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.

Landen Lewis, 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
Fierce Creature Racing 27 Bobby Hillis Jr. Bobby Hillis Jr. 1
Ralph Byers 1
Tony Huffman 1
TBA 9
Ford Central Coast Racing 13 Todd Souza Michael Muñoz
High Point Racing 50 Trevor Huddleston Jeff Schrader
Lowden Jackson Motorsports 41 Tyler Reif (R)[3] Tony Jackson
46 R. J. Smotherman (R)[3] David Jackson
Naake-Klauer Motorsports[4] 88 Bradley Erickson (R)[5] Tony Caputo
Shockwave Motorsports[N 1] 05 David Smith (R)[6] Brandon Carlson
Toyota Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Takuma Koga Denny Moyer
70 Kyle Keller Jerry Pitts
McGowan Motorsports 17 Landen Lewis Amber Slagle 1
Richard Mason 2
TBA 9
Nascimento Motorsports 04 Ethan Nascimento (R) Mike Nascimento
4 Eric Nascimento Ty Joiner
Venturini Motorsports 15 Sean Hingorani (R)[7] Billy Venturini 1
Kevin Reed Jr. 1
Monon Rahman 1
TBA 9

Limited schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley[8] Alex Quarterley[8] 2
66 Rhead Racing 66 Eric Rhead Roxi Gabbard TBA
Bill McAnally Racing 19 Eric Johnson Jr.[9][2] TBA 1[9][2]
Cole Moore[2] TBA[2]
Costner Weaver Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner Darrell Phillips 2
Davey Magras Racing 14 Davey Magras Zach Magras 3
Fast Track Racing 12 D. L. Wilson Dick Doheny 1[10]
Mack Motorsports 83 Jalen Mack TBA TBA
Rev Racing 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara[11] Jamie Jones 1
6 Jack Wood Steve Plattenberger 1
TBA Sebastian Arias[12] TBA 2[12]
Rodd Racing 68 Rodd Kneeland TBA 2
Spurgeon Motorsports 86 Tim Spurgeon Mike David 1
Tamayo Cosentino Racing 45 Tony Cosentino Caleb Allen 1[13]
Veer Motorsports 66 Jon Garrett[14] Mike Sroufe 1
Young’s Motorsports 02 Leland Honeyman Andrew Abbott 1
Ford AM Racing[15] 32 Christian Rose[16] Ryan London 1
Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Rand Bitter 1[17]
Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb[18] Brian Clubb 1
Greg Van Alst Motorsports[19] 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long[19] 1
High Point Racing 55 Jake Bollman[20] Travis Thirkettle 2[20]
Jerry Pitts Racing[21] 5 Jacob Smith[21] Charlie Wilson[21] 4
Last Chance Racing 39 Andrew Tuttle Taniesha Tuttle TBA
85 Jim Weiler Darrell Herzog 3
Joey Brasil TBA
Vince Little TBA
Josh Fanopoulos TBA
Lowden Jackson Motorsports 11 Chris Lowden[3] TBA 7[3]
Naake-Klauer Motorsports 54 Joey Iest[22] Mike Naake TBA
Rette Jones Racing 30 Frankie Muniz[23] Mark Rette 1
Ryan Roulette Racing 22 Ryan Roulette[24] Chris Greaney[24] 7[24]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich[25] Matt Ross 4[25]
Kamisky Racing 80 Brian Kamisky Derek Copeland TBA
Pedroncelli Motorsports 33 P. J. Pedroncelli TBA 4
Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Nick Joanides Dean Kuhn 1
Joe Nava 1		 2
Philpott Race Cars 52 Ryan Philpott Chuck Dozhier 1
Venturini Motorsports 20 Jesse Love[26] Shannon Rursch[26] 1
25 Conner Jones[27] Kevin Reed Jr. 2[27]
55 Toni Breidinger[28] Cayden Lapcevich 2[28]

Notes
  1. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with Naake-Klauer Motorsports.[4]

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.[25]

Drivers
  • 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]

Potential and rumored changes
  • 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.[29]

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on November 22.[30] Some race dates were announced before then.[31][32] 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 Date
1 General Tire 150 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 Nightvision 150 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California July 1
7 TBA Shasta Speedway, Anderson, California July 29
8 NAPA Auto Parts ARCA West 150 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington August 19
9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Berco Redwood All American Speedway, Roseville, California September 30
10 Star Nursery 150 Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring), Las Vegas, Nevada October 13
11 TBA Madera Speedway, Madera, California October 21
12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona November 3

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 has yet to be announced.[33]

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 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.[34]
  • Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points.[34] 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 Landen Lewis 2 2 2* 131
2 Tyler Reif (R) 1 3 6 126
3 Sean Hingorani (R) 16 1 1 122
4 Trevor Huddleston 9 4* 3 118
5 Bradley Erickson (R) 3 8 5 115
6 Tanner Reif 12 5 4 111
7 Kyle Keller 5 6 14 107
8 Todd Souza 11 11 9 101
9 Takuma Koga 19 7 11 95
10 David Smith 17 10 13 92
11 Eric Nascimento 14 14 15 89
12 Bobby Hillis Jr. 25 9 12 88
13 Ethan Nascimento 26 13 8 85
14 R. J. Smotherman (R) 29 15 16 72
15 Jake Bollman 12 7 69
16 Nick Joanides 16 10 62
17 Andrés Pérez de Lara 4 40
18 Frankie Muniz 6 38
19 Conner Jones 7 37
20 Leland Honeyman 8 37
21 Greg Van Alst 10 34
22 William Sawalich 13* 34
23 Tony Cosentino 15 29
24 Alex Clubb 18 26
25 Jon Garrett 20 24
26 A. J. Moyer 21 23
27 Toni Breidinger 22 22
28 Christian Rose 23 21
29 D. L. Wilson 24 20
30 Jesse Love 27 18
31 Jack Wood 28 16
32 Brad Smith 30 14
33 Tim Monroe 31 13
34 Bryce Haugeberg 32 12
Ryan Roulette Wth Wth
Jalen Mack Wth

See also

References
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