The 2023 Southern Illinois 100 was the 16th stock car race of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 3, 2023, in Du Quoin, Illinois at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped dirt track. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Jesse Love, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would put on a blistering performance, leading 80 of the 100 laps, and earning his 11th career ARCA Menards Series win, and his ninth of the season. Love would also extend his lead in the championship. To fill out the podium, Brent Crews, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and Will Kimmel, driving for family-owned Kimmel Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile (1.6-km) clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about southeast of St Louis, Missouri. It is a stop on the ARCA Menards Series, USAC Silver Crown Series and American Flat Track.
The DuQuoin "Magic Mile" racetrack was constructed on reclaimed stripmine land in 1946 by W.R. Hayes. The track's first national championship race was held in September 1948. In the second race on October 10, popular AAA National driving champion Ted Horn was killed in the fourth turn when a spindle on his championship car broke. The national championship race for the USAC Silver Crown dirt cars is held in his honor.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor2Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevroletMax Siegel Inc.03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.FordDrill Brush Power Scrubber06A. J. Moyer (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyotaBucked Up Energy8Sean CorrEmpire RacingFordMiller Welders10Clayton WeathermanFast Track RacingToyotaFreedom Welding, JMCS11Dallas FruehFast Track RacingFordUniversal Technical Institute12Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevroletRumbold Farms, HOI Vending15Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyotaFidelity Capital16Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevroletBRANDT, Schluckibier Farms18William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaStarkey, SoundGear20Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyotaGearWrench25Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyotaYahoo!, Mobil 130Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFordFord Performance31Brayton LasterRise MotorsportsChevroletPreferred Paint & Drywall32Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFordWest Virginia Tourism48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletOktoberfest Race Weekend66Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevroletVenture Foods69Will KimmelKimmel RacingFordKimmel RacingOfficial entry list
Notes
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Sunday, September 3, at 4:30p.m. CST, and would last for 30 minutes. Will Kimmel, driving for family-owned Kimmel Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 34.747, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed169Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord34.747103.606220Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.942103.028325Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.953102.995Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday, September 3, at 6:00p.m. CST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round wins the pole. William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 34.595, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota34.595104.061269Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord34.632103.950325Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota34.776103.520420Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota35.006102.84052Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevrolet35.056102.693615Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyota35.249102.131732Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFord35.804100.547816Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevrolet35.838100.452911Dallas FruehFast Track RacingFord35.899100.2811030Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFord35.985100.0421110Clayton WeathermanFast Track RacingToyota36.40798.8821266Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevrolet36.80397.8181331Brayton LasterRise MotorsportsChevrolet38.52993.4361448Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet40.25889.423158Sean CorrEmpire RacingFord42.10085.5111612Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet42.75584.2011703Chris GoldenClubb Racing Inc.Ford43.23483.268Withdrew1806A. J. Moyer (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyota––Official qualifying results
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1420Jesse LoveVenturini MotorsportsToyota10080Running482325Brent CrewsVenturini MotorsportsToyota1000Running423269Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord1000Running41452Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1000Running405118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10020Running406816Kelly KovskiKelly Kovski RacingChevrolet1000Running387732Christian Rose (R)AM RacingFord1000Running3781612Tim MonroeFast Track RacingChevrolet990Running3691703Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford960Running35101331Brayton LasterRise MotorsportsChevrolet920Running34111448Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet920Running33121030Frankie Muniz (R)Rette Jones RacingFord590Accident3213158Sean CorrEmpire RacingFord570Accident3114615Sean HingoraniVenturini MotorsportsToyota550Accident30151266Jon Garrett (R)Veer MotorsportsChevrolet390Mechanical29161110Clayton WeathermanFast Track RacingToyota290Electrical2817911Dallas FruehFast Track RacingFord120Overheating27Withdrew06A. J. Moyer (R)Wayne Peterson RacingToyotaOfficial race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jesse Love 842 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara 712 (-130) 3 Frankie Muniz 693 (-149) 4 Christian Rose 684 (-158) 5 Jon Garrett 612 (-230) 6 A. J. Moyer 553 (-289) 7 Brad Smith 536 (-306) 8 William Sawalich 425 (-417) 9 Toni Breidinger 376 (-466) 10 Jack Wood 285 (-557)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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