2023 NASCAR Cup Series Pala Casino 400 Race Results

2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Race 2 of 36
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Auto Club Speedway
2.000-mile oval
Fontana, CA
Scheduled Distance: 200 Laps, 400.0 miles

Fin	St	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Diff	Status	Pts
1	21	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Lucas Oil Chevrolet	200	--	Running	49
2	33	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	200	2.998	Running	40
3	8	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Kubota Chevrolet	200	7.353	Running	54
4	7	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet	200	11.866	Running	47
5	10	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing GEARWRENCH Ford	200	13.268	Running	42
6	13	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota	200	13.296	Running	42
7	16	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing Castrol Edge Ford	200	13.541	Running	32
8	4	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet	200	16.289	Running	39
9	28	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Dow Coatings Chevrolet	200	16.795	Running	28
10	3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske AAA Southern California Ford	200	17.013	Running	39
11	14	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing Reser's Fine Foods Toyota	200	17.105	Running	28
12	2	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing Ralphs / Tree Top Chevrolet	200	23.231	Running	25
13	5	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Pala Casino Ford	200	24.082	Running	24
14	12	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports NEGU Chevrolet	200	29.296	Running	24
15	24	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford	200	34.796	Running	22
16	23	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	200	36.726	Running	21
17	25	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	200	36.869	Running	20
18	26	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports Horizon Hobby Ford	200	41.379	Running	19
19	34	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Allegiant Chevrolet	200	42.406	Running	18
20	31	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing Rush Truck Centers / MobilDelvac Ford	200	43.955	Running	17
21	29	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet	199	1 lap	Running	16
22	20	42	Noah Gragson	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Sunseeker Resort Chevrolet	199	1 lap	Running	15
23	22	15	JJ Yeley	Rick Ware Racing ActOne Group Ford	199	1 lap	Running	14
24	30	78	BJ McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports American Hartford Gold Chevrolet	199	1 lap	Running	13
25	32	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports RaptorTough.com Chevrolet	198	2 laps	Running	17
26	9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Wurth Ford	196	4 laps	Running	20
27	11	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Biohaven Ford	195	5 laps	Running	10
28	19	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Quaker State Ford	194	6 laps	Running	9
29	15	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	185	15 laps	Running	8
30	18	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Leidos Toyota	172	28 laps	Out	7
31	36	77	Ty Dillon	Spire Motorsports NationsGuard Chevrolet	140	60 laps	Out	6
32	1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Sirius XM Toyota	88	112 laps	Out	5
33	27	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing HaasTooling.com Ford	87	113 laps	Out	4
34	35	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing The Beast Unleashed Toyota	87	113 laps	Out	3
35	17	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing Smithfield Ford	86	114 laps	Out	2
36	6	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Farmsmart Chevrolet	75	125 laps	Out	1

Race Stats

Time of Race	03:08:05
Cautions	8 for 38 laps
Average Speed	127.603
Margin of Victory	2.998
Lead Changes	28
Pole Speed	NTT

Fastest Laps

Rank	Car	Driver	B. Time
1	8	Kyle Busch	40.973
2	1	Ross Chastain	40.992
3	12	Ryan Blaney	41.028
4	48	Alex Bowman	41.070
5	22	Joey Logano	41.093
6	11	Denny Hamlin	41.112
7	4	Kevin Harvick	41.159
8	99	Daniel Suarez	41.161
9	9	Chase Elliott	41.184
10	24	William Byron	41.285
11	19	Martin Truex Jr	41.331
12	16	AJ Allmendinger	41.354
13	23	Bubba Wallace	41.368
14	54	Ty Gibbs	41.399
15	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	41.407
16	6	Brad Keselowski	41.479
17	5	Kyle Larson	41.493
18	17	Chris Buescher	41.496
19	3	Austin Dillon	41.517
20	7	Corey LaJoie	41.631
21	20	Christopher Bell	41.648
22	43	Erik Jones	41.702
23	45	Tyler Reddick	41.720
24	14	Chase Briscoe	41.746
25	42	Noah Gragson	41.769
26	38	Todd Gilliland	41.847
27	21	Harrison Burton	41.854
28	10	Aric Almirola	41.857
29	2	Austin Cindric	41.876
30	31	Justin Haley	41.944
31	34	Michael McDowell	41.952
32	41	Ryan Preece	42.027
33	78	BJ McLeod	42.067
34	77	Ty Dillon	42.199
35	15	JJ Yeley	42.280
36	51	Cody Ware	42.605

Lap Leaders

Lead Change	No.	Driver	From	To	Total
Pole	20	Christopher Bell	0	1	1
1	48	Alex Bowman	2	17	16
2	1	Ross Chastain	18	27	10
3	22	Joey Logano	28	29	2
4	12	Ryan Blaney	30	42	13
5	22	Joey Logano	43	43	1
6	12	Ryan Blaney	44	46	3
7	1	Ross Chastain	47	67	21
8	48	Alex Bowman	68	68	1
9	1	Ross Chastain	69	72	4
10	11	Denny Hamlin	73	74	2
11	22	Joey Logano	75	76	2
12	3	Austin Dillon	77	79	3
13	42	Noah Gragson	80	80	1
14	22	Joey Logano	81	92	12
15	11	Denny Hamlin	93	97	5
16	1	Ross Chastain	98	132	35
17	22	Joey Logano	133	133	1
18	4	Kevin Harvick	134	137	4
19	8	Kyle Busch	138	141	4
20	22	Joey Logano	142	142	1
21	8	Kyle Busch	143	144	2
22	4	Kevin Harvick	145	145	1
23	1	Ross Chastain	136	166	21
24	9	Chase Elliott	167	167	1
25	11	Denny Hamlin	168	171	4
26	6	Brad Keselowski	172	173	2
27	34	Michael McDowell	174	179	6
28	8	Kyle Busch	180	200	21

Cautions / Incidents

Caution	Lap	Description	Free Pass
1	17	Competition Caution
2	43	#6, 7 incident turn 2	51
3	67	Stage 1 end	14
4	76	#7, 12, 16 incident backstretch	6
5	82	#7, 45 incident turn 4	51
6	88	#10, 12, 15, 20, 31, 38, 41, 45, 54 and 77 incident frontstretch	19
7	132	Stage 2 end	42
8	142	#77 stopped on track	19