Former NASCAR Truck Series driver Raphaël Lessard will race in the Xfinity Series with a limited schedule for the newly formed SQR Development. He will drive the #87 Toyota.
The first of the three who will pilot Kaulig Racing’s all-star #16 car is Daniel Hemric. The reigning Xfinity champion will run the Daytona 500 in his first Cup start since 2019.
While older brother Ryan runs the full schedule, Kyle Sieg will contest a part-time NASCAR Xfinity Series slate for family-run RSS Racing in the #28 car. It will be the team’s third car alongside Ryan’s #39 and a #38 with C.J. McLaughlin and Parker Retzlaff.
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Matt Mills, the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ resident Star Wars fan, will return to B.J. McLeod Motorsports for a sixth season in 2022.
Ahead of Season 2, the Superstar Racing Experience has entrusted former Speedway Motorsports executive Don Hawk with CEO duties.
Ryan Vargas’ sophomore full season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series will once again come with JD Motorsports.
C.J. McLaughlin has joined RSS Racing, for whom he made his NASCAR Xfinity Series début in 2019, with plans of running thirteen races including the season opener at Daytona.
Cody Ware, NASCAR’s resident anime fan, is back for another dance in the Cup Series as he will run the full 2022 season in the #51 Ford for Rick Ware Racing.
After two years at JD Motorsports, Jeffrey Earnhardt has joined Sam Hunt Racing for a part-time NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule in 2022.
In the closest thing to bringing back Preseason Thunder, which was last held in 2014, the NASCAR Cup Series conducted a two-day Next Gen car test at Daytona on Tuesday and Wednesday.
For the first time since 2019, Ryan Truex will race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as he joins Sam Hunt Racing for a limited slate including the season opener at Daytona.
With Rick Ware Racing having a new alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing and Ryan Preece now a Stewart-Haas Racing member, it only makes sense for the two to join up. Preece will run the Busch Light Clash and other races in RWR’s #15.
Jacques Villeneuve hopes to join Mario Andretti as Formula One World Champions with experience in the NASCAR Cup Series’ legendary Daytona 500. He will race for upstart Dutch outfit Team Hezeberg.
David Ragan, a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway ace who has exclusively run the Daytona 500 since his retirement, will add more races to his plate in 2022 with Rick Ware Racing.
After two races in which NASCAR bypassed the Chute in favour of the Carousel corner, Sonoma Raceway has reverted to the previous layout. While the 350-km distance will remain, the lap count is increased from 90 to 110.
After completing his rookie campaign for Rick Ware, Josh Bilicki has joined Spire Motorsports’ #77 for “most of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule” beginning at Fontana.
After fifteen seasons, Aric Almirola will retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing at the end of 2022 to spend more time with his family. A successor was not immediately named.
