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2023 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
NASCAR Cup Series race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2023 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 24, 2023, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it will be the 30th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, fourth race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 12.
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Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (OP) denotes owner’s playoffs car.
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Practice
Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.068 seconds and a speed of 185.771 mph (298.969 km/h).[10]
Practice results
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Qualifying
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Bubba Wallace scored the pole for the race with a time 28.672 of and a speed of 188.337 mph (303.099 km/h).[11]
Qualifying results
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Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Stage Two Laps: 85
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 22 among 13 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 11 for 55 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 28 seconds
- Average speed: 123.569 miles per hour (198.865 km/h)
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Television
USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas 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
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Nick Yeoman covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Mark Jaynes covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.
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Standings after the race
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References
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