Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

PALA Casino 400

Auto Club Speedway

February 26th, 2023

Race #2 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Miles Raced : 400.0
  • Time of Race : 03 Hours 08 minutes 05 seconds
  • Average Speed: 127.603 mph
  • Margin of Victory : 02.998 seconds
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 38
  • Lead Changes: 28
  • Cars in Race : 36
  • Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (56%)
Kyle Busch celebrates in victory lane
Fontana, California - February 26th, 2023: Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 Lucas Oil Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Pala Casino 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Photo by Meg Oliphant | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS PO PTS Laps Led x Led S1 S2 STUS
1 21 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 49 40 9 5 200 27 3 0 2 Running
2 33 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 40 35 5 0 200 1 1 10 7 Running
3 8 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 54 34 20 2 200 91 5 1 1 Running
4 7 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 47 33 14 0 200 0 0 3 5 Running
5 10 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 42 32 10 0 200 5 2 8 4 Running
6 13 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 42 31 11 0 200 11 3 5 6 Running
7 16 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 32 30 2 0 200 2 1 0 9 Running
8 4 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 39 29 10 0 200 17 2 4 8 Running
9 28 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 200 3 1 0 0 Running
10 3 22 Joey Logano Ford 39 27 12 0 200 19 6 7 3 Running
11 14 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 28 26 2 0 200 0 0 9 0 Running
12 2 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
13 5 17 Chris Buescher Ford 24 24 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
14 12 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 24 23 1 0 200 0 0 0 10 Running
15 24 21 Harrison Burton Ford 22 22 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
16 23 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 21 21 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
17 25 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 20 20 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
18 26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 19 19 0 0 200 6 1 0 0 Running
19 34 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
20 31 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 17 17 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Running
21 29 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 199 0 0 0 0 Running
22 20 42 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 199 1 1 0 0 Running
23 22 15 JJ Yeley Ford 14 14 0 0 199 0 0 0 0 Running
24 30 78 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 199 0 0 0 0 Running
25 32 24 William Byron Chevrolet 17 12 5 0 198 0 0 6 0 Running
26 9 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 20 11 9 0 196 16 2 2 0 Running
27 11 51 Cody Ware Ford 10 10 0 0 195 0 0 0 0 Running
28 19 2 Austin Cindric Ford 9 9 0 0 194 0 0 0 0 Running
29 15 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 185 0 0 0 0 Running
30 18 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 7 7 0 0 172 0 0 0 0 Engine
31 36 77 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 6 6 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 Engine
32 1 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 5 5 0 0 88 1 1 0 0 Accident
33 27 41 Ryan Preece Ford 4 4 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 Accident
34 35 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 3 3 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 Accident
35 17 10 Aric Almirola Ford 2 2 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 Accident
36 6 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

PALA Casino 400 at Auto Club Speedway

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Kyle Larson Refueling car/truck before the affected car/truck receives the green flag on the race track or does not complete the designated race distance (competition yellow) 1 Lap 16 31 Green/Yellow
Kyle Larson Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 16 0 Yellow
Martin Truex Jr Equipment Interference Tail End 17 20 Yellow
Kyle Busch Speeding on pit road Tail End 43 46 Yellow
Kyle Larson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 43 46 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 45 46 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Speeding on pit road Tail End 68 72 Yellow
Martin Truex Jr Unspecified Loss of wheel - 2 Laps Other - See Notes 77 79 Yellow
Austin Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Aric Almirola Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 87 0 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 87 92 Yellow
Ryan Preece Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 87 0 Yellow
Tyler Reddick Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 87 0 Yellow
Justin Haley Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 87 92 Yellow
Christopher Bell Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 87 0 Yellow
Brad Keselowski Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 89 92 Yellow
Ty Gibbs Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 89 92 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 131 137 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Noah Gragson Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Austin Cindric Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 141 145 Yellow
Cody Ware Unspecified Choose Violation Tail End 144 145 Yellow
Bubba Wallace Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 144 145 Yellow
William Byron Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 182 184 Green