2022 Phoenix Championship Weekend Race Review and Analysis

 



The sunsets in the desert, and on the 2022 Nascar season!  The Nascar Cup Series visited Phoenix Raceway for Championship Weekend!  Joey Logano is the 2022 Nascar Cup Series Champion!  This is Logano’s 2nd championship, 31st career win, and 5th of the 2022 season.  Logano won the L.A. Coliseum, the first race back in February, and won the final race, the championship in November.  Logano becomes the 2nd driver for Ford to win multiple championship titles since David Pearson back in 1969.  



(Joey Logano Post-Race)


Let’s go through the championship four.  The 2022 Nascar Cup Series champion, is Joey Logano.  Second place goes to Ross Chastain for Trackhouse Racing.  Chastain battled back all afternoon and tried to make a late push to get around Logano.  Ross Chastain wasn’t able to get past 3rd, as the Team Penske duo of Joey Logano, and Ross Chastain rode off into the sunset.  Third place is awarded to Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing.  In what was a career year for the soon to be 28 year old driver, fell just short of a championship on a late pit stop.  The #20 pit crew had trouble on the left rear and lost many positions on pit road.  Bell restarted 12th but only was able to climb his way to 10th place.  Fourth place of the final four goes to Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports.  Elliott was spun by Chastain, in the dog-leg turn on a restart late in the final stage.  Elliott spun and sustained damage which ultimately derailed his championship hopes.  Logano’s Team Penske teammate Austin Cindric is the Rookie of the Year for the Nascar Cup Series



Let’s go through today’s results for one final time in 2022.  Joey Logano won stage 1, and the led 187 laps for Team Penske.  Ryan Blaney came home 2nd for Team Penske, and led 109 laps, but could not pull off the victory.  Third place goes to Ross Chastain for Trackhouse Racing, he comes up just short of the championship.  Chase Briscoe, another driver with a career year comes home 3rd for Stewart-Haas Racing.  Kevin Harvick crosses the line 5th for Stewart-Haas Racing.  William Byron crosses the line 6th for Hendrick Motorsports.  Kyle Busch comes home 7th, in his final race with Joe Gibbs Racing, and Mars Company.  This is the final race of Kyle Busch’s 15-year tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing and Mars Candy but famously known for M&M’s in Nascar.  Denny Hamlin comes home 8th for Joe Gibbs Racing, along with Kyle Larson in 9th for Hendrick Motorsports.  Christopher Bell rounds out the top 10, in 10th for Joe Gibbs Racing.  Austin Cindric follows behind in 11th for Team Penske, along with A.J. Allmendinger in 12th for Kaulig Racing.  Austin Dillon brings it home in 13th for Richard Childress Racing, with Erik Jones for Petty GMS in 14th.  Fifteenth goes to Martin Truex Jr. for Joe Gibbs Racing, with Cole Custer in 16th for Stewart-Haas Racing.



(Joey Logano the 2022 Nascar Cup Series Champion)


In an emergency fill-in in wake of a family emergency for Ty Gibbs, Daniel Hemric in a solid run comes home 17th for 23XI Racing.  Corey LaJoie comes home 18th for Spire Motorsports, followed by Harrison Burton in 19th for Wood Brothers Racing.  Aric Almirola crosses the line 20th for Stewart-Haas Racing, with Chris Buescher behind in 21st for RFK Racing.  Bubba Wallace slots in on 22nd for 23XI Racing.  Following him is Tyler Reddick in 23rd for Richard Childress Racing, along with Daniel Suarez for Trackhouse Racing in 24th.  Michael McDowell comes home 25th for Front Row Motorsports, and Ty Dillon in 26th for his final race with Petty GMS Racing.  Justin Haley is 27th for Kaulig Racing, with Chase Elliott finishing 28th for Hendrick Motorsports.  Todd Gilliand in 29th for Front Row Motorsports, and Cody Ware in 30th for Rick Ware Racing.  BJ McLeod in 31st for Live Fast Racing, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 32nd for JTG Daugherty Racing.  Garrett Smithley is 33rd for Rick Ware Racing, Alex Bowman slots in 34th for Hendrick Motorsports, and Brad Keselowski is 35th for RFK Racing.  Lastly, in 36th is Landon Cassill for Spire Motorsports.  



(The Late Coy Gibbs, 2022 Xfinity Champion Ty Gibbs, and wife to Coy, and mother to Ty, Heather Gibbs)



Early this morning, the Nascar community lost the outstanding person of Coy Gibbs.  Gibbs is the son of Joe Gibbs Racing owner Joe Gibbs, and father to Saturday crowned 2022 Nascar Xfinity Series Champion Ty Gibbs.  Coy Gibbs was the co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing with his father Joe.  Gibbs was able to see his son, Ty Gibbs’ championship win in Phoenix on Saturday night.  The entire organization raced with heavy hearts throughout the day, as the Nascar community mourns the death of Coy Gibbs.  May he rest in peace.  In terms of his son, Ty Gibbs, a great Xfinity Series season is capped off with a Nascar Xfinity Series championship.  Gibbs has his eyes set on a Cup Series career if all things go right this offseason.  Austin Hill is the Rookie of the Year for the Nascar Xfinity Series. 




(The 2022 Camping World Truck Series Champion Zane Smith)



The 2022 Camping World Truck Series Champion is Zane Smith.  Smith puts the finishing touches to a tremendous season for Front Row Motorsports.  Smith stayed consistent and was the man to beat all year long.  Smith with have races in all three national series next year, as the future is bright.  Corey Heim is the Rookie of the Year for the Camping World Truck Series.   




In my opinion, this 2022 Nascar season was good.  We saw new winners, new faces up front, second-year teams come to life and a lot of action throughout all three series.  Time has flown by, as Championship weekend has now come to an end.  Taking action across all three series this 2022 season, I would rate it a 9.3 out of 10. 




We’re officially in the offseason.  The 2022 season has officially come to a close.  A lot of silly season moves have been made, and a lot is still to come.  Zane Smith is the Truck Series Champion,  Ty Gibbs is the Xfinity Series Champion, and Joey Logano is the Cup Series Champion.  The offseason has begun, a few test sessions will come during the offseason period, and the L.A. Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum will be back on February 5th.  The 75th season of Nascar will be here before you know it!  From a personal standpoint, I would like to thank everyone who has been a part of this journey.  Articles will continue to come out throughout the offseason, and for the 2023 season.  So long, and happy holiday season, and happy offseason! 




( All images credited to https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/cup-series.)


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https://www.nascar.com/2023/busch-light-clash-at-the-coliseum


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