The NASCAR Ford Xfinity Series teams have yet to find their footing this season, as the only top-10 Blue Oval finisher in Saturday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the No. 98 Ford Mustang of Riley Herbst. Thus far, across all three of NASCAR’s top series, Fords have been chasing Toyotas and Chevys across the line.
Herbst quietly guided his No. 98 Mustang to an eighth-place finish on March 4th, 2023, tailing a slew of Chevy Camaro race cars and a handful of Toyota Supra machines. Outside the top 10, the No. 0 of Cole Custer secured a 12th-place finish, followed by the No. 28 Mustang of Alex Labbe in 18th, who managed to sneak inside the top 20 after starting 32nd.
No NASCAR Ford racers led any laps during the race around the 1.5-mile asphalt oval, and at the end of the day, the race came down to a three-way battle between three Chevy Camaro racers, with the No. 21 Camaro of Austin Hill making a daring pass with two laps left to secure the victory.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 21 | Austin Hill | Global Industrial Chevrolet | 200 | 19 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 200 | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 3 | 1 | 16 | Chandler Smith # | Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet | 200 | 118 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 4 | 11 | 10 | Kyle Busch(i) | LA Golf Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Josh Berry | Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet | 200 | 2 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 6 | 7 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mobil 1 Toyota | 200 | 45 | Toyota Supra |
| 7 | 13 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 8 | 10 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Whelen Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 10 | 8 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | South Point Hotel and Casino Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 11 | 6 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 15 | 24 | Tyler Reddick(i) | GearWrench Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 14 | 24 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 15 | 17 | 19 | Joe Graf Jr. | CoverSeal Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 16 | 26 | 2 | Kyle Weatherman | Our Motorsports Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 17 | 14 | 18 | Sammy Smith # | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 18 | 32 | 28 | Alex Labbe | G Coin/Larue Ford | 199 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 19 | 23 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 198 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 20 | 22 | 38 | Kyle Sieg | TopPool.com Ford | 198 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 19 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Jeld-Wen Windows Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 22 | 4 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 198 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 21 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Fire Department Coffee Toyota | 198 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
| 24 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRroofing.com Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 25 | 25 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 26 | 16 | 45 | Rajah Caruth(i) | Wendell Scott Foundation/Microsoft Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 27 | 36 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Shine Water Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 28 | 29 | 4 | Bayley Currey | KSDT CPA Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 29 | 35 | 44 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Jesus Revolution – The Movie Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 30 | 27 | 92 | Josh Williams | Call 811/Alloy Employer Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 31 | 31 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | JAG Metals LLC Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 32 | 34 | 8 | Gray Gaulding | Panini NFT Ford | 196 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 33 | 33 | 6 | Brennan Poole | Macc Door Systems Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 34 | 38 | 53 | Patrick Emerling | Sci Aps Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 35 | 30 | 7 | Blaine Perkins # | AUTOPARKit.com Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 36 | 28 | 99 | Garrett Smithley | PCARx Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 37 | 20 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 186 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 38 | 37 | 35 | Joey Gase | Nevada Donor Network Toyota | 156 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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