2023 Ambetter Health 400
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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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| Race 5 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | March 19, 2023 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.48 km (1.54 miles) | ||
| Distance | 260 laps, 400.4 mi (644.4 km) | ||
| Average speed | 138.8 miles per hour (223.4 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Team Penske | ||
| Time | 31.256 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 140 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Tony Stewart | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Doug Rice and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn announcers | Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
The 2023 Ambetter Health 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 19, 2023, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the fifth race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate 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, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[9][10] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 31.256 and a speed of 177.374 mph (285.456 km/h).[11]
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 7 |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage Two Laps: 100
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 100
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 260 | 59 |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 260 | 45 |
| 3 | 10 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 260 | 39 |
| 4 | 31 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 260 | 34 |
| 5 | 16 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 260 | 39 |
| 6 | 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 260 | 40 |
| 7 | 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 260 | 37 |
| 8 | 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Chevrolet | 260 | 29 |
| 9 | 35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 260 | 28 |
| 10 | 17 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 31 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 260 | 45 |
| 12 | 22 | 42 | Noah Gragson (R) | Legacy Motor Club | Chevrolet | 260 | 25 |
| 13 | 18 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 24 |
| 14 | 15 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 260 | 31 |
| 15 | 23 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 260 | 22 |
| 16 | 30 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 21 |
| 17 | 27 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 20 |
| 18 | 21 | 9 | Josh Berry (i) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 260 | 0 |
| 19 | 29 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 260 | 22 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 17 |
| 21 | 12 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 260 | 16 |
| 22 | 20 | 31 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 260 | 15 |
| 23 | 26 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 260 | 14 |
| 24 | 8 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 259 | 13 |
| 25 | 32 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 258 | 12 |
| 26 | 34 | 15 | J. J. Yeley (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 258 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 255 | 10 |
| 28 | 24 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 242 | 9 |
| 29 | 25 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 213 | 10 |
| 30 | 5 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 208 | 7 |
| 31 | 9 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 208 | 6 |
| 32 | 11 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 192 | 11 |
| 33 | 6 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 190 | 4 |
| 34 | 33 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 190 | 3 |
| 35 | 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 189 | 10 |
| 36 | 36 | 78 | B. J. McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 189 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 20 among 13 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 5 for 34 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 2 hours, 53 minutes and 5 seconds
- Average speed: 138.8 miles per hour (223.4 km/h)
