2022 ARCA Menards Series West
Taylor Gray, the current points leader.
The 2022 ARCA Menards Series West is 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 will end with another race at Phoenix Raceway on November 5.
Jesse Love, who has won the championship for the last 2 years, will not go for a three-peat, as he revealed in an interview with Frontstretch that he would not return to the West Series full-time in 2022.[1] Love will run the majority of the main ARCA Series season for Venturini Motorsports, who he drove part-time for the team in 2020 and 2021.[2]
This season will also see a historic milestone, as the race at Evergreen Speedway on August 20 will mark the 1,000th West Series race.[3]
Teams and drivers[]
Complete schedule[]
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Austin Herzog (R)[4] | Charlie Wilson |
| 99 | Cole Moore | Mario Isola | ||
| BMI Racing | 88 | Bridget Burgess | Sarah Burgess | |
| Fierce Creature Racing | 27 | Bobby Hillis Jr. | Ralph Byers | |
| Kyle Keller Racing[5] | 12 | Kyle Keller (R) | John Keller | |
| Pedroncelli Motorsports | 31 | Paul Pedroncelli | Rodd Kneeland | |
| Ford | Central Coast Racing | 13 | Todd Souza | Michael Munoz |
| Naake-Klauer Motorsports | 54 | Joey Iest | Mike Naake | |
| Sunrise Ford Racing | 6 | Jake Drew[6] | Bill Sedgwick[6] | |
| 9 | Tanner Reif (R) | Jeff Schrader | ||
| Toyota | Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Takuma Koga | Jerry Pitts |
| Pedroncelli Motorsports | 33 | P. J. Pedroncelli | Ty Joiner | |
| Chevrolet 2 Ford TBA |
Last Chance Racing | 39 | Andrew Tuttle | Michael Parker |
| Chevrolet 2 Ford TBA |
Lowden Motorsports | 11 | Chris Lowden[7] | Tony Jackson |
Limited schedule[]
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Bill McAnally Racing | 1 | Jolynn Wilkinson | TBA | TBA |
| 19 | Derek Kraus | Shane Wilson | 1 | ||
| Brad Smith Motorsports | 48 | Brad Smith[8] | Rand Bitter | 1 | |
| Bret Holmes Racing | 23 | Connor Mosack[9] | Shane Huffman[9] | 1 | |
| Fast Track Racing | 01 | Tim Monroe | Tim Monroe | 1 | |
| 11 | Bryce Haugeberg[N 1] | Mike Sroufe | 1 | ||
| 12 | D. L. Wilson | Dick Doheny | 1 | ||
| GMS Racing | 43 | Daniel Dye[10] | Chad Bryant[1] | 1 | |
| Jones Racing | 66 | Eric Rhead | Roxi Gabbard | 1 | |
| McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Josh Berry | Amber Slagle | 1 | |
| Rev Racing | 2 | Nick Sanchez[11] | Matt Bucher | 1 | |
| 61 | Rajah Caruth[11] | Brad Parrott[12] | 1 | ||
| Ford | Clubb Racing Inc.[13] | 03 | Alex Clubb[13] | Brian Clubb | 1[13] |
| David Gilliland Racing | 17 | Taylor Gray | Chad Johnston | 1 | |
| Greg Van Alst Motorsports | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Jim Long | 1 | |
| Huddleston Racing | 50 | Trevor Huddleston | Travis Thirkettle | 1 | |
| Kaltreider Motorsports | 07 | Brian Kaltreider | Keith Tibbs | 1 | |
| Kart Idaho Racing | 08 | Stafford Smith | Mike Holleran | 1 | |
| Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Amber Balcaen[14] | Mark Rette | 1 | |
| Toyota | Cook Racing Technologies | 42 | Christian Rose | Sean Samuels | 1 |
| Fast Track Racing | 10 | Zachary Tinkle[N 2] | Wayne Peterson | 1 | |
| Kyle Busch Motorsports | 18 | Sammy Smith[15][1] | Mark McFarland[1] | 1 | |
| Last Chance Racing | 85 | Ryan Roulette | Josh Fanopoulos | 1 | |
| Nascimento Motorsports | 4 | Sebastian Arias[16] | Henry Nascimento | 7 | |
| Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Nick Joanides | Dave McKenzie | 1 | |
| Ryan Roulette | TBA | ||||
| Mariah Boudrieau | TBA | ||||
| Spurgeon Motorsports | 86 | Tim Spurgeon | Mike David | 2 | |
| Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Parker Chase[17] | Kevin Reed | 2 | |
| 20 | Jesse Love[2] | Shannon Rursch[2] | 1 | ||
| 25 | Toni Breidinger[18] | Kevin Reed Jr. | 1 | ||
| [19] | 1 |
Notes[]
- ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Haugeberg Racing.
- ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Wayne Peterson Racing.
Silly Season news and updates[]
Confirmed changes[]
Teams[]
- On January 4, 2022, Kyle Keller, who drove part-time for Jerry Pitts Racing in West 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 will be the No. 12 in all races except the season-opener at Phoenix, where it will be the No. 70. (That race is a combination race with the main ARCA Series where Fast Track Racing uses the No. 12.)[5]
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.[20] The team had been a Toyota team from 2008 to 2021 but was previously a Chevrolet team in 2007 and earlier.
Drivers[]
- On January 3, 2022, it was announced that Austin Herzog would replace Jesse Love in the Bill McAnally Racing No. 16 car.[4]
Potential and rumored changes[]
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 full-time in the West Series for them in 2022.[16]
Schedule[]
Phoenix Raceway and Sonoma Raceway announced their 2022 race dates in tweets on September 29.[21] The rest of the schedule was announced on November 19.[3]
Note: The race at Phoenix in March will be a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series (highlighted in gold).
| No | Race title | Track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Tire 150[21] | Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona | March 11 |
| 2 | TBA | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California | March 26 |
| 3 | TBA | Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield, California | April 23 |
| 4 | TBA | Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon | June 4 |
| 5 | General Tire 200[21] | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California | June 11 |
| 6 | TBA | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California | July 2 |
| 7 | TBA | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington | August 20 |
| 8 | TBA | Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon | September 3 |
| 9 | TBA | All American Speedway, Roseville, California | October 1 |
| 10 | TBA | Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring), Las Vegas, Nevada | October 14 |
| 11 | TBA | Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona | November 5 |
Schedule changes[]
The 2022 schedule features 11 races, which is the same number of races that there were on the 2020 schedule. The 2021 schedule only had 9 races.
- Irwindale Speedway's August date moves to March. (The track's other race remains on the 4th of July weekend.)
- After being taken off the schedule in 2021, Kern County Raceway Park and Evergreen Speedway were both added back onto the 2022 schedule. Their races will be in April and August, respectively.
- Portland International Raceway was given a second race to be held on the first weekend of June, which is the same weekend as the track's new Xfinity Series race. As a result, the race at Sonoma Raceway was pushed back a week to the second weekend of June. The race at Sonoma will also go back to using the chute instead of the carousel, which was used in 2019 and 2021.[22]
- Colorado National Speedway was taken off the schedule. This will be the first season since 2006 that the West Series will not have had a race at the track.
- The race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring moves from September to October along with the weekend's Cup Series race at the big LVMS track.
Broadcasting[]
The TV lineup is similar to what it looked like in 2021, with NBC airing all of the non-combination races on tape delay and MAVTV airing the combination race at Phoenix (which is also the season-opener). However, USA Network will be the channel that the NBC races are aired on instead of NBCSN, which was shut down at the end of 2021.[23]
NBC Sports TrackPass, which previously had the streaming rights to all of races, lost the rights to FloRacing.[24]
Results and standings[]
Race results[]
| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer | No. | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Tire 150 | Sammy Smith | Sammy Smith | Taylor Gray | Ford | 17 | David Gilliland Racing |
Drivers' championship[]
Notes:
- The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.[25]
- Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points.[25] 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 | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Gray | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Sammy Smith | 2* | 44 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Dye | 3 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Rajah Caruth | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Jake Drew | 5 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Jesse Love | 6 | 38 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Nick Sanchez | 7 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Josh Berry | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Derek Kraus | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Connor Mosack | 10 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Cole Moore | 11 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Todd Souza | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Joey Iest | 13 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Austin Herzog (R) | 14 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Toni Breidinger | 15 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Tanner Reif (R) | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 17 | P. J. Pedroncelli | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Takuma Koga | 18 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Tim Spurgeon | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Parker Chase | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Alex Clubb | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Ryan Roulette | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bridget Burgess | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 24 | D. L. Wilson | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Sebastian Arias | 25 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Bobby Hillis Jr. | 26 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Christian Rose | 27 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Bryce Haugeberg | 28 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Zachary Tinkle | 29 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Amber Balcaen | 30 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Chris Lowden (R) | 31 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Kyle Keller (R) | 32 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Tim Monroe | 33 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Brad Smith | 34 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Andrew Tuttle (R) | 35 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Greg Van Alst | 36 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Brian Kaltreider | 37 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Paul Pedroncelli | 38 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Eric Rhead | DNS | 5 |
See also[]
- 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series
- 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
- 2022 ARCA Menards Series
- 2022 ARCA Menards Series East
- 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2022 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
- 2022 SRX Series
References[]
- ^ a b c d Kristl, Mark (October 7, 2021). "Analyzing What We Know About ARCA's Silly Season". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c Srigley, Joseph (January 3, 2022). "Corey Heim and Jesse Love Sharing Ventuirini Motorsports No. 20 in 2022". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ a b "ARCA Menards Series East and West schedules for 2022 announced". ARCARacing.com. November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Srigley, Joseph (January 13, 2022). "Austin Herzog Joins Bill McAnally Racing for 2022 ARCA West Season". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ a b Srigley, Joseph (January 4, 2022). "Kyle Keller Planning Full ARCA West Schedule in 2022". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Srigley, Joseph (January 5, 2022). "Jake Drew Returning to ARCA West with Sunrise Ford Racing, Car Number Unknown". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ "Chris Lowden Full-Time in ARCA Menards Series West". 26 January 2022.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (October 14, 2021). "ARCA Underdogs Brad Smith, Tony Cosentino, Andy Hillenburg Soldier On". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Kristl, Mark (January 11, 2022). "Connor Mosack Joins Holmes for Part-Time ARCA Slate". Frontstretch.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (October 29, 2021). "Daniel Dye Running Full ARCA Schedule for GMS Racing in 2022". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Kristl, Mark (August 30, 2021). "Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth Running Full ARCA Schedule in 2022". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Crew chief Brad Parrott joins Rev Racing as team prepares for upcoming Daytona test". Rev Racing. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c Kristl, Mark (November 5, 2021). "Alex Clubb Fielding His Own ARCA Team, Hopeful to Run Full Season". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 3, 2022). "Amber Balcaen Running Full ARCA Schedule for Rette Jones Racing". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (August 29, 2021). "Sammy Smith Leaves Milwaukee Wanting More". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Colombian driver Sebastian Arias to make ARCA debut at Irwindale". ARCARacing.com. August 12, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 10, 2022). "Parker Chase Returning to Venturini Motorsports for 10 ARCA Events in 2022". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 13, 2022). "Toni Breidinger Running for 2022 ARCA Championship with Venturini Motorsports". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 6, 2022). "Landon Pembelton Joins Venturini Motorsports for Four ARCA Events". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ "McAnally-Hilgemann Racing to field Chevrolets in 2022; forming alliance with GMS Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 13, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c Haislop, Tadd (September 29, 2021). "Multiple tracks announce ARCA Menards Series race dates for 2022 schedule". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Sonoma Raceway bringing back the Chute for 2022 race weekend". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "ARCA Menards Series announces 2022 broadcast schedule". ARCARacing.com. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ "NASCAR, FloSports announce landmark streaming partnership". ARCARacing.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "ARCA Menards Series Changes Points System". Motor Racing Network. January 24, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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