The 2023 Bush's Beans 200 was the 18th stock car race of the

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season, the 8th and final race of the

2023 ARCA Menards Series East Luke Fenhaus finished second in the championship by 58 points. Lavar Scott finished third in the championship by 69 points. The 2023 ARCA Menards Series East was the 37th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing s ...

season, and the third iteration of the

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. The race was held on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in Bristol, Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.

William Sawalich William Sawalich (born October 3, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 18 Toyota ...

, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would take advantage of a late-race restart, and held off

Jesse Love Jesse Love Jr. (born January 14, 2005) is an American stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in Venturini Motorsports's No. 20 Toyota, excluding 6 events. Love currently holds two records: He is the youngest wi ...

to earn his third career ARCA Menards Series win, his fourth career

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win, and his fifth of the season. Love would dominate the entire race, leading a race-high 158 laps.. To fill out the podium, Love, driving for Venturini Motorsports, and

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, driving for

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, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In addition to winning, Sawalich would claim the

championship, 58 points ahead of

Luke Fenhaus Luke Fenhaus (born April 8, 2004) is an American professional racing driver who currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 28 Chevrolet SS for Pinnacle Racing Group. He ...

, who suffered a flat tire in the race and ending his contention of winning. This was Sawalich's first championship, and the third consecutive championship for the 18 car.

Background

The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a

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short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and

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-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, September 14, at 2:45 PM EST, and would last for 45 minutes.

, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 15.110, and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday, September 14, at 3:00 PM EST. The qualifying system used is a single-car, multi-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round wins the pole.

, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 15.086, and an average speed of .

Race results

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) ;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA East) *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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Bush's Beans 200 The Bush's Beans 200 is an annual 200-lap ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East combination race held at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is held as part of the fall NASCAR weekend at the track. The event was run under the NASCAR K&N Pro S ...