The 2023 ARCA Menards Series West was 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 ended with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, also at Phoenix Raceway, on November 3.
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 Sunrise Ford Racing, the team that he drove for in 2022, closed down after the end of the season and he was unable to find a full-time ride with another team at the start of the 2023 season. At the conclusion of the season, Sean Hingorani of Venturini Motorsports clinched the ARCA Menards Series West championship.
Teams and drivers Complete schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Chevrolet Bill McAnally Racing 16 Tanner Reif John Camilleri Ford High Point Racing 50 Trevor Huddleston Jeff Schrader Naake-Klauer Motorsports 88 Bradley Erickson (R) Erickson ran the full season split between the Naake-Klauer Motorsports No. 88 car and the Sigma Performance Services No. 23 car. Tony Caputo Mike Naake Joey Iest Dylan Cappello Toyota Shockwave Motorsports 05 David Smith (R) Brandon Carlson Venturini Motorsports 15 Sean Hingorani (R) Billy Venturini Kevin Reed Jr. Monon Rahman Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Takuma Koga Denny Moyer Ron Norman Brian Weis Jerry Pitts Toyota Chevrolet Ford 70 Kyle Keller Jerry Pitts Brian Kizer Ford Toyota Central Coast Racing 13 Todd Souza Todd Souza ran the full season split between the Central Coast Racing Nos. 13 and 3 cars. Michael Muñoz Tyler Reif (R) Tyler Reif ran the full season split between the Lowden Jackson Motorsports No. 41 car and Central Coast Racing No. 13 car. Toyota Chevrolet McGowan Motorsports 17 Landen Lewis Amber Slagle Richard Mason Sean Samuels Kaden Honeycutt Toyota Chevrolet Nascimento Motorsports Ethan Nascimento (R) Mike Nascimento Tim Spurgeon Jalen Mack Greg Potts Chevrolet Toyota 4 Eric Nascimento Ty Joiner
Limited schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley Alex Quarterley 66 Rhead Racing 66 Eric Rhead Will Harris Bill McAnally Racing 24 Dylan Lupton Roger Bracken 99 Caleb Shrader Mario Isola CR7 Motorsports 97 Landen Lewis Todd Myers Davey Magras Racing 14 Davey Magras Zach Magras Fierce Creature Racing 27 Bobby Hillis Jr. Bobby Hillis Jr. Ralph Byers Tony Huffman Unknown Last Chance Racing 39 Roxali Kamper Travis Kamper Mack Motorsports 83 Jalen Mack Brian Kennon Pinnacle Racing Group 28 Jack Wood Shane Huffman Rev Racing 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara Jamie Jones Steve Plattenberger Sebastian Arias 6 Jack Wood Steve Plattenberger Lavar Scott Jamie Jones Spurgeon Motorsports 86 Tim Spurgeon Mike David Tamayo Cosentino Racing 45 Tony Cosentino Caleb Allen Veer Motorsports 66 Jon Garrett Mike Sroufe Young's Motorsports 02 Leland Honeyman Andrew Abbott Joshua Graham Parker Retzlaff Mamba Smith Ford 3K Motorsports Robbie Kennealy Thomas Martin Charlie Wilson AM Racing 32 Christian Rose Ryan London Borneman Motorsports 8 Johnny Borneman III Steve Teets Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith Rand Bitter Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb Brian Clubb Fast Track Racing 10 Tim Monroe Tim Monroe 11 Bryce Haugeberg Austin Nemire Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long High Point Racing 55 Jake Bollman Travis Thirkettle Cole Custer Rodd Kneeland Joanides Motorsports 71 Nick Joanides Dave Jackson Kart Idaho Racing 38 R. J. Smotherman (R) Robert Smotherman Mike Holleran Unknown Lowden Jackson Motorsports 41 Tyler Reif (R) Tony Jackson Jake Drew Jacob Smith Nick Joanides Johnny Borneman III 46 R. J. Smotherman (R) Dave Jackson Kyle Sieg Stefan Rzesnowiecky Justin Johnson Rip Micels Rette Jones Racing 30 Frankie Muniz Mark Rette Ryan Roulette Racing 22 Ryan Roulette Chris Greaney Stewart-Haas Racing 9 Ryan Preece Chad Johnston Toyota Hattori Racing Enterprises 81 Sammy Smith Jon Leonard Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich Matt Ross Philpott Race Cars 52 Ryan Philpott Chuck Dozhier Travis Dozhier Rodd Racing 33 P. J. Pedroncelli Rodd Kneeland Venturini Motorsports 1 Jake Finch Johnny Allen 20 Jesse Love Shannon Rursch Dean Thompson 25 Conner Jones Kevin Reed Jr. Toni Breidinger Cayden Lapcevich 55 Kris Wright Larry Balsitis Wayne Peterson Racing 06 A. J. Moyer Michael Peterson Chevrolet Ford 3K Motorsports 49 Monty Tipton Tommy Hurst Chevrolet Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 19 Eric Johnson Jr. Chuck Jones Toyota Ford Central Coast Racing 3 Todd Souza Jason Dickinson Chevrolet Ford Fast Track Racing 12 D. L. Wilson Dick Doheny Ryan Roulette Jeremy Petty Ford Toyota Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Riley HerbstEntries were fielded in a collaboration with Stewart-Haas Racing. Jerry Pitts Kole Raz Buddy Shepherd Dustin Ash Chevrolet Toyota Legal Limit Motorsports 80 Brian Kamisky Derek Copeland Derek Copeland Brian Kamisky Toyota Ford Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Nick Joanides Dean Kuhn Joe Nava Roger Bracken Unknown Mariah Boudrieau Brody Armtrout Chevrolet Toyota Sigma Performance Services 23 Bradley Erickson (R) Chris Bray
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Changes 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
Schedule The full schedule was announced on November 22. Some race dates were announced before then. 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 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 Parts 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California September 30 10 Star Nursery 150 Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring) Las Vegas, Nevada October 13 11 51FIFTY Jr. Homecoming ARCA 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
Schedule changes Portland International Raceway only had 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) were both added to the schedule.
Broadcasting Fox again broadcast the combination race at Phoenix in March. FloRacing broadcast the rest of the races.
Results and standings Race results No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver No. Winning team Report 1 General Tire 150 Ford 41 Lowden Jackson Motorsports Report 2 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report 3 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report 4 Portland 112 Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report 5 General Tire 200 Ford 9 Stewart-Haas Racing Report 6 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Ford 50 High Point Racing Report 7 Shasta 150 Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report 8 NAPA Auto Parts ARCA 150 Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports Report 9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report 10 Star Nursery 150 Ford 88 Naake-Klauer Motorsports Report 11 51FIFTY Jr. Homecoming ARCA 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Chevrolet 17 McGowan Motorsports Report 12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Report
Drivers' championship
Notes: The pole winner also receives one bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR. Additionally, after groups of five races of the season, drivers that compete in all five races receive fifty additional points. These points bonuses will be given after the races at Sonoma and the Las Vegas Bullring. Sean Hingorani, Landen Lewis, Bradley Erickson, Tyler Reif, Trevor Huddleston, Tanner Reif, Kyle Keller, Todd Souza, David Smith, Takuma Koga, Ethan Nascimento, and Eric Nascimento received this points bonus for having competed in the first five races of the season (Phoenix in March, Irwindale in April, Kern County, Portland in June, and Sonoma). Hingorani, Huddleston, Tyler Reif, Souza, Erickson, Tanner Reif, Eric Nascimento, Keller, Koga, and Smith received the fifty bonus points for having competed in the next five races of the season (Irwindale in July, Shasta, Evergreen, Roseville, and The Bullring). Hingorani, Tyler Reif, Huddleston, Erickson, Tanner Reif, Souza, Eric Nascimento, Keller, Koga, Smith, Ethan Nascimento, Nick Joanides, Kaden Honeycutt, Robbie Kennealy and Joey Iest all received this points bonus after competing in the final two races of the year (Madera and Phoenix in November).
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.