Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Ambetter Health 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 19th, 2023

Race #5 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 325
- Shortened to 260 laps
Miles Raced : 400.4
Time of Race : 02 Hours 53 minutes 05 seconds
Average Speed: 138.800 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.193 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 34
Lead Changes: 20
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 23 (64%)

Joey Logano celebrates after winning — Hampton, Georgia - March 19th, 2023: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Autotrader Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	22	Joey Logano	Ford	59	40	19	6	260	140	5	1	2	Running
2	4	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	45	35	10	0	260	47	2	3	9	Running
3	10	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	39	34	5	0	260	6	1	6	0	Running
4	31	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	34	33	1	0	260	0	0	0	10	Running
5	16	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	39	32	7	0	260	0	0	0	4	Running
6	14	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	40	31	9	0	260	14	2	5	8	Running
7	3	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	37	30	7	0	260	5	1	4	0	Running
8	28	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
9	35	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	28	28	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
10	17	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	31	27	4	0	260	7	2	7	0	Running
11	2	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	45	26	19	1	260	5	1	2	1	Running
12	22	42	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
13	18	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	260	5	1	0	0	Running
14	15	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	31	23	8	0	260	0	0	0	3	Running
15	23	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	22	22	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
16	30	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
17	27	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	260	7	1	0	0	Running
18	21	9	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
19	29	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	23	18	5	0	260	0	0	10	7	Running
20	13	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
21	12	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	16	16	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
22	20	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
23	26	77	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
24	8	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	13	13	0	0	259	0	0	0	0	Running
25	32	51	Cody Ware	Ford	12	12	0	0	258	1	1	0	0	Running
26	34	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	11	11	0	0	258	0	0	0	0	Running
27	19	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	10	10	0	0	255	0	0	0	0	Running
28	24	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	9	9	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Running
29	25	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	10	8	2	0	213	0	0	9	0	DVP
30	5	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	7	7	0	0	208	17	2	0	0	Accident
31	9	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	208	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	11	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	11	5	6	0	192	0	0	0	5	Accident
33	6	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	4	4	0	0	190	1	1	0	0	Accident
34	33	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	3	3	0	0	190	0	0	0	0	DVP
35	7	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	10	2	8	0	189	5	1	8	6	Accident
36	36	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	189	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Christopher Bell	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	11	13	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	13	15	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Pass Thru	133	136	Green
Ryan Preece	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	135	141	Green
Cody Ware	Tire violation	Pass Thru	136	138	Green
Chris Buescher	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	164	166	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	167	169	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	167	169	Green
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	193	195	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	194	0	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	196	198	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	198	200	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	210	0	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	212	214	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	212	214	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	212	214	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
Ambetter Health 400
Race Winner: Joey Logano
Age: 32
Team : No. 22 - Autotrader Ford
Owner: Roger Penske
Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
Joey Logano won the Ambetter Health 400, his 32nd victory in 512 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 19 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 17 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2023.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Ty Gibbs (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Joey Logano leads the point standings by 1 points over Christopher Bell.

Race Recap

Joey Logano drives dominant Ford to victory in NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

March 19th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Deftly maneuvering his No. 22 Ford through the final two laps of Sunday's Ambetter Health 400, Joey Logano finished the NASCAR Cup Series race where he started—at the front of the field.

With a push from Christopher Bell on the backstretch on the final lap, Logano moved to the outside of leader Brad Keselowski with huge momentum and charged past Keselowski's No. 6 Ford into the lead.

Logano pulled down to the inside lane through the final two corners and crossed the finish line .193 seconds ahead of Keselowski and .194 seconds ahead of third-place Bell.

"Yeah, first off so special to win Atlanta for me," said Logano, a Connecticut native who began to refine his talent racing Legends cars at Atlanta. "So many memories of me and my dad racing right here on the quarter mile. This is the full circle for us. So many memories gritting over there with the Legends car, racing, having a big time.

"Dreaming of going straight at the quarter mile and going onto the big track. That was always the dream to do it. To finally win here means so much to me here personally, but the team.

"The Auto Trader Mustang—this thing was an animal. Very, very fast. Able to lead a ton of laps, race really hard there at the end, get a good push from the 20 (Bell) to clear myself. Huge victory. Nice to get one early in the season. Always feels better, but what a great day for us."

Logano's first victory of the season and first at Atlanta was no surprise. On Saturday, the reigning series champion led eight Ford drivers into the top eight starting positions for Sunday's race.

Logano won the first stage wire-to-wire, leading the first 63 laps. In Stage 2, he finished second to Team Penske teammate Austin Cindric. All told, Logano led 140 of the 260 laps. Keselowski was second with 47 laps led.

The victory was Ford's first of the season after Chevrolet drivers claimed trophies in the first four events. Logano is the second straight driver to win from the pole at Atlanta, following Chase Elliott last summer.

Disappointed with second place, Keselowski was nevertheless elated with the quality of racing in the closing laps.

"The coolest thing about this race is two veterans showed you can run a race here side-by-side, bump-drafting, and not wreck the field," Keselowski said. "It can happen if you race respectfully. I thought everybody did a great job.

"We were right there. Proud of my team and the effort. Nothing much we could do there at the end."

Not that there wasn't plenty of action before the final laps ended with Logano's 32^nd career victory.

After two relatively placid stages where single-file racing predominated, the intensity increased exponentially as the end of the race approached.

On Lap 190, one lap after Kevin Harvick had taken the lead for the first time, Chastain pulled up close behind Harvick in the draft. Harvick's No. 4 Ford broke loose and triggered a massive wreck on the backstretch that involved 14 cars.

Harvick was eliminated, along with William Byron, Chris Buescher, Harrison Burton and BJ McLeod. The defending race winner, Byron was seeking his third straight Cup victory of the season.

"It looked like the No. 1 (Chastain) and the No. 4 just got connected there into Turn 1 and got the No. 4 loose," Byron said after a mandatory visit to the infield care center. "It's just part of racing. That's the way it goes—not really in our control. We were up there running in the top-five and doing what we needed to do."

Harvick's assessment of the wreck was essentially the same.

"I think he just caught me so quick right there in the middle of the corner, and then he kind of was up on the right rear part of the (car) and he came back down, and when he came back down it just spun the thing out," Harvick said. "I don't think he actually even hit me, but it started chattering the rear tires, and then I was just along for the ride."

Nineteen laps later, a five-car accident off Turn 4—triggered when one of then-leader Aric Almirola's tires went flat—knocked Almirola, Kyle Larson and Daniel Suárez out of the race.

"There was nowhere to go," Larson said ruefully. "Nobody had been having tire issues, so I wasn't even expecting the No. 10 (Almirola) to have a tire issue in front of me. Even if I did, I didn't have time to react.

"It's a bummer. Just frustrating.. I was finally up front on this style of race track and still end up with a DNF (did not finish). I don't know—just frustrating."

Corey LaJoie finished a career-best fourth, followed by Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones, Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch. LaJoie also gave Logano a push as the winner worked his way back to the front.

"I hope he gives me a shout-out for pushing him," LaJoie said. "Gave him a good shot there at the end."