84 Chevrolet. No. 51 Ford, as Cody Ware will serve as the team's driver for the second-straight season. He will be reunited with Mike Kelley, who takes over for Brian Pattie as the No. #48 - Alex Bowman - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Blake Harris). #7 - Corey LaJoie - Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Ryan Sparks). By the end, Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Busch in a dramatic battle on the final lap to win at the end of 413 laps and 619.5 miles -- the longest race in NASCAR history and one of the greatest runnings of one of the sport's crown jewel events. Ross Chastain returns to Trackhouse Racing after a breakout 2022 season that saw him win twice, ascend to superstardom, and produce one of the great highlights in the history of NASCAR on his way to a second-place finish in the championship standings. May 21, 2022, at 10:07 p.m. Kyle Busch's Pit Crew All-Stars for Qualifying in Texas Kyle Busch, front, and his crew show off their pole position rings after qualifications for the NASCAR. After 15 years at Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch moves to Richard Childress Racing as the new driver of the No. The Monterrey, Mexico driver and first foreign-born NASCAR champion scored four top 10 finishes and a single top 5, with the highlight of his season coming when he led 58 laps and finished fourth at Bristol (Dirt). But rankings can fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season because point totals are so low. Ty Dillon returns to full-time Cup racing in 2022 after spending the 2021 season as a part-time driver, a position he had to settle for after a lack of sponsorship led to his Cup team shutting down at the end of 2020. The No. #50 - Conor Daly - The Money Team Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Tony Eury Jr.). There were 19 different winners in 2022, tying a NASCAR record. 7 mins ago 1 min read. Jeremy Bullins will continue to serve as his crew chief. Then, a crash in the first race of the Round of 8 helped put Bell in the same position at Martinsville -- and he won again in very similar fashion, using fresher tires to take the lead in the closing laps and never look back. Blickensderfer came from Front Row Motorsports to SHR for Almirolas final season (he is retiring after this year). Be the first one to comment on this story. 18 teams, giving drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch new crews for the remainder of the 2022 season. The handing out of the awards on record is the jurisdiction of NASCAR as well as the awards' presenting sponsors, but that doesn't mean we can't hand out some awards of our own. Bowman will look to be more consistent in 2022, as his five DNFs contributed to him only managing 14th in the final standings. Andujar will jump right into action as the starting right fielder and No. Elliott knocked off some of the concern from his alarming 2022 playoff run but still came one spot short of a much-needed victory. 38 for most of his Cup career -- including at Front Row in 2010 and then again from 2012 to 2015. 8 Chevrolet. The No. At Atlanta in July, LaJoie emerged as one of the strongest cars in the draft, spending much of the second half of the race at the front and leading 19 laps as he and his Spire Motorsports team took the fight to much more established drivers and organizations. #99 - Daniel Suarez - Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Travis Mack). 2022 average finish: 11.0. #50 - Kaz Grala - The Money Team Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Tony Eury Jr.). 38 team will feature a rookie driver for the third year in a row, as Todd Gilliland moves up from the Camping World Truck Series to take the wheel. #24 - William Byron - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle). Aric Almirola Previously: No. 8 car, Evaluating Ross Chastains big video game move at Martinsville, NASCAR odds: Betting lines for each race and championship futures. But he ran out of time before Kyle Busch, running third and coming at full song, shot by him just before the checkered flag and stole his only win of the 2022 season, his lastat Joe Gibbs Racing. Stenhouse stands to gain from the team concentrating its resources, as they have downsized from two to one full-time team. But nothing any driver did mattered more than what one driver was willing to do to finish fourth. 2021 marked the best season of Michael McDowell's journeyman career, as he earned his first career victory by winning the Daytona 500, scored a career-high five Top 10s, and made the playoffs, finishing 16th in the final standings. So, whatever is gained on the putting on new rubber will be insignificant because of filling in more juice. Based on the results of this season, Stevens has done just that. So Chastain shifted into fifth gear, put his throttle to the floorboard and tried to make something happen. 6, a seat held by Ryan Newman in 2021. Nascar continues to disconnect from what fans really want and what makes sense. Denny Hamlin will continue to drive the No. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nascar | pageType: stories | MBM Motorsports fielded Cup cars in select races early in the 2022 season, but the Carl Long-owned team would eventually focus on its Xfinity Series program. Gibbs never had the pace to enter the top 10 positions; however, he maximized his finish after having a top-20 car based on advanced statistics. (Source - NASCAR.com) 1. So, whatever is gained on the putting on new rubber will be insignificant because of filling in more juice. #10 - Aric Almirola - Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer). #9 - Chase Elliott - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson). A pitstop is required if the race car cannot carry all the fuel load required to last the entire race distance. 16 in 2023, despite having been the subject of retirement rumors, as the new driver of Stewart-Haas' No. NASCAR Power Rankings after Phoenix 1. 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Teams & Drivers. 2. 1. Related: Martin Truex Jr. gives update on retirement decision ahead of the 2023 season. After winning the pole for NASCAR's championship race at Phoenix, Joey Logano showed immediately that he was the class of the field, leading 187 of 312 laps and never truly losing control of the championship battle. Drew Blickensderfer will be his crew chief for the second year in a row. #27 - Loris Hezemans and Jacques Villeneuve - Team Hezeberg Ford. #11 - Denny Hamlin - Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Chris Gabehart). 6-keys: media/spln/nascar/reg/free/stories, at Cindric, the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, will replace Brad Keselowski as the driver of Penske's No. 12 pit crew routinely cost Blaney spots on pit road, and in the end it might've cost him a chance at the win. 26 Toyota needed to qualify 31st or better on speed to make the show. Keselowski will look to end that run in Sunday's 500-mile race at Talladega, a track where he has won six times, making him the leading winner among active drivers at the 2.66-mile speedway . NASCAR All-Star lineup: Live qualifying results for 2022 race (All times Eastern.) Crew chief Cole Pearn is the most well-known figure in NASCAR among those barely known at all at the beginning of the year. Byron has shown decent speed through the first two races and will look to turn it around next weekend. Bell was caught up in a baffling wreck on a restart and finished in 32nd place. ash (taylors version) (@ashleypantera28) November 18, 2021. 47 team's crew chief. 2021 couldn't have gone any better for Larson, as he won 10 races and put together one of the most dominant seasons for a Cup champion in recent memory. section: | slug: nascar-awards-driver-of-the-year-best-finish-more-honors-for-the-top-moments-of-the-2022-season | sport: nascar | route: article_single.us | Sunday, February 20, 2022 64th Annual DAYTONA 500 . McLeod once again fielding a full-time team. As one can imagine, NASCAR fans didnt have the most welcoming reception for the new pit guns on Twitter. FOX Sports NASCAR Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Austin Cindric's victory in the 2022 Daytona 500 has its roots in the 2021 finish. 16 will feature a trio of Xfinity Series stars, as A.J. Wallace and Barker worked the final eight races together last year and won at Talladega for the first career Cup victory for both. Many of those same drivers will return to the seat of the 36 chartered Cup Series cars, but there are a few notable exceptions -- none more so than Kyle Busch, who takes over the No. Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric and Noah Gragson - Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Matt Swiderski). #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Mike Kelley). 4:02 pm ET, as Justin Alexander stepped down from his role, and signed a multi-year deal to continue driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, and signed a multi-year contract extension, while Riley Herbst will run the Daytona 500, takes over as the full-time driver for Kaulig Racing's No. Sure enough, Chastain's car carried an extreme amount of speed as it wrapped around the wall, allowing him to pass five cars in one corner and beat Hamlin back to the start/finish line to make the Championship 4 by one point. Tyler Reddick and Ryan Preece have also taken over high-profile rides this season, and two rookie drivers -- Xfinity Series rivals Ty Gibbs and Noah Gragson -- have moved up to the Cup Series full-time. Byron and crew chief Rudy Fugle will try to discover similar success in 2023 and sustain it. 2) Reddick spent the majority of the West Coast Swing at or near the front of the field. #38 - Todd Gilliland (R) - Front Row Motorsports Ford (Crew Chief: Seth Barbour). pic.twitter.com/VjnkELjumL. #8 - Tyler Reddick - Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Randall Burnett). 62, as he will attempt to qualify in a third car for 23XI Racing, but he has yet to be medically cleared to return to racing, Jimmie Johnson returns to the Cup Series on a part-time basis, Veteran crew chief Todd Gordon will join Johnson, announced the team would focus on road courses, 2023 Dover picks, best bets from NASCAR experts, Legendary expert locks in NASCAR at Dover picks, NASCAR DFS: 2023 Wurth 400 picks, driver pool, 2023 Wurth 400 odds, picks, NASCAR predictions, Alex Bowman out 3-4 weeks with fractured vertebra, NASCAR 2023: Drivers, teams in the field this season, Austin Dillon given L1 penalty for illegal underwing, NASCAR'S 75 Greatest Drivers: Marlin, Biffle join list, Ryan Preece wins first career pole at Martinsville, Chase Elliott to return from injury at Martinsville, NASCAR suspends Ware indefinitely after arrest, Greatness is guaranteed when LeBron, Steph clash. 22 Team Penske crew | Joey Logano Crew. Building the team for the new car added to the 23XI Racing fleet, the veteran Busch is reuniting with Billy Scott from their days at Stewart-Haas Racing. McLeod drove the team's No. #5 - Kyle Larson - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels). It paid off. Trackhouse has earned a seat at the table, and 2022 likely only marks the beginning of what could be NASCAR's team of the future. 17 after scoring one top 5 and eight top 10 finishes in 2021 while leading a career-high 93 laps. Along with the Next Gen car, NASCAR is also introducing a new pit gun in 2022. Despite a 10th-place finish, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion is still on top as the sport readies itself for Las Vegas. The latter was illustrated writ large at Kansas Speedway in May, when Erik Jones' Petty GMS crew exhibited arguably the best pit road repair job seen the entire season. This might be a revolutionary idea in NASCAR, but in other motorsports like F1 and IndyCar, a single lug nut wheel has been the norm for years. But in only his second season running all 36 Cup Series races, Chastain performed at a level that even his fiercest advocates may not have expected him to. Gillilands learning curve will be huge. 14 team really needs a shot in the arm at Las Vegas. 10 best NASCAR drivers of all time 26. Locking up the four main crew members is key for RCR considering the. NBC Sports NASCAR Power Rankings. Your login session has expired. Christopher Bell did not carry his momentum from the Daytona 500 and struggled to find the balance of a bouncy car in Stage 1. Tyler Reddick returns for a third season at Richard Childress Racing after making the playoffs for the first time in 2021. 9:05 p.m. Kyle Busch beats Ryan Blaney in the final head-to-head race. 2022 NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs: Ranking the new pairings Published Feb. 14, 2022 9:45 a.m. #10 - Aric Almirola - Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer). 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Rosters | TobyChristie.com 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Rosters Select a team from below to view their team rosters for the entire 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. Every single driver who competed for the championship had at least one finish inside the top 10. Alex Bowman had another consistent performance with new crew chief Blake Harris and managed to bring it home with an eighth-place finish. Hillman is going to work with the Rick Ware Racing Xfinity team this year, and Plourde, who had worked with the teams No. Dillon originally signed on as the driver of GMS Racing's new Cup team, which merged with Richard Petty Motorsports in December. The No. Dillon's Crew Has Been Very Consistent in 2022 Getty Austin Dillon will have his pit crew around for years to come. 11 for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2023 in what is currently the longest-running active pairing of a driver and team in NASCAR. 2 of 11 Jonathan Ferrey | Getty Images 10. Winning an elimination race when doing so is your only option of advancing through the NASCAR playoffs has been done before. Gilliland is a rookie, going straight from trucks to Cup and joining the Front Row No. After earning a career-best 12 top-five finishes in 2022, Ryan Blaney enters the 2023 season looking to correct the one major blemish he had last year. How does the new air gun work on the #NextGen car? Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 and up to seven Cup races in total. They were in a dead heat coming out. These new generation cars remind me too much of the old SCCA & IMSA Trans Am cars. McDowell will have a new crew chief for 2022, as Blake Harris takes over for Drew Blickensderfer after his departure to Stewart-Haas Racing. #51 - Cody Ware - Rick Ware Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Billy Plourde). Austin Dillon will have a new crew chief for 2023, as Justin Alexander stepped down from his role atop the No. 41 also has a new crew chief, with veteran Chad Johnston serving those duties. NASCAR Happy with Next Gen Car at Daytona February 21, 2022 Sunday's Daytona 500 was the first time a full field of 40 Next Gen cars appeared on the track in racing conditions Read More Daytona 500 Winning Car May Not Be Displayed As Teams Face Next Gen Concerns: UPDATE February 8, 2022 Austin Dillon returns as the driver of RCR's iconic No. Hezeberg offered the Cup Series some international flair, as its drivers included former Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, Dutch driver Loris Hezemans and Russian driver Daniil Kvyat. @RCRracing tire changer @_JThom4s explains. But those changes don't compare to what is in store for next season. NASCAR's diamond anniversary will serve as the second year of the sport's Next Gen era, which will be faced with a tall task in trying to match a first season that saw a record-tying 19 different drivers visit Victory Lane in 36 races. The No. 38 for Front Row Motorsports. Travis Peterson takes Harris' place atop the pit box for McDowell. NBC Sports NASCAR Power Rankings 1. Bubba Wallace likely had higher expectations going to a two-mile track but issues with his No. #41 - Ryan Preece - Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Chad Johnston). The No. For these purposes, I'm ranking the pairings in order of whom I think will enjoy the most success over the next 18 months. #45 - Kurt Busch - 23XI Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Billy Scott). Once they get the equipment and the infrastructure at RFK the way they want it, they will contend. #13 - Chandler Smith - Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: TBD). Still works for NASCAR.com and Motor Racing Network and became a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC in 2022. J.J. Yeley will run the Busch Light Clash, while Riley Herbst will run the Daytona 500 behind the wheel of this car. Brad Keselowski enters his second season as driver and co-owner of RFK Racing after a strong finish to 2022. Wallace will look to build on his overall stats, as he and his race team scored just three top 10 finishes in 2021 -- though all were top 5s. The No. One year after building back up from the lowest point of his career, Kyle Larson enters 2022 as the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion and looks to become the first driver to score back-to-back Cup titles since Jimmie Johnson. Now works as a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC. Shaharyar is a Formula 1 & NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. Suarez had far and away the best year of his Cup career, highlighted by his first career win at Sonoma in June. #23 - Bubba Wallace - 23XI Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Bootie Barker). Joey Logano is looking for a bounce-back campaign in 2022, as his 2021 season was a disappointment by his recent standards: Logano only won a single race at Bristol (Dirt), but he scored less than 20 top 10 finishes (19) and finished outside of the top 5 in the final standings for the first time since 2017. 77. Richard Petty Motorsports has merged with GMS Racing, forming a two-car Cup team to compete under the Petty brand and banner. Briscoe showed flashes of the ability that made him a dominant driver in the Xfinity Series, but scored only three top 10 finishes with a best result of sixth on two occasions. 54. So, just as pit stops are crucial in NASCAR (looking at you, Kyle Larson), so are pit guns. Action sports star Travis Pastrana will try to add the Daytona 500 to his NASCAR resume, as he will attempt to qualify in a third car for 23XI Racing. Having the best pit crew can create a difference between securing a win or coming up short. Sign up for the FOX Sports NASCAR Newsletter with Bob Pockrass! Who is the fastest NASCAR Pit Crew of 2022? After running the entire 2021 season for Rick Ware Racing, Josh Bilicki will move to Spire Motorsports to drive the team's No. One month after the checkered flag flew and a Joey Logano was crowned champion in Phoenix, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season and its many triumphs will be celebrated at Champions' Week in Nashville, Tenn. For the longest time, the balance of power among NASCAR race teams has amounted to an oligarchy of powerhouse race shops that have gone almost entirely unchallenged -- until now. Andujar had his contract selected by the Pirates on Saturday. Due to the new rules, Truex was held for two laps as a punishment but still managed to finish well. Busch left his bright yellow No. Gragson came home with a 22nd-place finish and will look to gain more experience as he goes to a race track that has treated him well in the past next weekend. The No. Christopher Bell (4 career wins), 4. 15 Ford. (10-14-2022) Busch has hinted that he could retire after 2023. Overall, it was a solid weekend for the No. In anticipation of that, the lead-in to 2022 saw NASCAR's driver and team market change complexion in ways it hasn't in a long time. Related: NASCAR schedule during the 2023 season. Truex has been the championship runner-up three out of the last four seasons, including a narrow loss to Kyle Larson in last year's season finale. 77 - Josh Bilicki and Landon Cassill - Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Kevin Bellicourt). Youre either going to have to have a really good gasman or were going to have to have some faster flow,Dillon said as reported in Racing News. Hamlin came home with a sixth-place finish and was a top-5 car based on the advanced statistics. 77 has been driven by multiple drivers over the past several seasons. The 2022 Xfinity Series champion and the grandson of Joe Gibbs, Ty Gibbs takes over for Kyle Busch as the driver of what was the No. 2022 Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year Austin Hill takes over as the driver of Beard Oil Racing's No. #12 - Ryan Blaney - Team Penske Ford (Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler). But this isnt as much about Jones and Elenz, who was crew chief for Noah Gragson on the Xfinity side, as it is about the new Petty GMS Motorsports. Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these, Daniel Hemric, Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland look forward to Cup races. By the time Chase Briscoe spun trying to make the winning pass on Kyle Larson to set up overtime, it already looked like an instant classic was at hand -- and that was before the leaders went four-wide coming to the white flag, leading to a crash that set up one final restart. LaJoie has not shown a tremendous amount of past speed with Spire Motorsports so ranking as the 27th-best driver should be an accomplishment for now. The team has yet to announce specific plans for 2023. Every power tool imaginable then came out, as the Petty GMS crew eventually ended up cutting the wheel off entirely with a sawzall blade -- ruining the team's race, but getting Jones back on track and earning themselves quite a few attaboys among those who work in the pits. Bell also tied for the most poles with three, a clear testament to the speed of his cars and the work done throughout the week and at the racetrack by Stevens and his crew. FOX Sports' Bob . Both Burton (formerly Joe Gibbs Racing, where he had four Xfinity wins) and Wilson (Penske, with 13 wins the past three years with Cindric) move from the Xfinity to the Cup Series, joining Penske affiliate Wood Brothers Racing. The 2023 season is also set to see some notable part-time cameos, starting with the return of seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson. After making its debut at Watkins Glen with former F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, Trackhouse Racing's Project91 for international racing stars remains part of the team's plan for 2023.

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