2023 CRC Brakleen 150

The 2023 CRC Brakleen 150 was the 15th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 14th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 60 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, would steal the win after making a last-lap pass on Corey Heim for the lead. This was Busch's 64th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, his second of the season, and the 100th NASCAR win for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Heim dominated most of the race, leading a race-high 27 laps.^[1] To fill out the podium, Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, and Taylor Gray, also driving for Tricon Garage, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2023 CRC Brakleen 150

Race details
Race 15 of 23 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date	July 22, 2023
Official name	14th Annual CRC Brakleen 150
Location	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Distance	60 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
Scheduled distance	60 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
Average speed	108.434 mph (174.508 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Nick Sanchez	Rev Racing
Time	53.265
Most laps led
Driver	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage
Laps	27
Winner
No. 51	Kyle Busch	Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

Background

Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval speedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.

From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two race weekends. In 2020, the circuit was reduced to one race meeting of two races. The first race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis starting in 2022.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	Kaz Grala (i)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Serial 1 Premium E-Bikes
02	Stefan Parsons (i)	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	CRC Brakleen
2	Nick Sanchez (R)	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	Gainbridge
04	Cory Roper	Roper Racing	Ford	Carquest
4	Chase Purdy	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	Bama Buggies
5	Dean Thompson	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Thompson Pipe Group
6	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	Norm Benning Racing
7	Austin Hill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	ARCO Design/Build
9	Colby Howard	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	Grant County Mulch
11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Safelite
12	Spencer Boyd	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	Rich Mar Florist
13	Hailie Deegan	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Ford Performance, Kitty Kat Coin
15	Tanner Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	Mobil 1
16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	LiUNA!
17	Taylor Gray (R)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	JBL
19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Care
20	Chad Chastain	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	Trophy Tractor
22	Stephen Mallozzi	AM Racing	Ford	GreatPoconoHomes.com
23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	Champion Power Equipment
24	Rajah Caruth (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	Wendell Scott Foundation
25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	Rackley Roofing
28	Bryan Dauzat	FDNY Racing	Chevrolet	O. B. Builders, FDNY
32	Bret Holmes (R)	Bret Holmes Racing	Chevrolet	Bret Holmes Racing
33	Josh Reaume	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	JAG Metals
35	Jake Garcia (R)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	Adaptive One Calipers
38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Birch Gold Group
41	Ross Chastain (i)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	Worldwide Express
42	Carson Hocevar	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	Worldwide Express
43	Daniel Dye (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	Champion Container
44	Kaden Honeycutt	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	Niece
45	Lawless Alan	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	AUTOParkIt
51	Kyle Busch (i)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	Zariz Transport
52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	Halmar International
56	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	Hill Motorsports
61	Christopher Bell (i)	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	Gunma Toyopet
75	Parker Kligerman (i)	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Ideal Door, Menards
98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Farm Paint, Curb Records
99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	Kubota
Official entry list

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 21, at 1:35 PM EST, and would last for 20 minutes.^[2] Kyle Busch, driving for his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.225, and an average speed of 165.975 mph (267.111 km/h).^[3]

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	51	Kyle Busch (i)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.225	165.975
2	15	Tanner Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	54.390	165.472
3	98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.652	164.678
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, July 21, at 2:05 PM EST.^[2] Since Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.^[4] Nick Sanchez, driving for Rev Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 53.265, and an average speed of 168.966 mph (271.924 km/h).^[5]

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	2	Nick Sanchez (R)	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	53.265	168.966
2	35	Jake Garcia (R)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	53.474	168.306
3	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	53.507	168.202
4	42	Carson Hocevar	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.585	167.957
5	7	Austin Hill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.651	167.751
6	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	53.719	167.538
7	24	Rajah Caruth (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	53.753	167.433
8	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	53.758	167.417
9	11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	53.783	167.339
10	4	Chase Purdy	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.887	167.016
11	17	Taylor Gray (R)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	53.935	166.868
12	51	Kyle Busch (i)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.053	166.503
13	15	Tanner Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	54.060	166.482
14	61	Christopher Bell (i)	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	54.126	166.279
15	1	Kaz Grala (i)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	54.165	166.159
16	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	54.283	165.798
17	44	Kaden Honeycutt	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.286	165.789
18	16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	54.463	165.250
19	02	Stefan Parsons (i)	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.468	165.235
20	43	Daniel Dye (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	54.471	165.226
21	13	Hailie Deegan	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.490	165.168
22	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.512	165.101
23	41	Ross Chastain (i)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.597	164.844
24	75	Parker Kligerman (i)	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.823	164.165
25	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	54.876	164.006
26	9	Colby Howard	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.956	163.767
27	45	Lawless Alan	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	55.567	161.967
28	32	Bret Holmes (R)	Bret Holmes Racing	Chevrolet	56.063	160.534
29	33	Josh Reaume	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	56.133	160.333
30	12	Spencer Boyd	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	56.246	160.011
31	04	Cory Roper	Roper Racing	Ford	56.260	159.972
Qualified by owner's points
32	22	Stephen Mallozzi	AM Racing	Ford	56.616	158.966
33	5	Dean Thompson	Tricon Garage	Toyota	1:03.299	142.182
34	98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	–	–
35	19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	–	–
36	56	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	–	–
Failed to qualify
37	20	Chad Chastain	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	57.443	157.677
38	28	Bryan Dauzat	FDNY Racing	Chevrolet	59.585	151.045
39	6	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	1:00.555	148.625
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 15

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Pts
1	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	10
2	2	Nick Sanchez (R)	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	8
4	51	Kyle Busch (i)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
5	7	Austin Hill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
6	35	Jake Garcia (R)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	4
8	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	2
10	17	Taylor Gray (R)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	1

Stage 2 Laps: 15

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Pts
1	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	10
2	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	9
3	2	Nick Sanchez (R)	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	7
5	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	5
7	16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	4
8	24	Rajah Caruth (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	9	Colby Howard	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	1

Stage 3 Laps: 30

Fin[6]	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	51	Kyle Busch (i)	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	7	Running	0
2	9	11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	60	27	Running	39
3	11	17	Taylor Gray (R)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	60	0	Running	35
4	14	61	Christopher Bell (i)	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	60	0	Running	0
5	3	23	Grant Enfinger	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	41
6	34	98	Ty Majeski	ThorSport Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	31
7	35	19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	30
8	33	5	Dean Thompson	Tricon Garage	Toyota	60	0	Running	29
9	22	99	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	33
10	8	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley WAR	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	42
11	4	42	Carson Hocevar	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	26
12	18	16	Tyler Ankrum	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	60	0	Running	29
13	21	13	Hailie Deegan	ThorSport Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	24
14	25	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	24
15	26	9	Colby Howard	CR7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	24
16	7	24	Rajah Caruth (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	24
17	20	43	Daniel Dye (R)	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	20
18	10	4	Chase Purdy	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	19
19	1	2	Nick Sanchez (R)	Rev Racing	Chevrolet	60	7	Running	35
20	17	44	Kaden Honeycutt	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	17
21	36	56	Tyler Hill	Hill Motorsports	Toyota	60	0	Running	16
22	24	75	Parker Kligerman (i)	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	0
23	31	04	Cory Roper	Roper Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	14
24	32	22	Stephen Mallozzi	AM Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	13
25	30	12	Spencer Boyd	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	12
26	29	33	Josh Reaume	Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	60	0	Running	11
27	27	45	Lawless Alan	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	10
28	19	02	Stefan Parsons (i)	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	0
29	28	32	Bret Holmes (R)	Bret Holmes Racing	Chevrolet	60	0	Running	8
30	23	41	Ross Chastain (i)	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	52	0	Accident	0
31	15	1	Kaz Grala (i)	Tricon Garage	Toyota	51	0	Accident	0
32	16	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing	Toyota	51	0	Accident	16
33	5	7	Austin Hill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	51	0	Accident	0
34	6	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	51	19	Accident	23
35	2	35	Jake Garcia (R)	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	45	0	Accident	7
36	13	15	Tanner Gray	Tricon Garage	Toyota	3	0	Accident	1
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Corey Heim 569 2 Zane Smith 527 (-42) 2 3 Grant Enfinger 510 (-59) 4 Ben Rhodes 510 (-59) 2 5 Ty Majeski 510 (-59) 6 Christian Eckes 480 (-89) 7 Carson Hocevar 444 (-125) 8 Matt DiBenedetto 431 (-138) 9 Nick Sanchez 421 (-148) 10 Matt Crafton 409 (-160) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.