2023 Alsco Uniforms 250

2023 Alsco Uniforms 250

Race details
Race 17 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	July 8, 2023
Official name	3rd Annual Alsco Uniforms 250
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance	169 laps, 260 mi (418 km)
Scheduled Distance	163 laps, 251 mi (404 km)
Average speed	108.029 mph (173.856 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chandler Smith	Kaulig Racing
Time	32.127
Most laps led
Driver	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing
Laps	80
Winner
No. 20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

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 1.54 miles (2.48 km) 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.^[1][2] 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 (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) 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 1.5-mile (2.4 km) 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

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.3

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 8, at 4:05 PM EST.^[3] 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.^[4] Chandler Smith, driving for Kaulig Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 32.127, and an average speed of 172.565 mph (277.716 km/h) in the second round.^[5]

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40

Stage 2 Laps: 40

Stage 3 Laps: 89

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 John Hunter Nemechek 678 2 Austin Hill 662 (-16) 3 Cole Custer 633 (–45) 4 Justin Allgaier 624 (–54) 5 Chandler Smith 526 (–152) 6 Josh Berry 518 (–160) 7 Sam Mayer 490 (–198) 1 8 Daniel Hemric 475 (–203) 1 9 Sammy Smith 463 (–215) 2 10 Sheldon Creed 460 (–218) 11 Riley Herbst 440 (–238) 12 Parker Kligerman 434 (–244) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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