Hassler got a half-season of experience last year as crew chief for Matt DiBenedetto and earned positive reviews. Erik Jones was really solid on the two-mile tracks last season and while it did not show as much at Auto Club, a top-20 finish remains decent. Of Keselowski's six top-10 finishes last season, three came in the final 10 races. 2021 marked the best season of Michael McDowell's journeyman career, as he earned his first career victory by winning the Daytona 500, scored a career-high five Top 10s, and made the playoffs, finishing 16th in the final standings. After running IndyCar over the past two years, Jimmie Johnson returns to the Cup Series on a part-time basis while also serving as the new co-owner of Legacy Motor Club. Related: 5 best NASCAR races in the sports modern history. NASCAR Still Positive About Next Gen Cars Despite Crash for Austin Dillon, Full Spectrum Services LLP 2022 | All Rights Reserved. Defending Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 in a third Front Row Motorsports car. Rowdy returns once again as the driver of Joe Gibbs Racing's No. Todd Gilliland told CBS Sports that he will run this car in five of the six races where he does not drive the No. Chastain showed major flashes in 2021 and flirted with scoring his first career victory on several occasions, with his best finish being a second-place run at Nashville. 77 has been driven by multiple drivers over the past several seasons. Take a look and see how PitTalks.com ranks the top 16. The No. After fielding a part-time Cup team and winning their first race at Indianapolis last year, Kaulig Racing has taken the next step and will field two full-time Cup teams in 2022. The latter was illustrated writ large at Kansas Speedway in May, when Erik Jones' Petty GMS crew exhibited arguably the best pit road repair job seen the entire season. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. After competing on a part-time basis in 2022, Team Hezeberg has yet to announce specific plans for 2023. After a crash at Texas and trouble at Talladega, Bell's playoff run was going to come to an end unless he could win at the Charlotte Roval, which he did thanks to a late-race pit call for fresh tires. #11 - Denny Hamlin - Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Chris Gabehart). That organization is a bit of an unknown going into this season. Sunday Dover Cup race: Start time, TV info, weather Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @bobpockrass. After running the entire 2021 season for Rick Ware Racing, Josh Bilicki will move to Spire Motorsports to drive the team's No. Joe Gibbs Racing is shaking up the lineup for the remainder of the 2022 Cup Series playoffs. Their No. Gillilands learning curve will be huge. Related: Travis Pastrana to run the 2023 Daytona 500 with 23XI Racing. If any single driver defined the 2022 season, it was Ross Chastain and his arrival as one of stock car racing's best. #10 - Aric Almirola - Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer). They were in a dead heat coming out. Hillman is going to work with the Rick Ware Racing Xfinity team this year, and Plourde, who had worked with the teams No. Which teams' pit crew have been the fastest on pit road throughout the 36-race campaign in 2022? After becoming a championship contender in the Craftsman Truck Series, Chandler Smith will run multiple Cup races for Kaulig in addition to a full season in the Xfinity Series. There are 42 entries expected for NASCAR's biggest race, and here is a look at handicapping the field, ranked from No. #99 - Daniel Suarez - Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Travis Mack). Following a much-ballyhooed move to 23XI Racing in 2021, Bubba Wallace made history with his first career win last Fall at Talladega, becoming only the second Black driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race and the first since Hall of Famer Wendell Scott in 1964. 1. #24 - William Byron - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle). The organization will swap the over-the-wall crews for Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch. NASCAR is losing its character. It came down to the final lap! Elliott will seek to revisit the Winner's Circle on an oval, as both of his 2021 wins came on road courses. After many years of a 400-lap slog featuring long intervals in action, this year's Coke 600 was action-packed from virtually start to finish. 2 of 11 Jonathan Ferrey | Getty Images 10. The annual awards banquet will see the sport's top drivers not only be recognized, but also earn some additional recognitions and titles for their performance from the start of February to the end of the season in November. Photo Credit: LAT Images, Gavin Baker, Courtesy of Toyota Racing. (2-20-2022) UniFirst will be the sponsor for three races: Phoenix (Mar), Kansas (May) and Michigan. Christopher Bell (No. Gragson, who has five career Xfinity wins, will see his first major Cup action in 2022. Team co-owner BJ McLeod is expected to continue to drive this car for most of the season. Watch this carefully choreographed pit stop of the NASCAR pit crew. NASCAR Power Rankings after Phoenix 1. A pitstop is required if the race car cannot carry all the fuel load required to last the entire race distance. Richard Petty Motorsports has merged with GMS Racing, forming a two-car Cup team to compete under the Petty brand and banner. 34 team. The No. McCall was crew chief for Kurt Busch at Chip Ganassi Racing, and the former driver was recruited hard by Keselowski. Tyler Reddick and Ryan Preece have also taken over high-profile rides this season, and two rookie drivers -- Xfinity Series rivals Ty Gibbs and Noah Gragson -- have moved up to the Cup Series full-time. 8 car. 23 after switching to the No. Andujar had his contract selected by the Pirates on Saturday. section: | slug: nascar-awards-driver-of-the-year-best-finish-more-honors-for-the-top-moments-of-the-2022-season | sport: nascar | route: article_single.us | Ryan Bergenty, who had been car chief on the No. NASCAR Power Rankings: Christopher Bell new No. 1 2021 Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell had the best season of his career in 2022, but it may have cost him crew chief Blake Harris, who departed for Hendrick Motorsports. Staff Report - July 1, 2021. . Brad Keselowski found himself one lap down and unable to start his vehicle after being spun by Corey LaJoie. Taking over will be Blake Harris, who joins Hendrick Motorsports after elevating the performnace of Michael McDowell and Front Row Motorsports. The No. Still, Custer's pedigree from the Xfinity Series precedes him, and he earned his first career Cup win with a dramatic last-lap pass at Kentucky in 2020. #3 - Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Keith Rodden). 41, replacing Cole Custer, who has been moved down to the Xfinity Series. NASCAR Power Rankings: Kevin Harvick hurdling toward the top after two A graduate in Busch left his bright yellow No. Joey Logano is looking for a bounce-back campaign in 2022, as his 2021 season was a disappointment by his recent standards: Logano only won a single race at Bristol (Dirt), but he scored less than 20 top 10 finishes (19) and finished outside of the top 5 in the final standings for the first time since 2017. Chris Buescher was running outside of the top 30 spots at one point but managed to claw his way to a 13th-place finish. 8 Chevrolet bolstered those performance highs with a third-place finish Sunday in Phoenix and was in the mix for his first career win against Chase Briscoe and Ross Chastain. These are tremendously amount heavier than last years.. The younger of the Dillon brothers offers a steadying presence, as the No. @JamieLittleTV talks with James Houk of @PettyGMS about the issue at Kansas. #20 - Christopher Bell - Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Adam Stevens). A pit gun is a tool that takes off the wheel during a pit stop. 45 in the playoffs last year for owner's points purposes. Pirates' Miguel Andujar: Contract selected by PIT #12 - Ryan Blaney - Team Penske Ford (Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler) After winning three races in 2021, Ryan Blaney has a new crew chief for 2022: Following the retirement of Todd Gordon,. NASCAR Cup Series 2022 Schedule Pennzoil 400 Pit Stop Results Pit Stop Results NASCARCup Series Pennzoil 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 6th, 2022 Race #3 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season Previous Race Pennzoil 400 Next Race Race Results Summary Statistics After winning the pole for NASCAR's championship race at Phoenix, Joey Logano showed immediately that he was the class of the field, leading 187 of 312 laps and never truly losing control of the championship battle. But rankings can fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season because point totals are so low. 8. Harrison Burton will move up from the Xfinity Series to drive the Wood Brothers No. 2022 NASCAR Preseason Power Rankings: Nos. 10-1 - Frontstretch Take one of the best drivers and one of the best crew chiefs, and they should perform well. FOX Sports' Bob . #14 - Chase Briscoe - Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Crew Chief: John Klausmeier). NASCAR Cup Series Race Pit Stop times and performance 77. Kyle Larson Last week: 2; 2022 average finish: 11.7 The 2021 champion followed up his Fontana win with a second-place effort at Vegas. Burton, the 21-year old son of longtime NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, became the first driver born in the 2000s to run a Cup Series race when he made his debut last spring at Talladega. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. returns for a fourth season at JTG Daugherty after signing a multi-year contract extension midway through last year. 18, with the big story surrounding him being exactly who will adorn his car moving foward. 42 to the newly-numbered Trackhouse Racing No. McLeod - Live Fast Motorsports Ford (Crew Chief: Lee Leslie). #21 - Harrison Burton - Wood Brothers Racing Ford (Crew Chief: Brian Wilson). Kevin Harvick did not have the flashiest car; however, it was still enough to produce another quality finish at Auto Club Speedway. RCR driver Austin Dillon described how the pit stops have become faster, but the fuel rate flow will also have to evolve for the greater good. As Tyler Reddick sought to get through the last corner cleanly and pick up his first career win, Chase Briscoe made one last-ditch effort to try and put a slide-job on him in turns three and four. 15 team will feature multiple drivers: David Ragan will race the Daytona 500 and other events, while Ryan Preece will also see time behind the wheel. 10-1 February 3, 2022 Frontstretch Staff It's the final day of Frontstretch 's 2022 NASCAR Preseason Power Rankings, where we're counting. #22 - Joey Logano - Team Penske Ford (Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe). Buescher broke a six-year winless drought at Bristol in September while also earning a career-high three top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. There were 19 different winners in 2022, tying a NASCAR record. Jeremy Bullins will continue to serve as his crew chief. 2022 will mark M&M's final season as Busch's primary sponsor, as they will leave NASCAR at season's end. 'Click' to View Pit Stops by Owner Groupings 'Total Pit Stop' ranks by Team Owner Driver rank Crew rank Front Row 10th#34 Michael McDowell 2nd 22nd 30th#38 Todd Gilliland 14th 32nd Hendrick 1st#24 William Byron Wallace and Barker worked the final eight races together last year and won at Talladega for the first career Cup victory for both. NASCAR announced a departure from the previous five lug nuts to a single lug nut from 2022 onwards. By the time Chase Briscoe spun trying to make the winning pass on Kyle Larson to set up overtime, it already looked like an instant classic was at hand -- and that was before the leaders went four-wide coming to the white flag, leading to a crash that set up one final restart. His stand-your-ground, unapologetically aggressive style of driving harkened back to an era where rubbin' was racin', and it earned him just as many fans as it earned him enemies on the racetrack. Youre either going to have to have a really good gasman or were going to have to have some faster flow,Dillon said as reported in Racing News. Cody Ware will continue to drive the No. Hezeberg offered the Cup Series some international flair, as its drivers included former Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, Dutch driver Loris Hezemans and Russian driver Daniil Kvyat. #19 - Martin Truex Jr. - Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: James Small). 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Team / Driver Chart - Jayski's NASCAR Silly #43 - Erik Jones - Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Dave Elenz). #5 - Kyle Larson - Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels). #36 - Zane Smith - Front Row Motorsports Ford (Crew Chief: TBD). ET share By Bob Pockrass FOX Sports NASCAR Writer Of the 32 full-time Cup drivers, 14 will. Pit Crew Challenge; Manufacturers. 47 team's crew chief. Two top-10 and one 11th-place finish moved Elliott from 19 th to the top spot by the fifth race. 48 team at the end of 2022. Busch stormed off to his crew area in a jiff, departing the track as a tow truck came . 8 car, Evaluating Ross Chastains big video game move at Martinsville, NASCAR odds: Betting lines for each race and championship futures. Based on the results of this season, Stevens has done just that. 2021 was the best season of William Byron's young Cup career, as he shattered his career-high marks for top 5s (12) and top 10s (20) while also winning at Homestead en route to 10th in the final standings. 38 team that had Anthony Alfredo as a driver last year. #78 - B.J. That circles back to their pairing as crew chief and driver from 2010-12 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where they claimed back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012. #2 - Austin Cindric - Team Penske Ford (Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins). Pit Crew POZEGA, KEN Rear Changer ROBERTS, MICHAEL C Front Changer SIMMONS, MATTHEW J Tire Carrier WILSON, SHANE R Jack DAVENPORT, BROOK N Fueler . #3 - Austin Dillon - Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Justin Alexander). #7 - Corey LaJoie - Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Ryan Sparks). SiriusXM will be the sponsor for three races : Richmond (Apr), Darlington (May), and Indianapolis. At Atlanta in July, LaJoie emerged as one of the strongest cars in the draft, spending much of the second half of the race at the front and leading 19 laps as he and his Spire Motorsports team took the fight to much more established drivers and organizations. 3. This season, he moves up to full-time Cup with Kaulig, which hired crew chief Trent Owens from JTG Daugherty Racing. NASCAR All-Star lineup: Live qualifying results for 2022 race (All times Eastern.) 16 in 2023. The No. #7 - Corey LaJoie - Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Ryan Sparks). #66 - Timmy Hill - MBM Motorsports Ford (Crew Chief: Clinton Cram). Gilliland is a rookie, going straight from trucks to Cup and joining the Front Row No. Gilliland will be pulled from the car for six races in favor of Zane Smith, who will drive at Phoenix in March, Talladega in April, the Coca-Cola 600, Sonoma, Texas, and the Charlotte Roval. So Chastain shifted into fifth gear, put his throttle to the floorboard and tried to make something happen. Tyler Reddick (Last week: No. Chase Elliott (18 career wins), 3. Suarez had far and away the best year of his Cup career, highlighted by his first career win at Sonoma in June. Larson still showed some speed after fixing the problem and will look for a clean performance next time out. Chase Briscoe has gone through two difficult races to start the new year. Haley was impressive in a few races last season and will look to tap into more of that magic over the rest of the West Coast swing. #84 - Jimmie Johnson - Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Todd Gordon). Christopher Bell did not carry his momentum from the Daytona 500 and struggled to find the balance of a bouncy car in Stage 1. Brad Keselowski enters his second season as driver and co-owner of RFK Racing after a strong finish to 2022. #23 - Bubba Wallace - 23XI Racing Toyota (Crew Chief: Bootie Barker). Busch will be paired with crew chief Billy Scott, a reunion after the two previously worked together at Stewart-Haas Racing. Reddick had a breakout season in 2023, winning three times at Richard Childress Racing. 2022 NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs: Ranking the new pairings Published Feb. 14, 2022 9:45 a.m. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nascar | pageType: stories | The third-generation racer has two career wins in Trucks and finished seventh in the series standings last year. Elliott cruised to the regular season title in 2022, but he had an up-and-down playoff run culminating in a crash at Phoenix that cost him a chance to win the title. How a NASCAR Pit Stop Works - Autoweek pic.twitter.com/yAMFlrW3fE. They wont need any time to learn about each other, but they will need some time as they build a team from the ground up at an organization in its second season. Veteran crew chief Adam Stevens played a large role in that run, and the two are paired together again for 2023. McDowell struggled at the end of the playoffs last season and during the Daytona 500 so a solid finish is exactly what the doctor ordered for the No. After earning a career-best 12 top-five finishes in 2022, Ryan Blaney enters the 2023 season looking to correct the one major blemish he had last year. #31 - Justin Haley - Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (Crew Chief: Trent Owens). 2022 Daytona 500: Ranking the field of 42 driver entries 6:07 pm ET, 2023 Dover picks, best bets from NASCAR experts, Legendary expert locks in NASCAR at Dover picks, NASCAR DFS: 2023 Wurth 400 picks, driver pool, 2023 Wurth 400 odds, picks, NASCAR predictions, Alex Bowman out 3-4 weeks with fractured vertebra, NASCAR awards: Logano, Chastain lead top perfomances, Austin Dillon given L1 penalty for illegal underwing, NASCAR'S 75 Greatest Drivers: Marlin, Biffle join list, Ryan Preece wins first career pole at Martinsville, Chase Elliott to return from injury at Martinsville, NASCAR suspends Ware indefinitely after arrest, Greatness is guaranteed when LeBron, Steph clash.
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