2023 ARCA Menards Series West

The 2023 ARCA Menards Series West is the 70th season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on March 10 at Phoenix Raceway with the General Tire 150 and will end with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, also at Phoenix Raceway, on November 3.

Sean Hingorani, the current points leader

Jake Drew entered the season as the defending champion. He did not return to the West Series full-time in 2023 and defend his title after the team that he drove for in 2022, Sunrise Ford Racing, closed down after the end of the season[1] and he was unable to find a full-time ride with another team at the start of the 2023 season.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Bill McAnally Racing 16 Tanner Reif[2] John Camilleri
Ford High Point Racing 50 Trevor Huddleston Jeff Schrader
Naake-Klauer Motorsports[3] 88 Bradley Erickson (R) 8[4] Tony Caputo 5
Mike Naake 2
TBA 5
Joey Iest 2
Dylan Cappello 1
TBA 1
Toyota Nascimento Motorsports 04
21		 Ethan Nascimento (R) 8 Mike Nascimento
Tim Spurgeon 1
Jalen Mack 1
Greg Potts 1
TBA 1
Shockwave Motorsports[N 1] 05 David Smith (R) Brandon Carlson
Venturini Motorsports 15 Sean Hingorani (R)[5] Billy Venturini 1
Kevin Reed Jr. 5
Monon Rahman 1
TBA 5
Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Takuma Koga Denny Moyer
Toyota 3
Chevrolet 2
Ford 2
TBA 5		 70 Kyle Keller Jerry Pitts 3
Brian Kizer 4
TBA 5
Ford 9
Toyota 1
TBA 2		 Central Coast Racing 13 Todd Souza 6[6][N 2] Michael Muñoz
Tyler Reif (R) 6[6][N 3]
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 7
TBA 3		 McGowan Motorsports 17 Landen Lewis 8 Amber Slagle 1
Richard Mason 6
TBA 5
Kaden Honeycutt 4
Toyota 3
Chevrolet 3
TBA 6		 Nascimento Motorsports 4 Eric Nascimento Ty Joiner

Limited schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley[7] Alex Quarterley[7] 2
3K Motorsports 49 Monty Tipton TBA 2
66 Rhead Racing 66 Eric Rhead Roxi Gabbard 1
Bill McAnally Racing 24 Dylan Lupton Roger Bracken 1
99 Caleb Shrader Mario Isola 1
Costner Weaver Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner Darrell Phillips 1
Davey Magras Racing 14 Davey Magras Zach Magras 3
Fierce Creature Racing 27 Bobby Hillis Jr. Bobby Hillis Jr. 1
Ralph Byers 1
Tony Huffman 1		 5
Mack Motorsports 83 Jalen Mack Brian Kennon 2
Rev Racing 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara[8] Jamie Jones 1
Sebastian Arias[9] 2[9]
6 Jack Wood Steve Plattenberger 2
Spurgeon Motorsports 86 Tim Spurgeon Mike David 1
Tamayo Cosentino Racing 45 Tony Cosentino Caleb Allen 1[10]
Veer Motorsports[N 4] 66 Jon Garrett[11] Mike Sroufe 1
Young’s Motorsports 02 Leland Honeyman Andrew Abbott 1
Parker Retzlaff Joshua Graham 2
Mamba Smith[12] TBA 1
Fast Track Racing 12 D. L. Wilson Dick Doheny 1[13]
Ford 10 Tim Monroe Tim Monroe 1
11 Bryce Haugeberg Austin Nemire 1
3K Motorsports 1 Robbie Kennealy Thomas Martin 4
AM Racing[14] 32 Christian Rose[15] Ryan London 1
Borneman Motorsports 8 Johnny Borneman III Steve Teets 1
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Rand Bitter 1[16]
Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb[17] Brian Clubb 1
Coughlin Brothers Racing 72 Cody Coughlin Kevin Reed Sr. 1[18]
Greg Van Alst Motorsports[19] 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long[19] 1
High Point Racing 55 Jake Bollman[20] Travis Thirkettle 3[20]
Cole Custer[N 5] 2
Rodd Kneeland 1
Joanides Motorsports 71 Nick Joanides Dave Jackson 2
Kart Idaho Racing 38 R. J. Smotherman (R) Robert Smotherman 3
Lowden Jackson Motorsports 11 Chris Lowden[21] TBA TBA[21]
41 Tyler Reif (R) [21][6][N 3] Tony Jackson 6
Jake Drew 1[6]
Jacob Smith 1
Nick Joanides 1
46 R. J. Smotherman (R) David Jackson 4[21]
Kyle Sieg 1
Stefan Rzesnowiecky 1
Rette Jones Racing 30 Frankie Muniz[22] Mark Rette 1
Ryan Roulette Racing 22 Ryan Roulette[23] Chris Greaney[23] 2[23]
Stewart-Haas Racing 9 Ryan Preece Chad Johnston 1
Toyota Hattori Racing Enterprises 81 Sammy Smith[N 6] Jon Leonard 1
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich[24] Matt Ross 4[24]
Philpott Race Cars 52 Ryan Philpott Chuck Dozhier 4
Rodd Racing 33 P. J. Pedroncelli Rodd Kneeland 1
Venturini Motorsports 20 Jesse Love[25] Shannon Rursch[25] 1
25 Conner Jones[26] Kevin Reed Jr. 2[26]
55 Toni Breidinger[27] Cayden Lapcevich 2[27]
TBA Dean Thompson[28] TBA 1[28]
Wayne Peterson Racing 06 A. J. Moyer[29] Michael Peterson 1
Chevrolet 2
Toyota 1		 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Eric Johnson Jr.[30][2] Chuck Jones 4[30][2]
Cole Moore[2] TBA[2]
Toyota 1
Ford 1		 Central Coast Racing 3 Todd Souza[6][N 2] Jason Dickinson 6[6]
Ford 2
Toyota 2		 Jerry Pitts Racing[31] 5 Riley Herbst[N 5] Jerry Pitts 2
Kole Raz 2
Buddy Shepherd 1
Dustin Ash 2
Chevrolet 1
Ford TBA		 Last Chance Racing 39 Roxali Kamper Travis Kamper 1
Andrew Tuttle Taniesha Tuttle TBA
Chevrolet TBA
Ford TBA		 85 Jim Weiler Darrell Herzog TBA
Joey Brasil TBA
Vince Little TBA
Josh Fanopoulos TBA
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 1		 Legal Limit Motorsports 80 Brian Kamisky Derek Copeland 1
Derek Copeland Brian Kamisky 1
Toyota 2
Ford 3		 Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Nick Joanides Dean Kuhn 1
Joe Nava 3
Roger Bracken 1		 6
Mariah Boudrieau 1
Brody Armtrout 1
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 1		 Sigma Performance Services 23 Bradley Erickson (R) TBA 3

Notes
  1. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with Naake-Klauer Motorsports.[3]
  2. Todd Souza is running the full season split between the Central Coast Racing Nos. 13 and 3 cars.
  3. Tyler Reif is running the full season split between the Lowden Jackson Motorsports No. 41 car and Central Coast Racing No. 13 car.
  4. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Fast Track Racing.
  5. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Stewart-Haas Racing.
  6. Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Teams
  • On November 4, 2022, Sunrise Ford Racing team owner Bob Bruncati revealed during Jake Drew's championship celebration at Phoenix that he would be closing down his team in the West Series and would focus on competing in local short track racing. In addition to Drew's 2022 championship, SFR won the 2009 championship with Jason Bowles and the 2013 and 2018 championships with Derek Thorn.[1]
  • On December 9, 2022, it was announced that the No. 18 car would go back to being owned by Joe Gibbs Racing in 2023. It was owned by Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2022.[24]

Drivers
  • On April 14, 2022, Todd Souza stated in an interview for the ARCA website that he might only run part-time in the West Series in 2023 in a new second car for his own team with someone else replacing him in his No. 13 car full-time.[32] Although Souza did return for another full season in 2023, he and his team did debut a second part-time car, the No. 3, at Shasta with him driving that car and Tyler Reif driving his No. 13 car in that race.[6]
  • On March 29, 2023, it was announced that Jake Bollman would make his West Series debut in the race at Irwindale in April in the No. 55 car for High Point Racing and run multiple other races in the car in 2023.[20]
  • On September 29, 2023, Young's Motorsports announced that Mamba Smith would drive their No. 02 car in the West Series season-finale at Phoenix. Smith drove the same car in the main ARCA Series race at IRP in 2022. This will be his West Series debut.[12]

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on November 22.[33] Some race dates were announced before then.[34][35] There are twelve races on the 2023 schedule, up from eleven in 2022.

Note: The race at Phoenix in March was a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series (highlighted in gold).

No Race title Track Location Date
1 General Tire 150 [lower-alpha 1] Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 10
2 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California April 1
3 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 Kern County Raceway Park Bakersfield, California April 22
4 Portland 112 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 2
5 General Tire 200 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 9
6 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California July 1
7 Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California July 29
8 NAPA Auto Parts ARCA 150 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 19
9 NAPA Auto Care 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California September 30
10 Star Nursery 150 Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring) Las Vegas October 13
11 ARCA West 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Madera Speedway Madera, California October 21
12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 3

Notes

  1. Combination race with the ARCA Menards Series.

Schedule changes
  • Portland International Raceway only has one West Series race in 2023 after having two in 2022. The race at Portland on Labor Day weekend was removed.
  • Shasta Speedway (in northern California) and Madera Speedway (near Fresno, California) are both added to the schedule.

Broadcasting

Fox will again broadcast the combination race at Phoenix in March. The TV coverage for the rest of the schedule will be broadcast on FloRacing.[36]

Results and standings

Race results
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team Report
1 General Tire 150 William Sawalich William Sawalich Tyler Reif Ford 41 Lowden Jackson Motorsports Report
2 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Trevor Huddleston Trevor Huddleston Sean Hingorani Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report
3 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 Landen Lewis Landen Lewis Sean Hingorani Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report
4 Portland 112 Landen Lewis Cole Custer Landen Lewis Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report
5 General Tire 200 Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford 9 Stewart-Haas Racing Report
6 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Sean Hingorani Trevor Huddleston Trevor Huddleston Ford 50 High Point Racing Report
7 Shasta 150 Trevor Huddleston Trevor Huddleston Sean Hingorani Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report
8 NAPA Auto Parts ARCA 150 Tyler Reif Sean Hingorani Sean Hingorani Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report
9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Tyler Reif Kaden Honeycutt Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report
10 Star Nursery 150 Sean Hingorani Sean Hingorani Dylan Cappello Ford 88 Naake-Klauer Motorsports Report
11 ARCA West 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Eric Nascimento Kaden Honeycutt Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report
12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Report

Drivers' championship
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Notes:

  • The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.[37]
  • Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points.[37] These points bonuses will be given after the races at Sonoma and the Las Vegas Bullring.

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

Pos Driver PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO Points
1 Sean Hingorani (R) 16 1 1 11 6 12 1 1* 2 16* 5 533
2 Trevor Huddleston 9 4* 3 12 28 1* 2* 6 15 2 10 503
3 Tyler Reif (R) 1 3 6 15 17 6 14 2 13 4 11 500
4 Todd Souza 11 11 9 22 8 4 10 10 5 7 2 485
5 Bradley Erickson (R) 3 8 5 6 7 13 9 9 14 21 4 485
6 Tanner Reif 12 5 4 14 20 3 7 15 3 3 17 481
7 Eric Nascimento 14 14 15 16 23 2 5 5 7 5 6 473
8 Kyle Keller 5 6 14 20 13 15 6 7 17 6 7 466
9 Takuma Koga 19 7 11 8 24 10 11 12 10 19 15 438
10 David Smith (R) 17 10 13 13 15 11 15 13 12 14 13 438
11 Landen Lewis 2 2 2* 1 19 9 4 4 371
12 Ethan Nascimento (R) 26 13 8 23 10 14 14 Wth 14 280
13 Nick Joanides 16 10 14 8 8 Wth 11 17 8 260
14 R. J. Smotherman (R) 29 15 16 Wth 8 10 Wth 142
15 Kaden Honeycutt 1* 9 1** 131
16 Robbie Kennealy 5 16 8 16 131
17 Eric Johnson Jr. 10 27 11 9 119
18 William Sawalich 13* 4 5 113
19 Bobby Hillis Jr. 25 9 12 Wth 20 110
20 Ryan Philpott 19 26 13 9 109
21 Jake Bollman 12 7 7 Wth 106
22 Kole Raz 3 3 82
23 Joey Iest 4 3 81
24 Dale Quarterley 3 11 74
25 Cole Custer 2* 18 70
26 Riley Herbst 18 3 68
27 Tim Spurgeon 12 12 64
28 Davey Magras 9 16 63
29 Parker Retzlaff 5 25 58
30 Monty Tipton 18 12 58
31 Dustin Ash 13 18 57
32 Jack Wood 28 4 56
33 Ryan Preece 1* 49
34 Dylan Cappello 1 46
35 Sammy Smith 2 42
36 Andrés Pérez de Lara 4 40
37 Frankie Muniz 6 38
38 Buddy Shepherd 6 38
39 Conner Jones 7 37
40 Caleb Shrader 7 37
41 Leland Honeyman 8 37
42 Jacob Smith 8 36
43 Johnny Borneman III 9 35
44 Greg Van Alst 10 34
45 Eric Rhead 11 33
46 Greg Potts 12 32
47 Tony Cosentino 15 29
48 Mariah Boudrieau 15 29
49 Jake Drew 16 28
50 Kyle Sieg 17 Wth 27
51 Derek Copeland 17 27
52 Alex Clubb 18 26
53 Rodd Kneeland 18 26
54 Jalen Mack Wth Wth 19 25
55 Brody Armtrout 19 25
56 Jon Garrett 20 24
57 A. J. Moyer 21 23
58 Sebastian Arias 21 23
59 Dylan Lupton 21 23
60 Toni Breidinger 22 22
61 Brian Kamisky 22 22
62 Christian Rose 23 21
63 D. L. Wilson 24 20
64 Roxali Kamper 24 20
65 Jesse Love 27 18
66 Stefan Rzesnowiecky 29 15
67 Brad Smith 30 14
68 Tim Monroe 31 13
69 Bryce Haugeberg 32 12
Ryan Roulette Wth Wth
Tim Goulet Wth
P. J. Pedroncelli Wth

See also

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