The NASCAR Ford teams managed to avoid any major incidents to quietly secure decent finishes during the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on April 22nd, 2023.
The race was red-flagged twice to address massive rollover wrecks involving Chevy Camaro race cars, but the NASCAR Ford teams kept all four wheels on the ground. In fact, of the four drivers eligible for the Dash 4 Cash promotion in which the highest finishing driver earns $100,000, only Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 Mustang, made it through to the end. It’s worth noting that in order to win the Dash 4 Cash, the driver does not have to win the race, but rather finish ahead of the other eligible competitors.
“It’s nice to have a little bit of luck, I’ve been on the wrong side of that many times at these superspeedway races” said Custer, who finished fourth. “This is the happiest I’ve ever been running fourth.”
The next-best Blue Oval racer was the No. 35 Mustang of Joey Gase, who finished ninth.
Meanwhile, Jeb Burton, driver of the No. 27 Chevy Camaro, held off the field to win his second-ever Xfinity Series race.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet | 121 | 17 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Whelen Chevrolet | 121 | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 3 | 38 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 4 | 18 | 00 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 121 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 5 | 17 | 6 | Brennan Poole | Macc Door Chevrolet | 121 | 2 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 6 | 28 | 43 | Caesar Bacarella | Clear Cryptos Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 7 | 4 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 121 | 2 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 8 | 26 | 8 | Gray Gaulding | Panini NFT Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 9 | 33 | 35 | Joey Gase | LOPA Ford | 121 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 10 | 23 | 92 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer/Coolray Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 11 | 36 | 45 | Ryan Ellis | Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 12 | 10 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 121 | 20 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 32 | 53 | CJ McLaughlin | SciAps Ford | 121 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 14 | 21 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Turtle Wax Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 15 | 27 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | TA Services Ford | 121 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 16 | 29 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | Trophy Tractor Chevrolet | 121 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 17 | 13 | 19 | Ryan Truex | Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota | 121 | 9 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 18 | 1 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett/Realtree Chevrolet | 121 | 14 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 19 | 37 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 20 | 25 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | Getcoverseal.com Ford | 113 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 9 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Fission by Cirkul Chevrolet | 110 | 15 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 22 | 31 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRoofing.com Ford | 110 | 18 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 15 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 110 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 24 | 30 | 26 | Kaz Grala | CRUSH Strawberry Lemonade Toyota | 110 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 25 | 11 | 16 | Chandler Smith # | Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet | 110 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 26 | 35 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | Insurance King Chevrolet | 110 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 27 | 14 | 10 | Derek Kraus | Leaf Home Water Solutions Chevrolet | 110 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Fight Hunger Spark Change Chevrolet | 100 | 7 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 29 | 16 | 1 | Sam Mayer | First Bank of Alabama Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 30 | 20 | 8 | Josh Berry | Tire Pros Love The Drive Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 31 | 19 | 44 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | SouthPoint Bank/ForeverLawn Chevrolet | 83 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 32 | 3 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mobil 1 Toyota | 81 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 33 | 12 | 18 | Sammy Smith # | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 63 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 34 | 34 | 02 | Blaine Perkins # | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 35 | 22 | 66 | Dexter Stacey | ReCap Recovery Drink Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Jade Buford | Double Spiked Coolers Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 37 | 6 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | RTIC Chevrolet | 37 | 5 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 38 | 24 | 24 | Parker Chase | Ontivity Toyota | 37 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
Charles McNeese Excellent 🙏
Question? 25 camaros in the race 8 mustangs 5 Toyotas. What’s going to happen if GM stops making camaro. Ford should just get out of Nascar it sure hasn’t hurt sales for Stellentist Chellenger.