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2023 NASCAR All-Star Race

The 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIX) was a non-championship NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race that was held on May 21, 2023, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. This event marked the first NASCAR race taking place at North Wilkesboro Speedway since the 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400.

Report

Background

North Wilkesboro Speedway

The All-Star Race is open to race winners from last season through the 2023 Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, all previous All-Star race winners, NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2022, the top two race finishers of the All-Star Open, and the winner of the All-Star fan vote are eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

Entry list

NASCAR All Star Open
NASCAR All-Star Race

Practice

Practice results

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.615 seconds and a speed of 109.144 mph (175.650 km/h).[15]


Qualifying (Pit Crew Challenge)

The 2023 Pit Crew Challenge set the starting lineup for both the NASCAR All-Star Open and the qualifying heat races. Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the Open with a time of 13.012 seconds. Daniel Suárez scored the pole for Heat Race 1 with a time of 13.297 seconds. Chris Buescher scored the pole for Heat Race 2 with a time of 13.381 seconds.[16]

Open qualifying results

Heat Race 1 qualifying results

Heat Race 2 qualifying results

Qualifying heat races

For the first time in NASCAR Cup Series history, an oval race was conducted in the rain when the first heat race took place in inclement weather. Cars used rain tires for the first heat, and the second race started dry, but teams switched to rain tires during the race.

Race 1

Race 2

NASCAR All-Star Race Starting Lineup

NASCAR All Star Open

NASCAR All Star Open results

NASCAR All Star Race

NASCAR All Star Race results

Media

Television

Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims handled the pit road for the television side.

Radio

Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with Speedway Motorsports to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and 1989 winner of the All-Star Race Rusty Wallace. The network also had one announcer stationed in turn 4: Dave Moody. Steve Post and Kim Coon were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

References

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  4. ^ Albert, Zack (September 8, 2022). "Reborn: North Wilkesboro Speedway to host 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race". NASCAR.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Open Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "All-Star Race Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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  9. ^ "All-Star Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "All-Star Heat Races Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "NASCAR All-Star Open Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 21, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  12. ^ "NASCAR All-Star Race Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 21, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  13. ^ "NASCAR All-Star Race Format Announced". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  14. ^ "Kevin Harvick to run No. 29 at the All-Star Race in tribute to his first Cup win". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  15. ^ Utter, Jim (May 19, 2023). "Kyle Larson tops All-Star practice at North Wilkesboro". Motorsport.com. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  16. ^ Utter, Jim (May 19, 2023). "Ty Gibbs' team wins All-Star Race pit crew competition". Motorsport.com. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 19, 2023.