The 2023 Crayon 301 was a

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race held on July 17, 2023, at

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. Contested over 301 laps on the speedway, it was the 20th race of the

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season. The race was postponed from Sunday, July 16 to Monday, July 17, due to rain.

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won the race, scoring his 34th and final Cup Series victory.

Report

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in

, which has hosted

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racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by

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Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.129 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.524 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 70 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 115

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 116

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 8 for 41 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 7 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner

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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

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

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. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and

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handled the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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