The 2023 Cook Out 400 was a

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race held on July 30, 2023, at Richmond Raceway in

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. Contested over 400 laps on the D-shaped short track, it was the 22nd race of the

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season.

Report

Background

Richmond International Raceway from stands

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), ''D''-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside

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, in Henrico County. It hosts the

, the

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Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the

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series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

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

Practice

William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 23.057 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

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scored the pole for the race with a time 23.749 of and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 70 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 160

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 170

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 18 among 8 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 3 for 21 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 13 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

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, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner

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called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and

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called the race from the broadcast booth for MRN when the field races through the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from a platform when the field races down the backstraightaway. Jacklyn Drake, Kim Coon and Winston Kelley called the action for MRN from pit lane.

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.

Notes

References

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