Owner Jeff Bolen (a former amateur driver himself) had met driver Jordan Anderson in various levels of racing,[1] including two Camping World Truck Series events in 2015. Bolen contacted Anderson in the 2015 off-season about forming a team together, and they unveiled the team, along with sponsor Columbia, South Carolina (Anderson's hometown),[2] at Darlington Raceway on January 27, 2016.[3]
Near the end of the 2016 offseason, Bolen Motorsports announced that Anderson would not pilot the No. 66 in 2017.[12] Naming drivers on a week-to-week basis, the 66 truck was driven by Ross Chastain, who had run the Talladega Superspeedway race in 2016 for Bolen. After getting caught up in a large second-lap melee at Daytona, Chastain handed the team its first top ten finish, a tenth at Atlanta Motor Speedway driving an unsponsored truck.[13] Chastain has tried to find a full-time driver for the truck after the Atlanta race.[14] Unable to do so, Chastain again returned at Martinsville Speedway, this time with a special paint scheme from team owner Bolen's alma mater, the University of South Carolina, commemorating the school's success in both men's and women's basketball.[15] After running Chastain in a number of companion events with the Xfinity Series, the team started a variable driver rotation based on lack of funding during crossover weekends, bringing in Travis Kvapil, Trey Hutchens,[16] and Ken Schrader[17] in to drive. However, when sponsorship dried up, the team abandoned its full-time schedule, instead running its next race in a partnership with AM Racing with its equipment and AM development driver Justin Fontaine behind the wheel.[18] After that race, the only three possible races for the team in 2017 were upcoming events at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway.[19]Jason Hathaway, a regular NASCAR Pinty's Series competitor, drove the truck to a 15th place finish at Canada.[20] The team added another race to its schedule when Vinnie Miller joined the team for the Talladega Superspeedway race.[21]