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NASCAR Cup Series

Quaker State 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway

July 9th, 2023

Race #19 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 260
- Shortened to 185 laps
Miles Raced : 284.9
Time of Race : 02 Hours 24 minutes 17 seconds
Average Speed: 118.475 mph
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 43
Lead Changes: 18

Aric Almirola leads the field to the green flag — Hampton, Georgia - July 9th, 2023: Aric Almirola, driver of the #10 Smithfield/IHOP Ford, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Photo by Alex Slitz | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
William Byron	18	36	2	1	1	36	16.1	+17	144	115	+29	56	6	51.4%	19	185	97.6	46
Daniel Suarez	26	11	3	2	2	28	16.2	+24	148	152	-4	56	5	38.9%	0	185	78.7	35
AJ Allmendinger	19	5	1	3	1	24	9.8	+16	167	143	+24	120	5	80.0%	6	185	110.1	40
Michael McDowell	20	31	4	4	1	36	17.4	+16	185	173	+12	117	3	57.3%	0	185	81.9	39
Kyle Busch	22	19	8	5	5	36	18.9	+17	201	188	+13	64	7	28.1%	0	185	74.8	32
Brad Keselowski	11	18	12	6	1	34	14.0	+5	161	137	+24	95	4	57.3%	19	185	89.9	41
JJ Yeley	24	27	6	7	4	35	23.7	+17	117	128	-11	18	4	14.1%	0	185	58.9	0
Justin Haley	17	4	18	8	1	29	13.0	+9	226	202	+24	146	4	63.8%	0	185	94.5	33
Ryan Blaney	2	10	20	9	1	23	4.8	-7	98	87	+11	78	0	93.0%	20	185	120.3	47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	29	22	7	10	4	34	22.8	+19	143	156	-13	36	6	16.2%	0	185	60.0	27
Erik Jones	25	16	10	11	3	36	18.9	+14	216	194	+22	72	4	40.5%	0	185	76.2	26
Austin Cindric	10	12	17	12	1	23	7.3	-2	160	156	+4	135	3	93.0%	10	185	106.4	36
Chase Elliott	23	29	21	13	4	33	18.1	+10	192	180	+12	64	6	30.8%	0	185	71.6	24
Denny Hamlin	14	15	24	14	3	35	15.9	+0	148	127	+21	87	3	57.3%	0	185	80.7	23
Chris Buescher	15	1	14	15	1	25	11.2	+0	130	129	+1	80	3	58.4%	39	185	91.8	30
Todd Gilliland	9	13	5	16	3	28	14.7	-7	154	175	-21	100	4	65.4%	0	185	74.5	21
Joey Logano	4	7	26	17	1	26	6.5	-13	83	93	-10	66	1	84.3%	11	185	95.9	27
Aric Almirola	1	32	19	18	1	35	15.1	-17	130	169	-39	38	5	48.7%	46	185	79.2	20
Ty Dillon	27	24	11	19	2	36	30.0	+8	60	105	-45	3	0	3.8%	0	185	37.0	18
BJ McLeod	35	28	28	20	1	37	27.6	+15	117	137	-20	18	0	7.0%	1	185	40.7	17
Austin Dillon	33	25	29	21	14	37	26.2	+12	106	127	-21	4	4	1.1%	0	185	46.7	16
Chase Briscoe	3	34	27	22	3	35	21.5	-19	73	95	-22	21	8	30.3%	0	185	54.5	15
Christopher Bell	34	21	22	23	4	35	17.5	+11	210	171	+39	80	5	38.9%	0	185	71.8	21
Ryan Preece	13	8	16	24	2	27	14.3	-11	160	169	-9	117	2	58.9%	0	185	71.8	14
Bubba Wallace	37	3	15	25	1	37	16.6	+12	204	179	+25	123	2	50.3%	5	185	66.4	17
Alex Bowman	36	6	30	26	2	36	15.7	+10	172	153	+19	107	6	50.3%	0	185	81.5	11
Tyler Reddick	12	23	25	27	4	35	16.0	-15	150	122	+28	84	3	57.3%	0	185	63.1	12
Harrison Burton	5	37	31	28	4	37	32.2	-23	9	10	-1	5	0	8.7%	0	184	35.3	9
Martin Truex Jr	16	2	13	29	1	35	13.1	-13	179	156	+23	96	6	61.6%	5	184	86.6	16
Kevin Harvick	6	9	23	30	6	32	21.1	-24	123	163	-40	42	3	28.1%	0	181	48.1	7
Corey Lajoie	28	17	32	31	9	36	26.4	-3	84	77	+7	25	0	13.0%	0	179	39.0	6
Cole Custer	21	30	9	32	6	36	29.2	-11	88	133	-45	12	2	6.5%	0	178	33.6	0
Noah Gragson	31	26	33	33	9	37	28.2	-2	111	136	-25	13	6	8.7%	0	174	33.3	4
Ty Gibbs	7	20	34	34	5	34	20.3	-27	118	128	-10	64	6	43.2%	0	150	69.8	3
Ross Chastain	30	14	35	35	11	36	27.0	-5	100	97	+3	12	2	6.0%	0	124	38.9	2
Kyle Larson	8	35	36	36	1	35	20.9	-28	69	72	-3	68	3	48.1%	4	111	76.0	10
Austin Hill	32	33	37	37	22	37	34.9	-5	42	52	-10	0	3	0.0%	0	92	24.1	0

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
Quaker State 400 available at Walmart
Race Winner: William Byron
Age: 25
Team : No. 24 - Axalta Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
William Byron won the Quaker State 400 available at Walmart, his eighth victory in 199 Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in nine races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Daniel Suarez (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in ten races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 15 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Noah Gragson (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron leads the point standings by 21 points over Martin Truex Jr..

Race Recap

William Byron overcomes adversity in rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series race to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway

July 9th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Neither an early spin nor damage to his No. 24 Chevrolet could prevent William Byron from winning Sunday night’s rain-shortened Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

With a storm approaching the 1.54-mile track, Byron surged past AJ Allmendinger into the lead on Lap 167 and remained out from until an accident in Turn 3 involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Preece and Bubba Wallace caused the seventh caution of the evening on Lap 178.

With Byron out front, the NASCAR Cup Series cars circled the track until the rain arrived and began falling more heavily. NASCAR brought the cars to pit road and red-flagged the race at 9:47 p.m. after 185 laps were complete.

With severe weather moving into the area, the sanctioning body called the race and made Byron the first four-time winner in the series this season. The victory was Byron’s second at Atlanta and the eighth of his career.

Daniel Suárez was second when NASCAR called the race, with Allmendinger running third. Michael McDowell and Kyle Busch completed the top five.

Crew chief Rudy Fugle called Byron to pit road on Lap 125 under caution for a pileup in Turn 2 that damaged the cars of Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Corey LaJoie, Tyler Reddick, Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs.

That enabled Byron to restart fourth on Lap 165 after roughly half the field (cars that had not pitted since Lap 95) came to pit road on Lap 161. Two laps later, Byron had the lead.

Byron hardly looked like a winner after spinning through the grass on Lap 80 and losing a lap getting to pit road. But the 25-year-old from Charlotte, N.C., regained the lost circuit as the beneficiary under caution for Kyle Larson’s spin on Lap 92.

“It’s cool, man,” Byron said. “We went through so much throughout the night—spinning through the infield, destroyed the bottom of the car dragging it around the apron trying to stay on the lead lap. At that point, you just don’t have the grip, so I was real edgy back in traffic, but Rudy made a good call to pit there and then stay out.

“Once we got towards the front, it was OK. We could make the right decisions, block OK, and I got the lead from AJ and was able to manage the run. Just a crazy night.”

The race was a boon not only for Byron, who leads the Playoff standings, but for winless drivers around the Playoff bubble. First, there was no new winner in the series to reduce the number of spots available on points.

Moreover, Suárez, Allmendinger and McDowell improved their chances with top-five finishes. Those three drivers all gained ground on Chase Elliott, who is trying to qualify for the Playoffs despite missing seven of the 19 races this season.

Elliott wasn’t a factor on Sunday night, failing to earn any stage points and finishing 13^th.

Despite his early struggles, Byron was pleased that handling played such an important part in the racing on the recently repaved racing surface.

“It was awesome—that’s all you can ask for on a superspeedway,” Byron said. “We want handling to matter. We want to be able to drive the things. I felt like the first stage was really fun. I was able to make some moves on the bottom.

“And you’re lifting every corner, so it’s different than a 550 (horsepower) old-style race. It’s more packed up, but still handling matters, and guys can make aggressive moves… I’m thankful for the whole team and just staying in it, ‘cause we were a lap down, and it could have been over.”

The race started with team owner Richard Childress driving pace laps in the No. 29 Chevrolet that launched Kevin Harvick’s career with an Atlanta win after Dale Earnhardt’s death in 2001. It wasn’t Harvick’s night, however. After a late spin, he finished 30^th in his final run at Atlanta. Harvick is retiring from Cup racing at the end of the season.