2023 Würth 400
The 2023 Würth 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on April 30, 2023, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. It is contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it will be the 11th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | April 30, 2022 | ||
| Location | Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (640 km) | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and TBA | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Doug Rice and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn Announcers | Rob Albright (Backstretch) | ||
Report
Background
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
Media
Television
Fox Sports will cover the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and an Analyst TBA will call the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith will handle the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provide insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
| FS1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters | In-race analyst |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: TBA | Jamie Little Regan Smith | Larry McReynolds |
Radio
PRN will have the radio call for the race and will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. This will be the first Dover race covered by PRN as the radio rights were shifted from MRN Radio after the 2022 season.
| PRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow | Backstretch: Rob Albright | Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Wendy Venturini |
References
- "2023 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- "Dover International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- Taranto, Steven (September 14, 2022). "NASCAR releases 2023 Cup Series schedule highlighted by new Chicago, All-Star race stops". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- "NASCAR unveils 2023 schedule for its national series". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. September 14, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.