2023 Alsco Uniforms 250


The 2023 Alsco Uniforms 250 was the 17th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 163 laps, but was extended to 169 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would take advantage of a late-race restart, and held off the Kaulig Racing trio to earn his 5th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his third of the season. Justin Haley dominated most of the race, leading a race-high 80 laps. To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for Kaulig Racing, and Cole Custer, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 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 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.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.3

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 8, at 4:05 PM EST. Since Atlanta Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack with superspeedway rules, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole. Chandler Smith, driving for Kaulig Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 32.127, and an average speed of in the second round.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
198Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord10
28Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet9
316Chandler Smith 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet8
410Justin Haley 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet0
521Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet6
67Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet4
82Sheldon CreedRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3
938Joe Graf Jr.RSS RacingFord2
1031Parker Retzlaff 'Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 40
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
12Sheldon CreedRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10
221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet9
339Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord8
48Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
57Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
600Cole CusterStewart-Haas RacingFord5
711Daniel HemricKaulig RacingChevrolet4
816Chandler Smith 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet3
948Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet2
1018Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 89''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings