course.
On January 19, 2021, Bilicki announced he would compete full-time in the Cup Series for RWR. In the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Bilicki survived to the finish, resulting in him initially finishing in eleventh place. However, Chris Buescher would later be disqualified, promoting Bilicki up to tenth place. This marks Bilicki’s first-ever top-ten in the top three NASCAR divisions. He would also make a handful of starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for SS-Green Light Racing, driving the 07 and 17.
Bilicki would not return to Rick Ware Racing in 2022. Instead, he would drive the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, the team he drove for in two races in 2020, for a near-full season in the NASCAR Cup Series. In the 2022 Xfinity Series season, Bilicki would drive for DGM Racing in the 2022 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300. He finished ninth, scoring his first Xfinity Series top-ten in the process. He would also race for Alpha Prime Racing in the No. 44 and the No. 45. in 2022]]
On December 12, 2022, Bilicki was announced to drive the Live Fast Motorsports No. 78 on a part-time schedule in 2023, starting at Circuit of the Americas. On January 12, 2023, it was also announced that he would run part-time in the Xfinity Series for DGM Racing split between the team's Nos. 36 and 91 cars. Bilicki also returned to SS-Green Light Racing to drive their No. 07 car in the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen after Chris Hacker, who was originally going to drive that car, was arrested in the week leading up to the race and suspended by NASCAR. Bilicki was actually the team's third pick to drive that car in that race, as Hacker had replaced Katherine Legge but Legge's sponsor (Blast Equality Collab) did not want to be on the car due to their members' connection with the writers' strike going on at the time. On August 25, 2023, Bilicki was announced to drive the No. 02 Young's Motorsports for the Milwaukee truck race. He would be involved in an early accident and would finish 36th. On January 4, 2024, it was announced that Bilicki would be one of the drivers of the DGM Racing No. 92 car in the Xfinity Series, starting at Daytona. On May 21, 2024, Bilicki was announced to drive the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car at Portland. On June 20, it was announced that Bilicki would compete in the Cup Series race at the Chicago Street Course, driving the MBM Motorsports No. 66 Mustang. He would drive the DGM Racing No. 91 car in the race at Watkins Glen.
In 2025, Bilicki returned to DGM on another part-time schedule. At Daytona Bilicki was rear-ended on pit road by Kris Wright on Lap 86 after Wright failed to hit the brakes on his car. The impact sent the rear of Bilicki’s car into the air. Wright’s car was heavily damaged and despite the impact, Bilicki’s car suffered minimal damage and he was able to continue in the race while Wright’s race was over. Bilicki went on to finish in fourteenth place in the race.
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| 2021 | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 37 | 24 |
Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
Bilicki switched from Cup points to Xfinity points in late 2021
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