2023 Andy's Frozen Custard 300

2023 Andy's Frozen Custard 300

Race details
Race 28 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	September 23, 2023
Official name	19th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 300
Location	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	107.153 mph (172.446 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Time	29.188
Most laps led
Driver	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Laps	133
Winner
No. 20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The 2023 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 was the 28th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the second race of the Round of 12, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In a wild and wreck-filled race, John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would steal the win after making a pass on Parker Kligerman and Justin Allgaier with under ten laps to go, and held on to earn his 10th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his seventh of the season. He would also advance into the next round of the playoffs.^[1] Allgaier would go on to have a blistering performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 133 laps, but a late-race pass would put him in a 5th place finish. To fill out the podium, Kligerman, driving for Big Machine Racing, and Sammy Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 23, at 9:35 AM CST, and would last for 20 minutes.^[2] Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.678, and an average speed of 181.953 mph (292.825 km/h).^[3]

Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 23, at 10:05 AM CST.^[2] Since Texas Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.^[4] Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.188, and an average speed of 185.008 mph (297.742 km/h).^[5]

Stage 1 Laps: 65

Stage 2 Laps: 65

Stage 3 Laps: 70

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 John Hunter Nemechek 2,148 2 Justin Allgaier 2,137 (-11) 3 Cole Custer 2,117 (–31) 4 Austin Hill 2,098 (–50) 5 Chandler Smith 2,086 (–62) 1 6 Sammy Smith 2,072 (–76) 1 7 Sheldon Creed 2,063 (–85) 2 8 Daniel Hemric 2,055 (–93) 2 9 Parker Kligerman 2,054 (–94) 1 10 Jeb Burton 2,036 (–112) 1 11 Josh Berry 2,028 (–120) 2 12 Sam Mayer 2,021 (–127) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.