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.
| 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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