2023 Quaker State 400


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 asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway, the race was shortened to 185 laps due to rain. It was the 19th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

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 the driver ineligible for series driver points.

    Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time 31.261 of and a speed of.

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One
Laps: 60
Stage Two
Laps: 100

Final Stage results

Stage Three
Laps: 25

Race statistics

  • 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:

    Media

Television

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.

Radio

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.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet722
2Toyota649
3Ford636

  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
  • . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.