2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series

Cole Custer, the 2023 Xfinity Series champion.
Justin Allgaier finished second in the championship.
Sam Mayer finished third behind Custer in the championship.
John Hunter Nemechek finished fourth in the championship.
Austin Hill won the regular season championship, but finished fifth in the playoffs.
Sammy Smith, the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year.
The Stewart–Haas Racing No. 00 car driven by Cole Custer won the owners' championship.
Chevrolet won the Xfinity Series manufacturers' championship with 1234 points and 17 wins.

The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 42nd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started with the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 4 at Phoenix Raceway.

Ty Gibbs won the championship in 2022, but he did not compete for a second straight championship as he moves up to the Cup Series in 2023 to drive full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing, replacing Kyle Busch.[1] Following the 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing won the regular season championship. At season's end, Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing became the 2023 Xfinity Series champion.[2]

Teams and drivers

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Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Jeffrey Earnhardt 10[3] Michael Groves 10
Frank Kerr 9
Michael Brandt 1
James Long 1
Mike Hillman Sr. 12
Sage Karam 6
Rajah Caruth 5
Dylan Lupton 1[4]
Greg Van Alst 1[5]
Brad Perez 1
Mason Massey 1
Conor Daly 1
Stefan Parsons 1
Caesar Bacarella 1
Dawson Cram 1[6]
Leland Honeyman 2
Daniel Dye 2
45 Caesar Bacarella 1[7][N 1] Frank Kerr 22
Michael Brandt 1
Michael Groves 1
Gene Nead 4
James Long 4
Mike Hillman Sr. 1
Stefan Parsons 1[8][N 1]
Rajah Caruth 6[9]
Leland Honeyman 6[7][10]
Sage Karam 3[11][12][7]
Jeffrey Earnhardt 15
Ryan Ellis 1
Greg Van Alst 1
Big Machine Racing 48 Parker Kligerman[13] Patrick Donahue
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Anthony Alfredo[14] Pat Tryson[15]
DGM Racing[16] 91 Josh Bilicki 8[17] Mario Gosselin 18
Bryan Berry 15
Ross Chastain 6
Garrett Smithley 1[18]
Chad Chastain 4[19]
Alex Labbé 5
Kyle Weatherman 7
Dexter Bean 1
Alex Guenette 1
92 Josh Williams 32[16] Bryan Berry 17
Mario Gosselin 15
Doug George 1
Alex Labbé 1[20]
JD Motorsports[21] 4 Bayley Currey 4[21] Wayne Carroll Jr. 7
Robert Goodman 26
Garrett Smithley 15[22]
Ty Dillon 1
Kyle Weatherman 10[23]
J. J. Yeley 2
Stefan Parsons 1
6 Brennan Poole 32[24][25] Kase Kallenbach
Garrett Smithley 1
Jeremy Clements Racing[26] 51 Jeremy Clements Mark Setzer[26]
Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton 32[27][N 2] Shane Whitbeck 32
Larry McReynolds 1[28]
Jordan Anderson 1[28]
31 Parker Retzlaff (R)[27] Joshua Graham
JR Motorsports 1 Sam Mayer[29] Mardy Lindley 32[30]
Andrew Overstreet 1[31]
7 Justin Allgaier[32] Jim Pohlman[30]
8 Josh Berry Taylor Moyer[30]
9 Brandon Jones[33] Jason Burdett[30]
Kaulig Racing 10 Justin Haley 5[34][N 3] Alex Yontz[35]
Austin Dillon 2[36]
Kyle Busch 5[37][N 3]
A. J. Allmendinger 5[38]
Derek Kraus 4
Kyle Larson 1
Jordan Taylor 1
Justin Marks 1
Daniel Suárez 1
Ross Chastain 1[39]
Daniel Hemric 8[N 4][40]
11 Daniel Hemric 25[41][N 4] Jason Trinchere[35]
Derek Kraus 4
Layne Riggs 3
Jordan Taylor 1[42]
16 Chandler Smith (R)[41] Bruce Schlicker[35]
Our Motorsports 02 David Starr 2[43] Teddy Brown 6
Dan Stillman 26
Matt Weber 1
Kyle Weatherman 5
Blaine Perkins 26[44]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Sheldon Creed[45] Jeff Stankiewicz 32
Sam Bowers 1
21 Austin Hill[46] Andy Street
Ford AM Racing[47] 25 Brett Moffitt[48] Joe Williams Jr.[49]
RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg 22[50] Brad Parrott 8[51]
Steve Addington 3
Teddy Brown 14
Allen Chambers 3
Kevin Johnson 4
Jerry Kennedy 1
Alex Labbé 2[52]
Aric Almirola 1[53][N 5]
Zane Smith 1[N 6][54][N 5]
Brent Sherman 1[55]
C. J. McLaughlin 5
Joe Graf Jr. 1[N 7]
38 Ryan Sieg 1[N 8] Steve Addington 29[56]
Brad Parrott 2
Mike Scearce 2
Kyle Sieg 4
Joe Graf Jr. 25[56][N 7]
Chris Hacker 2[57]
Nick Leitz 1[56]
39 Joe Graf Jr. 1[N 7] Mike Scearce 30[51]
Matt Noyce 3
Ryan Sieg 32[58][N 8]
Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Cole Custer[59] Jonathan Toney 32[60]
Greg Zipadelli 1
98 Riley Herbst[61] Richard Boswell 14[60]
Davin Restivo 19[62]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Sammy Smith (R)[63] Jeff Meendering[63]
19 Myatt Snider 6[64] Jason Ratcliff[65]
Joe Graf Jr. 6[66]
Ryan Truex 6[65]
Ty Gibbs 8
Connor Mosack 3[67]
Trevor Bayne 3[68][69]
Denny Hamlin 1[70]
20 John Hunter Nemechek[71] Ben Beshore[71]
Sam Hunt Racing 24 Parker Chase 5[72] Kris Bowen[73]
Tyler Reddick 2[74]
Connor Mosack 21[73][75]
Corey Heim 4
Sage Karam 1
26 Kaz Grala[73] Allen Hart[73]
Chevrolet 32
Ford 1
Alpha Prime Racing 43 Ryan Ellis 30[76][77][7][N 9] Michael Brandt 29
Frank Kerr 2
Derek Peebles 1
Carl Long 1
Caesar Bacarella 1
Leland Honeyman 1[N 10]
Dylan Lupton 1[4]
Chevrolet 31
Ford 2
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Blaine Perkins 5[78][79] Mike Hillman Sr. 19[79]
Daniel Johnson 10
Jason Miller 3
Teddy Brown 1
Carson Hocevar 1[80]
Stefan Parsons 11[81]
Dawson Cram 3
David Starr 2
Daniel Suárez 1
Spencer Pumpelly 1
Mason Maggio 1
Katherine Legge 1[82]
Colin Garrett 1[83]
Josh Bilicki 2
J. J. Yeley 1[84]
Gray Gaulding 1
Natalie Decker 1
Devin Jones 1
Chevrolet 9
Ford 24
08 Gray Gaulding 11[85] Jason Miller 30
Daniel Johnson 3
Aric Almirola 1[N 5]
Natalie Decker 1
Preston Pardus 1[86]
Kyle Weatherman 1
Mason Massey 5
Joey Gase 1
Alex Labbé 3[N 11]
Mason Maggio 1
Camden Murphy 1
Chad Finchum 3[87]
J. J. Yeley 2
Stefan Parsons 2

Ford 6
Toyota 15
Chevrolet 12
Emerling-Gase Motorsports[88] 35 C. J. McLaughlin 1[89] Paul Clapprood 22
Rick Bourgeois 1
Wayne Carroll Jr. 10
Joey Gase 11
Patrick Emerling 10[N 12]
Parker Chase 2
Leland Honeyman 1
David Starr 2
Alex Labbé 2
Stanton Barrett 2
B. J. McLeod 1[N 12]
Alex Guenette 1
Chris Hacker 1[90]
Ford 10[N 13][N 14]
Chevrolet 21[N 13]
Toyota 4[N 14]
53 Joey Gase 3[N 14][91] Rick Bourgeois 8
Paul Clapprood 11
Wayne Carroll Jr. 14
C. J. McLaughlin 8[N 13][N 14][89]
Patrick Emerling 9[N 13][91]
Brad Perez 4[92]
Matt Mills 5[93]
Akinori Ogata 2
Natalie Decker 1[94]
B. J. McLeod 1[N 12]
Conor Daly 1
Chris Hacker 1

Limited schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Big Machine Racing 5 Jade Buford[95] Chris Carrier[95] 2[95]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Garrett Smithley[96][97] Lee Leslie[98] 3
CHK Racing[99] 74 Ryan Vargas Ryan Bell 17
Mike Harmon 5
3[100]
Dawson Cram 13
Baltazar Leguizamón 1[101]
Kaden Honeycutt 1
Mike Harmon 1
Casey Carden[102] 1[102]
Devin Jones 1
Brad Perez 1
DGM Racing 36 Alex Labbé Nathan Kennedy 2
Dexter Bean 1
B. J. Tucker 1
George Church 1
1[103]
Josh Bilicki 2
Alex Guenette 1
Kyle Weatherman 1
FRS Racing[104] 96 Kyle Weatherman Matt Weber 2
Andrew Abbott 1
2[104]
Max McLaughlin 1
Hendrick Motorsports[105] 17 William Byron Greg Ives 6[106]
Kevin Meendering 1[106]
1[106]
Kyle Larson 2[106]
Chase Elliott 1
Alex Bowman 1[106]
Boris Said 1
Rajah Caruth 1
Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Jesse Iwuji Dan Stillman 1
Todd Parrott 1
2[107]
Andre Castro Andrew Abbott 2[108]
Jordan Anderson Racing 22 Jeb Burton[N 2] Shane Whitbeck 1
JR Motorsports 88 Miguel Paludo Jason Stockert 3[109]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2[110]
Pardus Racing Inc.[111] 50 Preston Pardus Dan Pardus 4[111]
Peterson Racing Group 87 Andy Lally Christopher Measamer 1
Richard Childress Racing 3 Ty Dillon[112] Mike Wolf 2[112]
Spire Motorsports 77 Carson Hocevar[113] Kevin Manion 4[113]
Ford RSS Racing 29 Alex Labbé Teddy Brown 5
Steve Addington 1
Mike Scearce 1
1
Kyle Sieg 5
Mason Maggio 1
Toyota 1
Ford 1
MBM Motorsports[114] 13 Timmy Hill Gio Liberati 1[115]
Jason White Lee Leslie 1
Chevrolet 4
Ford 16
Toyota 10
66 Dexter Stacey Jason Houghtaling 10
Chris Atteberry 2[116]
Lee Leslie 2
Carl Long 15
Michael Brandt 1
4[115]
Timmy Hill 10[N 15][N 16]
Mason Maggio 3[117]
Brian Weber 1[N 15]
Caesar Bacarella 1[N 17][118]
Cameron Lawrence 1
Chad Finchum 4[119][120]
Mason Filippi 1
Sage Karam[121] 3
Will Rodgers 1
Leland Honeyman 1[N 16]
Ryan Reed 1[N 17]
Ryan Newman[122] 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b At Daytona in February (race #1), Caesar Bacarella suffered from stomach issues after qualifying and was replaced by Stefan Parsons in the race.
  2. ^ a b Burton is running the full season split between the Jordan Anderson Racing Nos. 27 and 22 cars.
  3. ^ a b At Charlotte (race #12), Kyle Busch qualified the No. 10 car but after the race was postponed to the same day as the Coca-Cola 600 (both were on Monday), Busch decided to not run the Xfinity race to focus on the Cup Series race and was replaced by Justin Haley, which is why they are both listed in the No. 10 car for that race.
  4. ^ a b Hemric is running the full season split between the Nos. 11 and 10 Kaulig Racing cars.
  5. ^ a b c Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Stewart–Haas Racing.
  6. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Front Row Motorsports.[54]
  7. ^ a b c Graf Jr. is running the full season split between the Nos. 39, 38 and 28 RSS Racing cars and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car.
  8. ^ a b Ryan Sieg is running the full season split between the Nos. 38 and 39 RSS Racing cars.
  9. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports at Las Vegas II (race #30).
  10. ^ Brad Perez relieved Honeyman in the No. 43 car during the race at Portland (race #13) due to Honeyman suffering from food poisoning on the day of the race.
  11. ^ Stefan Parsons replaced Alex Labbé in the No. 08 car in practice for the race at Road America (race #20). A reason has not been given.
  12. ^ a b c At Bristol (race #27), Patrick Emerling drove the No. 35 Chevrolet in practice and during it, he crashed. Since the team did not have a backup car and the No. 35 was higher in the owner points standings than the No. 53, the team withdrew the No. 53 Chevrolet driven by B. J. McLeod and renumbered that car as the No. 35 for the race and McLeod drove the No. 35 car in the race replacing Emerling.
  13. ^ a b c d At Las Vegas in March (race #3), C. J. McLaughlin drove the No. 53 Chevrolet in practice and during it, he crashed and was injured. As a result, he was replaced by Patrick Emerling. Additionally, the team did not have a backup car and used a Ford from MBM Motorsports after their car (No. 66) did not made the field.
  14. ^ a b c d At Nashville (race #15), C. J. McLaughlin drove the No. 53 Toyota in practice and during it, he crashed and was injured. As a result, he was replaced by Joey Gase. Additionally, the team's backup car was a Ford.
  15. ^ a b At Phoenix in March (race #4), Brian Weber drove the No. 66 in practice but he was replaced by Timmy Hill for qualifying.
  16. ^ a b At Kansas in September (race #26), Timmy Hill qualified the No. 66 car but after Honeyman failed to qualify for the race in his own No. 44 car, he replaced Timmy Hill in the No. 66.
  17. ^ a b Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Alpha Prime Racing.

Changes

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Teams

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  • On July 14, 2022, Emerling-Gase Motorsports announced that they would expand to two full-time cars, with the No. 53, previously a part-time car, running full-time in 2023. One car would have one full-time driver with multiple drivers sharing the other car.[88] On February 2, 2023, the team announced that the No. 53 car would be driven by team co-owners Joey Gase and Patrick Emerling (as well as previously announced part-time drivers Brad Perez and C. J. McLaughlin), making the No. 35 car the car that will have one full-time driver.[91]
  • On August 25, 2022, Front Row Motorsports announced that Zane Smith, who drives for the team full-time in the Truck Series, would run part-time for a Ford team in the Xfinity Series with entries being fielded in a collaboration with them (instead of FRM starting their own Xfinity Series team).[54]
  • On September 20, 2022, JD Motorsports announced that they would expand to three full-time Xfinity Series cars in 2023. The team downsized from four full-time cars to two in 2022.[21] However, on February 9, 2023, the team revealed to TobyChristie.com that they would only field the No. 0 car part-time in 2023 due to lack of sponsorship.[123]
  • On October 7, 2022, it was announced that Truck and ARCA Series team AM Racing, owned by driver Austin Wayne Self, would expand into the Xfinity Series in 2023 and attempt to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona.[47] On December 12, it was announced that AMR would field their new Xfinity Series car, the No. 25, full-time in 2023 and Brett Moffitt, who previously drove part-time for the team in the Truck Series, would drive it.[48]
  • On October 26, 2022, Jesse Iwuji stated in an interview with Dustin Albino from Jayski that he would like to expand his team to two full-time cars in 2023 if sponsorship can be found for a second car.[124] However, on February 17, 2023, Kyle Weatherman, who drove for the team in 2023, revealed to TobyChristie.com that JIM would not field a second car and would also be cutting back their one car, the No. 34, to part-time in 2023 amidst the team's sponsorship struggles following the loss of the No. 34 car's primary sponsor, Equity Prime Mortgage, in a lawsuit and legal battle.[107]
  • On November 5, 2022, Mike Harmon Racing announced that Gary Keller would join the team as a co-owner after having been a co-owner of JD Motorsports from 2012 to 2022. The team will be back in the Xfinity Series in 2023 although they have yet to announce their 2023 plans.[125] On December 19, Brandon Kauffman, the team's PR & Marketing Assistant, teased on the NASCAR Reddit page that the team would field the No. 74 car again in 2023. In 2022, MHR only fielded that car in the season-opener at Daytona when it had run full-time for several years prior.[126] On January 13, 2023, the team announced that they would be renaming to CHK Racing after the addition of another co-owner, Michael Clayton Sr, as well as to reflect Keller's new co-ownership of the team. The No. 74 car will be fielded full-time while the No. 47 car will be fielded part-time.[99]
  • On November 16, 2022, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that they would be expanding to two full-time Xfinity Series cars in 2023. The second car will be driven by Cole Custer, who is moving back to the Xfinity Series after three years driving the team's No. 41 Cup Series car.[59] On November 23, it was revealed that Custer would drive the No. 00, the same car number SHR used when they last fielded a second Xfinity Series car and Custer was the driver.[127]
  • On December 8, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that their No. 54 car would be renumbered to the No. 20 in 2023. JGR did not use that number in 2022 after downsizing from four full-time Xfinity Series cars to three and the No. 20 car was the car that closed down.[71]
  • On December 8, 2022, Sam Hunt Racing announced that they would expand to two full-time cars in 2023, with their No. 24 car now being fielded full-time after having been fielded part-time in 2021 and 2022.[73]
  • On December 20, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that they would expand to three full-time cars in 2023. Their new third car, the No. 43, will be driven by Ryan Ellis in 24 races with the driver(s) for the remaining 9 races to be announced at a later time.[77] On March 13, 2023, it was revealed on the entry list for the race at Atlanta that APR would field a fourth car, the No. 42, in that race to be driven by team owner Caesar Bacarella. However, the car would be withdrawn and Bacarella would instead replace Timmy Hill in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports with the entry being fielded in a collaboration with APR.[118]
  • On January 4, 2023, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would expand to two full-time cars in 2023. The second car will be the No. 27 driven by Jeb Burton. He used the same number in 2022 driving full-time for Our Motorsports.[27]
  • On February 18, 2023, MBM Motorsports announced that they would scale back to one full-time team, with the No. 66 remaining as the full-time entry with the No. 13 car being fielded part-time starting at Daytona.[128] On July 7, MBM announced that they would withdraw the No. 66 car from the race at Atlanta and begin running part-time for the rest of the year in the Xfinity Series and start running part-time in the Cup Series (where there were spots in race fields for open cars that were not filled) after the car failed to qualify for over half of this year's Xfinity Series races.[120]
  • On March 3, 2023, Preston Pardus announced that he would return to driving for his own team in the Xfinity Series, which he last did in 2019. That year, the team used the No. 43, which is now taken by Alpha Prime Racing, so the team switched to the No. 50, a number that Pardus' father Dan used in the Cup Series in 1999 driving for Midwest Transit Racing. The first Xfinity Series race Preston and his team ran in 2023 was Circuit of the Americas.[111]
  • On March 7, 2023, Cup and Truck Series team Spire Motorsports announced that they would expand into the Xfinity Series in 2023, fielding the No. 77 car part-time for Carson Hocevar, who drives full-time in the Truck Series for Niece Motorsports. This made Spire the only team to field entries in all three NASCAR national series in 2023.[113]
  • On October 2, 2023, when the entry list was released for the race at the Charlotte Roval, it was revealed that Peterson Racing Group, a Trans-Am Series team, would make their NASCAR debut and field a No. 87 car in that race driven by Andy Lally.

Drivers

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  • On August 10, 2022, it was announced that Noah Gragson, who drove the JR Motorsports No. 9 car full-time for four years from 2019 to 2022, would move up to the Cup Series full-time in 2023, driving the Petty GMS Motorsports No. 42.[129] On September 15, JRM announced that Brandon Jones would leave Joe Gibbs Racing and move to JRM to replace Gragson in the No. 9 car.[33]
  • On September 26, 2022, NASCAR YouTuber Casey Campbell revealed that Brandon Brown told him that he would not return to his family-owned team Brandonbilt Motorsports in their No. 68 car in 2023.[130][131]
  • On October 5, 2022, Kaulig Racing announced that Chandler Smith, who has driven full-time in the Truck Series in the No. 18 for Kyle Busch Motorsports for the last two years, would replace A. J. Allmendinger in the No. 16 in 2023, as Allmendinger would return to the Cup Series to drive the team's No. 16 car full-time.[41]
  • On October 28, 2022, Jeb Burton announced he would be leaving Our Motorsports at the end of the 2022 season.[132]
  • On October 29, 2022, Big Machine Racing announced that Parker Kligerman, a NASCAR on NBC pit reporter and part-time driver, would drive their No. 48 car full-time in 2023. It will be Kligerman's first full-time season since 2013.[13]
  • On October 30, 2022, Corazón de F1 reported that open wheel driver Baltazar Leguizamón had obtained a license to drive in the Xfinity Series and he could attempt some of the road course races in 2023. He would become the first driver from Argentina to compete in the series.[133] On December 23, MBM Motorsports announced that Leguizamón would drive for the team in the race at Circuit of the Americas in 2023 once they find a sponsor for him. On March 20, 2023, MBM announced that Cameron Lawrence would drive their No. 66 car at COTA instead of Leguizamón as they could not find a sponsor for him for that race. However, the team stated that he could run another race for the team later in the year if a sponsor is found.[134] Later in the day, CHK Racing announced that Leguizamón would make his Xfinity Series debut at COTA driving their No. 74 car instead of for MBM.[101]
  • On October 31, 2022, Ryan Vargas announced that he would not return to JD Motorsports in 2023. He drove the team's No. 6 for the majority of the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[25] On December 2, JDM announced Brennan Poole as Vargas' replacement in the No. 6.[24]
  • On November 1, 2022, B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced that Garrett Smithley would drive the team's No. 78 car full-time in 2023. He drove that car as well as the team's No. 5 car part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2022.[96] On January 7, 2023, the team announced that the car would be renumbered from the No. 78 to the No. 99.[97] After Smithley and the No. 99 car failed to qualify for two of the first three races of the season, the car was withdrawn from the race at Phoenix in March and Smithley instead drove the No. 91 car for DGM Racing in that race.[18] On March 13, 2023, an article on TobyChristie.com stated that Bayley Currey would be replaced in the JD Motorsports No. 4 car starting at Atlanta in March by Garrett Smithley for 14 races and other driver(s) for the remaining 15 races according to a crew member from the team who requested anonymity. Another anonymous crew member told the website that Smithley would run the remainder of the season in the No. 4 car. The next day, JDM officially announced that Smithley would drive the No. 4 car for the rest of the year, replacing Currey. He previously drove full-time for the team from 2016 to 2019, primarily in their No. 0 car.[22]
  • On November 15, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Ty Gibbs would move up to the Cup Series full-time for the team in 2023, replacing Kyle Busch in the renumbered No. 54 car (previously the No. 18).[1] On December 8, JGR announced that John Hunter Nemechek would drive the renumbered No. 20 full-time in 2023. In 2021 and 2022, Nemechek drove full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series and part-time for JGR in the Xfinity Series.[71]
  • On November 16, 2022, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Cole Custer will move back to the Xfinity Series after three seasons in the Cup Series. He will drive a second full-time Xfinity Series car for the team.[59] On November 23, SHR posted a video on their Twitter account revealing that Custer would drive the No. 00, the same number he used when he ran full-time in the Xfinity Series for the team from 2017 to 2019.[127]
  • On December 8, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that their No. 19 car, previously driven full-time by Brandon Jones (who left to drive the JRM No. 9 car), would have multiple drivers sharing the car throughout the season instead of the No. 18 car, which will now be driven full-time by Sammy Smith. Ryan Truex, who was one of the drivers of the No. 18 in 2022, will continue driving part-time for JGR in 2023 in the No. 19 car. The rest of the driver lineup for the No. 19 car has yet to be announced.[65]
  • On December 8, 2022, Sam Hunt Racing announced that Kaz Grala would drive their No. 26 car full-time in 2023. It is the first time that car has had one driver for the full season as well as Grala's first full-time ride in NASCAR since 2017 when he drove for GMS Racing in the Truck Series. Grala drove the same car in the 2022 season-finale at Phoenix after driving for multiple other teams part-time in 2022 in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series.[73]
  • On December 8, 2022, Sam Hunt Racing announced that Connor Mosack would drive their No. 24 car part-time in 2023. In 2022, he drove one race for the team in their No. 26 car at Watkins Glen as well as Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 car at Portland. Mosack also drove part-time for Bret Holmes Racing in the Truck and ARCA Series in 2022.[73] On January 23, 2023, SHR announced that Tyler Reddick would drive the No. 24 in select races starting with Fontana.[74]
  • On December 12, 2022, AM Racing announced that Brett Moffitt would drive the No. 25 in 2023.[48]
  • On December 13, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Jeffrey Earnhardt would drive their No. 44 car full-time in 2023. He drove part-time for Sam Hunt Racing, Emerling-Gase Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing in 2022.[3]
  • On December 23, 2022, SS-Green Light Racing owner Bobby Dotter stated in a video on the team's Twitter account that Joe Graf Jr. would not be back with SSGLR in 2023 and that the team will have new drivers for their cars in 2023.[78] On January 9, 2023, the team announced that Blaine Perkins, who drove full-time for CR7 Motorsports full-time in the Truck Series in 2022 and for Our Motorsports part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022, would drive their No. 07 car full-time in 2023.[79] On March 21, 2023, the team announced that they had parted ways with Perkins after a poor start to the season. Multiple drivers will drive the No. 07 car for the rest of the year starting with full-time Niece Motorsports Truck Series driver Carson Hocevar making his Xfinity Series debut at COTA.[80]
  • On December 30, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Leland Honeyman would drive their No. 45 car part-time in 2023. He drove for Young's Motorsports full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the main ARCA Series and the Truck Series in 2022.[10]
  • On January 4, 2023, Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would have two new full-time drivers in 2023. Jeb Burton will drive the No. 27 car, a new second full-time car for the team, and Parker Retzlaff will replace Myatt Snider in their No. 31 car.[27] On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Snider would drive the JGR No. 19 car part-time.[64]
  • On January 18, 2023, Landon Cassill tweeted that he would not be returning to the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car in 2023 as a result of his sponsor Voyager Digital filing for bankruptcy in July 2022.[135] On February 9, A. J. Allmendinger announced he would drive the No. 10 at COTA.[38] The next day, Kyle Busch announced he would drive the No. 10 for five races, ending his retirement in the Xfinity Series after scoring a total of 102 wins in 2021. As Allmendinger and Busch are full-time Cup drivers, they are allowed to run up to five races in the Xfinity Series.[37]
  • On January 27, 2023, it was announced that Joe Graf Jr. would drive at least 28 races for RSS Racing in 2023. He previously drove the majority of the 2022 season for SS-Green Light Racing as well as 1 race for RSS in their No. 38 car, replacing Timmy Hill in that car after he failed to qualify the SSGLR No. 08 into the race at Fontana.[56] Graf Jr. will drive the other five races in the No. 19 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing.
  • On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Natalie Decker would drive part-time for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series in their No. 53 car in both series.[94]
  • On February 18, 2023, Alex Labbé revealed that he would drive the No. 28 car for RSS Racing at Fontana and Las Vegas, filling in for Joe Graf Jr. who will drive the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car in those two races. Kyle Sieg will move from the No. 28 car to replace Graf in the No. 38 car for these two races. It is the first time Labbé has driven for a team other than DGM Racing in the Xfinity Series.[52]
  • On February 24, 2023, it was announced that Mason Maggio would make his Xfinity Series debut in the race at Las Vegas in March driving the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports. He ran part-time in the Truck Series for Reaume Brothers Racing and Peck Motorsports in 2022.[117]
  • On March 13, 2023, it was announced that Chad Chastain would make his Xfinity Series debut in the race at Atlanta in March driving the No. 91 car for DGM Racing. His brother Ross drove the same car at Fontana three weeks prior. Chad has driven part-time in the Truck Series for Niece Motorsports since 2021.[19]
  • On March 21, 2023, NASCAR announced that Josh Williams would be suspended for one race (COTA) after his actions at Atlanta where he parked his car in the middle of the track during a caution and walked away, leaving the car on the track after his frustration with NASCAR for parking him during the race for his car leaving multiple pieces of debris on the track. Later in the day, DGM Racing announced that Alex Labbé would fill in for Williams in their No. 92 car in the race at COTA.[20]
  • On April 22, 2023, Alpha Prime Racing announced that ARCA driver Greg Van Alst, who scored an upset win in the ARCA season-opener at Daytona earlier in the year, would make his Xfinity Series debut for the team in the race at Atlanta in July.[5] On June 30, APR revealed that Van Alst would drive their No. 44 car in that race.[136]
  • On June 6, 2023, RSS Racing announced that Brent Sherman would drive their No. 28 car at the Chicago Street Course. It will be his first start in the Xfinity Series since 2007 when he ran nearly the full season driving the No. 36 car for the former McGill Motorsports team. He has not raced in NASCAR since running part-time in the Truck Series in 2009 and in ARCA in 2016.[55]
  • On June 22, 2023, JD Motorsports announced that Kyle Weatherman would drive their No. 4 car beginning at Nashville, replacing Garrett Smithley, and that he could run the rest of the year in that car.[23] Weatherman would drive the No. 36 car for DGM Racing at Atlanta in July with Smithley returning to the JDM No. 4 in that race.
  • On July 27, 2023, SS-Green Light Racing announced that Katherine Legge would drive their No. 07 car in the race at Road America as well as the other three remaining road course races (the Indianapolis road course, Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval). It is her first time competing in NASCAR and the Xfinity Series since 2018 when she ran the races at Mid-Ohio, Road America the Charlotte Roval as well as 1 oval race at Richmond in the JD Motorsports No. 15 car.[82] On August 8, it was revealed that Colin Garrett would replace Legge in the No. 07 car in the race at the Indianapolis road course after 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.[83]
  • On August 15, 2023, CHK Racing announced that Casey Carden, who has driven part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for Clubb Racing Inc. in road course races, would attempt to make his Xfinity Series debut in the race at Watkins Glen in their No. 74 car.[102]
  • On August 17, 2023, NASCAR suspended Chris Hacker and Jason White indefinitely for violating Section 4.4. D. of the NASCAR Rule Book, stating actions detrimental to stock car racing - particularly on being charged with or convicted of significant criminal violations. Hacker was arrested on August 15 while White was arrested on August 3; both were charged with DWI.[137] Hacker was reinstated on October 25 after completing the Road to Recovery program and would drive the Emerling-Gase Motorsports No. 35 car in the race at Martinsville the next weekend.[90]
  • On August 24, 2023, SS-Green Light Racing announced that Chad Finchum would drive their No. 08 car in the races at Darlington and Bristol in September and Martinsville in October.[87] SSGLR is the first team that Finchum has driven for in the Xfinity Series other than MBM Motorsports.
  • On September 6, 2023, Kaulig Racing announced that, due to the No. 10 Chevrolet being in the owners playoffs, Daniel Hemric would move from the No. 11 to the No. 10 starting at Kansas. Derek Kraus will drive the No. 11 in Kansas, Homestead, and Phoenix, while Layne Riggs will make his Xfinity Series debut in the car at Texas, Las Vegas, and Martinsville.[138][139] On September 29, Kaulig announced that IMSA driver Jordan Taylor, who drove their No. 10 car in the race at Portland, would make another start for the team at the Charlotte Roval in the No. 11 car.[42]
  • On October 5, 2023, MBM Motorsports announced that Ryan Newman would drive their No. 66 car in the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It will be his first Xfinity Series start since 2012.[122] On October 10, it was revealed through the entry list for the race at Las Vegas that Ryan Reed would drive the MBM No. 66 car in that race, marking his return to the series for the first time since losing his full-time ride with what is now RFK Racing when they closed down their Xfinity Series team after the 2018 season. Since then, Reed competed part-time in the Truck Series in 2019 and 2021.[140] The announcement of Reed driving the No. 66 car at Las Vegas was made the next day and it was revealed that his entry would be fielded in a collaboration between MBM and Alpha Prime Racing.[141]

Crew chiefs

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  • On September 1, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Mike Bumgarner, who was the crew chief of the team's No. 8 car driven by Josh Berry in 2022, would be the team's new competition director.[142] On November 17, JRM announced that Bumgarner would be replaced by Taylor Moyer, who crew chiefed the team's No. 1 car driven by Sam Mayer in 2022. Moyer previously crew chiefed the No. 8 car from 2019 to 2021.[30]
  • On October 8, 2022, NASCAR on NBC pit reporter Marty Snider stated during a caution during the 2022 race at the Charlotte Roval that Kevin Starland, the crew chief of Ryan Sieg's No. 39 car for RSS Racing, would retire after the 2022 season. On February 5, 2023, RSS announced that Mike Scearce would be the new crew chief of the No. 39 car in 2023.[51]
  • On October 25, 2022, it was announced that Luke Lambert, who was the crew chief of the JR Motorsports No. 9 car driven by Noah Gragson in 2022, would move with Gragson to the Petty GMS Motorsports No. 42 car in the Cup Series in 2023.[143] On November 17, JRM announced that Lambert would be replaced by Jason Burdett, who crew chiefed the team's No. 7 car from 2015 to 2022, working with Regan Smith for the first year and Justin Allgaier for the other seven. The No. 9 car will now be driven by Brandon Jones.[30]
  • On November 15, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Chris Gayle, who crew chiefed their No. 54 car in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022, would move back up to the Cup Series full-time for the team in 2023, replacing Ben Beshore as the crew chief of the renumbered No. 54 car (previously the No. 18 driven by Kyle Busch) and continuing to work with Ty Gibbs.[1] On December 8, JGR announced that Beshore would move down to the Xfinity Series, replacing Gayle as the crew chief of the team's renumbered No. 20 car, now driven by John Hunter Nemechek.[71]
  • On November 17, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Jim Pohlman would be the new crew chief for Justin Allgaier's No. 7 car in 2023, replacing Jason Burdett, who moved to JRM's No. 9 car driven by Brandon Jones. In 2022, Pohlman was a mechanic and an interim crew chief for Richard Childress Racing in the Cup and Xfinity Series. He was also the crew chief for Allgaier when he won the 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series championship.[30]
  • On November 17, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Mardy Lindley would be the new crew chief for Sam Mayer's No. 1 car in 2023, replacing Taylor Moyer, who moved to JRM's No. 8 car driven by Josh Berry. Lindley was the crew chief of the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports truck in 2021 and 2022. Prior to that, he was the crew chief for Mayer in ARCA with GMS Racing. Lindley and Mayer won two consecutive East Series championships in 2019 and 2020.[30]
  • On December 6, 2022, it was announced that Chad Walter, who was the crew chief of the No. 27 Our Motorsports car driven by Jeb Burton in 2022, would be leaving for GMS Racing to crew chief the team's No. 24 truck driven by Rajah Caruth in the Truck Series in 2023. Walter is returning to GMS after having crew chiefed for the team in 2020 and 2021. His replacement as crew chief of the Our Motorsports No. 27 car has yet to be announced.[144]
  • On December 6, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Jeff Meendering, who was the crew chief of their No. 19 car driven by Brandon Jones from 2019 to 2022, would be the crew chief for their No. 18 car in 2023, replacing Jason Ratcliff.[63] On December 8, JGR announced that Ratcliff would crew chief the No. 19 car in 2023, switching cars with Meendering. Sammy Smith will drive the No. 18 car full-time in 2023 after he and other drivers shared that car part-time in 2022. The No. 19 car will be the JGR car that has multiple part-time drivers in 2023 and Ratcliff will continue to crew chief them.[65]
  • On December 8, 2022, Sam Hunt Racing announced that Kris Bowen, who was the crew chief of the No. 02 Our Motorsports car in 2022, would be the crew chief of their No. 24 car in 2023. The No. 24 was a part-time car in 2022 and will be a full-time car in 2023. Bowen's replacement as crew chief of the Our Motorsports No. 02 car has yet to be announced.[73]
  • On January 6, 2023, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Jonathan Toney, a longtime engineer for the team dating back to when the team was Haas CNC Racing, would be the crew chief of their No. 00 driven by Cole Custer in 2023.[60]
  • On January 9, 2023, SS-Green Light Racing announced that Mike Hillman Sr. would be the crew chief of their No. 07 car in 2023, replacing Joe Williams Jr.[79] Hillman Sr. started 2022 as the crew chief of the Rick Ware Racing No. 15 car in the Cup Series before leaving for David Gilliland Racing in the Truck Series, and then crew chiefing for Emerling-Gase Motorsports, DGM Racing and Bassett Racing in the Xfinity Series during parts of the season.
  • On January 9, 2023, AM Racing announced that Joe Williams Jr. would be the crew chief of the No. 25 car driven by Brett Moffitt in 2023.[49]
  • On February 2, 2023, Big Machine Racing announced that Chris Carrier, who was previously the crew chief of the Henderson Motorsports No. 75 in the Truck Series, would crew chief their new part-time second car, the No. 5 driven by Jade Buford.[95]
  • On February 5, 2023, RSS Racing announced that Brad Parrott, who crew chiefed the No. 6 Rev Racing ARCA car driven by Rajah Caruth for part of 2022, would be the new crew chief of their No. 28, which returns to running full-time in 2023. Parrott previously crew chiefed in the Xfinity Series from 2002 to 2013 for Roush Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, RAB Racing, Rusty Wallace Racing, JD Motorsports, MAKE Motorsports, Tommy Baldwin Racing and TeamSLR.[51]
  • On February 13, 2023, it was revealed when the entry list for the season-opener at Daytona was released that Michael Brandt, who was the crew chief of Alpha Prime Racing's No. 44 for the majority of 2022, would move over to the team's new No. 43 in 2023. Brandt is one of the youngest crew chiefs in NASCAR history at age 22.[145] Michael Groves would become the new crew chief of the No. 44 car, replacing Brandt.
  • Starting at Richmond in April, Dan Stillman became the crew chief of the Our Motorsports No. 02, replacing Teddy Brown. He started the season as the crew chief of the Jesse Iwuji Motorsports No. 34 car, which cut back to part-time in 2023 due to lack of sponsorship. Todd Parrott would replace Stillman as crew chief of the JIM No. 34 car at Talladega, the next race it attempted.
  • Starting at Martinsville in April, Robert Goodman became the crew chief of the JD Motorsports No. 4, replacing Wayne Carroll Jr, who left for Emerling-Gase Motorsports to crew chief the team's No. 53 car, replacing Rick Bourgeois.
  • On May 11, 2023, MBM Motorsports announced that Jason Houghtaling, the crew chief of their No. 66 car, left the team to take a job with another team (Jordan Anderson Racing as the car chief of their No. 31 according to TobyChristie.com). Chris Atteberry, who had been the fueler for the No. 66, was promoted to crew chief the car replacing Houghtaling starting at Darlington.[116]
  • On June 20, 2023, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Richard Boswell, crew chief of the No. 98 driven by Riley Herbst, would be promoted to the Cup Series to replace Johnny Klausmeier as the crew chief of the No. 14 driven by Chase Briscoe starting at Nashville. Replacing Boswell is Davin Restivo, who previously served as the lead engineer of the Cup Series No. 10 driven by Aric Almirola.[62]

Interim crew chiefs

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  • On March 25, 2023, Mardy Lindley, crew chief of the JR Motorsports No. 1 car driven by Sam Mayer, got sick on the day of the race at COTA. Andrew Overstreet, the team's engineer, filled in as interim crew chief.[31] Overstreet also filled in for Mayer's 2022 crew chief, Taylor Moyer, when he was suspended for four races.
  • On September 12, 2023, Jeff Stankiewicz, crew chief of the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 car driven by Sheldon Creed, was suspended for the Bristol playoff race and fined US$10,000 after the car was found to have two loose lug nuts following the Kansas race. Sam Bowers, the team's engineer, filled in as interim crew chief.[146]

Manufacturers

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Sponsorship

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  • On November 1, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Bass Pro Shops, which previously sponsored Noah Gragson's No. 9 car for the team, would switch their sponsorship to Josh Berry's No. 8 car in 2023 and would sponsor him in 11 races. They will also sponsor one of two races that team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will run in the No. 88 car in 2023.[110]
  • On December 7, 2022, Jesse Iwuji Motorsports filed a lawsuit against their primary sponsor of the No. 34 car in 2022, Equity Prime Mortgage, for lack of payments to the team. This would be followed by EPM filing a counter-lawsuit against JIM for breach of contract.[147] As a result of the loss of EPM as a sponsor, the team had to reduce their No. 34 car to a part-time schedule in 2023 and cancel plans to expand to a second car.[107]
  • On February 2, 2023, Emerling-Gase Motorsports announced that the National Crime Prevention Council would sponsor their No. 53 car in the season-opener at Daytona. The paint scheme will feature their mascot, McGruff the Crime Dog.[91]
  • On August 22, 2023, it was announced that Wawa, the title sponsor of the race at Daytona in August, would sponsor four cars in that race: the No. 07 of J. J. Yeley, the No. 25 of Brett Moffitt, the No. 38 of Joe Graf Jr. and the No. 53 of Natalie Decker. Each car will have a paint scheme that represents a different flavor of Wawa's Recharger energy drink.[84]

Schedule

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The Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono Raceway in July

The entire schedule was released on September 14, 2022.[148]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2023. For the races where a 2023 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2022 are listed.

No Race title Track Location Date
1 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 18
2 Production Alliance Group 300  O  Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California February 25
3 Alsco Uniforms 300  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 4
4 United Rentals 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 11
5 RAPTOR King of Tough 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia March 18
6 Pit Boss 250  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 25
7 ToyotaCare 250  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia April 1
8 Call 811.com Before You Dig 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 15
9 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 22
10 A-GAME 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware April 29
11 Shriners Children's 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 13
12 Alsco Uniforms 300  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 29[N 1]
13 Pacific Office Automation 147[150]  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 3
14 DoorDash 250[151]  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 10
15 Tennessee Lottery 250  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 24
16 The Loop 121  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 1–2[N 2]
17 Alsco Uniforms 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia July 8
18 Ambetter Health 200  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire July 15
19 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 22
20 Road America 180  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 29
21 Cabo Wabo 250  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan August 5
22 Pennzoil 150  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course) Speedway, Indiana August 12
23 Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 19
24 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 25
25 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina September 2
26 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 9
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 15
28 Andy's Frozen Custard 300  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas September 23
29 Drive for the Cure 250  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 7
Round of 8
30 Alsco Uniforms 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 14
31 Contender Boats 300  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 21
32 Dead On Tools 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 28
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 4

Notes

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  1. ^ The Alsco Uniforms 300 was postponed from Saturday, May 27 to Monday, May 29 due to rain.
  2. ^ The Loop 121 started on Saturday, July 1 but was stopped during Stage 2 due to lightning delays. The race resumed on Sunday, July 2. The race was then called before halfway due to flooding along with the upcoming Cup race on the same day.
O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course

Results and standings

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Race results

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning Team No. Manufacturer Report
1 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 Austin Hill Austin Hill Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet Report
2 Production Alliance Group 300 Austin Hill John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
3 Alsco Uniforms 300 Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet Report
4 United Rentals 200 Cole Custer Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota Report
5 RAPTOR King of Tough 250 Sammy Smith Austin Hill Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet Report
6 Pit Boss 250 A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet Report
7 ToyotaCare 250 Justin Allgaier Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet Report
8 Call 811.com Before You Dig 250 Cole Custer John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
9 Ag-Pro 300 Austin Hill Brett Moffitt Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet Report
10 A-GAME 200 Parker Kligerman Ryan Truex Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota Report
11 Shriners Children's 200 John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Larson Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet Report
12 Alsco Uniforms 300 Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
13 Pacific Office Automation 147 Sheldon Creed Sheldon Creed Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Ford Report
14 DoorDash 250 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Aric Almirola RSS Racing 28 Ford Report
15 Tennessee Lottery 250 Cole Custer Chandler Smith A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet Report
16 The Loop 121 Cole Custer Cole Custer Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Ford Report
17 Alsco Uniforms 250 Chandler Smith Justin Haley John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
18 Ambetter Health 200 Chandler Smith John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
19 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 Josh Berry Josh Berry Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet Report
20 Road America 180 A. J. Allmendinger Justin Allgaier Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet Report
21 Cabo Wabo 250 Josh Berry John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
22 Pennzoil 150 A. J. Allmendinger Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota Report
23 Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet Report
24 Wawa 250 Austin Hill Austin Hill Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
25 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota Report
26 Kansas Lottery 300 Justin Allgaier John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Food City 300 Cole Custer Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
28 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota Report
29 Drive for the Cure 250 Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet Report
Round of 8
30 Alsco Uniforms 302 Josh Berry Riley Herbst Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing 98 Ford Report
31 Contender Boats 300 Cole Custer Cole Custer Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet Report
32 Dead On Tools 250 Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race Sammy Smith Cole Custer Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Ford Report

Drivers' championship

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Cole Custer 9 2712 12 12 12 32 5 3 4 7 3 3 12 6 9 1*12 3 22 33 30 16 6 7 5 4 36 41 6 2 31 13*1 19 1*2 4040 184
2 Justin Allgaier 32 3 2 3612 29 5 13 6 281 3 2 1* 2 7 15 3 17 61 23 18*12 141 5 16 1 7 18 1*2 5*12 371 6 15 11 3 4034 353
3 Sam Mayer 27 2 7 11 9 7 17 31 29 9 8 35 3 10 3 18 5 18 2 1 5 2 1 19 11 37 35 38 1* 5 1 25 5 4032 206
4 John Hunter Nemechek 2 1* 61 6 8 27 2 1*12 32 5 5*2 2 10 16 6 2 1 1* 32 34 1*2 13 6 28 3*12 1*12 3 1 82 2 3 18 281 4009 552
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
Pos Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Austin Hill 1*1 6 12 7 1*1 37 9 16 18 4 4 4 5 8 4 5 12 3 1 3 11 4 14 23*1 2 5 33 7 9 7 4 21 7 2273 32 391
6 Sammy Smith (R) 19 19 17 1* 17 4 19 2 33 6 11 10 30 9 34 6 10 52 6 31 38 28 18 21 17 35 9 3 11 17 9 3*2 9 2248 31 7
7 Sheldon Creed 34 23 9 3 21 92 6 27 2 11 25 28 7*1 11 17 11 352 21 11 26 12 8 2 22 8 3 11 8 10 15 26 2 2 2225 17 87
8 Daniel Hemric 36 12 10 10 2 6 24 7 21 10 16 22 33 13 8 7 2 4 5 11 15 27 23 3 10 34 2 24 7 9 6 6 21 2224 37 38
9 Chandler Smith (R) 12 4 3* 5 28 12 1*1 10 25 13 36 13 9 14 12*2 8 20 2 20 37 20 34 8 22 12 32 5 4 12 4 34 36 8 2219 34 99
10 Parker Kligerman 23 10 11 15 42 30 8 17 3 38 13 38 14 5 11 9 8 32 9 2 8 7 3 4 24 4 31 2 6 13 7 10 16 2209 33 210
11 Josh Berry 26 5 5 8 7 8 32 4 30 2 7 15 4 33 5 24 19 17 24*12 6 2 14 20 17 5 6 36 27 3 12 32 5 6 2172 25 95
12 Jeb Burton 11 22 14 22 16 21 12 14 12 18 12 7 25 26 13 19 13 7 12 12 10 16 10 12 18 12 13 31 34 22 20 9 12 2126 2 6
13 Riley Herbst 6 7 8 4 5 10 23 30 23 21 38 14 32 15 2 24 361 20 4 5 6 12 35 24 6 23 8 37 4 1*2 2 4 4 904 169 7
14 Brandon Jones 14 33 21 23 19 11 21 5 14 8 34 9 13 21 24 29 33 11 7 10 3 21 11 36 14 2 34 9 29 8 8 16 11 793 135
15 Brett Moffitt 29 9 22 13 6 34 22 9 12* 15 20 29 12 12 14 4 11 9 8 36 17 10 29 18 25 7 16 10 38 24 35 20 15 680 47
16 Parker Retzlaff (R) 4 20 37 18 27 17 16 11 7 17 24 6 17 38 10 28 16 31 35 14 9 17 26 7 13 11 15 30 22 14 12 7 13 662 31
17 Kaz Grala 32 13 23 34 35 18 4 15 24 12 9 16 26 20 16 10 14 13 25 7 21 9 28 20 28 10 10 29 5 35 30 28 10 617 26
18 Ryan Sieg 8 14 24 16 11 23 7 18 22 16 27 24 18 28 19 25 37 33 22 13 13 32 21 6 30 30 6 11 13 16 14 35 18 606 34
19 Jeremy Clements 17 18 25 20 15 14 36 32 19 19 14 19 22 17 22 20 15 15 15 27 26 19 37 26 21 15 24 18 23 30 21 17 20 533 9
20 Anthony Alfredo 24 17 19 14 14 16 38 24 37 36 15 32 21 37 23 27 34 34 13 16 18 23 31 8 33 27 25 14 30 34 28 8 24 454 23
21 Josh Williams 15 16 30 21 32 33 19 10 23 17 18 16 35 33 36 9 8 36 21 22 33 36 27 37 13 20 20 20 33 17 14 25 446 6
22 Kyle Sieg 21 15 20 25 26 26 20 35 15 29 30 11 34 25 7 23 16 32 19 30 19 13 35 20 21 12 32 18 22 38 38 428 4
23 Joe Graf Jr. 7 11 15 31 25 31 37 37 20 22 32 17 23 31 21 33 21 29 17 23 27 35 22 34 26 9 26 36 31 37 10 29 31 395 6
24 Brennan Poole 33 25 33 29 13 33 34 29 5 24 23 30 38 DNQ 20 26 28 24 29 15 29 25 12 20 28 22 34 17 25 19 32 29 366
25 Ryan Ellis 35 34 27 19 23 20 15 28 11 25 33 27 28 31 25 19 18 35 23 29 30 32 29 17 18 13 36 27 24 24 26 366
26 Kyle Weatherman 16 17 33 22 DNQ 34 14 20 22 18 14 31 27 20 35 20 13 33 31 38 23 15 26 36 16 17 336
27 Jeffrey Earnhardt 28 26 29 33 34 25 18 20 31 37 26 21 19 36 27 DNQ 23 19 24 11 32 32 18 26 23 272 1
28 Connor Mosack (R) 24 30 19 28 33 23 8 32 35 35 26 34 29 36 26 5 37 14 14 24 19 31 31 34 270 8
29 Blaine Perkins (R) 37 31 35 35 22 26 13 34 37 37 15 30 26 17 32 25 27 17 33 31 38 25 34 33 28 DNQ 28 28 29 22 32 258
30 Alex Labbé DNQ 28 18 15 11 26 11 25 21 12 28 33 11 24 15 246 16
31 Ryan Truex 2 3 12 17 1*12 35 197 41 7
32 Myatt Snider 5 6 14 11 15 22 166 17
33 Josh Bilicki DNQ 31 28 26 19 18 8 18 25 27 25 23 164 8
34 Patrick Emerling 34 30 18 29 21 33 21 31 20 14 26 22 34 DNQ 36 QL 35 38 25 164
35 Sage Karam 31 35 31 34 DNQ 22 38 4 25 15 15 23 27 160 14
36 Joey Gase 18 29 38 26 37 27 9 31 DNQ 31 14 24 26 32 27 152
37 Gray Gaulding 20 38 32 37 20 35 23 8 27 29 9 DNQ 132
38 Garrett Smithley DNQ DNQ 36 32 36 DNQ 30 DNQ 16 31 DNQ 33 24 26 21 30 16 25 DNQ DNQ 125
39 C. J. McLaughlin 31 37 PR 13 34 DNQ PR± 28 DNQ 22 25 29 37 13 103
40 Leland Honeyman 27 25 25 28 DNQ 28 26 21 23 DNQ 93
41 Mason Massey 32 24 10 DNQ 16 27 76
42 Parker Chase 16 DNQ 38 35 16 27 16 76
43 Trevor Bayne 29 7 33 72 30
44 Layne Riggs 19 10 11 71
45 Miguel Paludo 13 13 22 63
46 Dawson Cram 38 DNQ DNQ 36 DNQ DNQ 36 DNQ DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 21 21 31 36 19 59
47 David Starr 22 35 DNQ 30 22 22 54
48 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 30 5 48 9
49 Preston Pardus 36 31 12 24 DNQ 45
50 Brad Perez 29 RL§ 29 32 19 38 DNQ 40
51 Caesar Bacarella QL 38 6 31 38
52 Chad Finchum DNQ DNQ DNQ 35 22 29 27 35
53 Alex Guenette 15 38 33 27
54 Jordan Anderson 15 22
55 Jordan Taylor 27 16 21
56 Dylan Lupton 29 24 21
57 J. J. Yeley 30 28 DNQ 34 36 20
58 Stanton Barrett 24 32 18
59 Ryan Reed 20 17
60 Dexter Stacey DNQ 35 DNQ 25 14
61 Jade Buford 25 36 13
62 Spencer Pumpelly 28 9
63 Jesse Iwuji 30 DNQ 7
64 Natalie Decker 34 35 DNQ 5
65 Brent Sherman 34 3
66 Max McLaughlin 34 3
67 Andre Castro 37 36 2
68 B. J. McLeod 37 1
69 Devin Jones DNQ 37 1
70 Justin Marks 38 1
71 Katherine Legge 38 1
72 Ryan Newman 38 1
Cameron Lawrence DNQ 0
Baltazar Leguizamón DNQ 0
Mike Harmon DNQ 0
Jason White DNQ 0
Dexter Bean DNQ 0
Camden Murphy DNQ 0
Colin Garrett DNQ 0
Casey Carden DNQ 0
Boris Said DNQ 0
Andy Lally DNQ 0
Brian Weber PR 0
Ineligible for Xfinity Series driver points
Pos Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
A. J. Allmendinger 1*1 2 1 9 312
Ty Gibbs 3 512 4 371 6 4 1* 17*12
Kyle Larson 11 3*12 38
Aric Almirola 24 1
Denny Hamlin 1
William Byron 2
Chase Elliott 3
Ross Chastain 24 18 18 7 37 4 23
Kyle Busch 4 9 QL¤ 27 9
Justin Haley 10 10 12 4* 10
Carson Hocevar 38 6 8 36 32
Zane Smith 7
Derek Kraus 10 8 27 20 8 12 112 37
Austin Dillon 8 16
Alex Bowman 9
Corey Heim 35 10 37 15
Daniel Suárez 27 10
Rajah Caruth 21 26 26 25 37 16 29 17 19 23 12 14
Stefan Parsons 13 32 28 22 26 37 38 36 DNQ PR 31 33 19 19 RL~ 18 26 33
Tyler Reddick 36 13
Ty Dillon 19 23 14
Chris Hacker 14 30 30 35
Daniel Dye 17 21 PR÷
Matt Mills 22 28 27 19 DNQ
Chad Chastain 24 32 29 30
Bayley Currey 38 30 28 28
Akinori Ogata 29 33
Timmy Hill DNQ 32 DNQ 30 DNQ DNQ 32 QL^ 38 DNQ 30
Mason Maggio DNQ 31 36 30 37 33
Nick Leitz 31
Conor Daly DNQ 35
Greg Van Alst 38 38
Kaden Honeycutt 38
Ryan Vargas DNQ DNQ DNQ
Mason Filippi DNQ
Will Rodgers DNQ
Pos Driver DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
Caesar Bacarella suffered from stomach issues after qualifying for the race at Daytona in February and was replaced by Stefan Parsons in the race.
C. J. McLaughlin was replaced by Patrick Emerling in the race at Las Vegas in March due to getting injured in practice. Neither driver made a lap in qualifying.
± C. J. McLaughlin was replaced by Joey Gase in the race at Nashville due to suffering a crash in practice.
Brian Weber was replaced by Timmy Hill before qualifying for the race at Phoenix in March.
¤Kyle Busch was replaced by Justin Haley after qualifying for the race at Charlotte in May.
§ – Due to suffering from food poisoning, Leland Honeyman was replaced by Brad Perez during the race at Portland. Since Honeyman started the race, he is officially credited with 28th place.
Stefan Parsons replaced Alex Labbé in practice for the race at Road America. Neither driver made a lap in qualifying.
^ – At Kansas in September (race #26), Timmy Hill qualified the No. 66 car but after Honeyman failed to qualify for the race in his own No. 44 car, he replaced Timmy Hill in the No. 66.
– At Bristol (race #27), Patrick Emerling was replaced by B. J. McLeod in the No. 35 car in the race after crashing his car in the practice and not having a backup car.
~ – Due to feeling ill, Josh Williams was replaced by Stefan Parsons during the race at Texas (race #28). Since Williams started the race, he is officially credited with 20th place.
÷Daniel Dye was scheduled to drive the No. 44 at Phoenix in November (season finale), but due to a hard crash in the Truck Series season finale in the previous day, he was not cleared to race and was replaced by Leland Honeyman in the qualifying but Honeyman failed to qualify.

Owners' championship (Top 15)

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos. No. Car Owner DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Points Bonus
1 00 Gene Haas 9 2712 12 12 12 32 5 3 4 7 3 3 12 6 9 1*12 3 22 33 30 16 6 7 5 4 36 41 6 2 31 13*1 19 1*2 4040 184
2 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller 32 2 2 3612 29 5 13 6 281 3 2 1* 2 7 15 3 17 61 27 18*12 141 5 16 1 7 18 1*2 5*12 371 6 15 11 3 4034 353
3 1 L. W. Miller 27 2 7 11 9 7 17 31 29 9 8 35 3 10 3 18 5 18 2 1 5 2 1 19 11 37 35 38 1* 5 1 25 5 4032 197
4 20 Joe Gibbs 2 1* 61 6 8 27 2 1*12 32 5 5*2 2 10 16 6 2 1 1* 32 34 1*2 13 6 28 3*12 1*12 3 1 82 2 3 18 281 4009 552
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs cut-off
5 21 Richard Childress 1*1 6 12 7 1*1 37 9 16 18 4 4 4 5 8 4 5 12 3 1 3 11 4 14 23*1 2 5 33 7 9 7 4 21 7 2273 391
6 18 Joe Gibbs 19 19 17 1* 17 4 19 2 33 6 11 10 30 9 34 6 10 52 6 31 38 28 18 21 17 35 9 3 11 17 9 3*2 9 2248 6
7 10 Matt Kaulig 10 8 4 9 10 1*1 10 8 27 20 11 12 27 2 1 38 4* 16 10 9 7 312 27 10 9 34 2 24 7 10 6 6 21 2227 65
8 2 Richard Childress 34 23 9 3 21 92 6 27 2 11 25 28 7*1 11 17 11 352 21 11 26 12 8 2 22 8 3 11 8 10 15 26 2 2 2224 78
9 16 Matt Kaulig 12 4 3* 5 28 12 1*1 10 25 13 36 13 9 14 12*2 8 20 2 20 37 20 34 8 22 12 32 5 4 12 4 34 36 8 2217 7
10 19 Joe Gibbs 5 11 15 2 3 3 37 12 17 1*12 35 512 6 4 371 35 6 29 34 29 4 1* 17*12 29 1 9 7 33 14 11 10 15 22 2194 99
11 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 26 5 5 8 7 8 32 4 30 2 7 15 4 33 5 23 19 17 24*12 6 2 14 20 17 5 6 36 27 3 12 32 5 6 2171 86
12 27 Jordan Anderson 11 22 14 22 16 21 12 14 12 18 12 7 25 26 13 19 13 7 12 12 10 16 10 15 18 12 13 31 34 22 20 9 12 2126 6
13 48 Scott Borchetta 23 10 11 15 42 30 8 17 3 38 13 38 14 5 11 9 8 32 9 2 8 7 3 4 24 4 31 2 6 13 7 10 16 905 1
14 98 Tony Stewart 6 7 8 4 5 10 23 30 23 21 38 14 32 15 2 24 361 20 4 5 6 12 35 24 6 23 8 37 4 1*2 2 4 4 904 7
15 11 Matt Kaulig 36 12 10 10 2 6 24 7 21 10 16 22 33 13 8 7 2 4 5 11 15 27 23 3 10 8 12 19 16 10 112 11 37 898 10
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO Points Bonus

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 17 1234
2 Toyota 11 1136
3 Ford 5 1095

See also

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