2023_Crayon_301

2023 Crayon 301

2023 Crayon 301

NASCAR Cup Series race


The 2023 Crayon 301 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 17, 2023, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was postponed from Sunday, July 16 to Monday, July 17, due to rain.

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Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice

Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.129 seconds and a speed of 126.416 mph (203.447 km/h).[10]

Practice results

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Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.524 and a speed of 124.781 mph (200.816 km/h).[11]

Qualifying results

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Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 70

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Stage Two Laps: 115

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Final Stage results

Stage Three Laps: 116

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Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 8 for 41 laps
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 7 seconds
  • Average speed: 101.572 miles per hour (163.464 km/h)

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon 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.

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Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini handled the duties on pit lane.

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Standings after the race

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References

  1. "2023 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  2. "New Hampshire Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  3. Taranto, Steven (September 14, 2022). "NASCAR releases 2023 Cup Series schedule highlighted by new Chicago, All-Star race stops". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. "NASCAR unveils 2023 schedule for its national series". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. September 14, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  5. "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  7. "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  8. "Crayon 301 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  9. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
Previous race:
2023 Quaker State 400
NASCAR Cup Series
2023 season
Next race:
2023 HighPoint.com 400

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