Our Motorsports announced that they will field the No. 23 for the rest of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. The No. 23 will run along with the full-time No. 02 Chevrolet driven by Brett Moffitt.
The No. 23 is replacing the No. 03 which was originally expected to run full-time in 2021 but the team didn’t have the proper amount of owner’s points to field the entry on a full-time basis.
Our Motorsports acquired the No. 23 from RSS Racing, who ran the first two races with Jason White and Natalie Decker behind the wheel in partnership with Reaume Brothers Racing.
However, the No. 23 is now being fully run and operated by Our Motorsports.
Tyler Reddick ran the No. 23 last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and finished 12th after starting in 40th. Moffitt has run in all four races this season in the No. 02. He finished runner-up in the season-opener at Daytona and went on to start first at the Daytona Road Course and finished 11th. He finished seventh at Homestead and last weekend at Las Vegas, he finished 34th.
Blaine Perkins will pilot the No. 23 this weekend at Phoenix Raceway, making his Xfinity Series debut. Perkins, 20, ran in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2020 and in his 11 season starts, he had three wins, eight top-five finishes and finished second in the series points standings.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series 2021 season has started out with four different winners and two of them were first-timers and maybe a little bit unexpected to kick off the season. Austin Cindric continued his winning ways as the reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, winning the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway and securing his spot in the Playoffs.
Ty Gibbs went on to win at the Daytona Road Course in his first ever Xfinity Series start, adding his name to the history books. Gibbs’ win doesn’t guarantee his spot in the postseason however due to him only running a partial schedule this year.
Next, Myatt Snider won at Homestead-Miami Speedway, securing his spot in the Playoffs, and grabbing his first career win. Most recently, AJ Allmendinger won in his first full-time season since 2018 with Kaulig Racing and stamped his ticket to the Playoffs, too.
With the start of the season bringing new winners, the Playoff outlook has shuffled the driver standings. Although it’s only three races in, there are already a couple new faces in the top 12.
Daniel Hemric is still the highest ranked driver without a win followed by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Brandon Jones in fifth. Kaulig Racing teammates Jeb Burton and Justin Haley are taking the sixth and seventh spot in the standings. All three Kaulig Chevrolets are currently in the top 10 in points standings.
Jeremy Clements and Brandon Brown, two drivers on small, family-owned teams, are in ninth and 10th.
JR Motorsports’ Noah Gragson has finally made his way back into the top 12 in points standings. Gragson’s season started off tough and last weekend at Las Vegas he got his best finish of the season so far in fifth. He’s currently occupying the final Playoff spot.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Playoff Outlook Following Las Vegas
| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins | Stage Wins | Playoff Pts | Pts From Cutoff |
| 1 | Austin Cindric | 191 | 1 | 3 | 8 | In On Wins |
| 2 | AJ Allmendinger | 126 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Myatt Snider | 123 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Daniel Hemric | 170 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 96 |
| 5 | Brandon Jones | 140 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| 6 | Jeb Burton | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 7 | Justin Haley | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 8 | Harrison Burton | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Jeremy Clements | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Brandon Brown | 103 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Michael Annett | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Noah Gragson | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
