2023 Ally 400


The 2023 Ally 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 25, 2023, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the superspeedway, it was the 17th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

file:Nashville Superspeedway.jpg|thumb|left|Nashville Superspeedway, where the race was held.
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.
It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.510 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Ross Chastain scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.797 and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One
Laps: 90
Stage Two
Laps: 95

Final Stage results

Stage Three
Laps: 115

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 21 among 12 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 4 for 24 laps
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes, and 7 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and 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. Parker Kligerman provided live reports from Chicago during the race.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network, and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. This was the first Nashville race covered by PRN Radio, as radio rights shifted from Motor Racing Network after the 2022 season.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet642
2Toyota598
3Ford572