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2023 Pala Casino 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 2 of 36 Sunday, February 26, 2023 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:08:05 Average speed: 127.603 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 8 for 38 laps Margin of victory: 2.998 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 28 Green flag passes: 3,512 (21.7 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2023 NASCAR Cup Series results   /   2023 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts PPts 1 21 8   Kyle Busch Lucas Oil   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 running 27 49 5 2 33 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 running 1 40 0 3 8 1   Ross Chastain Kubota   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 200 running 91 54 2 4 7 99   Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 200 running 0 47 0 5 10 4   Kevin Harvick Gearwrench   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 200 running 5 42 0 6 13 11   Denny Hamlin SportClips Haircuts   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 200 running 11 42 0 7 16 6   Brad Keselowski Castrol Edge   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 running 2 32 0 8 4 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 running 17 39 0 9 28 3   Austin Dillon Dow Coatings   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 running 3 28 0 10 3 22   Joey Logano AAA Southern California   (Roger Penske) Ford 200 running 19 39 0 11 14 19   Martin Truex Jr Reser's Fine Foods   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 200 running 0 28 0 12 2 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ralphs/Tree Top   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 200 running 0 25 0 13 5 17   Chris Buescher Pala Casino   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 running 0 24 0 14 12 7   Corey LaJoie NEGU   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 200 running 0 24 0 15 24 21   Harrison Burton DEX Imaging   (Wood Brothers) Ford 200 running 0 22 0 16 23 54   Ty Gibbs Monster Energy   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 200 running 0 21 0 17 25 38   Todd Gilliland LONG JOHN SILVER'S   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 200 running 0 20 0 18 26 34   Michael McDowell Horizon Hobby   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 200 running 6 19 0 19 34 43   Erik Jones Allegiant   (Legacy Motor Club) Chevrolet 200 running 0 18 0 20 31 14   Chase Briscoe Rush Truck CentersMobilDelvac   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 200 running 0 17 0 21 29 31   Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 199 running 0 16 0 22 20 42   Noah Gragson Sunseeker Resort   (Legacy Motor Club) Chevrolet 199 running 1 15 0 23 22 15   J.J. Yeley ActOne Group   (Rick Ware) Ford 199 running 0 14 0 24 30 78   B.J. McLeod AMERICAN HARTFORD GOLD   (B.J. McLeod) Chevrolet 199 running 0 13 0 25 32 24   William Byron RaptorTough.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 198 running 0 17 0 26 9 12   Ryan Blaney Wurth   (Roger Penske) Ford 196 running 16 20 0 27 11 51   Cody Ware Biohaven   (Rick Ware) Ford 195 running 0 10 0 28 19 2   Austin Cindric Menards Quaker State   (Roger Penske) Ford 194 running 0 9 0 29 15 5   Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 185 running 0 8 0 30 18 23   Bubba Wallace Leidos   (23XI Racing) Toyota 172 engine 0 7 0 31 36 77   Ty Dillon Nations Guard   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 140 engine 0 6 0 32 1 20   Christopher Bell SiriusXM   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 88 crash 1 5 0 33 27 41   Ryan Preece HaasTooling.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 87 crash 0 4 0 34 35 45   Tyler Reddick The Beast Unleashed   (23XI Racing) Toyota 87 crash 0 3 0 35 17 10   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 86 crash 0 2 0 36 6 16   A.J. Allmendinger Farmsmart   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 75 crash 0 1 0 Top 10 in Stage 1: #1, 12, 99, 48, 11, 24, 22, 4, 19, 9 Top 10 in Stage 2: #1, 8, 22, 4, 99, 11, 9, 48, 6, 7

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 20 4   competition none 21 42 22     43 46 4   #6,7 accident backstretch #51 47 66 20     67 72 6   end of stage 1 #14 73 75 3     76 79 4   #16 accident backstretch #6 80 81 2     82 86 5   #7 spun turn 4 #51 87 87 1     88 92 5   #41,20,12,10,45,51,77,31,38 accident frontstretch #19 93 131 39     132 137 6   end of stage 2 #42 138 141 4     142 145 4   #77 stopped on track #19 146 200 55       Percent of race run under caution: 19.0%             Average green flag run: 18.0 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Christopher Bell 1 1 1   Alex Bowman 2 17 16   Ross Chastain 18 27 10   Joey Logano 28 29 2   Ryan Blaney 30 42 13   Joey Logano 43 43 1   Ryan Blaney 44 46 3   Ross Chastain 47 67 21   Alex Bowman 68 68 1   Ross Chastain 69 72 4   Denny Hamlin 73 74 2   Joey Logano 75 76 2   Austin Dillon 77 79 3   Noah Gragson 80 80 1   Joey Logano 81 92 12   Denny Hamlin 93 97 5   Ross Chastain 98 132 35   Joey Logano 133 133 1   Kevin Harvick 134 137 4   Kyle Busch 138 141 4   Joey Logano 142 142 1   Kyle Busch 143 144 2   Kevin Harvick 145 145 1   Ross Chastain 146 166 21   Chase Elliott 167 167 1   Denny Hamlin 168 171 4   Brad Keselowski 172 173 2   Michael McDowell 174 179 6   Kyle Busch 180 200 21 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Ross Chastain 92     2   Joey Logano 91   -1   3   Alex Bowman 80   -12   4   Kevin Harvick 79   -13   5   Daniel Suarez 77   -15   6   Chris Buescher 74   -18   7   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 73   -19   8   Kyle Busch 67   -25   9   Denny Hamlin 64   -28   9   Brad Keselowski 64   -28   11   Martin Truex Jr 60   -32   12   Ryan Blaney 57   -35   13   Corey LaJoie 51   -41   14   Chase Elliott 49   -43   14   Christopher Bell 49   -43   16   Michael McDowell 40   -52   17   Ty Gibbs 38   -54   17   Austin Cindric 38   -54   19   A.J. Allmendinger 35   -57   19   Harrison Burton 35   -57   19   Todd Gilliland 35   -57   Playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Wins Points 1   Ross Chastain 0   92   2   Joey Logano 0   81   3   Alex Bowman 0   80   4   Daniel Suarez 0   77   5   Kevin Harvick 0   74   6   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1   73   7   Chris Buescher 0   67   7   Kyle Busch 1   67   9   Denny Hamlin 0   62   10   Martin Truex Jr 0   57   10   Brad Keselowski 0   57   12   Ryan Blaney 0   49   13   Corey LaJoie 0   45   14   Chase Elliott 0   41   15   Christopher Bell 0   40   16   Ty Gibbs 0   38