The Nascar Ford teams showed strength in two of Nascar’s national series in 2022. Zane Smith and the No. 38 Ford F-150 race truck ran away with the Truck Series championship, and of course, Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford Mustang racer showed the rest of the Cup Series field how it’s done when he captured the championship at Nascar’s highest level. However, the mid-tier Xfinity Series was a vastly different story for the Nascar Ford Mustang teams this year, and the race at Phoenix Raceway on November 5th, 2022 was a disappointing end to a disappointing season.
No Blue Oval racers led any laps at Phoenix for the final race of the 2022 season, and the best-finishing Mustang was that of Riley Herbst in the No. 98 Nascar Ford, who placed seventh. Meanwhile, a trio of Chevy Camaro race cars and a single Toyota Supra did battle in the Final 4 for the championship. Ty Gibbs in the No. 54 Supra held off the Chevys to win it all, taking his first Xfinity Series championship to a loud raucous of boos from the crowd.
In total, Nascar Ford Xfinity racers accounted for just one win all season. That win belonged to Cole Custer, a Cup Series regular, who drove the No. 07 Xfinity Mustang to Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway in California on February 26th, 2022. Comparatively, Chevy accounted for a whopping 24 wins, while Toyotas took home eight.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Monster Energy Toyota | 200 | 125 | Toyota Supra |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Noah Gragson (P) | Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet | 200 | 35 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 3 | 11 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (P) | BRANDT Chevrolet | 200 | 26 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 4 | 6 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 5 | 16 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | Sheldon Creed # | Whelen Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 7 | 19 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 8 | 10 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | AG1 – Athletic Greens Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Austin Hill # | United Rentals/Bennett Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 10 | 2 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 200 | 10 | Toyota Supra |
| 11 | 5 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Pelonis Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 12 | 3 | 48 | Nicholas Sanchez | OTD Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 13 | 9 | 8 | Josh Berry (P) | Tire Pros Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 14 | 35 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | SELE Foundation Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 15 | 30 | 36 | Josh Williams | Alloy/Seacrest Studios Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 16 | 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Arrowhead Brass Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 17 | 37 | 44 | Rajah Caruth(i) | Rally For Valor Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 18 | 33 | 92 | Alex Labbe | NRS Brakes Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 19 | 20 | 4 | Bayley Currey | HyVee Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 20 | 7 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRroofing.com/A-game Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 17 | 2 | Parker Retzlaff | Funkaway Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 22 | 22 | 38 | Kyle Sieg # | Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 18 | 26 | Kaz Grala(i) | Ruedebusch Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 24 | 25 | 35 | Joey Gase | Donate Life AZ Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 25 | 36 | 31 | Myatt Snider | TaxSlayer Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 26 | 31 | 68 | Kris Wright(i) | Big Dog Energy Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 27 | 28 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 28 | 15 | 45 | Stefan Parsons(i) | Millennium Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 29 | 26 | 6 | Brennan Poole(i) | Out of The Groove Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 30 | 29 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Triage Now Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 31 | 32 | 13 | Dawson Cram | DCX/Rennsport Ford | 196 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 32 | 24 | 78 | BJ McLeod | B.J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 33 | 34 | 91 | Mason Massey | LOS MAGOS Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 34 | 13 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 35 | 23 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Pit Boss Grills Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 36 | 38 | 7 | Joe Graf Jr | ARMSLIST.com Ford | 193 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 37 | 27 | 8 | Brandon Brown | Amptricity Ford | 154 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 38 | 12 | 77 | Dillon Bassett | Jerry Hunt Supercenter Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
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Comments
There are only two Ford Xfinity teams that can halfway compete. #98 and #39 cannot compete with JRM and Gibbs. Ford needs to support more Xfinity teams if they want even a chance at a championship.
didn’t know that a ford won , musta missed it , but nascar wants it that way
Brutal headline. Ford won the Truck AND Cup Championships while GM won none!!
Well, yes, it’s brutal because it’s true. This article specifically refers to the Xfinity Series, not the other two.
There are only about 5 Ford’s against 20plus Chevy’s in the series – we need more Ford’s to compete..