^abAt Daytona in February (race #1),Caesar Bacarella suffered from stomach issues after qualifying and was replaced byStefan Parsons in the race.
^abBurton is running the full season split between theJordan Anderson Racing Nos. 27 and 22 cars.
^abAt Charlotte (race #12),Kyle Busch qualified the No. 10 car but after the race was postponed to the same day as theCoca-Cola 600 (both were on Monday), Busch decided to not run the Xfinity race to focus on the Cup Series race and was replaced byJustin Haley, which is why they are both listed in the No. 10 car for that race.
^abHemric is running the full season split between the Nos. 11 and 10Kaulig Racing cars.
^abcGraf Jr. is running the full season split between the Nos. 39, 38 and 28RSS Racing cars and theJoe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car.
^abRyan Sieg is running the full season split between the Nos. 38 and 39RSS Racing cars.
^Entry was fielded in a collaboration withMBM Motorsports at Las Vegas II (race #30).
^Brad Perez relieved Honeyman in the No. 43 car during the race at Portland (race #13) due to Honeyman suffering from food poisoning on the day of the race.
^Stefan Parsons replacedAlex Labbé in the No. 08 car in practice for the race at Road America (race #20). A reason has not been given.
^abcAt 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 byB. 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.
^abcdAt 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 byPatrick Emerling. Additionally, the team did not have a backup car and used a Ford fromMBM Motorsports after their car (No. 66) did not made the field.
^abcdAt 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 byJoey Gase. Additionally, the team's backup car was a Ford.
^abAt Phoenix in March (race #4),Brian Weber drove the No. 66 in practice but he was replaced byTimmy Hill for qualifying.
^abAt 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.
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.[83] On February 2, 2023, the team announced that the No. 53 car would be driven by team co-ownersJoey Gase andPatrick Emerling (as well as previously announced part-time driversBrad Perez andC. J. McLaughlin), making the No. 35 car the car that will have one full-time driver.[86]
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).[50]
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.[20] However, on February 9, 2023, the team revealed toTobyChristie.com that they would only field the No. 0 car part-time in 2023 due to lack of sponsorship.[114]
On October 7, 2022, it was announced that Truck and ARCA Series teamAM Racing, owned by driverAustin Wayne Self, would expand into the Xfinity Series in 2023 and attempt to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona.[44] On December 12, it was announced that AMR would field their new Xfinity Series car, the No. 25, full-time in 2023 andBrett Moffitt, who previously drove part-time for the team in the Truck Series, would drive it.[45]
On October 26, 2022,Jesse Iwuji stated in an interview with Dustin Albino fromJayski that he would like to expandhis team to two full-time cars in 2023 if sponsorship can be found for a second car.[115] However, on February 17, 2023,Kyle Weatherman, who drove for the team in 2023, revealed toTobyChristie.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.[101]
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 ofJD Motorsports from2012 to2022. The team will be back in the Xfinity Series in 2023 although they have yet to announce their 2023 plans.[116] On December 19, Brandon Kauffman, the team's PR & Marketing Assistant, teased on the NASCARReddit 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.[117] 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.[93]
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 byCole Custer, who is moving back to the Xfinity Series after three years driving the team's No. 41 Cup Series car.[55] 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.[citation needed]
On December 8, 2022,Joe Gibbs Racing announced that their No. 54 car would be renumbered to the No. 20 in 2023. JGR did not use that number in 2022 after downsizing from four full-time Xfinity Series cars to three and the No. 20 car was the car that closed down.[66]
On December 8, 2022,Sam Hunt Racing announced that they would expand to two full-time cars in 2023, with their No. 24 car now being fielded full-time after having been fielded part-time in 2021 and 2022.[68]
On December 20, 2022,Alpha Prime Racing announced that they would expand to three full-time cars in 2023. Their new third car, the No. 43, will be driven byRyan Ellis in 24 races with the driver(s) for the remaining 9 races to be announced at a later time.[72] On March 13, 2023, it was revealed on the entry list for the race at Atlanta that APR would field a fourth car, the No. 42, in that race to be driven by team ownerCaesar Bacarella. However, the car would be withdrawn and Bacarella would instead replaceTimmy Hill in the No. 66 car forMBM Motorsports with the entry being fielded in a collaboration with APR.[111]
On January 4, 2023,Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would expand to two full-time cars in 2023. The second car will be the No. 27 driven byJeb Burton. He used the same number in 2022 driving full-time forOur Motorsports.[26]
On February 18, 2023,MBM Motorsports announced that they would scale back to one full-time team, with the No. 66 remaining as the full-time entry with the No. 13 car being fielded part-time starting atDaytona.[118] On July 7, MBM announced that they would withdraw the No. 66 car from the race at Atlanta and begin running part-time for the rest of the year in the Xfinity Series and start running part-time in the Cup Series (where there were spots in race fields for open cars that were not filled) after the car failed to qualify for over half of this year's Xfinity Series races.[citation needed]
On March 3, 2023,Preston Pardus announced that he would return to driving for his own team in the Xfinity Series, which he last did in2019. That year, the team used the No. 43, which is now taken byAlpha Prime Racing, so the team switched to the No. 50, a number that Pardus' father Dan used in the Cup Series in1999 driving forMidwest Transit Racing. The first Xfinity Series race Preston and his team ran in 2023 wasCircuit of the Americas.[citation needed]
On March 7, 2023, Cup and Truck Series teamSpire Motorsports announced that they would expand into the Xfinity Series in 2023, fielding the No. 77 car part-time forCarson Hocevar, who drives full-time in the Truck Series forNiece Motorsports. This made Spire the only team to field entries in all three NASCAR national series in 2023.[106]
On October 2, 2023, when the entry list was released forthe race at the Charlotte Roval, it was revealed that Peterson Racing Group, aTrans-Am Series team, would make their NASCAR debut and field a No. 87 car in that race driven byAndy Lally.
On August 10, 2022, it was announced thatNoah Gragson, who drove theJR Motorsports No. 9 car full-time for four years from 2019 to 2022, would move up to the Cup Series full-time in 2023, driving thePetty GMS Motorsports No. 42.[119] On September 15, JRM announced thatBrandon Jones would leaveJoe Gibbs Racing and move to JRM to replace Gragson in the No. 9 car.[31]
On October 5, 2022,Kaulig Racing announced thatChandler Smith, who has driven full-time in the Truck Series in the No. 18 forKyle Busch Motorsports for the last two years, would replaceA. J. Allmendinger in the No. 16 in 2023, as Allmendinger would return to the Cup Series to drive the team's No. 16 car full-time.[38]
On October 29, 2022,Big Machine Racing announced thatParker Kligerman, aNASCAR on NBC pit reporter and part-time driver, would drive their No. 48 car full-time in 2023. It will be Kligerman's first full-time season since 2013.[12]
On October 30, 2022,Corazón deF1 reported that open wheel driverBaltazar Leguizamón had obtained a license to drive in the Xfinity Series and he could attempt some of the road course races in 2023. He would become the first driver fromArgentina to compete in the series.[121] On December 23,MBM Motorsports announced that Leguizamón would drive for the team inthe race atCircuit of the Americas in 2023 once they find a sponsor for him. On March 20, 2023, MBM announced thatCameron Lawrence would drive their No. 66 car at COTA instead of Leguizamón as they could not find a sponsor for him for that race. However, the team stated that he could run another race for the team later in the year if a sponsor is found.[122] Later in the day,CHK Racing announced that Leguizamón would make his Xfinity Series debut at COTA driving their No. 74 car instead of for MBM.[95]
On October 31, 2022,Ryan Vargas announced that he would not return toJD Motorsports in 2023. He drove the team's No. 6 for the majority of the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[24] On December 2, JDM announcedBrennan Poole as Vargas' replacement in the No. 6.[23]
On November 1, 2022,B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced thatGarrett Smithley would drive the team's No. 78 car full-time in 2023. He drove that car as well as the team's No. 5 car part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2022.[90] On January 7, 2023, the team announced that the car would be renumbered from the No. 78 to the No. 99.[91] After Smithley and the No. 99 car failed to qualify for two of the first three races of the season, the car was withdrawn from the race at Phoenix in March and Smithley instead drove the No. 91 car forDGM Racing in that race.[17] On March 13, 2023, an article onTobyChristie.com stated thatBayley Currey would be replaced in theJD Motorsports No. 4 car starting at Atlanta in March byGarrett Smithley for 14 races and other driver(s) for the remaining 15 races according to a crew member from the team who requested anonymity. Another anonymous crew member told the website that Smithley would run the remainder of the season in the No. 4 car. The next day, JDM officially announced that Smithley would drive the No. 4 car for the rest of the year, replacing Currey. He previously drove full-time for the team from2016 to2019, primarily in their No. 0 car.[21]
On November 15, 2022,Joe Gibbs Racing announced thatTy Gibbs would move up to the Cup Series full-time for the team in 2023, replacing Kyle Busch in the renumbered No. 54 car (previously the No. 18).[1] On December 8, JGR announced thatJohn Hunter Nemechek would drive the renumbered No. 20 full-time in 2023. In 2021 and 2022, Nemechek drove full-time forKyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series and part-time for JGR in the Xfinity Series.[66]
On November 16, 2022,Stewart–Haas Racing announced thatCole Custer will move back to the Xfinity Series after three seasons in the Cup Series. He will drive a second full-time Xfinity Series car for the team.[55] On November 23, SHR posted a video on their Twitter account revealing that Custer would drive the No. 00, the same number he used when he ran full-time in the Xfinity Series for the team from2017 to2019.[citation needed]
On December 8, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that their No. 19 car, previously driven full-time by Brandon Jones (who left to drive the JRM No. 9 car), would have multiple drivers sharing the car throughout the season instead of the No. 18 car, which will now be driven full-time bySammy Smith.Ryan Truex, who was one of the drivers of the No. 18 in 2022, will continue driving part-time for JGR in 2023 in the No. 19 car. The rest of the driver lineup for the No. 19 car has yet to be announced.[61]
On December 8, 2022,Sam Hunt Racing announced thatKaz Grala would drive their No. 26 car full-time in 2023. It is the first time that car has had one driver for the full season as well as Grala's first full-time ride in NASCAR since2017 when he drove for GMS Racing in the Truck Series. Grala drove the same car in the2022 season-finale at Phoenix after driving for multiple other teams part-time in 2022 in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series.[68]
On December 8, 2022, Sam Hunt Racing announced thatConnor Mosack would drive their No. 24 car part-time in 2023. In 2022, he drove one race for the team in their No. 26 car at Watkins Glen as well as Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 car at Portland. Mosack also drove part-time forBret Holmes Racing in the Truck and ARCA Series in 2022.[68] On January 23, 2023, SHR announced thatTyler Reddick would drive the No. 24 in select races starting with Fontana.[69]
On December 23, 2022,SS-Green Light Racing ownerBobby Dotter stated in a video on the team's Twitter account thatJoe Graf Jr. would not be back with SSGLR in 2023 and that the team will have new drivers for their cars in 2023.[73] On January 9, 2023, the team announced thatBlaine Perkins, who drove full-time forCR7 Motorsports full-time in the Truck Series in 2022 and forOur Motorsports part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022, would drive their No. 07 car full-time in 2023.[74] On March 21, 2023, the team announced that they had parted ways with Perkins after a poor start to the season. Multiple drivers will drive the No. 07 car for the rest of the year starting with full-timeNiece Motorsports Truck Series driverCarson Hocevar making his Xfinity Series debut at COTA.[75]
On December 30, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced thatLeland Honeyman would drive their No. 45 car part-time in 2023. He drove forYoung's Motorsports full-time in theARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the main ARCA Series and the Truck Series in 2022.[9]
On January 4, 2023,Jordan Anderson Racing announced that they would have two new full-time drivers in 2023.Jeb Burton will drive the No. 27 car, a new second full-time car for the team, andParker Retzlaff will replaceMyatt Snider in their No. 31 car.[26] On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Snider would drive the JGR No. 19 car part-time.[60]
On January 18, 2023,Landon Cassilltweeted that he would not be returning to the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car in 2023 as a result of his sponsor Voyager Digital filing for bankruptcy in July 2022.[123] On February 9,A. J. Allmendinger announced he would drive the No. 10 at COTA.[36] The next day,Kyle Busch announced he would drive the No. 10 for five races, ending his retirement in the Xfinity Series after scoring a total of 102 wins in 2021. As Allmendinger and Busch are full-time Cup drivers, they are allowed to run up to five races in the Xfinity Series.[35]
On January 27, 2023, it was announced thatJoe Graf Jr. would drive at least 28 races forRSS Racing in 2023. He previously drove the majority of the 2022 season forSS-Green Light Racing as well as 1 race for RSS in their No. 38 car, replacingTimmy Hill in that car after he failed to qualify the SSGLR No. 08 into the race at Fontana.[52] Graf Jr. will drive the other five races in the No. 19 Toyota Supra forJoe Gibbs Racing.
On February 8, 2023, it was announced thatNatalie Decker would drive part-time forEmerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series in their No. 53 car in both series.[88]
On February 18, 2023,Alex Labbé revealed that he would drive the No. 28 car forRSS Racing at Fontana and Las Vegas, filling in forJoe Graf Jr. who will drive theJoe Gibbs Racing No. 19 car in those two races.Kyle Sieg will move from the No. 28 car to replace Graf in the No. 38 car for these two races. It is the first time Labbé has driven for a team other thanDGM Racing in the Xfinity Series.[49]
On March 13, 2023, it was announced thatChad Chastain would make his Xfinity Series debut in the race at Atlanta in March driving the No. 91 car forDGM Racing. His brotherRoss drove the same car at Fontana three weeks prior. Chad has driven part-time in the Truck Series forNiece Motorsports since2021.[18]
On March 21, 2023, NASCAR announced thatJosh Williams would be suspended for one race (COTA) after his actions at Atlanta where he parked his car in the middle of the track during a caution and walked away, leaving the car on the track after his frustration with NASCAR for parking him during the race for his car leaving multiple pieces of debris on the track. Later in the day,DGM Racing announced thatAlex Labbé would fill in for Williams in their No. 92 car inthe race at COTA.[19]
On June 6, 2023,RSS Racing announced thatBrent Sherman would drive their No. 28 car at the Chicago Street Course. It will be his first start in the Xfinity Series since2007 when he ran nearly the full season driving the No. 36 car for the formerMcGill Motorsports team. He has not raced in NASCAR since running part-time in theTruck Series in 2009 and inARCA in 2016.[51]
On June 22, 2023,JD Motorsports announced thatKyle Weatherman would drive their No. 4 car beginning at Nashville, replacingGarrett Smithley, and that he could run the rest of the year in that car.[22] Weatherman would drive the No. 36 car forDGM Racing at Atlanta in July with Smithley returning to the JDM No. 4 in that race.
On July 27, 2023,SS-Green Light Racing announced thatKatherine Legge would drive their No. 07 car inthe race atRoad America as well as the other three remaining road course races (the Indianapolis road course, Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval). It is her first time competing in NASCAR and the Xfinity Series since2018 when she ran the races at Mid-Ohio, Road America the Charlotte Roval as well as 1 oval race at Richmond in theJD Motorsports No. 15 car.[77] On August 8, it was revealed thatColin Garrett would replace Legge in the No. 07 car in the race at theIndianapolis road course after Legge's sponsor, Blast Equality Collab, did not want to be on the car due to their members' connection with thewriters' strike going on at the time.[78]
On August 15, 2023,CHK Racing announced thatCasey Carden, who has driven part-time in the ARCA Menards Series forClubb Racing Inc. in road course races, would attempt to make his Xfinity Series debut in the race at Watkins Glen in their No. 74 car.[96]
On August 17, 2023, NASCAR suspendedChris Hacker andJason White indefinitely for violating Section 4.4. D. of the NASCAR Rule Book, stating actions detrimental to stock car racing - particularly on being charged with or convicted of significant criminal violations. Hacker was arrested on August 15 while White was arrested on August 3; both were charged withDWI.[125] Hacker was reinstated on October 25 after completing the Road to Recovery program and would drive theEmerling-Gase Motorsports No. 35 car inthe race atMartinsville the next weekend.[85]
On August 24, 2023,SS-Green Light Racing announced thatChad Finchum would drive their No. 08 car in the races at Darlington and Bristol in September and Martinsville in October.[82] SSGLR is the first team that Finchum has driven for in the Xfinity Series other thanMBM Motorsports.
On September 6, 2023, Kaulig Racing announced that, due to the No. 10 Chevrolet being in the owners playoffs,Daniel Hemric would move from the No. 11 to the No. 10 starting atKansas.Derek Kraus will drive the No. 11 in Kansas, Homestead, and Phoenix, whileLayne Riggs will make his Xfinity Series debut in the car at Texas, Las Vegas, and Martinsville.[126][127] On September 29, Kaulig announced thatIMSA driverJordan Taylor, who drove their No. 10 car in the race at Portland, would make another start for the team at the Charlotte Roval in the No. 11 car.[39]
On October 5, 2023,MBM Motorsports announced thatRyan Newman would drive their No. 66 car inthe race atHomestead-Miami Speedway. It will be his first Xfinity Series start since2012.[113] On October 10, it was revealed through the entry list forthe race at Las Vegas thatRyan Reed would drive the MBM No. 66 car in that race, marking his return to the series for the first time since losing his full-time ride with what is nowRFK Racing when they closed down their Xfinity Series team after the2018 season. Since then, Reed competed part-time in the Truck Series in2019 and2021.[128] The announcement of Reed driving the No. 66 car at Las Vegas was made the next day and it was revealed that his entry would be fielded in a collaboration between MBM andAlpha Prime Racing.[129]
On September 1, 2022,JR Motorsports announced that Mike Bumgarner, who was the crew chief of the team's No. 8 car driven byJosh Berry in 2022, would be the team's new competition director.[130] On November 17, JRM announced that Bumgarner would be replaced by Taylor Moyer, who crew chiefed the team's No. 1 car driven bySam Mayer in 2022. Moyer previously crew chiefed the No. 8 car from2019 to2021.[29]
On October 8, 2022,NASCAR on NBC pit reporter Marty Snider stated during a caution during the2022 race at the Charlotte Roval that Kevin Starland, the crew chief ofRyan Sieg's No. 39 car forRSS Racing, would retire after the 2022 season. On February 5, 2023, RSS announced that Mike Scearce would be the new crew chief of the No. 39 car in 2023.[48]
On October 25, 2022, it was announced thatLuke Lambert, who was the crew chief of the JR Motorsports No. 9 car driven byNoah Gragson in 2022, would move with Gragson to thePetty GMS Motorsports No. 42 car in the Cup Series in 2023.[131] On November 17, JRM announced that Lambert would be replaced by Jason Burdett, who crew chiefed the team's No. 7 car from2015 to 2022, working withRegan Smith for the first year andJustin Allgaier for the other seven. The No. 9 car will now be driven byBrandon Jones.[29]
On November 15, 2022,Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Chris Gayle, who crew chiefed their No. 54 car in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022, would move back up to the Cup Series full-time for the team in 2023, replacingBen Beshore as the crew chief of the renumbered No. 54 car (previously the No. 18 driven byKyle Busch) and continuing to work withTy Gibbs.[1] On December 8, JGR announced that Beshore would move down to the Xfinity Series, replacing Gayle as the crew chief of the team's renumbered No. 20 car, now driven byJohn Hunter Nemechek.[66]
On November 17, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Jim Pohlman would be the new crew chief forJustin Allgaier's No. 7 car in 2023, replacing Jason Burdett, who moved to JRM's No. 9 car driven byBrandon Jones. In 2022, Pohlman was a mechanic and an interim crew chief forRichard Childress Racing in the Cup and Xfinity Series. He was also the crew chief for Allgaier when he won the2008 ARCA Re/Max Series championship.[29]
On November 17, 2022, JR Motorsports announced that Mardy Lindley would be the new crew chief forSam Mayer's No. 1 car in 2023, replacing Taylor Moyer, who moved to JRM's No. 8 car driven byJosh Berry. Lindley was the crew chief of the No. 51Kyle Busch Motorsports truck in 2021 and 2022. Prior to that, he was the crew chief for Mayer in ARCA withGMS Racing. Lindley and Mayer won two consecutive East Series championships in2019 and2020.[29]
On December 6, 2022, it was announced thatChad Walter, who was the crew chief of the No. 27Our Motorsports car driven byJeb Burton in 2022, would be leaving forGMS Racing to crew chief the team's No. 24 truck driven byRajah Caruth in the Truck Series in 2023. Walter is returning to GMS after having crew chiefed for the team in2020 and2021. His replacement as crew chief of the Our Motorsports No. 27 car has yet to be announced.[132]
On December 6, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced thatJeff Meendering, who was the crew chief of their No. 19 car driven by Brandon Jones from 2019 to 2022, would be the crew chief for their No. 18 car in 2023, replacingJason Ratcliff.[59] On December 8, JGR announced that Ratcliff would crew chief the No. 19 car in 2023, switching cars with Meendering.Sammy Smith will drive the No. 18 car full-time in 2023 after he and other drivers shared that car part-time in 2022. The No. 19 car will be the JGR car that has multiple part-time drivers in 2023 and Ratcliff will continue to crew chief them.[61]
On December 8, 2022,Sam Hunt Racing announced that Kris Bowen, who was the crew chief of the No. 02Our Motorsports car in 2022, would be the crew chief of their No. 24 car in 2023. The No. 24 was a part-time car in 2022 and will be a full-time car in 2023. Bowen's replacement as crew chief of the Our Motorsports No. 02 car has yet to be announced.[68]
On January 6, 2023,Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Jonathan Toney, a longtime engineer for the team dating back to when the team was Haas CNC Racing, would be the crew chief of their No. 00 driven byCole Custer in 2023.[56]
On January 9, 2023,AM Racing announced that Joe Williams Jr. would be the crew chief of the No. 25 car driven byBrett Moffitt in 2023.[46]
On February 2, 2023,Big Machine Racing announced that Chris Carrier, who was previously the crew chief of theHenderson Motorsports No. 75 in the Truck Series, would crew chief their new part-time second car, the No. 5 driven byJade Buford.[89]
On February 13, 2023, it was revealed when the entry list for the season-opener at Daytona was released that Michael Brandt, who was the crew chief ofAlpha Prime Racing's No. 44 for the majority of 2022, would move over to the team's new No. 43 in 2023. Brandt is one of the youngest crew chiefs in NASCAR history at age 22.[133] Michael Groves would become the new crew chief of the No. 44 car, replacing Brandt.
Starting atRichmond in April, Dan Stillman became the crew chief of theOur Motorsports No. 02, replacing Teddy Brown. He started the season as the crew chief of theJesse Iwuji Motorsports No. 34 car, which cut back to part-time in 2023 due to lack of sponsorship.Todd Parrott would replace Stillman as crew chief of the JIM No. 34 car at Talladega, the next race it attempted.
On May 11, 2023,MBM Motorsports announced that Jason Houghtaling, the crew chief of their No. 66 car, left the team to take a job with another team (Jordan Anderson Racing as the car chief of their No. 31 according toTobyChristie.com). Chris Atteberry, who had been the fueler for the No. 66, was promoted to crew chief the car replacing Houghtaling starting at Darlington.[109]
On June 20, 2023, Stewart–Haas Racing announced thatRichard Boswell, crew chief of the No. 98 driven byRiley Herbst, would be promoted to the Cup Series to replaceJohnny Klausmeier as the crew chief of the No. 14 driven byChase Briscoe starting atNashville. Replacing Boswell is Davin Restivo, who previously served as the lead engineer of the Cup Series No. 10 driven byAric Almirola.[58]
On March 25, 2023, Mardy Lindley, crew chief of theJR Motorsports No. 1 car driven bySam Mayer, got sick on the day of the race at COTA. Andrew Overstreet, the team's engineer, filled in as interim crew chief.[citation needed] Overstreet also filled in for Mayer's 2022 crew chief, Taylor Moyer, when he was suspended for four races.
On September 12, 2023, Jeff Stankiewicz, crew chief of theRichard Childress Racing No. 2 car driven bySheldon Creed, was suspended for theBristol playoff race and finedUS$10,000 after the car was found to have two loose lug nuts following theKansas race. Sam Bowers, the team's engineer, filled in as interim crew chief.[134]
On January 9, 2023,SS-Green Light Racing announced that they would be switching from Ford with a Stewart–Haas Racing alliance to Chevrolet with aRichard Childress Racing alliance for 2023. However, team ownerBobby Dotter toldJayski that the team's No. 08 may run a mixture of Chevrolets and Fords in 2023.[74]
On November 1, 2022,JR Motorsports announced thatBass Pro Shops, which previously sponsoredNoah Gragson's No. 9 car for the team, would switch their sponsorship toJosh Berry's No. 8 car in 2023 and would sponsor him in 11 races. They will also sponsor one of two races that team ownerDale Earnhardt Jr. will run in the No. 88 car in 2023.[104]
On December 7, 2022,Jesse Iwuji Motorsports filed a lawsuit against their primary sponsor of the No. 34 car in 2022, Equity Prime Mortgage, for lack of payments to the team. This would be followed by EPM filing a counter-lawsuit against JIM for breach of contract.[135] As a result of the loss of EPM as a sponsor, the team had to reduce their No. 34 car to a part-time schedule in 2023 and cancel plans to expand to a second car.[101]
On August 22, 2023, it was announced thatWawa, the title sponsor of the race at Daytona in August, would sponsor four cars in that race: the No. 07 ofJ. J. Yeley, the No. 25 ofBrett Moffitt, the No. 38 ofJoe Graf Jr. and the No. 53 ofNatalie Decker. Each car will have a paint scheme that represents a different flavor of Wawa's Recharger energy drink.[79]
^The Alsco Uniforms 300 was postponed from Saturday, May 27 to Monday, May 29 due to rain.
^The Loop 121 started on Saturday, July 1 but was stopped during Stage 2 due to lightning delays. The race resumed on Sunday, July 2. The race was then called before halfway due to flooding along with the upcoming Cup race on the same day.
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led.1 – Stage 1 winner.2 – Stage 2 winner1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8
† –Caesar Bacarella suffered from stomach issues after qualifying for the race at Daytona in February and was replaced byStefan Parsons in the race. ‡ –C. J. McLaughlin was replaced byPatrick Emerling in the race at Las Vegas in March due to getting injured in practice. Neither driver made a lap in qualifying. ±C. J. McLaughlin was replaced byJoey Gase in the race at Nashville due to suffering a crash in practice. ¶ –Brian Weber was replaced byTimmy Hill before qualifying for the race at Phoenix in March. ¤ –Kyle Busch was replaced byJustin Haley after qualifying for the race at Charlotte in May. § – Due to suffering from food poisoning,Leland Honeyman was replaced byBrad Perez during the race at Portland. Since Honeyman started the race, he is officially credited with 28th place. ∞ –Stefan Parsons replacedAlex Labbé in practice for the race at Road America. Neither driver made a lap in 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. ≠ – At Bristol (race #27),Patrick Emerling was replaced byB. J. McLeod in the No. 35 car in the race after crashing his car in the practice and not having a backup car. ~ – Due to feeling ill,Josh Williams was replaced byStefan Parsons during the race at Texas (race #28). Since Williams started the race, he is officially credited with 20th place. ÷ –Daniel Dye was scheduled to drive the No. 44 at Phoenix in November (season finale), but due to a hard crash in theTruck Series season finale in the previous day, he was not cleared to race and was replaced byLeland Honeyman in the qualifying but Honeyman failed to qualify.
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led.1 – Stage 1 winner.2 – Stage 2 winner1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8
^abChristie, Toby (November 22, 2022)."Jeremy Clements and Gahlay! Team up For New Signature Edition Line of Beard Oil".TobyChristie.com. RetrievedNovember 23, 2022.As far as 2023 goes, Clements says his team, which will once again have Mark Setzer back as crew chief, only has a handful of races left to sell primary sponsorship for.
^Christie, Toby (October 29, 2022)."Video: Austin Hill in Post-Race Scuffle With Myatt Snider at Martinsville".TobyChristie.com. RetrievedNovember 3, 2022.The Georgia native says he is ready to come back to contend for a title again in 2023. 'All in all, everyone at RCR has worked their tails off all season long. Coming up short like this stings, but we'll come back next year stronger and we'll just see what we can do next year,' Hill said.
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