SS-Green Light Racing will keep Joe Graf Jr. in the #07 for the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity season, while also partnering with Stewart-Haas Racing. SHR’s Cup drivers Chase Briscoe and Cole Custer will make starts for SSGLR as part of the deal.
NASCAR Xfinity team Alpha Prime Racing has released Andy Lally at his request, while fellow NXS organisation Mike Harmon Racing did the same for Kyle Weatherman.
After driving Young’s Motorsports’ #20 for the past three years, Spencer Boyd will move to the team’s #12 for 2022. His new number was used by Tate Fogleman in 2021.
NASCAR Truck Series director Brad Moran has been moved up to the Cup Series to replace the ousted Jay Fabian, who was charged with animal cruelty in August. Xfinity assistant Seth Kramlich fills Moran’s role.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Matt DiBenedetto has found his feet in the Truck Series for the 2022 season, where he will drive full-time for Rackley WAR.
In addition to the #44, Alpha Prime Racing has opened a second #45 car that will run the full NASCAR Xfinity schedule in 2022. Sage Karam will be one of its drivers.
Ryan Preece joins Stewart-Haas as reserve driver
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Ryan Preece will not race full-time in a NASCAR national series in 2022, but he will still sporadically compete in all three divisions for Stewart-Haas Racing. He will also be the team’s simulator and backup driver.
Joey Gase, who was already set to run the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series as an owner/driver, has joined forces with Patrick Emerling to form Emerling-Gase Motorsports. The team will field the #35 full-time and a part-time second car.
After rounding out 2021 with the team, Bayley Currey has committed to the full 2022 NASCAR Xfinity season for JD Motorsports.
After a part-time NASCAR Xfinity schedule in 2021, Blaine Perkins will run the full 2022 Truck Series slate for CR7 Motorsports.
Upon being purchased by Speedway Motorsports, Dover International Speedway has become Dover Motor Speedway. It is the third different name for the mile-long track in its history.
Bob Keselowski, the 1989 ARCA champion, one of the original NASCAR Truck Series drivers, and father of NASCAR Cup champion Brad Keselowski and Truck crew chief Brian, has passed away after battling cancer.
After two years in Xfinity, Jesse Little will return to the NASCAR Truck Series with Young’s Motorsports.
Corey Heim, 2021 ARCA runner-up, will run fifteen NASCAR Truck races for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2022.
The NASCAR Cup Series’ Next Gen car will use the popular 670-horsepower and four-inch spoiler aero package at all tracks but Daytona and Talladega (Atlanta TBA) during its début season in 2022.
The eNASCAR International iRacing Series, starring NASCAR Whelen Euro, Pinty’s, and PEAK Mexico drivers, will run five races in 2022 in a new partnership with D-BOX and Digital Motorsports.
J.C. Stout, an ex-NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series driver who last raced in 2010, will return to the former division with his SQR Development team. The aspiring New York governor will field a Toyota for 10–12 races for a TBA driver.
