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

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, 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 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

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, 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 Sean Hingorani (born October 13, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver of Indian descent. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Camry for Hattori Racing Enterprises and the No. 20 Toyo ...

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clinched the ARCA Menards Series West championship.

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. * 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 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 East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 23 Holden Commodor ...

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 Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Xfinity Series, they field the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth gene ...

announced that

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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

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(highlighted in gold).

Schedule changes

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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

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) were both added to the schedule.

Broadcasting

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'' again broadcast the combination race at Phoenix in March.

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broadcast the rest of the races.

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. **

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, Bradley Erickson,

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, 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 5 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 50 bonus points for having competed in the next 5 races of the season (Irwindale in July, Shasta, Evergreen, Roseville, and The Bullring). ( key) 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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