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One NASCAR Ford Scores Top 10 Finish In Xfinity Series At COTA 2023

Riley Herbst, driver of the No. 98 Mustang, has certainly shown plenty of muscle throughout the 2023 Xfinity Series season, and though it may not be much to brag about, he was the only NASCAR Ford driver to score a top-10 finish at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on March 25th, 2023.

Herbst and the No. 98 Mustang are currently second overall in points, tailing the No. 21 Chevy Camaro of Austin Hill by 15 points, as the latter driver suffered a mechanical issue resulting in a DNF that shrank his lead.

Meanwhile, the rest of the NASCAR Ford drivers finished outside the top 20, with Ryan Sieg’s No. 39 Mustang in 23rd, Aric Almirola’s No. 8 Mustang in 24th and Kyle Sieg’s No. 28 Mustang in 26th. Others yet finished outside the top 30, and no Blue Oval-badged race cars led any laps during the race.

Meanwhile, AJ Allmendinger’s No. 10 Chevy Camaro went on to win the race.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Results, Circuit of the Americas, March 25, 2023
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 1 10 AJ Allmendinger(i) Celsius Chevrolet 46 28 Chevrolet Camaro
2 9 17 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 46 1 Chevrolet Camaro
3 3 19 Ty Gibbs(i) Monster Energy Toyota 46 0 Toyota TRD Supra
4 2 18 Sammy Smith # Pilot Flying J Toyota 46 0 Toyota TRD Supra
5 8 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
6 11 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
7 14 1 Sam Mayer Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
8 15 8 Josh Berry Tire Pros Love The Drive Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
9 4 2 Sheldon Creed Whelen Chevrolet 46 16 Chevrolet Camaro
10 7 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 46 0 Ford Mustang
11 26 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Char-Broil Grills Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
12 27 16 Chandler Smith # Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
13 18 88 Miguel Paludo BRANDT Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
14 25 51 Jeremy Clements Straitline Nitro Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
15 23 92 Alex Labbe Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
16 29 78 Anthony Alfredo Pit Boss Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
17 34 31 Parker Retzlaff # FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
18 20 26 Kaz Grala Fire Department Coffee Toyota 46 0 Toyota TRD Supra
19 22 24 Connor Mosack Toyota Racing Development Toyota 46 0 Toyota TRD Supra
20 32 43 Ryan Ellis Four Loko Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
21 21 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters/HeartBeat Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
22 33 2 Kyle Weatherman Our Motorsports Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
23 31 39 Ryan Sieg CMRroofing.com Ford 46 0 Ford Mustang
24 13 8 Aric Almirola(i) Rush Truck Centers Ford 46 0 Ford Mustang
25 36 45 Jeffrey Earnhardt Gas POS/BZ Mart Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
26 38 28 Kyle Sieg Ford 46 0 Ford Mustang
27 6 20 John Hunter Nemechek Romco Equipment Toyota 46 0 Toyota TRD Supra
28 24 91 Josh Bilicki Insurance King/Zeigler Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
29 30 53 Brad Perez Apex/Weiss Sand & Clay LP Chevrolet 46 0 Chevrolet Camaro
30 35 38 Joe Graf Jr. G-Coin Ford 46 0 Ford Mustang
31 5 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet 46 1 Chevrolet Camaro
32 10 0 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 45 0 Ford Mustang
33 37 6 Brennan Poole BeONE Sports Chevrolet 29 0 Chevrolet Camaro
34 28 25 Brett Moffitt AM Technical Solutions Ford 27 0 Ford Mustang
35 16 44 Sage Karam Quality Roof Seamers Chevrolet 23 0 Chevrolet Camaro
36 19 50 Preston Pardus Garage Oil Spirits Chevrolet 16 0 Chevrolet Camaro
37 12 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 13 0 Chevrolet Camaro
38 17 7 Carson Hocevar(i) Engine Parts Plus Chevrolet 7 0 Chevrolet Camaro

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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