The 2022 ARCA Menards Series West was the 69th 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 11 at Phoenix Raceway with the General Tire 150 and ended with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, also at Phoenix Raceway, on November 4.
Jesse Love, who won the championship for the last 2 years, did not go for a three-peat. Love revealed in an interview in October 2021 with Frontstretch that he would not return to the West Series full-time in 2022 and he ran the majority of the main ARCA Series season for Venturini Motorsports. He had driven for the team part-time in that series in 2020 and 2021.
This season also saw a historic milestone, as the race at Evergreen Speedway on August 20 marked the 1,000th West Series race.
Teams and drivers Complete schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Chevrolet Bill McAnally Racing 16 Austin Herzog (R) Charlie Wilson Landen Lewis BMI Racing 88 Bridget Burgess Sarah Burgess Victor Franco Ford Naake-Klauer Motorsports 54 Joey Iest Mike Naake Sunrise Ford Racing 6 Jake Drew Bill Sedgwick 9 Tanner Reif (R) Jeff Schrader Toyota Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Takuma Koga Jerry Pitts Denny Moyer Nascimento Motorsports 4 Sebastian Arias (R) Henry Nascimento Mike Nascimento Ty Joiner Eric Nascimento Sean Hingorani Sean Hingorani's Portland (race #8) entry was fielded as the No. 04 but counted towards the No. 4's rank in the Owners' Championship. Chevrolet Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 99 Cole Moore Mario Isola Ford Toyota Central Coast Racing 13 Todd Souza Michael Muñoz
Limited schedule Note: If a driver is listed as their own crew chief for a particular race, that means that their entry in that race was a start and park.
Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley Alex Quarterley 66 Rhead Racing 66 Eric Rhead Roxi Gabbard Bill McAnally Racing 27 John Moore Eric Schmidt 83 Jalen Mack Auggie Vidovich BMI Racing 97 Sarah Burgess Victor Franco Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Rand Bitter Bret Holmes Racing 23 Connor Mosack Shane Huffman Davey Magras Racing 14 Davey Magras Zach Magras Fast Track Racing 11 Bryce Haugeberg Mike Sroufe 12 D. L. Wilson Dick Doheny Fierce Creature Racing 27 Bobby Hillis Jr. Ralph Byers GMS Racing 43 Daniel Dye Chad Bryant Travis Sharpe Last Chance Racing 39 Andrew Tuttle (R) Michael Parker Taniesha Tuttle TBA Lowden Motorsports Chris Lowden (R) Tony Jackson Nick Joanides McGowan Motorsports Josh Berry Amber Slagle Sean Samuels Amber Slagle Connor Mosack Landen Lewis Buddy Shepherd Niece Motorsports 40 Dean Thompson Joe Lax Carson Hocevar Pedroncelli Motorsports 31 Paul Pedroncelli Rodd Kneeland Unknown Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez Matt Bucher 61 Rajah Caruth Brad Parrott Rodd Racing 68 Rodd Kneeland Tony Caputo Young's Motorsports 02 Katie Hettinger Andrew Abbott Ford Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb Brian Clubb David Gilliland Racing 17 Taylor Gray Chad Johnston 51 Andrés Pérez de Lara Derek Smith 71 Taylor Gray Chad Johnston Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long High Point Racing 50 Trevor Huddleston Travis Thirkettle Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Jacob Smith Unknown Lowden Motorsports 41 Tyler Reif Tony Jackson Mystic Motorsports 07 Brian Kaltreider Keith Tibbs Naake-Klauer Motorsports 84 Bradley Erickson Tony Caputo Rette Jones Racing 30 Amber Balcaen Mark Rette Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 21 Jack Wood Tom Ackerman 91 Colby Howard John Camilleri Fast Track Racing 10 Zachary Tinkle Wayne Peterson Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Sammy Smith Mark McFarland Nascimento Motorsports 04 Sarah Burgess Mike David Eric Nascimento Mike Nascimento Sean Hingorani Ty Joiner Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Nick Joanides Dave McKenzie Sonny Wahl Tripp Gaylord Philpott Race Cars 52 Ryan Philpott Chuck Dozhier Phoenix Racing 1 Jake Finch Johnny Allen Shockwave Motorsports 05 David Smith Dave Fuge Venturini Motorsports 15 Parker Chase Kevin Reed 20 Jesse Love Shannon Rursch 25 Toni Breidinger Kevin Reed Jr. Conner Jones 55 Landon Pembelton Monon Rahman Chevrolet Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 19 Derek Kraus Shane Wilson Sean Hingorani Roger Bracken Toyota Chevrolet Cook Racing Technologies 42 Christian Rose Sean Samuels Derek Peebles TBA Landen Lewis Amber Slagle Chevrolet Toyota Fast Track Racing 01 Tim Monroe Tim Monroe Zach Herrin Mike Sroufe Chevrolet Ford Kyle Keller Racing Kyle Keller (R) John Keller Jerry Pitts TBA Toyota Chevrolet Last Chance Racing 85 Ryan Roulette Josh Fanopoulos Vince Little Darrell Herzog Chevrolet Toyota Legal Limit Motorsports 80 Brian Kamisky Derek Copeland Toyota Ford Chevrolet Lowden Motorsports 21 Stafford Smith Mike Holleran R. J. Smotherman Matt Jackson Toyota Chevrolet Pedroncelli Motorsports 33 P. J. Pedroncelli Ty Joiner Toyota Chevrolet Spurgeon Motorsports 86 Tim Spurgeon Mike David
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Changes Teams On January 4, 2022, Kyle Keller, who drove part-time for Jerry Pitts Racing in 2020 and 2021, announced that he would start his own team, Kyle Keller Racing, which would field one full-time car with himself driving it for the full season. The car number would be the No. 12 in all races except the season-opener at Phoenix, where it was the No. 70. (That race was a combination race with the main ARCA Series where Fast Track Racing uses the No. 12.) On January 26, 2022, Chris Lowden, who drove part-time for Kart Idaho Racing in 2020, announced that he would start his own team, Lowden Motorsports, which would field one full-time car with himself driving it for the full season. Lowden's team would also have an alliance with KIR. The car number would be the No. 11 in all races except the season-opener at Phoenix, where it was the No. 21. (That race was a combination race with the main ARCA Series where Fast Track Racing uses the No. 11.) On the Irwindale March entry list, Trevor Huddleston, who drove full-time for Sunrise Ford Racing from 2019 to 2021, would return to the series under his own team, High Point Racing, which would field one part-time car with himself driving it for select races. The car number would be the No. 50. On September 28, 2022, it was announced that BMI Racing would field a second part-time car, the No. 97, at the Las Vegas Bullring which will be driven by Sarah Burgess, the owner of the team who is usually the crew chief of the team's No. 88 car driven by her daughter Bridget. It will mark the first time in series history that a mother and her daughter will compete against each other in a NASCAR or ARCA race.
Drivers On August 12, 2021, Bill McAnally Racing mentioned that it was possible that Sebastian Arias, one of the team's part-time drivers in 2021, could run full-time in the West Series for them in 2022. On March 25, 2022, it was announced that Arias would run seven races in the No. 4 car for Nascimento Motorsports in 2022. The No. 4 car was one of McAnally's part-time cars in 2021 but the Nascimento family (including 2021 BMR driver Eric and crew chiefs Henry and Mike) took over ownership of the car for 2022. On January 3, 2022, it was announced that Austin Herzog would replace Jesse Love in the Bill McAnally Racing No. 16 car. Those plans would later change on June 29, when it was announced that Landen Lewis would replace Herzog in the BMR No. 16 car. On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Andrew Tuttle would make his first full-time appearance in the ARCA West in his own No. 39. On January 28, 2022, it was announced that Tanner Reif would replace Trevor Huddleston in the Sunrise Ford Racing No. 9 car. On the Phoenix entry list, it was revealed that Eric Rhead would make his West Series debut in the No. 66 car for his own team, 66 Rhead Racing. On April 1, 2022, it was revealed that Christian Rose would attempt 9 races in the main ARCA series, 5 races in the East Series, and 3 races in the West Series for Cook Racing Technologies. On the KCR entry list, it was revealed that Landen Lewis would make his debut in the West Series in the No. 42. On the KCR entry list, it was revealed that Tripp Gaylord, the son of Scott Gaylord, would make his debut with the No. 77 for Joe Nava. On the Portland June entry list, it was revealed that Clark Lukens would make his debut in the car, but failed to do so. On April 27, 2022, ARCA indefinitely suspended Daniel Dye due to his arrest on a felony battery charge in Volusia County, Florida. On May 13, ARCA announced that Dye would be reinstated after his charges were reduced by the Florida state attorney's office. On May 12, 2022, Vincent Delforge from Kickin' the Tires revealed that Davey Magras would make his West Series debut in the No. 14 car for his own team, Davey Magras Racing, in the race at Portland in September. On the Portland June entry list, it was revealed that Vince Little would make his debut in the No. 85 car for Last Chance Racing. On the Irwindale July entry list, it was revealed that Bradley Erickson would make his debut for Naake-Klauer Motorsports, which is his late model team. He drove a second car for the team, the No. 84. On the Evergreen entry list, it was revealed that David Smith (from Canada) would make his debut in the No. 05 car for Shockwave Motorsports. On the Evergreen entry list, it was revealed that Sean Hingorani would make his debut for Nascimento Motorsports, which is his late model team. He drove the No. 4 car. On September 30, 2022, it was announced that John Moore would make his first West Series start since 2015, driving the No. 27 car for Bill McAnally Racing in the race at All American Speedway. He is the father of Cole Moore, who drives full-time in the West Series in McAnally's No. 99 car, so the two of them would be teammates in the race. It would be the first time that they would race against each other in the West Series. On October 10, 2022, Vincent Delforge from Kickin' the Tires revealed that Tyler Reif, the brother of Tanner, would make his West Series debut in the No. 41 car for Lowden Motorsports, in the race at the Bullring in October.
Manufacturers On October 13, 2021, Bill McAnally Racing announced that they would be switching from Toyota to Chevrolet in 2022 and would have an alliance with GMS Racing. The team had been a Toyota team from 2008 to 2021 but was previously a Chevrolet team in 2007 and earlier. Due to the inability to build enough new Chevrolet road course cars in time, the team would end up fielding their old Toyotas unbadged in the road course races for all of their cars except the No. 16.
Schedule Phoenix Raceway and Sonoma Raceway announced their 2022 race dates in tweets on September 29. The rest of the schedule was announced on November 19. The date of the season-finale at Phoenix would later be moved from Saturday, November 5 to Friday, November 4.
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 11 2 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California March 26 3 Salute to the Oil Industry NAPA Auto Parts 150 Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield, California April 23 4 Portland 112 Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon June 4 5 General Tire 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California June 11 6 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California July 2 7 NAPA Auto Parts ARCA West 150 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington August 20 8 ARCA Portland 112 Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon September 3 9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Berco Redwood All American Speedway, Roseville, California October 1 10 Star Nursery 150 Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring), Las Vegas, Nevada October 14 11 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona November 4
Schedule changes