The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 42nd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started with the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 4 at Phoenix Raceway. In addition, this was the penultimate season of Fox and NBC's TV contract for the Xfinity Series.
Ty Gibbs won the championship in 2022, but did not compete for a second consecutive title as he moved up to the Cup Series in 2023, driving full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing, replacing Kyle Busch. Following the 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing won the regular season championship. At season's end, Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing became the 2023 Xfinity Series champion.
Teams and drivers Complete schedule Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Jeffrey Earnhardt Michael Groves Frank Kerr Michael Brandt James Long Mike Hillman Sr. Sage Karam Rajah Caruth Dylan Lupton Greg Van Alst Brad Perez Mason Massey Conor Daly Stefan Parsons Caesar Bacarella Dawson Cram Leland Honeyman Daniel Dye 45 Caesar Bacarella At Daytona in February (race #1), Caesar Bacarella suffered from stomach issues after qualifying and was replaced by Stefan Parsons in the race. Frank Kerr Michael Brandt Michael Groves Gene Nead James Long Mike Hillman Sr. Stefan Parsons Rajah Caruth Leland Honeyman Sage Karam Jeffrey Earnhardt Ryan Ellis Greg Van Alst Big Machine Racing 48 Parker Kligerman Patrick Donahue B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Anthony Alfredo Pat Tryson DGM Racing 91 Josh Bilicki Mario Gosselin Bryan Berry Ross Chastain Garrett Smithley Chad Chastain Alex Labbé Kyle Weatherman Dexter Bean Alex Guenette 92 Josh Williams Bryan Berry Mario Gosselin Doug George Alex Labbé JD Motorsports 4 Bayley Currey Wayne Carroll Jr. Robert Goodman Garrett Smithley Ty Dillon Kyle Weatherman J. J. Yeley Stefan Parsons 6 Brennan Poole Kase Kallenbach Garrett Smithley Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Mark Setzer Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton Burton is running the full season split between the Jordan Anderson Racing Nos. 27 and 22 cars. Shane Whitbeck Larry McReynolds Jordan Anderson 31 Parker Retzlaff (R) Joshua Graham JR Motorsports 1 Sam Mayer Mardy Lindley Andrew Overstreet 7 Justin Allgaier Jim Pohlman 8 Josh Berry Taylor Moyer 9 Brandon Jones Jason Burdett Kaulig Racing 10 Justin Haley Alex Yontz Austin Dillon Kyle Busch At Charlotte (race #12), Kyle Busch qualified the No. 10 car but after the race was postponed to the same day as the Coca-Cola 600 (both were on Monday), Busch decided to not run the Xfinity race to focus on the Cup Series race and was replaced by Justin Haley, which is why they are both listed in the No. 10 car for that race. A. J. Allmendinger Derek Kraus Kyle Larson Jordan Taylor Justin Marks Daniel Suárez Ross Chastain Daniel Hemric Hemric is running the full season split between the Nos. 11 and 10 Kaulig Racing cars. 11 Daniel Hemric Jason Trinchere Derek Kraus Layne Riggs Jordan Taylor 16 Chandler Smith (R) Bruce Schlicker Our Motorsports 02 David Starr Teddy Brown Dan Stillman Matt Weber Kyle Weatherman Blaine Perkins Richard Childress Racing 2 Sheldon Creed Jeff Stankiewicz Sam Bowers 21 Austin Hill Andy Street Ford AM Racing 25 Brett Moffitt Joe Williams Jr. RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg Brad Parrott Steve Addington Teddy Brown Allen Chambers Kevin Johnson Jerry Kennedy Alex Labbé Aric Almirola Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Stewart–Haas Racing. Zane Smith Brent Sherman C. J. McLaughlin Joe Graf Jr. 38 Ryan Sieg Ryan Sieg is running the full season split between the Nos. 38 and 39 RSS Racing cars. Steve Addington Brad Parrott Mike Scearce Kyle Sieg Joe Graf Jr. Graf Jr. is running the full season split between the Nos. 39, 38 and 28 RSS Racing cars and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car. Chris Hacker Nick Leitz 39 Joe Graf Jr. Mike Scearce Matt Noyce Ryan Sieg Stewart–Haas Racing 00 Cole Custer Jonathan Toney Greg Zipadelli 98 Riley Herbst Richard Boswell Davin Restivo Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Sammy Smith (R) Jeff Meendering 19 Myatt Snider Jason Ratcliff Joe Graf Jr. Ryan Truex Ty Gibbs Connor Mosack Trevor Bayne Denny Hamlin 20 John Hunter Nemechek Ben Beshore Sam Hunt Racing 24 Parker Chase Kris Bowen Tyler Reddick Connor Mosack Corey Heim Sage Karam 26 Kaz Grala Allen Hart Chevrolet Ford Alpha Prime Racing 43 Ryan Ellis Entry was fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports at Las Vegas II (race #30). Michael Brandt Frank Kerr Derek Peebles Carl Long Caesar Bacarella Leland Honeyman Dylan Lupton Chevrolet Ford SS-Green Light Racing 07 Blaine Perkins Mike Hillman Sr. Daniel Johnson Jason Miller Teddy Brown Carson Hocevar Stefan Parsons Dawson Cram David Starr Daniel Suárez Spencer Pumpelly Mason Maggio Katherine Legge Colin Garrett Josh Bilicki J. J. Yeley Gray Gaulding Natalie Decker Devin Jones Chevrolet Ford 08 Gray Gaulding Jason Miller Daniel Johnson Aric Almirola Natalie Decker Preston Pardus Kyle Weatherman Mason Massey Joey Gase Alex Labbé Mason Maggio Camden Murphy Chad Finchum J. J. Yeley Stefan Parsons Ford Toyota Chevrolet Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 C. J. McLaughlin Paul Clapprood Rick Bourgeois Wayne Carroll Jr. Joey Gase Patrick Emerling At Bristol (race #27), Patrick Emerling drove the No. 35 Chevrolet in practice and during it, he crashed. Since the team did not have a backup car and the No. 35 was higher in the owner points standings than the No. 53, the team withdrew the No. 53 Chevrolet driven by B. J. McLeod and renumbered that car as the No. 35 for the race and McLeod drove the No. 35 car in the race replacing Emerling. Parker Chase Leland Honeyman David Starr Alex Labbé Stanton Barrett B. J. McLeod Alex Guenette Chris Hacker Ford Chevrolet Toyota 53 Joey Gase Rick Bourgeois Paul Clapprood Wayne Carroll Jr. C. J. McLaughlin At Las Vegas in March (race #3), C. J. McLaughlin drove the No. 53 Chevrolet in practice and during it, he crashed and was injured. As a result, he was replaced by Patrick Emerling. Additionally, the team did not have a backup car and used a Ford from MBM Motorsports after their car (No. 66) did not made the field.At Nashville (race #15), C. J. McLaughlin drove the No. 53 Toyota in practice and during it, he crashed and was injured. As a result, he was replaced by Joey Gase. Additionally, the team's backup car was a Ford. Patrick Emerling Brad Perez Matt Mills Akinori Ogata Natalie Decker B. J. McLeod Conor Daly Chris Hacker
Limited schedule Manufacturer Team Race driver Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet Big Machine Racing 5 Jade Buford Chris Carrier B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Garrett Smithley Lee Leslie CHK Racing 74 Ryan Vargas Ryan Bell Mike Harmon Dawson Cram Baltazar Leguizamón Kaden Honeycutt Mike Harmon Casey Carden Devin Jones Brad Perez DGM Racing 36 Alex Labbé Nathan Kennedy Dexter Bean B. J. Tucker George Church Josh Bilicki Alex Guenette Kyle Weatherman FRS Racing 96 Kyle Weatherman Matt Weber Andrew Abbott Max McLaughlin Hendrick Motorsports 17 William Byron Greg Ives Kevin Meendering Kyle Larson Chase Elliott Alex Bowman Boris Said Rajah Caruth Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Jesse Iwuji Dan Stillman Todd Parrott Andre Castro Andrew Abbott Jordan Anderson Racing 22 Jeb Burton Shane Whitbeck JR Motorsports 88 Miguel Paludo Jason Stockert Dale Earnhardt Jr. Pardus Racing Inc. 50 Preston Pardus Dan Pardus Peterson Racing Group 87 Andy Lally Christopher Measamer Richard Childress Racing 3 Ty Dillon Mike Wolf Spire Motorsports 77 Carson Hocevar Kevin Manion Ford RSS Racing 29 Alex Labbé Teddy Brown Steve Addington Mike Scearce Kyle Sieg Mason Maggio Toyota Ford MBM Motorsports 13 Timmy Hill Gio Liberati Jason White Lee Leslie Chevrolet Ford Toyota 66 Dexter Stacey Jason Houghtaling Chris Atteberry Lee Leslie Carl Long Michael Brandt Timmy Hill At Phoenix in March (race #4), Brian Weber drove the No. 66 in practice but he was replaced by Timmy Hill for qualifying.At Kansas in September (race #26), Timmy Hill qualified the No. 66 car but after Honeyman failed to qualify for the race in his own No. 44 car, he replaced Timmy Hill in the No. 66. Mason Maggio Brian Weber Caesar Bacarella Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Alpha Prime Racing. Cameron Lawrence Chad Finchum Mason Filippi Sage Karam Will Rodgers Leland Honeyman Ryan Reed Ryan Newman
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Changes Teams On July 14, 2022, Emerling-Gase Motorsports announced that they would expand to two full-time cars, with the No. 53, previously a part-time car, running full-time in 2023. One car would have one full-time driver with multiple drivers sharing the other car. On February 2, 2023, the team announced that the No. 53 car would be driven by team co-owners Joey Gase and Patrick Emerling (as well as previously announced part-time drivers Brad Perez and C. J. McLaughlin), making the No. 35 car the car that will have one full-time driver. On August 25, 2022, Front Row Motorsports announced that Zane Smith, who drives for the team full-time in the Truck Series, would run part-time for a Ford team in the Xfinity Series with entries being fielded in a collaboration with them (instead of FRM starting their own Xfinity Series team). On September 20, 2022, JD Motorsports announced that they would expand to three full-time Xfinity Series cars in 2023. The team downsized from four full-time cars to two in 2022. However, on February 9, 2023, the team revealed to TobyChristie.com that they would only field the No. 0 car part-time in 2023 due to lack of sponsorship. On October 7, 2022, it was announced that Truck and ARCA Series team AM Racing, owned by driver Austin Wayne Self, would expand into the Xfinity Series in 2023 and attempt to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona. On December 12, it was announced that AMR would field their new Xfinity Series car, the No. 25, full-time in 2023 and Brett Moffitt, who previously drove part-time for the team in the Truck Series, would drive it. On October 26, 2022, Jesse Iwuji stated in an interview with Dustin Albino from Jayski that he would like to expand his team to two full-time cars in 2023 if sponsorship can be found for a second car. However, on February 17, 2023, Kyle Weatherman, who drove for the team in 2023, revealed to TobyChristie.com that JIM would not field a second car and would also be cutting back their one car, the No. 34, to part-time in 2023 amidst the team's sponsorship struggles following the loss of the No. 34 car's primary sponsor, Equity Prime Mortgage, in a lawsuit and legal battle. On November 5, 2022, Mike Harmon Racing announced that Gary Keller would join the team as a co-owner after having been a co-owner of JD Motorsports from 2012 to 2022. The team will be back in the Xfinity Series in 2023 although they have yet to announce their 2023 plans. On December 19, Brandon Kauffman, the team's PR & Marketing Assistant, teased on the NASCAR Reddit page that the team would field the No. 74 car again in 2023. In 2022, MHR only fielded that car in the season-opener at Daytona when it had run full-time for several years prior. On January 13, 2023, the team announced that they would be renaming to CHK Racing after the addition of another co-owner, Michael Clayton Sr, as well as to reflect Keller's new co-ownership of the team. The No. 74 car will be fielded full-time while the No. 47 car will be fielded part-time. On November 16, 2022, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that they would be expanding to two full-time Xfinity Series cars in 2023. The second car will be driven by Cole Custer, who is moving back to the Xfinity Series after three years driving the team's No. 41 Cup Series car. On November 23, it was revealed that Custer would drive the No. 00, the same car number SHR used when they last fielded a second Xfinity Series car and Custer was the driver.