2023 4EVER 400 Presented by Mobil 1

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 34 of 36 in the2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	125.221 miles per hour (201.524 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	32.256
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	96
Winner
No. 20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle andTodd Gordon
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) andMike Bagley (3 & 4)

The2023 4EVER 400 Presented by Mobil 1 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on October 22, 2023, atHomestead-Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

Homestead-Miami Speedway is amotor racing track located inHomestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, includingNASCAR, theNTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-AmRolex Sports Car Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three ofNASCAR's series: theNASCAR Cup Series,Xfinity Series andCraftsman Truck Series; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both effected by theCOVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.

In 2023, it was announced thatMobil 1 would be replacing Dixie Vodka as the race's sponsor after two years. Mobil 1 would then proceed to name the race afterKevin Harvick and his 4EVER appreciation campaign, as he would be set to retire from NASCAR after the 2023 season.^[10]

This race would be the second year straight in a rowJohn Hunter Nemechek would make his one-off Cup start at the same track.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.
• (OP) denotes owner's playoffs car.

Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 31.936 seconds and a speed of 169.088 mph (272.121 km/h).^[11]

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.256 and a speed of 167.411 mph (269.422 km/h).^[12]

Stage OneLaps: 80

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

• Lead changes: 25 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35 laps
• Red flags: 1 for 12 minutes, and 35 seconds
• Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 54 seconds
• Average speed: 125.221 miles per hour (201.524 km/h)

NBC covered the race on the television side.Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chiefTodd Gordon called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway.Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, andMike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post,Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 William Byron 4,126 3 2 Christopher Bell 4,110 (–16) 4 3 Ryan Blaney 4,106 (–20) 3 4 Kyle Larson 4,105 (–21) 1 5 Tyler Reddick 4,096 (–30) 3 6 Martin Truex Jr. 4,089 (–37) 3 7 Denny Hamlin 4,089 (–37) 8 Chris Buescher 4,063 (–63) 9 Brad Keselowski 2,262 (–1,864) 10 Ross Chastain 2,219 (–1,907) 1 11 Bubba Wallace 2,216 (–1,910) 1 12 Kyle Busch 2,210 (–1,916) 13 Joey Logano 2,198 (–1,928) 14 Kevin Harvick 2,170 (–1,956) 15 Michael McDowell 2,145 (–1,981) 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2,136 (–1,990) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,258 2 Toyota 1,184 (–74) 3 Ford 1,165 (–93) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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