The 2022 ARCA Menards Series East is the 36th season of the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

, a regional

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series sanctioned by

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in the United States. The season began on February 15 with the

Race to Stop Suicide 200 The Race to Stop Suicide 200 presented by Place of Hope was an ARCA Menards Series East stock car race held annually at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Florida from 2014 to 2022. The race was always the season opener and took place in Feb ...

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and will end on September 15 with the

Bush's Beans 200 The Bush's Beans 200 is an annual 200-lap ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East combination race held at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is held as part of the fall NASCAR weekend at the track. The event was run under the NASCAR K&N Pro S ...

Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Bristol is among the m ...

Sammy Smith Samuel Smith (born June 4, 2004) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also competes in the CARS Tour late model racing ...

entered the season as the defending champion. He will move up to the main ARCA Series to replace

Ty Gibbs Tyler Randal Gibbs (born October 4, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Gibbs was the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champi ...

in the No. 18 car for

Kyle Busch Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...

(previously a

Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization owned and operated by former Washington Redskins (today the Washington Commanders) coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. His s ...

car in 2021) in most of the races after he turns 18 (the minimum age to race at all tracks) on June 4, 2022. However, Smith continued to drive full-time in the East Series in the KBM No. 18.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Silly Season news and updates

Confirmed changes

Teams

* On August 30, 2021,

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confirmed that they will not field any full-time East Series cars in 2022 as they will now field 2 cars full-time in the main ARCA Series. * On November 5, 2021, Alex Clubb announced that he would be starting his own ARCA team after having previously been a driver/co-owner of

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's ARCA team until late in the 2021 season. His part-time schedule in his No. 03 car includes the combination races at Iowa and Milwaukee. * On March 15, 2022, it was announced that Phoenix Racing would be returning to a NASCAR-sanctioned series for the first time since 2013 and Jake Finch, the son of team owner

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, would make his East Series debut at

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in the team's No. 1 car. Finch and the team would also run the race at Nashville. * On May 8, 2022, it was announced that

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, who previously drove for

CCM Racing Eric Caudell (born January 2, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 7 Ford/Toyota for his team, CCM Racing. He has competed in A ...

, would drive for a new team, T.C. Enterprises, full-time in 2023 with the possibility of partnering with another team to jointly field a car in some races in 2022.

Drivers

* On July 26, 2021,

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stated to Mark Kristl from ''Frontstretch'' that he will return to the David Gilliland Racing No. 17 car full-time in 2022. Although he had plans to drive the car full-time in 2021, he only ran part-time after suffering an injury during the season. * On August 30, 2021, it was announced that

Rajah Caruth Rajah Kirby Caruth (born June 11, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. Caruth is one of the five African-A ...

would drive full-time for Rev Racing in the main ARCA Series after driving full-time in the East Series in 2021. * On October 29, 2021,

GMS Racing Petty GMS Motorsports, also known as GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, is an American professional stock car racing team formed by Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and operated by GMS Racing. In the NASCAR Cup Series they field t ...

announced that

Daniel Dye Daniel Dye (born December 4, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. Racing career ARCA Menards Series East 2 ...

would drive full-time in the main ARCA Series for the team after driving full-time in the East Series in 2021 for both them and

Ben Kennedy Racing Benjamin Kennedy (born December 26, 1991) is an American motorsports executive, professional stock car racing team owner, and former driver. He currently serves as NASCAR's Senior Vice President of Racing Development and Strategy. Executive caree ...

. On April 27, 2022, ARCA indefinitely suspended Dye due to his arrest on a felony battery charge in

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. On May 13, ARCA announced that Dye would be reinstated after his charges were reduced by the Florida state attorney's office. * On December 6, 2021, Steve Austin tweeted that he would be driving in the East Series for

in the No. 22 car. He did not specify whether it would be full-time or part-time, although he has indicated that he and the team are trying to find sponsorship for him to run full-time and for Rookie of the Year. CCM team owner

Eric Caudell Eric Caudell (born January 2, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 7 Ford/Toyota for his team, CCM Racing. He has competed in A ...

was entered in the No. 22 car at Dover instead of Austin before withdrawing and Matt Wilson replaced Austin in the No. 22 at Nashville (until CCM withdrew the No. 22 and partnered with Fast Track Racing to jointly field the No. 10 car for Wilson in that race). On May 8, it was announced that Austin had left for, T.C. Enterprises, a new team that will run full-time in 2023 with the possibility of partnering with another team to jointly field a car in some races in 2022. On May 22, ''The Pit Lane'' revealed that Austin had been arrested on April 27 after a parole violation and has a history of legal issues (including identity theft as his real/legal name is Edward Hudson) and is a habitual felon. Despite this discovery, the sanctioning body has yet to officially announce that Austin will be suspended. * On December 22, 2021, it was announced that Stephanie Moyer would run the full season in the No. 01 for

Fast Track Racing Notes Fast Track Racing (also known as Fast Track High Performance Racing or Fast Track Racing Enterprises) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes full time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series E ...

after driving the majority of the 2021 season for the team. * On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Caleb Costner would drive full time in the No. 14 for

Last Chance Racing Andrew Tuttle (born June 23, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 39 Ford Fusion (Americas), Ford Fusion for his family-owned team Last Chance Racing. ...

with

Costner Motorsports Caleb Costner (born March 3, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series East, East and ARCA Menards Series West, West ...

. However, Costner only attempted New Smyrna for his own team Costner Weaver Motorsports. * On the New Smyrna entry list, it was revealed that Ashton Higgins would make his debut in a No. 49 car owned by himself, but he withdrew. Instead, he and his team debuted at Five Flags. Higgins and the No. 49 car also withdrew from the race at Nashville. * Daniel Escoto was going to drive the No. 60 car for

Josh Williams Motorsports Josh Williams Motorsports (also sometimes known as Josh Williams Racing and formerly known as Williams-Gosselin Racing) is a team owned by driver Josh Williams that competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 60 Chevrolet of ...

in the season-opener at New Smyrna, but due to illness, he was replaced by

Logan Misuraca Logan Misuraca (born June 5, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet SS for Spraker Racing Enterprises. She has also previously competed in the AR ...

. On March 15, 2022, it was announced that Escoto would run the remainder of the season in the car. However,

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would replace Escoto at Nashville. * Nate Moeller drove the No. 10 for

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at the Pensacola race in place of Benny Chastain, who withdrew from the event. * 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

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. * On May 25, 2022, it was announced that Brandon Jones would return to the East Series for the first time since 2019 as he would run two of the combination races with the main ARCA Series (Iowa and Bristol) in the No. 81 car for

. Although JGR sold their ARCA team to Kyle Busch Motorsports before the start of the 2022 season, this entry will be a JGR car and not a KBM car.

Crew chiefs

* On January 11, 2022, it was announced that Brad Parrott would be the crew chief for

's No. 6 car for

in 2022. Glenn Parker was Caruth's crew chief in 2021 when he ran part-time in the main ARCA Series and full-time in the East Series. His Rev Racing teammate Nick Sanchez also got a new crew chief for 2022, as Matt Bucher replaced Steve Plattenberger.

Manufacturers

* On October 7, 2021, a ''Frontstretch'' article revealed that Rev Racing would receive manufacturer support from Chevrolet in 2022, which they did not have in 2021 despite being a Chevrolet team.

Schedule

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announced their 2022 race date in a tweet on September 29. The rest of the schedule was announced on November 19. Note: Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the

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Schedule changes

* The race at

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was taken off the schedule and not replaced with another race at a different track, so there are now 7 races on the schedule instead of 8. * The race at

moves from February to March. * The race at

moves two weeks earlier along with the weekend's Cup Series race, making it the third race of the season which makes the race at

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(which is on the same weekend in 2022 that it was in 2021) the fourth race of the season. * The combination race at

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moves from July to June.

Broadcasting

The TV lineup is similar to what it looked like in 2021, with

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airing all of the non-combination races on tape delay, MAVTV airing the combination races at Iowa and Milwaukee, and

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airing the season-finale at Bristol (which is also a combination race). However,

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will be the channel that the NBC races are aired on instead of

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, which was shut down at the end of 2021.

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TrackPass, which previously had the streaming rights to all of the NBC and MAVTV races, lost the rights to

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. The

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App will stream the Bristol race.

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

Notes:
* The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR. * Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points. This points bonus was given after the race at Iowa. **

, Leland Honeyman, Stephanie Moyer and

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received this points bonus for having competed in the first 5 races of the season (New Smyrna, Five Flags, Dover, Nashville Fairgrounds, and Iowa). (

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

References

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