The 2023 A-GAME 200 was the 10th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Dover, Delaware at Dover Motor Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Ryan Truex, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would put on a dominating performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 124 laps, earning his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win.[1] To fill out the podium, Josh Berry, driving for JR Motorsports, and Justin Allgaier, also driving for JR Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | April 29, 2023 | ||
| Official name | 42nd Annual A-GAME 200 | ||
| Location | Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 200 mi (321 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 200 mi (321 km) | ||
| Average speed | 107.191 mph (172.507 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Big Machine Racing | ||
| Grid positions set by competition-based formula | |||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 124 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 19 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Austin Dillon, and Joey Logano | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
This was also the fourth and final race of the Dash 4 Cash. The drivers eligible for the Dash 4 Cash were Cole Custer, Sheldon Creed, Jeb Burton, and Parker Kligerman, after they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars following the race at Talladega. Custer, who finished in seventh, would claim the bonus cash.[2]
Background
editDover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Starting lineup
editPractice and qualifying were both scheduled to be held on Friday, April 28, at 3:05 PM EST, and 3:35 PM EST, but were both cancelled due to constant rain showers.[3] The starting lineup was determined by a performance-based metric system. As a result, Parker Kligerman, driving for Big Machine Racing, would earn the pole.[4][5] Dawson Cram would fail to qualify.
Race results
editStage 1 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | Sammy Smith (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Chandler Smith (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | Chandler Smith (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Sammy Smith (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 110
| Fin[6] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 19 | Ryan Truex | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 124 | Running | 60 |
| 2 | 19 | 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 42 |
| 3 | 18 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 4 | 6 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 18 | Running | 49 |
| 5 | 22 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 49 |
| 6 | 28 | 18 | Sammy Smith (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 7 | 2 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 200 | 13 | Running | 39 |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 9 | 24 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 10 | 16 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 29 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 41 | Running | 38 |
| 12 | 26 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 199 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 13 | 10 | 16 | Chandler Smith (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 14 | 35 | 02 | Kyle Weatherman | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 4 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 14 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 20 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 5 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff (R) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | 4 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 15 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 13 | 10 | Derek Kraus | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 11 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 198 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 21 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | RSS Racing | Ford | 198 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 7 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 9 | 6 | Brennan Poole | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 29 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 30 | 45 | Rajah Caruth (i) | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 27 | 17 | 08 | Gray Gaulding | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | 196 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 38 | 07 | Stefan Parsons | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 29 | 25 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 195 | 0 | Running | 8 |
| 30 | 37 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 195 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Running | 6 |
| 32 | 34 | 91 | Chad Chastain (i) | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 33 | 32 | 35 | Patrick Emerling | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | Running | 4 |
| 34 | 23 | 53 | C. J. McLaughlin | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Ford | 192 | 0 | Running | 3 |
| 35 | 36 | 24 | Corey Heim (i) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 170 | 0 | Engine | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 123 | 0 | Brakes | 1 |
| 37 | 33 | 44 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | Engine | 1 |
| 38 | 1 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 62 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
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Standings after the race
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References
edit- ^ Stumpf, Stephen (April 29, 2023). "After 13 Years & 5 Second-Place Finishes, Ryan Truex Finally Has His Win". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ Sturniolo, Zach (April 29, 2023). "Cole Custer scores second straight Dash 4 Cash win in Xfinity race at Dover". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ "2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover Motor Speedway Race Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (April 28, 2023). "Parker Kligerman on Dover Xfinity Pole After Qualifying Canceled". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "2023 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "2023 A-GAME 200 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 29, 2023.