The 2023 ARCA Menards Series West is the 70th season of the

ARCA Menards Series West 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 Raci ...

, a regional

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series sanctioned by

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in the United States. The season began on March 10 at

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with the

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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,

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, 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,

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

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and the 2013 and 2018 championships with

Derek Thorn Derek Thorn (born April 25, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the SRL Southwest Tour. He won the championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with Sunrise Ford Racing in 2013 and again ...

. * On December 9, 2022, it was announced that the No. 18 car would go back to being owned by

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in 2023. It was owned by

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in 2022.

Drivers

* On April 14, 2022,

Todd Souza Todd Souza (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13 Ford for his team, Central Coast Racing. H ...

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 Tyler Reif (born June 5, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 13 Toyota Camry for Central Coast Racing as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, al ...

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.

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

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(highlighted in gold). Notes

Schedule changes

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only has 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

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) are both added to the schedule.

Broadcasting

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'' will again broadcast the combination race at Phoenix in March. The TV coverage for the rest of the schedule will be broadcast on

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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. These points bonuses will be given after the races at Sonoma and the Las Vegas Bullring. ** Sean Hingorani,

Landen Lewis Landen Lewis (born February 26, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet SS for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, Bill McAnally Racing. Racing care ...

, Bradley Erickson,

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Tanner Reif Tanner Richard Reif (born September 9, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 42 Holden Commodore (VF), Chevrolet SS for Cook Racing Technologies, and part-time ...

, Kyle Keller,

, David Smith,

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, Ethan Nascimento, and Eric Nascimento received this points bonus for having competed in the first 5 races of the season (Phoenix in March, Irwindale in April, Kern County, Portland in June, and Sonoma). (

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

References

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