2022 ARCA Menards Series East

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Sammy Smith, the 2022 ARCA Menards Series East champion.
Taylor Gray finished second behind Smith in the championship by 40 points.
Leland Honeyman finished third in the championship.

The 2022 ARCA Menards Series East was the 36th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on February 15 with the Race to Stop Suicide 200 at New Smyrna Speedway and ended on September 15 with the Sioux Chief Showdown 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Sammy Smith entered the season as the defending champion. He moved up to the main ARCA Series to replace Ty Gibbs in the No. 18 car for Kyle Busch Motorsports (previously a Joe Gibbs Racing car in 2021) in most of the races after turning 18 (the minimum age to race at all tracks) on June 4, 2022. However, Smith continued to drive full-time in the East Series in the KBM No. 18.[1][2]

The race at Milwaukee also featured six female drivers competing in the race (Amber Balcaen, Toni Breidinger, Mandy Chick, Stephanie Moyer, Amber Slagle, and Rita Thomason), a record for the East Series.[3]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Complete schedule[edit]

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Brad Smith Motorsports 48 Brad Smith[4] Terry Strange 2
Jerry Willis 1
Leo Kryger 2
Carl Brown 1
Jeff Smith 1
Young's Motorsports 02 Leland Honeyman (R) Andrew Abbott
Ford David Gilliland Racing 17 Taylor Gray[5] Chad Johnston
Toyota Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Sammy Smith[1][2] Mark McFarland[2]
Fast Track Racing 01 Stephanie Moyer[6] Mike Sroufe 4
Tim Monroe 1
Dallas Frueh 1
Toyota 7[N 1]
Ford 1[N 1]
10 Ed Pompa 1 Dick Doheny 2
Wayne Peterson 1
Tim Monroe 3
Jeremy Petty 1
Steven Barton 1
Benny Chastain 1
Nate Moeller 1[N 1]
Tim Monroe 3
Matt Wilson 1[N 2]
Tanner Allen 1
Toyota 3
Ford 3
Chevrolet 1
11 Willie Mullins 2[N 3] Robert Bruce 2
Dick Doheny 2
Mike Sroufe 2
Andy Hillenburg 1
Ed Pompa 1
Ryan Roulette 1[N 4]
Bryce Haugeberg 2[N 5]
Zachary Tinkle 1
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 4
Ford 1
12 Tony Cosentino 2 Tony Cosentino 1
Tim Monroe 2
Trey Galgon 1
Dick Doheny 3
Tim Monroe 1
Tommy Vigh Jr. 1
D. L. Wilson 2
Zachary Tinkle 1[N 6]

Limited schedule[edit]

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Bret Holmes Racing 23 Connor Mosack[8] Shane Huffman[8] 3
CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Jeremy Petty 1
22 Steve Austin (R)[9] 2
Costner Weaver Motorsports 95 Caleb Costner Brian Bibeau 1
GMS Racing 43 Daniel Dye[10] Chad Bryant[2] 3
McGowan Motorsports 24 Amber Slagle Sean Samuels 1
Niece Motorsports 40 Matt Gould Phil Gould 1
Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez[11] Matt Bucher 3
6 Rajah Caruth[11] Brad Parrott 2[12]
Brad Means 2
4
Richmond Motorsports 27 Tim Richmond Darrell Phillips 1
Tim Goulet Enterprises 31 Rita Thomason Tim Goulet 1
Ford Clubb Racing Inc.[13] 03 Alex Clubb[13] Brian Clubb 3[13]
David Gilliland Racing 51 Andrés Pérez de Lara Derek Smith 1
Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long 3
Rette Jones Racing 30 Max Gutiérrez Mark Rette 1
Amber Balcaen[14] 3
Toyota ALH Motorsports 49 Ashton Higgins Tony Ponkauskas 2
Jankowiak Motorsports 73 Andy Jankowiak Mike Dayton 1
Joe Gibbs Racing[15] 81 Brandon Jones Jeff Meendering 1
Jacob Canter 1
2[15]
MAN Motorsports 95 Tanner Arms[16] David Noble 2
Mullins Racing 3 Mason Diaz Austin Simmons 1
Phoenix Racing 1 Jake Finch Johnny Allen 3
TC Motorsports 91 Justin Carroll[17] Terry Carroll 1
Vanco Racing 66 Ron Vandermeir Jr. Ron Vandermeir Sr. 1
Venturini Motorsports 15 Conner Jones[18] Kevin Reed 2
Landon Pembelton[19] 1
Parker Chase[20] 1
20 Jesse Love[21] Shannon Rursch[21] 4
25 Jake Finch[N 7] Kevin Reed Jr. 1
Toni Breidinger[22] 3
55 Jonathan Shafer[23] Dave Leiner Jr. 2
Conner Jones 1
Visconti Motorsports 3
Team Chick Motorsports 1
74 Donald Theetge[24] John Visconti III 3
Mandy Chick Steve Chick 1
Toyota 5
Chevrolet 1
Cook Racing Technologies 42 Christian Rose Sean Samuels 4
John Holmes 2
6[25]
Ford 5
Toyota 1
Ferrier McClure Racing 4
Vanco Racing 2[N 8]
44 Mason Diaz Jeff McClure 1
Brandon Varney 1
Mason Mingus 1
Ron Vandermeir Jr. 2
Mike Goudie 1
Chevrolet 3
Ford 2
Josh Williams Motorsports
with Lira Motorsports[26]
60 Logan Misuraca Tony Furr 1
John Holmes 3
1
Daniel Escoto (R) 2[26]
Michael Lira 2
Ford 1
Toyota 1
Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Zachary Tinkle Michael Peterson 1
Nate Moeller Nate Moeller 1
Ford 3
Chevrolet 1
Wayne Peterson Racing 4
Richmond Motorsports 1[N 9]
06 Nate Moeller Wayne Peterson 2[N 1]
Zachary Tinkle 1
Tim Richmond 1
A. J. Moyer 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Benny Chastain, the driver of the No. 10 Toyota for Fast Track Racing, crashed in practice for the race at Five Flags (race #2) and did not have a backup car. The team made a deal with Wayne Peterson Racing to renumber Nate Moeller's No. 06 Ford to the No. 10 and use their owner points in the race.
  2. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with CCM Racing.[7]
  3. ^ Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
  4. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Last Chance Racing.
  5. ^ Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Haugeberg Racing.
  6. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Wayne Peterson Racing.
  7. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Phoenix Racing.
  8. ^ It was a Vanco Racing entry using Ferrier McClure Racing's owner points.
  9. ^ It was a Richmond Motorsports entry using Wayne Peterson Racing's owner points.

Changes[edit]

Teams[edit]

  • On August 30, 2021, Rev Racing confirmed that they will not field any full-time East Series cars in 2022 as they will now field 2 cars full-time in the main ARCA Series.[27]
  • On November 5, 2021, Alex Clubb announced that he would be starting his own ARCA team after having previously been a driver/co-owner of Tim Richmond's ARCA team until late in the 2021 season. His part-time schedule in his No. 03 car includes the combination races at Iowa and Milwaukee.[13]
  • On March 15, 2022, it was announced that Phoenix Racing would be returning to a NASCAR-sanctioned series for the first time since 2013 and Jake Finch, the son of team owner James Finch, would make his East Series debut at Five Flags Speedway in the team's No. 1 car. Finch and the team would also run the race at Nashville.[28]
  • On May 8, 2022, it was announced that Steve Austin, who previously drove for CCM Racing, would drive for a new team, T.C. Enterprises, full-time in 2023 with the possibility of partnering with another team to jointly field a car in some races in 2022.[29]

Drivers[edit]

  • On July 26, 2021, Taylor Gray stated to Mark Kristl from Frontstretch that he will return to the David Gilliland Racing No. 17 car full-time in 2022. Although he had plans to drive the car full-time in 2021, he only ran part-time after suffering an injury during the season.[5]
  • On August 30, 2021, it was announced that Rajah Caruth would drive full-time for Rev Racing in the main ARCA Series after driving full-time in the East Series in 2021.[11]
  • On October 29, 2021, GMS Racing announced that Daniel Dye would drive full-time in the main ARCA Series for the team after driving full-time in the East Series in 2021 for both them and Ben Kennedy Racing.[10] On April 27, 2022, ARCA indefinitely suspended Dye due to his arrest on a felony battery charge in Volusia County, Florida.[30] On May 13, ARCA announced that Dye would be reinstated after his charges were reduced by the Florida state attorney's office.[31]
  • On December 6, 2021, Steve Austin tweeted that he would be driving in the East Series for CCM Racing in the No. 22 car. He did not specify whether it would be full-time or part-time,[9] although he has indicated that he and the team are trying to find sponsorship for him to run full-time and for Rookie of the Year.[32][33] CCM team owner Eric Caudell was entered in the No. 22 car at Dover instead of Austin before withdrawing[34] and Matt Wilson replaced Austin in the No. 22 at Nashville (until CCM withdrew the No. 22 and partnered with Fast Track Racing to jointly field the No. 10 car for Wilson in that race).[7] On May 8, it was announced that Austin had left for, T.C. Enterprises, a new team that will run full-time in 2023 with the possibility of partnering with another team to jointly field a car in some races in 2022.[29] On May 22, The Pit Lane revealed that Austin had been arrested on April 27 after a parole violation and has a history of legal issues (including identity theft as his real/legal name is Edward Hudson) and is a habitual felon.[35] Despite this discovery, the sanctioning body has yet to officially announce that Austin will be suspended.
  • On December 22, 2021, it was announced that Stephanie Moyer would run the full season in the No. 01 for Fast Track Racing after driving the majority of the 2021 season for the team.[6]
  • On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Caleb Costner would drive full time in the No. 14 for Last Chance Racing with Costner Motorsports.[36] However, Costner only attempted New Smyrna for his own team Costner Weaver Motorsports.
  • On January 28, 2022, it was announced that Leland Honeyman would run the full season in the No. 02 for Young's Motorsports.
  • On the New Smyrna entry list, it was revealed that Ashton Higgins would make his debut in a No. 49 car owned by himself, but he withdrew. Instead, he and his team debuted at Five Flags. Higgins and the No. 49 car also withdrew from the race at Nashville. Higgins' 49 car would attempt the race at Bristol.
  • Daniel Escoto was going to drive the No. 60 car for Josh Williams Motorsports in the season-opener at New Smyrna, but due to illness, he was replaced by Logan Misuraca. On March 15, 2022, it was announced that Escoto would run the remainder of the season in the car.[26] However, Michael Lira would replace Escoto at Nashville. Lira would also attempt the season-finale at Bristol.
  • On March 1, 2022, it was revealed that Tanner Arms would make his home-track debut at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. He would drive that car again at Bristol.
  • On March 18, 2022, just after practice, Nate Moeller renumbered his No. 06 car to the No. 10 car for Fast Track Racing, since their normal driver Benny Chastain crashed his car in practice and had no backup.
  • On April 1, 2022, it was revealed that Christian Rose would attempt 9 races in the main ARCA series, 5 races in the East Series, and 3 races in the West Series for Cook Racing Technologies.[25]
  • On May 25, 2022, it was announced that Brandon Jones would return to the East Series for the first time since 2019 as he would run two of the combination races with the main ARCA Series (Iowa and Bristol) in the No. 81 car for Joe Gibbs Racing. Although JGR sold their ARCA team to Kyle Busch Motorsports before the start of the 2022 season, this entry will be a JGR car and not a KBM car.[15]

Crew chiefs[edit]

  • On January 11, 2022, it was announced that Brad Parrott would be the crew chief for Rajah Caruth's No. 6 car for Rev Racing in 2022.[12] Glenn Parker was Caruth's crew chief in 2021 when he ran part-time in the main ARCA Series and full-time in the East Series. His Rev Racing teammate Nick Sanchez also got a new crew chief for 2022, as Matt Bucher replaced Steve Plattenberger.

Manufacturers[edit]

  • On October 7, 2021, a Frontstretch article revealed that Rev Racing would receive manufacturer support from Chevrolet in 2022, which they did not have in 2021 despite being a Chevrolet team.[2]

Schedule[edit]

Dover Motor Speedway announced their 2022 race date in a tweet on September 29.[37] The rest of the schedule was announced on November 19.[38]

Note: Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the ARCA Menards Series.

No Race title Track Date
1 Race to Stop Suicide 200 presented by Place of Hope New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 15
2 Pensacola 200 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida March 19
3 General Tire 125 Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Delaware April 29
4 Music City 200 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee May 7
5 Calypso Lemonade 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa June 11
6 Sprecher 150 Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin August 28
7 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee September 15

Schedule changes[edit]

Broadcasting[edit]

The TV lineup is similar to what it looked like in 2021, with NBC airing all of the non-combination races on tape delay, MAVTV airing the combination races at Iowa and Milwaukee, and Fox airing the season-finale at Bristol (which is also a combination race). However, USA Network will be the channel that the NBC races are aired on instead of NBCSN, which was shut down at the end of 2021.[39]

NBC Sports TrackPass, which previously had the streaming rights to all of the NBC and MAVTV races, lost the rights to FloRacing. The Fox Sports App will stream the Bristol race.[40]

Results and standings[edit]

Race results[edit]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 Race to Stop Suicide 200 Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports
2 Pensacola 200 Leland Honeyman Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports
3 General Tire 125 Taylor Gray Taylor Gray Taylor Gray Ford 17 David Gilliland Racing
4 Music City 200 Jake Finch Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports
5 Calypso Lemonade 150 Jesse Love Sammy Smith Brandon Jones Toyota 81 Joe Gibbs Racing
6 Sprecher 150 Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports
7 Bush's Beans 200 Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Sammy Smith Toyota 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports

Drivers' championship[edit]

Notes:

  • The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.[41]
  • Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points.[41] This points bonus was given after the race at Iowa.

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW MIL BRI Points
1 Sammy Smith 1* 1* 5 1* 2* 1* 1* 375
2 Taylor Gray 2 3 1* 3 18 2 3 335
3 Leland Honeyman (R) 4 2 8 5 6 11 28 296
4 Stephanie Moyer 9 12 12 11 21 24 21 248
5 Brad Smith 15 14 11 13 15 21 24 245
6 Jake Finch 8 6 2 8 13 185
7 Christian Rose 11 10 10 12 15 22 184
8 Rajah Caruth 4 12 4 4 152
9 Jesse Love 2 13 7 10 147
10 Donald Theetge 5 9 8 110
11 Nick Sanchez 7 5 12 108
12 Daniel Dye 17 3 5 107
13 Greg Van Alst 8 9 14 101
14 Ron Vandermeir Jr. 9 13 11 99
15 Zachary Tinkle DNS 22 20 20 98
16 Conner Jones 3 5 27 97
17 Toni Breidinger 11 12 16 93
18 Tim Monroe 13 14 26 30 93
19 Brandon Jones 1 2 90
20 Jonathan Shafer 7 4 77
21 Amber Balcaen 10 14 31 77
22 Connor Mosack 3 9 76
23 Daniel Escoto (R) 4 9 75
24 Willie Mullins 8 5 75
25 Nate Moeller 15 DNS 27 75
26 Tanner Arms 6 15 67
27 Steve Austin (R) 12 11 65
28 Michael Lira 7 17 64
29 Ed Pompa 10 15 63
30 Ashton Higgins Wth 7 Wth 19 62
31 Tony Cosentino 14 14 60
32 Alex Clubb 16 28 29 59
33 Mason Diaz 6 25 57
34 Bryce Haugeberg 14 19 55
35 D. L. Wilson 19 18 51
36 Tim Richmond 23 17 48
37 Max Gutiérrez 3 Wth 41
38 Mason Mingus 4 40
39 Brandon Varney 6 38
40 Landon Pembelton 6 38
41 Parker Chase 6 38
42 Logan Misuraca 7 37
43 Andrés Pérez de Lara 7 37
44 Andy Jankowiak 8 36
45 Matt Wilson 9 35
46 Ryan Roulette 10 34
47 Matt Gould 10 34
48 Caleb Costner 13 31
49 Tommy Vigh Jr. 13 31
50 Mandy Chick 16 28
51 Amber Slagle 18 26
52 Tanner Allen 20 24
53 Eric Caudell Wth 22 22
54 Mike Goudie 23 21
55 A. J. Moyer 23 21
56 Rita Thomason 25 19
57 Justin Carroll 26 18
Andrew Tuttle Wth
Benny Chastain Wth
Zachary Tinkle received the points of a 16th place finish for not starting the race at New Smyrna in March because he did turn a lap in qualifying for the race.
The same rule would apply to Nate Moeller, who turned a lap in qualifying at Nashville Fairgrounds in May but did not start the race.
Benny Chastain crashed in practice at Five Flags, meaning he was replaced by Nate Moeller.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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