By: Ashley McCubbin

The 2023 campaign could be titled the year of Jesse Love, as he dominated en route to being crowned the ARCA Menards Series Champion. However, there are other numbers that you should think about from the year that was.

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1st is the best average starting spot of all drivers, set by Corey Lajoie, in his lone appearance at Watkins Glen International

1st is the best average finishing spot of all drivers, set by Tyler Ankrum and Tyler Reif with wins in their lone appearances

2 of Andres Perez won the pole for the race at Michigan International Speedway

2nd is the second-best average starting spot of all drivers, set by William Sawalich, Ankrum, and Connor Zilisch

2nd is the second-best average finishing spot of all drivers, set by Zilisch and Carson Kvapil

2.5 is the third-best average starting spot of all drivers, set by Will Kimmel

Taylor Gray

3rd is the fourth-best average starting spot of all drivers, set by Taylor Gray and Kvapil

3rd is the third-best average finishing spot of all drivers, set by Bradley Erickson and Bret Holmes

3.2 is the best average starting spot of drivers to run all the races, set by Jesse Love

3.2 is the fifth-best average starting spot of all drivers, set by Dean Thompson

3.5 is the fourth-best average finishing spot of all drivers, set by Connor Mosack

3.6 is the fifth-best average finishing spot of all drivers, set by Sawalich

4 races were won by Sawalich

4.1 is the best average finishing spot of drivers to run all the races, set by Love

5 or more top-five’s were scored by Love, Sawalich, Perez, Sean Hingorani, and Mosack

6 drivers ran the full schedule

6 poles for Sawalich was the second most of all drivers

7 poles for Love led all drivers

8 drivers won a race

9 drivers scored a pole

10 races were won by Love

11 or more top-10’s were scored by Love, Perez, Christian Rose, Sawalich, and Frankie Muniz

14 drivers had an average starting spot of fifth or better

15 of Hingorani scored the pole at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course

15 of Thompson scored the pole at Pocono Raceway

15 drivers had an average finishing spot of fifth or better

17 top-five’s for Love led all drivers

18 of Mosack scored the victory at Kansas Speedway

18 top-10’s for Love led all drivers

18 of Mosack scored the pole at Daytona International Speedway

18 of Gray scored the pole at Talladega Superspeedway

20 races were ran

25 of Brent Crews scored the victory at Springfield on the dirt

25 of Crews scored the pole for that very race at Springfield

28 of Luke Fenhaus scored the victory at Iowa Speedway

34 drivers scored a top-five finish

35 of Greg Van Alst won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway

61 drivers scored a top-10 finish

64 or more laps were led by Love, Sawalich, Mosack, Perez, and Crews

117 drivers ran at least one race

142 points was the difference at the end of the year between Love and Perez

1056 points won the championship for Love

1477 was the most laps led by a driver, set by Love

2064 or more laps were completed by Rose, Perez, Love, Muniz, and Jon Garrett

2550 was the most laps completed by a driver, courtesy of Rose