2023 HighPoint.com 400

2023 HighPoint.com 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 21 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 23, 2023 (2023-07-23)
Location	Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Scheduled Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed	119.363 miles per hour (192.096 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	52.746
Most laps led
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	60
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1), Mike Bagley (2) and Kyle Rickey (3)

The 2023 HighPoint.com 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 23, 2023, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) speedway, it was the 21st race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval speedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.

From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two race weekends. In 2020, the circuit was reduced to one race meeting of two races. The first race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis starting in 2022.

Entry list

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

Practice

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 53.382 seconds and a speed of 168.596 mph (271.329 km/h).^[10]

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.746 and a speed of 170.629 mph (274.601 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 30

Stage Two Laps: 65

Final Stage results

Stage Three Laps: 65

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 14 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 11 for 44 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 4 seconds
• Average speed: 119.363 miles per hour (192.096 km/h)

Media

Television

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

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 3. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy worked pit road for MRN.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Martin Truex Jr. 711 2 William Byron 681 (–30) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 656 (–55) 1 4 Christopher Bell 636 (–75) 1 5 Ross Chastain 613 (–98) 1 6 Kyle Busch 608 (–103) 1 7 Kyle Larson 601 (–110) 1 8 Kevin Harvick 601 (–110) 2 9 Ryan Blaney 591 (–120) 10 Joey Logano 575 (–136) 2 11 Tyler Reddick 563 (–148) 1 12 Brad Keselowski 560 (–151) 1 13 Chris Buescher 549 (–162) 14 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 494 (–217) 15 Bubba Wallace 465 (–246) 16 Michael McDowell 455 (–256) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 786 2 Toyota 729 (–57) 3 Ford 704 (–82) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

This page was last edited on 24 August 2023, at 02:41