2023 Pennzoil 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 3 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Pennzoil 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2023
Location:	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	271
Distance Mi:	406.5
Distance Km:	650.4
Scheduled Laps:	267
Scheduled Mi:	400.5
Scheduled Km:	640.8
Avg:	142.98mph
Pole Driver:	Joey Logano
Pole Team:	Team Penske
Pole Time:	29.024
Most Driver:	William Byron
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Most Laps:	176
Car:	24
First Driver:	William Byron
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	Fox
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2023 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 5, 2023, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 271 laps -- extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5miles asphalt intermediate speedway and it was the third race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry drove the No. 9 car for 2020 champion Chase Elliott, who sustained a leg injury in a snowboarding accident.

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Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1200acres complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9	Josh Berry (i)
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
31
34
38
41
42	Noah Gragson (R)
43
45
47
48
51
54	Ty Gibbs (R)
77
78
99
Official entry list

Practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.283 seconds and a speed of 184.407mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	5				29.283	184.407
2	12				29.352	183.974
3	22				29.357	183.943
Official practice results

Qualifying

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.024 and a speed of 186.053mph.^[9]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	22			Ford	29.234	29.024
2	24			Chevrolet	29.327	29.165
3	12			Ford	29.522	29.205
4	54	Ty Gibbs (R)		Toyota	29.295	29.262
5	8			Chevrolet	29.356	29.270
6	5			Chevrolet	29.520	29.308
7	6			Ford	29.264	29.333
8	1			Chevrolet	29.297	29.387
9	2			Ford	29.245	29.401
10	20			Toyota	29.179	29.424
11	48			Chevrolet	29.346	—
12	11			Toyota	29.367	—
13	23			Toyota	29.392	—
14	4			Ford	29.411	—
15	19			Toyota	29.467	—
16	47			Chevrolet	29.562	—
17	34			Ford	29.582	—
18	17			Ford	29.593	—
19	7			Chevrolet	29.605	—
20	14			Ford	29.610	—
21	10			Ford	29.611	—
22	43			Chevrolet	29.629	—
23	16			Chevrolet	29.635	—
24	99			Chevrolet	29.650	—
25	42	Noah Gragson (R)		Chevrolet	29.789	—
26	3			Chevrolet	29.810	—
27	31			Chevrolet	29.823	—
28	38			Ford	29.892	—
29	15			Ford	29.986	—
30	51			Ford	29.994	—
31	41			Ford	30.034	—
32	9	Josh Berry (i)		Chevrolet	30.153	—
33	77			Chevrolet	30.686	—
34	21			Ford	0.000	—
35	78			Chevrolet	0.000	—
36	45			Toyota	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	3
9	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	5
7	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	2
10	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	60
2	6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	53
3	11	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	46
4	13	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	271	41
5	10	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	271	45
6	9	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	271	31
7	15	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	271	42
8	27	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	271	29
9	14	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	29
10	24	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	271	27
11	12	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	271	35
12	8	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	271	37
13	3	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	271	24
14	5	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	271	25
15	36	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	271	22
16	21	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	21
17	7	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	271	23
18	23	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	271	19
19	22	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet	270	18
20	19	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	270	17
21	18	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	270	16
22	4	54	Ty Gibbs (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	270	15
23	31	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	270	14
24	16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	270	13
25	17	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	270	12
26	34	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	269	11
27	26	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	269	10
28	20	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	269	9
29	32	9	Josh Berry (i)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	269	0
30	25	42	Noah Gragson (R)	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet	269	7
31	28	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	268	6
32	35	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	5
33	29	15	J. J. Yeley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	265	4
34	33	77	Ty Dillon	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	265	3
35	30	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	259	2
36	1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	183	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 26
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 50 minutes and 35 seconds
• Average speed: 142.98mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 23rd race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick called the race in the booth for Fox. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road duties, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Ross Chastain	129
1	2	Alex Bowman	126 (–3)
1	3	Kevin Harvick	108 (–21)
1	4	Daniel Suárez	104 (–25)
6	5	Martin Truex Jr.	102 (–27)
3	6	Denny Hamlin	99 (–30)
8	7	Christopher Bell	94 (–35)
	8	Kyle Busch	92 (–37)
7	9	Joey Logano	92 (–37)
4	10	Chris Buescher	90 (–39)
1	11	Brad Keselowski	87 (–42)
5	12	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	86 (–43)
16	13	William Byron	85 (–44)
10	14	Kyle Larson	85 (–44)
3	15	Ryan Blaney	81 (–48)
10	16	Bubba Wallace	69 (–60)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	120
	2	Ford	98 (–22)
	3	Toyota	98 (–22)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 schedule . Jayski.com. . October 10, 2022.
2. Web site: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. February 14, 2023. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428042515/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/las-vegas-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 27, 2023. February 27, 2023.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 4, 2023. March 4, 2023.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 4, 2023. March 4, 2023.
6. Web site: Pennzoil 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 5, 2023. March 5, 2023.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 5, 2023. March 5, 2023.
8. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kyle Larson tops Vegas practice; Burton crashes. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 4, 2023. Las Vegas. March 4, 2023.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Joey Logano rockets to pole for Las Vegas Cup race. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 4, 2023. Las Vegas. March 4, 2023.