The 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 was the 26th stock car race of the

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, the final race of the regular season, and the 23rd iteration of the

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. The race was held on Saturday, September 9, 2023, in

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, a permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.

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, driving for

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, would put on a blistering performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 154 laps, earning his ninth career

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win, and his sixth of the season. To fill out the podium, Brandon Jones, driving for

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, and

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, driving for

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, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. The race was noted with a battle for the final playoff spot between Riley Herbst and

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. Herbst and Kligerman entered the race with one point separating each other. After a series of issues for Herbst, he would fail to make the playoffs for the first time in his Xfinity Series career. Kligerman would have a strong day, finishing in fourth after running top ten for most of the race, earning a spot in the playoffs for the first time in his career, and the first for

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. The 12 drivers that would qualify for the playoffs are

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, Sammy Smith, Jeb Burton,

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, and

. Following the race, Hill would claim the Regular Season Championship.

Background

Kansas Speedway is a

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race track in

. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual

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race weekends. The

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also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the

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Entry list

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

Notes

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 9, at 9:05 AM CST, and would last for 20 minutes.

, driving for

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, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.856, and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 9, at 9:35 AM CST. Since

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.

, driving for

, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.646, and an average speed of .

Race results

Stage 1 ''Laps: 45'' Stage 2 ''Laps: 45'' Stage 3 ''Laps: 110''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes

References

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