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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

HighPoint.com 400

Pocono Raceway

July 23rd, 2023

Race #21 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 160
Miles Raced : 400.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 21 minutes 04 seconds
Average Speed: 119.363 mph
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 44
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 30 (83%)

Denny Hamlin celebrates in victory lane after winning — Long Pond, Pennsylvania - July 23rd, 2023: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway. 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	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	55	40	15	5	160	9	2	3	4	Running
2	7	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	47	35	12	0	160	15	1	4	6	Running
3	2	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	44	34	10	0	160	20	2	2	10	Running
4	4	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	33	33	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
5	11	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	36	32	4	0	160	4	2	0	7	Running
6	5	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	31	31	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
7	22	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
8	26	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	29	29	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
9	24	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	29	28	1	0	160	0	0	10	0	Running
10	35	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
11	10	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	32	26	6	0	160	0	0	7	9	Running
12	27	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	25	25	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
13	21	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
14	1	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	31	23	8	0	160	60	3	0	3	Running
15	36	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	22	22	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
16	13	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	21	21	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
17	16	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	26	20	6	0	160	0	0	5	0	Running
18	18	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	21	19	2	0	160	0	0	9	0	Running
19	15	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	23	18	5	0	160	0	0	6	0	Running
20	3	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	27	17	10	1	160	24	2	0	1	Running
21	25	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
22	32	42	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
23	9	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	14	14	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
24	20	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	19	13	6	0	160	0	0	0	5	Running
25	31	51	Cole Custer	Ford	0	0	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
26	28	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
27	12	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	160	5	1	0	0	Running
28	33	77	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	18	9	9	0	160	0	0	0	2	Running
29	29	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	8	8	0	0	160	0	0	0	0	Running
30	14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	10	7	3	0	160	2	1	0	8	Running
31	34	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	6	6	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	Running
32	30	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	Running
33	19	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	7	4	3	0	153	0	0	8	0	Accident
34	23	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	105	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	6	22	Joey Logano	Ford	12	2	10	1	48	21	1	1	0	DVP
36	17	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Chase Elliott	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Todd Gilliland	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	7	9	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	9	10	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	38	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	38	40	Yellow
Joey Logano	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	38	40	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	42	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	42	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	42	Yellow
Joey Logano	Improper fueling	Tail End	42	44	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	44	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	46	48	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Cole Custer	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	94	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	92	94	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	108	110	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	108	110	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Passing the caution car/truck	1 Lap	142	144	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	143	145	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	144	146	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	149	151	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	154	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Pocono Raceway
HighPoint.com 400
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 42
Team : No. 11 - Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
Denny Hamlin won the HighPoint.com 400, his 50th victory in 635 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his seventh victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
Ty Gibbs (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 30 points over William Byron.

Race Recap

Denny Hamlin Wins HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway

July 23rd, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Denny Hamlin prevailed in a tight door-to-door bump-and-go pass on Kyle Larson with seven laps remaining to claim a historic all-time best seventh NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway – the win in Sunday's HighPoint.com 400 also marking Hamlin's 50^th career trophy and second of the 2023 season

The race ended under caution for a last lap incident elsewhere on track, and the Pocono crowd voiced its displeasure, booing loudly as Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led the field to pit road at the 2.5-mile track after the checkered flag. Hamlin, 42, maintained the action was just close-quarter racing for a win. Larson, who finished 21^st after the contact, disagreed and was none too happy with his good friend and golf partner.

"Both guys wrecked themselves," Hamlin said of Larson and contact he had earlier with Larson's teammate Alex Bowman. "There was a lane. He [Larson] missed the corner first and evidently didn't have his right side tires clean and when he gassed up and got going again, you have an option in those positions to either hold it wide open and hit the fence or lift and race it out.

"Those were choices they made. I didn't hit either one of them. Didn't touch them."

"I love it, I love it," Hamlin said, acknowledging the boos.

"I thought we had the best car and the strategy worked out. Just so happy we're winning these races we should win."

Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, did not mince words after climbing out of his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Instead of a Top-5 finish – or possible victory – he recovered from the incident to cross the finish line 21^st.

"First off, really proud of my team, they got us in position to race for the win," said Larson, who did earn the Stage 2 win – his third of the year. "We got spun early [in the race] and the car was never really the same after that, but we played the strategy really well to get us up there. Just unfortunate.

"I've been cost a lot of good finishes by him throughout my career, and I know he says that I race a certain way, but I don't think I've ever had to apologize to him about anything, not that I'm sure he'll say ‘I'm sorry' after this but it is what it is.

"Just move on and try to go to Richmond, where we won earlier this year.

"It is what it is. Yeah, we're friends. Yes, this makes things awkward. But he's always right. All the buddies know, Denny's always right. It is what it is. I'm not gonna let it tarnish our friendship off track. But I am pissed, and I feel like I should be pissed.

"I think at this point I have the right," Larson said of potentially racing Hamlin differently on track going forward. "Like I've said, I've never had to apologize to him about anything I've done on the racetrack. I can count four or five times where he's had to reach out to me and say, ‘sorry I've put you in a bad spot there.' So eventually, like he says, you have to start racing people a certain way to get the respect back."

Hamlin earned Toyota its 600^th career win in the three NASCAR national series combined and led his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. across the finish line. Tyler Reddick, who drives for the 23XI Racing Toyota team that Hamlin is part-owner of, finished third. Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick and the remaining two JGR cars of rookie Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell rounded out the Top-6.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Harrison Burton and Hendrick's Chase Elliott rounded out the top-10. It marked the second top-10 of the season for the 22-year old Burton. And the effort from Elliott leaves him 59-points out of the 16-driver Playoff pool with five more regular season races remaining for the 2020 series champion to race for another trophy, after missing six races in 2023.

Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports teammate, the race polesitter William Byron, led the most laps (60) of the day, but finished 24^th. He now trails Truex by 30 points for the regular season title.

Varying pit strategies – and in particular on the final green flag run – changed the leaderboard in the last 30-40 laps of the race. Some drivers that hadn't run top-5 all day postponed their last stop hoping for a caution flag. However, the day's strongest cars were in position to settle the trophy; some – such as Larson and Hamlin – on a two-tire pit stop and some – such as Truex and Byron – with four fresh tires.

There were 11 cautions on the day and incidents on three consecutive restarts after the Stage 1 break impacted the Playoff situations of multiple drivers

The first re-start following the Stage break not only involved the Stage 1 winner Joey Logano, but also collected Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez who went into the race a mere 1-point behind Michael McDowell for that 16^th and final Playoff position. McDowell's car suffered some damage too, but he was able to drive on. Logano's No. 22 Penske Racing Ford was towed back and repaired but Suarez's No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet pit needing extensive work and ultimately drove back to the garage.

With five races remaining, Suarez dropped to 18th in the championship standings and his deficit to 16^th place McDowell now stands at 23 points..

"At the end of the day it's our fault we shouldn't be back there with those guys, squirrels," a frustrated Suarez said, adding, "It was a racing incident, but we shouldn't be racing those guys. We can only control what we can control.”