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 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.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Brennan Poole (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Carson Hocevar (i) Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.899 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.899 186.858 2 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 28.933 186.638 3 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.039 185.957Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.980 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.938 28.980 2 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.964 28.990 3 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.941 29.004 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.189 29.070 5 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 29.005 29.084 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.172 29.093 7 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.172 29.120 8 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.210 29.129 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.022 29.147 10 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.014 29.163 11 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.029 — 12 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 29.157 — 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.214 — 14 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.238 — 15 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.245 — 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.262 — 17 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.293 — 18 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.298 — 19 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.317 — 20 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.327 — 21 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.346 — 22 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.357 — 23 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 29.396 — 24 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.410 — 25 42 Carson Hocevar (i) Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 29.461 — 26 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.475 — 27 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.539 — 28 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.627 — 29 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.699 — 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.717 — 31 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 29.875 — 32 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.991 — 33 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.031 — 34 15 Brennan Poole (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.192 — 35 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — 36 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 84 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 57 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 93 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 48 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 39 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 210 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 602 1 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 523 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 414 21 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 475 10 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 416 12 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 267 397 3 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 368 8 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 267 389 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 3410 15 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 3811 5 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 267 2612 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 2513 7 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 2514 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 2315 36 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 2216 24 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 2317 18 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 2018 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 1919 28 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1820 33 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 1721 22 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 1622 20 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 1523 19 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 1424 27 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1325 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 267 1226 32 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 1127 29 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 1028 23 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 266 929 26 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 266 030 34 15 Brennan Poole (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 266 031 31 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 266 032 35 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 266 533 17 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 263 434 11 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 259 335 14 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 144 236 25 42 Carson Hocevar (i) Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 110 0Official race results
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:
Media
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.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
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.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Nick YeomanTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Heather DeBeauxBrett McMillanBrad GillieWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Kyle Larson 4,084 1 2 William Byron 4,077 (–7) 1 3 Martin Truex Jr. 4,070 (–14) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 4,070 (–14) 1 5 Christopher Bell 4,068 (–16) 1 6 Tyler Reddick 4,054 (–30) 1 7 Ryan Blaney 4,053 (–31) 3 8 Chris Buescher 4,047 (–37) 9 Brad Keselowski 2,239 (–1,845) 10 Ross Chastain 2,213 (–1,871) 1 11 Kyle Busch 2,191 (–1,893) 1 12 Bubba Wallace 2,185 (–1,899) 13 Joey Logano 2,168 (–1,916) 14 Kevin Harvick 2,144 (–1,940) 1 15 Michael McDowell 2,130 (–1,954) 1 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2,126 (–1,958)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,225 2 Toyota 1,144 (–81) 3 Ford 1.130 (–95)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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