2023 Alsco Uniforms 302

2023 Alsco Uniforms 302

Race details
Race 30 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	October 14, 2023
Official name	6th Annual Alsco Uniforms 302
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	201 laps, 301 mi (485 km)
Scheduled Distance	201 laps, 301 mi (485 km)
Average speed	130.598 mph (210.177 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Josh Berry	JR Motorsports
Time	29.671
Most laps led
Driver	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	103
Winner
No. 98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The 2023 Alsco Uniforms 302 was the 30th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the first race of the Round of 8, and the 6th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 201 laps to complete. Riley Herbst, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, would take the surprise win after putting on a blistering performance, winning the second stage and leading a race-high 103 laps, managing a 15 second lead over John Hunter Nemechek to earn his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win in his 139th start. He would also be the first non-playoff driver to win a race this season.^[1] Stewart-Haas Racing would dominate over half of the race, with Herbst leading 103 laps and Cole Custer winning the first stage and leading 62 laps. To fill out the podium, Nemechek, driving Joe Gibbs Racing, and Custer, driving for SHR, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background[edit]

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 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list[edit]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.

Practice[edit]

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, October 13, at 4:05 PM PST, and would last for 20 minutes.^[2] Cole Custer, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.376, and an average speed of 177.772 mph (286.096 km/h).^[3]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was held on Friday, October 13, at 4:35 PM CST.^[2] Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.^[4] Josh Berry, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.671, and an average speed of 181.996 mph (292.894 km/h).^[5]

Race results[edit]

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Stage 3 Laps: 111

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 John Hunter Nemechek 3,103 1 2 Justin Allgaier 3,077 (-26) 1 3 Austin Hill 3,075 (–28) 1 4 Cole Custer 3,071 (–32) 1 5 Chandler Smith 3,056 (–47) 2 6 Sam Mayer 3,055 (–48) 1 7 Sammy Smith 3,036 (–67) 1 8 Sheldon Creed 3,030 (–73) 9 Daniel Hemric 2,144 (–959) 10 Parker Kligerman 2,126 (–977) 11 Josh Berry 2,091 (–1,012) 12 Jeb Burton 2,056 (–1,047) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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