The 2023 4EVER 400 Presented by Mobil 1 was a

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held on October 22, 2023, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in

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. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the

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season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

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Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a

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track located in

. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including

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, the

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and the Grand-Am

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. From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of

's series: the

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and

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; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both effected by the

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, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023. In 2023, it was announced that

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would be replacing Dixie Vodka as the race's sponsor after two years. Mobil 1 would then proceed to name the race after

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and his 4EVER appreciation campaign, as he would be set to retire from NASCAR after the 2023 season. This race would be the second year straight in a row

John Hunter Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is the son of NASCAR driver Joe ...

would make his one-off Cup start at the same track.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. * (P) denotes playoff driver. * (OP) denotes owner's playoffs car.

Practice

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was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 31.936 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

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scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.256 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 80 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 80

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 107

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 25 among 9 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35 laps * Red flags: 1 for 12 minutes, and 35 seconds * Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 54 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

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and

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called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on

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. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chief

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called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and

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had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post,

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, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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