NASCAR Ford Teams Non-Factors At Xfinity Spring 2023 Phoenix: Video

March 14, 2023 3:45 pm

While a NASCAR Ford held the pole position for the Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway on March 11^th, 2023, only one Mustang racer finished in the top 10 when it was all said and done.

Cole Custer and the No. 00 Mustang took off with the lead when the green flag dropped, thanks to his pole-setting time. However, his race car just didn’t have the speed to hang onto the lead and slipped through the field, ultimately finishing 12^th. He was the only NASCAR Ford driver to lead laps during the race.

Meanwhile, Riley Herbst guided the No. 98 NASCAR Ford to a quiet fourth-place finish, tailing race winner Sammy Smith in the No. 18 Toyota Supra, Ryan Truex in the No. 19 Supra, and Sheldon Creed in the No. 2 Chevy Camaro. The next-best Blue Oval finisher was Custer’s No. 00 in 12^th, followed by the No. 25 Mustang of Brett Moffit in 13^th.

NASCAR
Finish	Start	Car Number	Driver	Team	Laps Run	Laps Led	Car
1	11	18	Sammy Smith #	Pilot Flying J Toyota	200	92	Toyota Supra
2	12	19	Ryan Truex	Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota	200	0	Toyota Supra
3	5	2	Sheldon Creed	Whelen Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
4	10	98	Riley Herbst	Monster Energy Ford	200	0	Ford Mustang
5	6	16	Chandler Smith #	Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet	200	2	Chevrolet Camaro
6	4	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Safeway/Albertsons Toyota	200	19	Toyota Supra
7	8	21	Austin Hill	United Rentals Chevrolet	200	22	Chevrolet Camaro
8	7	8	Josh Berry	Jarrett Logistics Systems Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
9	38	10	Kyle Busch(i)	LA Golf Chevrolet	200	3	Chevrolet Camaro
10	3	11	Daniel Hemric	Cirkul Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
11	14	1	Sam Mayer	Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet	200	4	Chevrolet Camaro
12	1	00	Cole Custer	Haas Automation Ford	200	38	Ford Mustang
13	17	25	Brett Moffitt	AM Technical Solutions Ford	200	0	Ford Mustang
14	25	78	Anthony Alfredo	Ticket Smarter Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
15	37	48	Parker Kligerman	Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
16	9	39	Ryan Sieg	CMRroofing.com Ford	200	0	Ford Mustang
17	18	2	Kyle Weatherman	Our Motorsports Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
18	15	31	Parker Retzlaff #	Bommarito Automotive Group Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
19	19	43	Ryan Ellis	Rolling Plains Construction Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
20	27	51	Jeremy Clements	Fox Sports/Spartan Waste Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
21	20	92	Josh Williams	Call 811/Alloy Employer Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
22	16	27	Jeb Burton	Bommarito.com/EasyCare Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
23	21	9	Brandon Jones	Menards/Barracuda Pumps Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
24	36	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota Racing Development Toyota	200	0	Toyota Supra
25	22	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	200	0	Ford Mustang
26	33	35	Joey Gase	Nevada Donor Network Toyota	200	0	Toyota Supra
27	23	45	Leland Honeyman	Klean Freak Body Wipes Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
28	32	4	Bayley Currey	Mikes Weather Page/Firman Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
29	28	6	Brennan Poole	Rudy's Barbecue/Macc Door Systems Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
30	34	53	Patrick Emerling	Sci Aps Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
31	24	38	Joe Graf Jr	GTECHNIQ Ford	200	0	Ford Mustang
32	30	91	Garrett Smithley	DozerWinchParts.com Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
33	31	44	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Gas POS/BZ Mart Chevrolet	200	0	Chevrolet Camaro
34	13	26	Kaz Grala	Fire Department Coffee Toyota	199	0	Toyota Supra
35	35	7	Blaine Perkins #	Swift Chevrolet	192	0	Chevrolet Camaro
36	2	7	Justin Allgaier	hellowater Chevrolet	178	20	Chevrolet Camaro
37	26	8	Gray Gaulding	Panini NFT Ford	137	0	Ford Mustang
38	29	74	Dawson Cram	Lerner & Rowe Injury Lawyers Chevrolet	99	0	Chevrolet Camaro