2023 Pennzoil 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 3 of 36 in the2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway inLas Vegas
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	271 laps, 406.5 mi (650.4 km)
Scheduled distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	142.98 miles per hour (230.10 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Time	29.024
Most laps led
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	176
Winner
No. 24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Clint Bowyer, andDanica Patrick
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The2023 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on March 5, 2023, atLas Vegas Motor Speedway inNorth Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 271 laps—extended from 267 laps due to anovertime finish, on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway and it was the third race of the2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.Xfinity Series driverJosh Berry drove the No. 9 car for2020 championChase Elliott, who sustained a leg injury in a snowboarding accident.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located inClark County, Nevada outside theLas Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of theLas Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned bySpeedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered inCharlotte, North Carolina.

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

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.283 seconds and a speed of 184.407 mph (296.774 km/h).^[8]

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.024 and a speed of 186.053 mph (299.423 km/h).^[9]

Stage OneLaps: 80

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

• Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 26
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 50 minutes and 35 seconds
• Average speed: 142.98 miles per hour (230.10 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 23rd race at theLas Vegas Motor Speedway.Mike Joy,Clint Bowyer andDanica Patrick called the race in the booth for Fox.Jamie Little andRegan Smith handled the pit road duties, andLarry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan,Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ross Chastain 129 1 2 Alex Bowman 126 (–3) 1 3 Kevin Harvick 108 (–21) 1 4 Daniel Suárez 104 (–25) 6 5 Martin Truex Jr. 102 (–27) 3 6 Denny Hamlin 99 (–30) 8 7 Christopher Bell 94 (–35) 8 Kyle Busch 92 (–37) 7 9 Joey Logano 92 (–37) 4 10 Chris Buescher 90 (–39) 1 11 Brad Keselowski 87 (–42) 5 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 86 (–43) 16 13 William Byron 85 (–44) 10 14 Kyle Larson 85 (–44) 3 15 Ryan Blaney 81 (–48) 10 16 Bubba Wallace 69 (–60) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 120 2 Ford 98 (–22) 3 Toyota 98 (–22) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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• NASCAR races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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