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2023 South Point 400
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The 2023 South Point 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 15, 2023, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 33rd race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, seventh race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 8. Kyle Larson won the race and secured his 2nd Championship 4 appearance in three years.
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Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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
Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.899 seconds and a speed of 186.858 mph (300.719 km/h).[10]
Practice results
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Qualifying
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Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.980 and a speed of 186.335 mph (299.877 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: 20 among 7 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 7 for 36 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 2 hours, 57 minutes, and 10 seconds
- Average speed: 135.635 miles per hour (218.283 km/h)
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Television
NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two–time Las Vegas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 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 covered their final 2023 broadcast, 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, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Heather DeBeaux, Brett McMillan, Brad Gillie and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.
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Standings after the race
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Notes
- Blaney was originally was disqualified after failing post-race inspection as it was discovered that his car's left front shock didn't meet overall specified length. The disqualification was later overturned due to an issue with the damper template used during the inspection.[12]
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