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2023 ARCA Menards Series West
The 2023 ARCA Menards Series West is the 70th season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on March 10 at Phoenix Raceway with the General Tire 150 and will end with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, also at Phoenix Raceway, on November 3. Jake Drew entered the season as the defending champion. He did not return to the West Series full-time in 2023 and defend his title after the team that he drove for in 2022, Sunrise Ford Racing, closed down after the end of the season and he was unable to find a full-time ride with another team at the start of the 2023 season. Teams and drivers Complete schedule Limited schedule Notes 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 racin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of ARCA Menards Series West Champions
The ARCA Menards Series West, formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR AutoZone West Series, NASCAR Winston West Series and NASCAR Camping World West Series, is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series was first formed in 1954 as a proving ground for drivers from the western United States who could not travel to race in the more traditional stock car racing regions like North Carolina and the rest of the southern United States. In 1954, the series was formed under the name Pacific Coast Late Model circuit, with nine races on the schedule. At first the series sanctioned races on dirt tracks and paved tracks, but as the series developed, more races were held on paved tracks, with the final race on a dirt track being held in 1979 until the series returned to dirt in 2018. In 1988, the series traveled out of the United States for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowden Jackson Motorsports
Chris Lowden (born March 22, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver and owner of Las Vegas country music venue Stoney's Rockin' Country. He last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2022, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet SS for his team, Lowden Motorsports. Racing career ARCA Menards Series West In 2020, he would race in a one-off event for Kart Idaho Racing at the 2020 Star Nursery 150, retiring and finishing 15th due to brake issues. In 2021, he was scheduled to once again for the team in the 2021 NAPA Auto Care 150, but was replaced by Andrew Tuttle. In 2022, Lowden would announce that he would race full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving for his own team with assistance from Kart Idaho Racing. Stoney's Rockin' Country In 2007, Lowden would open up Stoney's Rockin' Country, after a restaurant Lowden and his friends went to at New Frontier Hotel and Casino shut down due to the closing of the casino. In 2012, the venue would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuma Koga (racing Driver)
Takuma Koga (born April 16, 1977) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 7 Toyota Camry for Jerry Pitts Racing as well as part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Supra for MBM Motorsports. Racing career Koga began competing in NASCAR in 2001 in the NASCAR Northwest Series, where he attempted six races, qualifying for five and failing to qualify for one. After competing in partial K&N West Series schedules between 2002 and 2016, Koga ran his first full season in 2017. That year, he also scored a career-best fifth-place finish at Orange Show Speedway. In December 2018, Koga announced he would be joining Performance P-1 Motorsports for the 2019 season. He remained with the team for the 2020 season in the renamed ARCA Menards Series West. Koga left Performance P-1 for the 2021 season, and joined Jerry Pitts Racing to drive their No. 7 car full-time, which switched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pitts Racing
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Billy Venturini
William "Billy" Venturini (born April 7, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently co-owns Venturini Motorsports, a racing team that competes in the ARCA Menards Series, along with his father, Bill. As a driver, he competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He previously competed in the series either full-time or part-time from 1994 through 2007, mainly driving for the same team. Racing career ARCA Venturini made his ARCA Series debut at Louisville Motor Speedway in 1994, when he was only 18-years old. His race would end early after oil pressure issues on lap 41. He ran four more races that year, earning his first top five at Toledo Speedway in September. He drove a race for Bill Egbert in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway, finishing 32nd due to a driveshaft issue. In 1997, he joined Ed Rensi Racing to run a nine-race schedule, earning his best finish of 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Hingorani
Sean Hingorani (born October 13, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver of Indian descent. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and West, part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises, and the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for Henderson Motorsports. Hingorani's father, Navin, is an executive with Fidelity Capital, a firm that offers capital for financing and leasing to businesses. Fidelity sponsors much of Hingorani's racing endeavors. Racing career Hingorani raced in the Southwest for the majority of his early racing career, running legends cars in 2021, whilst running the Silver State Road Course Championship, where he won the championship. In 2022, Hingorani made his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Evergreen Speedway, driving the No. 4 Toyota for Eric Nascimento, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venturini Motorsports
Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is the longest continually operated ARCA racing team in the United States. The team is based in Concord, North Carolina. History Venturini Motorsports was formed by Bill Venturini Sr., a former NASCAR driver, two-time ARCA Racing Series Champion (1987 and 1991), and 1983 ARCA Rookie of the Year. Largely influenced by his father Tony Venturini, Bill founded the racing team in 1982. The team is family-owned and operated, with various members of the Venturini family holding positions on the team, including CEO, CFO, General Manager, and Director of Marketing and Public Relations. In 2007, Bill's son Billy helped found the Venturini Driver Development Program, one of the largest such programs for ARCA drivers in the United States. NASCAR Bill Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Smith (racing Driver)
David Smith (born March 28, 1950) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 05 Toyota for Shockwave Motorsports, and part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series driving for the same team. Racing career Smith would work in NASCAR in the 1970s as a chassis builder for multiple teams and owners like Ralph Moody, Gary Kershaw, Roy Smith (racing driver), Roy Smith, and Hershel McGriff, a job he would retain for a further twenty years. In 2011, Smith was inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame. From 2017 to 2019, Smith would compete in various Trans-Am West Coat Championship events, finishing third in the standings in 2018 after running five of the six events schedule that year. In 2022, Smith would make his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Evergreen Speedway driving the No. 05 Toyota for Shockwave Motorsports, finishing 13th due to a crash with less than thirty laps to go. He would make tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shockwave Motorsports
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Tim Spurgeon
Tim Spurgeon (born December 13, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 86 Toyota Camry for his family-owned team Spurgeon Motorsports. Racing career ARCA Menards Series West Spurgeon made his ARCA Menards Series debut in 2010 (then the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West) at the Utah Motorsports Campus. He finished 20th. Spurgeon returned to the series in 2012 running at Sonoma and Portland. In 2013, 2014, and 2015, Spurgeon ran once race each, all at Sonoma. His best finish was 11th, in 2013. In 2016, Spurgeon ran 3 races, with one coming at Sonoma and two at Utah Motorsports Campus. In the first race at Utah, Spurgeon got his first career top-ten finish, 8th. Spurgeon ran one race in 2017 at Sonoma, finishing 13th. In 2018, Spurgeon ran at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, his first ever oval race. However, he failed to finish due to an electrical issue. In 2019, he returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Nascimento
Ethan Nascimento (born June 9, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 04/21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports, and part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series driving for the same team. Racing career Nascimento first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in go-karts before progressing to the Mini Swift category in 2008. After running in the category for three years, he would move to bandoleros in 2011, where he would compete at Madera Speedway. In 2020, Nascimento would race in Legends cars for Donny St. Ours Racing before moving to junior late models the following year. He would go on to win the rookie of the year honors after finishing fourth in the points standings that year despite only running limited events due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Nascimento would move to the 51Fifty Junior Pro Late Model Series, where he would win five races and the champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Nascimento
Eric John "Bubba" Nascimento Jr. (born April 27, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 4 Toyota for his own team, Nascimento Motorsports, and part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series driving for the same team. Racing career Nascimento first started racing in go karts at the age of six at Stockton 99 Speedway, and raced in the category for six years until he progressed to the SuperKarts USA Series. After not running any races after his time in that series, he would return to racing at the age of fifteen when he first ran in a junior late-model. After a full-time campaign in the category, he would progress to pro late-models and then super late-models. In 2018 and 2019, he would run select races in the SRL Spears Southwest Tour Series. In 2021, Nascimento made his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Sonoma Raceway driving the No. 19 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing having previously b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
