2023 Quaker State 400

2023 Quaker State 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09)
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance	185 laps, 284.9 mi (458.404 km)
Scheduled Distance	260 laps, 400.4 mi (644.244 km)
Average speed	118.475 miles per hour (190.667 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	31.261
Most laps led
Driver	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	46
Winner
No. 24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2023 Quaker State 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 9, 2023, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Originally scheduled for 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), the race was shortened to 185 laps due to rain. It was the 19th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.

Aric Almirola scored the pole for the race with a time 31.261 of and a speed of 177.346 mph (285.411 km/h).^[9]

Stage One Laps: 60

Stage Two Laps: 100

Stage Three Laps: 25 (shortened by rain)

• Lead changes: 18 among 12 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 43
• Red flags: 1 for weather
• Time of race: 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 17 seconds
• Average speed: 118.475 miles per hour (190.667 km/h)

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and 2004 Atlanta winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Doug Turnbull and Wendy Venturini.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 William Byron 628 1 2 Martin Truex Jr. 607 (–21) 2 3 Kyle Busch 592 (–36) 4 Christopher Bell 591 (–37) 2 5 Ross Chastain 575 (–53) 6 Denny Hamlin 561 (–67) 2 7 Ryan Blaney 553 (–75) 8 Kyle Larson 531 (–97) 2 9 Kevin Harvick 530 (–98) 10 Joey Logano 518 (–110) 11 Chris Buescher 506 (–122) 1 12 Brad Keselowski 504 (–124) 1 13 Tyler Reddick 475 (–153) 14 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 445 (–183) 2 15 Daniel Suárez 407 (–221) 2 16 Michael McDowell 407 (–221) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 722 2 Toyota 649 (–73) 3 Ford 636 (–86) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.