The 2023 Ally 400 was a

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race held on June 25, 2023, at Nashville Superspeedway in

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. Contested over 300 laps on the superspeedway, it was the 17th race of the

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season.

Report

Background

left, Nashville Superspeedway, where the race was held. Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in

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, United States, about southeast of

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. The track was built in

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and is currently used for events, driving schools and '' GT Academy'', a reality television competition. It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by

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, which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the

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and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

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

Practice

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was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.510 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Ross Chastain scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.797 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 90 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 95

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 115

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 21 among 12 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 4 for 24 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes, and 7 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 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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provided live reports from Chicago during the race.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was also simulcasted on

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NASCAR Radio. This was the first Nashville race covered by PRN Radio, as radio rights shifted from Motor Racing Network after the 2022 season.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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Ally 400 The Ally 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tennessee. The first race took place in 2021, the first Cup event in the Nashville area since 1984. The NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Se ...

NASCAR races at Nashville Superspeedway