Italics Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. Byron spun after contact with Christopher Bell. Winner: Kyle Larson, Sunday, April 23:GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway. The top graph shows Elliotts rank each week. ET Monday. Rank doesnt have the same meaning once the playoffs start. Larson was ninth coming out of the Coca Cola 600 in 2022 but rose all the way to second by the penultimate regular-season race. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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Poor weather leading up to the 2023 Wrth 400 has led to the cancellation of qualifying and postponement of the race, but the green flag will finally fly on Monday at Noon ET. But some do. The 75th anniversary of NASCAR in 2023, an opportunity for stock car racing to celebrate its heritage and the way it has grown from its formation in 1948, comes at a time in which the sport is aggressively pushing into the future in ways that its founders and shapers could hardly have conceived. 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule changes. The qualifying washout served Kyle Busch well, as he'll start on pole less than a week after stealing a double overtime victory in the GEICO 500 at Talladega. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, 27. All Rights Reserved. Incidentally, Buschs two engine failures last year both happened in the playoffs. The Cup garage will open at 9 a.m. The season started with the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on February 5. NASCAR officials postponed Sunday's Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway because of a forecast for steady, daylong rain. That contributed to his finishing the season in 13th place. Kyle Busch, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford, 32. However, it ended up raining all day and NASCAR postponed the race to the next day at 12 PM EST. Kyle Larson went to the garage with an electrical issue and returned several laps down. SportsLine simulated the 2023 Wurth 400 10,000 times as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. A drivers rank depends not only on his own performance, but also on other drivers performances, too. Just as drivers rely on SMT data (also graphs), you will understand racing much faster with graphs than with tables of numbers. Clear bars indicate a DNF. Only time will tell. Qualifying: 10:20 a.m. CT qualifying on Saturday . Incidentally, Buschs two engine failures last year both happened in the playoffs. 31 Kaulig Racing team of Justin Haley for a loss of 100 points (owners only for No. Logano made a last lap pass on Brad Keselowski to win. The Xfinity Series will be back at Road America, which lost its Cup date for 2023. On June 24, 2022, Adam Stern also reported that Fox Sports, which has the TV rights to the All-Star Race, has been trying to convince NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports to move the NASCAR All-Star Race to a different venue each year as is the case in other sports. Joey Logano dominated and won the caution free Duel by holding off Christopher Bell. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Obviously, we have our ups and downs, and I would say that we have struggled at times for sure, Martinsville being the worst. He is the car's engineer and was also the interim crew chief for it at, Brian Campe will crew chief the No. The only changes to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule are the ones that have already been previously announced (Chicago Street Course and North Wilkesboro All-Star Race). Through 10 races, Busch has two wins, three top fives and five top 10s. Texas will host only one race in 2023. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nascar | pageType: stories | NASCAR formally banned drivers from wall-riding (after. Although many drivers do obey our hypothesis, Kyle Larson is one of a number who dont. Other than that, the cycle of racing naturally, youll end up about the same spot.. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, 28. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford, 22. Broadcast schedule, including event start times, will be released at a later date. [156], Joey Logano won the pole. Changes that had not been announced before today: The Feb. 26 race at Auto Club Speedway will be the final event on the 2-mile track before the speedway is reconfigured into a short track. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, 17. The schedule will again consist of 36 points-paying Cup races with two exhibition events, with 33 Xfinity races and 23 Truck races. The Truck Series race will mark NASCAR's first in Milwaukee since 2009. The 36-car starting lineup was set by the rule book after showers eliminated qualifying. I could go on the short run, but not the long run. Texas Motor Speedway will only host one Cup race for the first time since 2004. The 36-car starting lineup was set by the . The Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, is back for a triple-header March 25-26. 2023 Cup Series schedule (With dates, name or location of race, TV network and time; all times are ET) Sunday, Feb. 5: Clash (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum), FOX, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16:. Kevin Harvick, No. NASCAR released its 2023 national series schedule Wednesday, and while the two new additions to the Cup calendar already were known, one of the tracks losing a race was confirmed. Bristol will be the only dirt track on the Truck schedule. Austin Dillon got a flat tire, sending the race to overtime. Hes repeating a piece of received knowledge. This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 02:14. Busch will start on the pole and Dillon in the last starting spot in Sundays Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway after qualifying was cancelled Saturday. Preece dominated and won the caution free first stage, but after leading the next few laps on the restart, Precce was penalized for speeding. 42", "23XI Racing signs Tyler Reddick for 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season", "Tyler Reddick Under Contract with Richard Childress Racing Through 2023", "Tyler Reddick Will Return to Richard Childress Racing in 2023", "Richard Childress Says Tyler Reddick Will drive for RCR Next Season", "Kurt Busch joins 23XI Racing to drive second Cup car in 2022", "Kurt Busch out for rest of season, will not compete full-time in 2023", "Aric Almirola, Smithfield Returning to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2023", "Beard Motorsports Expects to Return in 2023", "AJ Allmendinger Expected to Drive Kaulig Cup Entry Full-Time in 2023", "AJ Allmendinger returns to Cup Series full time with Kaulig in 2023", "Stewart-Haas Racing promotes Preece to full-time Cup ride in No. 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule (* denotes non-points race) Sunday, Feb. 5 - The Clash* - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ( Winner: Martin Truex Jr.) Thursday, Feb. 16 - Duel at Daytona - Daytona. Driver intros will take place at 11:30 a.m. ET, FS1), Sunday, May 28:Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. Kyle Busch had the lead at the moment of caution and had enough fuel to make it back to the flags for his second win of the season and his first at Talladega since 2008. His graph for 2022 shows what that looks like. Some drivers dont move more than one or two places after that. For the most part, the 2023 Cup Series schedule looks virtually identical to the 2022 schedule. Bowman is the second Hendrick driver to miss time due to an injury suffered outside of NASCAR, after Chase Elliott's leg injury while snowboarding in March. Chase Elliott won the first stage while Aric Almirola won the second stage. Aric Almirola, No. Kevin Harvick won the second stage after a spin by Harrison Burton. All races televised on FOX and FS1 can be streamed on Fox Sports Liveand the Fox Sports app. Nov 9, 2022, 9:09 PM 21 total Cup races will air on either the FOX (eleven) or NBC (ten) broadcast . Winner: Joey Logano, Sunday, March 26:EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Because stupid stuff does happen. By the time he reached Daytona, Elliott had built up enough of a points lead that even DNF-ing the final race of the regular season didnt knock him out of first place. If he hadnt wrecked at the last race of the regular season, he might have finished the regular season in second place. My mission: Find out if this hypothesis is true. Bowman is expected to miss 3-4 weeks, the team announced. The top graph shows Elliotts rank each week. But rankings can fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season because point totals are so low. But if you really want to understand NASCAR for fantasy leagues, betting, or your own enjoyment graphs are your best friends. 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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Kyle Busch: Team communication working well at RCR. That event will be Feb. 5, 2023. The start of the 2023 racing season is getting closer. Heres the Craftsman Truck Series schedule: There werent massive changes on the schedules for 2023, but there were several tracks that were added and removed: Here are several other changes for the 2023 Cup Series schedule: 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule officially revealed. Bryon won the first stage while Tyler Reddick won the second stage. Sixty points is 50% of 120 points, but only 0.5% of 800 points. Dr. Diandra: Fact-checking Kyle Buschs statement about late-season rank NASCAR Xfinity results: Ryan Truex wins at Dover, North Wilkesboro Speedway and will be May 21, 2023, streets of Chicago for the first time on July 2, 2023, MORE: Hendrick Motorsports president says no changes in driver policy, MORE: Rain cancels Cup qualifying; Kyle Busch on pole. Because stupid stuff does happen. Two top-10 and one 11th-place finish moved Elliott from 19th to the top spot by the fifth race. The top graph shows Elliotts rank each week. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Kyle Busch: Team communication working well at RCR. That is just the nature of that beast of restrictor plate racing.. The Xfinity playoffs will begin at Bristol in 2023. I think he was actually better than me at the Bristol dirt race and had a better long run car than I did. Sun, Aug 13. ET Monday. A. J. Allmendinger got into the wall after contact with Ryan Preece as Byron took the lead from Martin Truex Jr. and held off teammates Larson and Alex Bowman for the win. [2] The season will end with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway[3] on November 5. 2023 is also the first season since the inception of the NASCAR Cup Series charter system in 2016 that there were no charters that were sold or leased by teams for the season. After the 2022 All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway, which was widely considered unpopular and controversial by fans and the industry, the track tweeted that they would be hosting the All-Star Race again in 2023. However, the tweet was deleted amidst negative reactions to the announcement, leading to speculation that plans could change. That would have been a rise of seven positions, but even ninth to fifth is an appreciable change in rank from Charlotte to the end of the regular season. The Weather Underground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. 12:33 pm ET. Clear bars indicate a DNF. After Charlotte, Busch was disqualified at Pocono and crashed at Michigan. May 14 2023. There is a 1% chance of rain for the start of the race. [164], Denny Hamlin won the pole. [3] The Busch Light Clash will return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the second year in a row and the race will be held on February 5, which again is one week before the Super Bowl and two weeks before the Daytona 500. It's time, once again, to rev up the engines and put the pedal to the metal! Strong runs (and wins) kept him in first for the rest of the regular season, despite his midpoint Kansas-Charlotte-Gateway stumbles. 9:30 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (re-air), FS2 Friday, April 28 12:30 a.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway (re-air), FS1. NASCAR released its 2023 Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series schedules on Wednesday. And for the fourth straight year, the championship will be decided at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 5, 2023. All 36 charters are with the same teams that had them in 2022 (although one car was renumbered). Sunday, Feb. 5 - The Clash* - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (, Thursday, Feb. 16 - Duel at Daytona - Daytona International Speedway (, Sunday, Feb. 19 - Daytona 500 - Daytona International Speedway (, Sunday, March 5 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway (, Sunday, March 19 - Atlanta Motor Speedway (, Sunday, March 26 - Circuit of the Americas (, Sunday, April 9 - Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt (, Sunday, April 16 - Martinsville Speedway (, Sunday, April 23 - Talladega Superspeedway (, Sunday, May 21 - All-Star Race* - North Wilkesboro Speedway, Sunday, May 28 - Coca-Cola 600 - Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sunday, June 4 - World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Sunday, June 25 - Nashville Superspeedway, Sunday, July 16 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 6 - Michigan International Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 13 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Sunday, Aug. 20 - Watkins Glen International, Saturday, Aug. 26 - Coke Zero Sugar 400 - Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Sept. 3 - Southern 500 - Darlington Raceway, Saturday, Sept. 16 - Bristol Motor Speedway (Night), Sunday, Oct. 8 - Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, Sunday, Oct. 15 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, Oct. 22 - Homestead-Miami Speedway. This year, its the 14th points-paying race. The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule dropped on Wednesday, and in its 75th year of existence, it looks like NASCAR will simultaneously push into the future and honor its past. May 13 2023. The race will be broadcast by FS1, Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Last year, the gap between first and 10th place was 103 points after 10 races. ET, USA), Saturday, Sept. 16:Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. NASCAR Cup Series at Dover schedule. Aug. 11Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, Ind. Ryan Blaney spun and collected Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, and Daniel Suarez. We continue to talk about our stuff and how we can get better, Busch said Saturday at Dover. NASCAR announced that the Dover Cup race has been postponed to Monday because of rain. Justin Haley, No. That is just the nature of that beast of restrictor plate racing.. First, lets make it clear that Im fact-checking Buschs statement, not Busch himself. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy But some do. Elliott finished 10th at the Daytona 500 and 26th at Fontana, putting him in 19th place after two races. Qualifying had also been rained out, with Kyle Busch, the previous week's winner, starting on the pole according to the qualifying metric system. On the restart, Kyle Larson spun and collected Keselowski, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, and Travis Pastrana as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the race over Joey Logano under caution. [152], In Daytona 500 qualifying, Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole and was joined on the front row by teammate Kyle Larson. The Weather Underground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. That contributed to his finishing the season in 13th place. Kyle Busch sits in eighth place as of Talladega, 52 points out of first. My mission: Find out if this hypothesis is true. ", "Monster Energy expected to continue sponsorship of Ty Gibbs", "A Shoc Energy not returning to Hendrick Motorsports", "Coca-Cola to partner with Chase Elliott, No. Larson was ninth coming out of the Coca Cola 600 in 2022 but rose all the way to second by the penultimate regular-season race. Todd Gilliland is running the full season split between the Nos. Cup drivers practiced at the track Saturday . Only 21 points separate sixth through 12th place. JJ Yeley, No. Busch is right that, more often than not, rankings do tend to find their level after the first dozen or so races. But rankings can fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season because point totals are so low. In all, the Cup Series will stage 36 points races plus the Clash and the NASCAR All-Star Race at historic North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 21. Dillon was instrumental in convincing his grandfather, team owner Richard Childress, to bring Busch into the fold at RCR. I have not had a lot of restrictor plate wins and have been lucky enough to get those wins. 24 car and Alex Bowman's No. The 2023 schedule was released on September 14, 2022. His rank reflected that, oscillating throughout the season. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford, 6. Two top-10 and one 11th-place finish moved Elliott from 19th to the top spot by the fifth race. The Wrth 400 begins at 12 p.m. [4], This will be the final season for 2014 champion and Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick, who announced his plans to retire at the end of the season on January 12, 2023.[5]. But that doesnt mean that we dont go to work and try and figure it out and make it better for both of us.. ET, NBC), Sunday, Sept. 3:Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (6 p.m. The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series race schedule from NASCAR.com has race dates, times and TV and radio broadcast details plus ticket information. He has made 89 Xfinity starts. After taking the checkered flag at Talladega last week, Kyle Busch shared a piece of NASCAR oral wisdom regarding the nature of late-season driver rank changes. Corey Lajoie, No. [151] Incidentally, Buschs two engine failures last year both happened in the playoffs. This time around may be different for Hendrick, however. On the restart, Gragson got into the wall after contact with Ross Chastain and collected Almirola, Kevin Harvick, Ty Gibbs, Kyle Larson, and Ryan Preece. 38 and 36, Entries will be fielded in a collaboration with. (7-2-2023) No. I could go on the short run, but not the long run. 38Front Row Motorsports Ford, 36. NASCAR has revealed the start times and TV networks for the 2023 Cup, Xfinity, and Truck seasons. There are guys that are better at that style of racing than maybe me, but I still think it comes down to certain circumstances at the end where you are, how it all works, how it all happens. Kyle Busch sits in eighth place as of Talladega, 52 points out of first. There is some uncertainty in the hypothesis because the Charlotte race was 10th on the schedule in 1990. On the caution pit stops, Harvick took 4 tires and fell back to 7th. Although many drivers dont change rank much after Charlotte, that doesnt guarantee that they cant change positions. Strong runs (and wins) kept him in first for the rest of the regular season, despite his midpoint Kansas-Charlotte-Gateway stumbles. Rapid changes in rankings tells you that the points were very close. Sept. 14Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tenn. March 10Phoenix RacewayAvondale, Ariz. April 1Irwindale SpeedwayIrwindale, Calif. April 22Kern County Raceway ParkBakersfield, Calif. June 2Portland International RacewayPortland, Ore. June 9Sonoma RacewaySonoma, Calif. July 1Irwindale SpeedwayIrwindale, Calif. July 29Shasta SpeedwayAnderson, Calif. Aug. 19Evergreen SpeedwayEvergreen, Wash. Sept. 30All-American SpeedwayRoseville, Calif. Oct. 13The Bullring at LVMSLas Vegas, Nev. Oct. 21Madera SpeedwayMadera, Calif. Nov. 3Phoenix RacewayAvondale, Ariz. Each ARCA Menards Series East and West stand-alone race will be streamed live on FloRacingand televised on a delayed basis on USA Network.