2022 ARCA Menards Series East
The 2022 ARCA Menards Series East will be the 36th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will begin on February 15 with the race at New Smyrna Speedway and will end on September 15 with the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
| 2022 ARCA Menards Series East | |||
| Previous: | 2021 | Next: | 2023 |
Sammy Smith, the defending ARCA Menards Series East champion.
Sammy Smith enters the season as the defending champion. He is likely to return to Joe Gibbs Racing to replace Ty Gibbs (who is all but confirmed to be moving up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2022) in their No. 18 car in most of the races in the main ARCA Series in 2022 and all races after he turns 18 (the minimum age to race at all tracks) on June 4, 2022. It is unclear if Smith will also still run full-time in the East Series in the JGR No. 18.[1][2]
Teams and drivers
Complete schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | David Gilliland Racing | 17 | Taylor Gray[3] | TBA |
Limited schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Brad Smith Motorsports | 48 | Brad Smith[4] | TBA | 3 |
| CCM Racing | 22 | Steve Austin[5] | TBA | TBA | |
| GMS Racing | 43 | Daniel Dye[6] | Chad Bryant[2] | 3 | |
| Rev Racing | 2 | Nick Sanchez[7] | TBA | 3 | |
| 6 | Rajah Caruth[7] | TBA | 3 | ||
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Sammy Smith[1][2] | Mark McFarland[2] | 3 |
| TBA | Clubb Racing Inc.[8] | 03 | Alex Clubb[8] | TBA | 2[8] |
Silly Season news and updates
Teams
- 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.[9]
- 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.[8]
Drivers
- 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.[3]
- 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.[7]
- 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.[6]
Manufacturers
- On October 7, 2021, a Frontstretch article revealed that Rev Racing will receive manufacturer support from Chevrolet in 2022, which they did not have in 2021 despite being a Chevrolet team.[2]
Drivers
- On April 28, 2021, Rev Racing late model racing driver Isabella Robusto stated in an interview on the NASCAR Weekly Podcast that she could make her ARCA debut with the team in 2022 as part of the next phase of the Drive for Diversity program.[10]
Schedule
Dover International Speedway announced their 2022 race date in a tweet on September 29.[11] The rest of the schedule was announced on November 19.[12]
Note: Races highlighted in gold are combination events with the ARCA Menards Series.
| No | Race title | Track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida | February 15 |
| 2 | TBA | Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida | March 19 |
| 3 | TBA | Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware | April 29 |
| 4 | TBA | Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee | May 7 |
| 5 | TBA | Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa | June 11 |
| 6 | TBA | Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin | August 28 |
| 7 | TBA | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | September 15 |
Schedule changes
- The race at Southern National Motorsports Park was taken off the schedule and not replaced with another race at a different track, so there are now 7 races on the schedule instead of 8.
- The race at Five Flags Speedway moves from February to March.
- The race at Dover International Speedway moves two weeks earlier along with the weekend's Cup Series race, making it the third race of the season which makes the race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (which is on the same weekend in 2022 that it was in 2021) the fourth race of the season.
- The combination race at Iowa Speedway moves from July to June.
See also
References
- Kristl, Mark (August 29, 2021). "Sammy Smith Leaves Milwaukee Wanting More". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Kristl, Mark (October 7, 2021). "Analyzing What We Know About ARCA's Silly Season". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Kristl, Mark (July 26, 2021). "Taylor Gray Racing Part Time Trucks, ARCA in 2022". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Kristl, Mark (October 14, 2021). "ARCA Underdogs Brad Smith, Tony Cosentino, Andy Hillenburg Soldier On". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Steve Austin. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- Srigley, Joseph (October 29, 2021). "Daniel Dye Running Full ARCA Schedule for GMS Racing in 2022". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Kristl, Mark (August 30, 2021). "Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth Running Full ARCA Schedule in 2022". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Kristl, Mark (November 5, 2021). "Alex Clubb Fielding His Own ARCA Team, Hopeful to Run Full Season". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Joseph Srigley. August 30, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
NEWS: @RevRacin has confirmed to me that both @Nicksanchez080 and @rajahcaruth_ will run full-time in the @ARCA_Racing Series in 2022. The organization will not be fielding an entry in the ARCA Menards Series East in 2022.
- DannyBTalks (April 28, 2021). "NASCAR Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 14". YouTube. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
(at 1:15:07) ISABELLA ROBUSTO: "Hopefully this time next year I'll be racing in the ARCA Series" & (at 1:23:00) ERIC ESTEPP: "What would you say your goals are for the next like 2 to 3 years going through the Drive for Diversity program and what's next?" ISABELLA ROBUSTO: "(...) Next year hopefully I'll still be with Rev and I can kinda do what Rajah Caruth is doing where he's doing like both ARCA and late models at the same time."
- Haislop, Tadd (September 29, 2021). "Multiple tracks announce ARCA Menards Series race dates for 2022 schedule". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- "ARCA Menards Series East and West schedules for 2022 announced". ARCARacing.com. November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
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