2023 Alsco Uniforms 300 (Las Vegas)

2023 Alsco Uniforms 300

Race details
Race 3 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	March 4, 2023
Official name	27th Annual Alsco Uniforms 300
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Average speed	136.519 mph (219.706 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chandler Smith	Kaulig Racing
Time	29.489
Most laps led
Driver	Chandler Smith	Kaulig Racing
Laps	118
Winner
No. 21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Kevin Harvick, and Ryan Blaney
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2023 Alsco Uniforms 300 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 27th iteration of the event. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, made a last lap pass on Chandler Smith for the lead, and earned his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, along with his second of the season.^[1] Smith dominated the race in general, leading 118 laps. To fill out the podium, Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, and Smith, driving for Kaulig Racing, would finish second and third, respectively.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, March 3, at 3:30 PM PST, and last for 30 minutes.^[2] Daniel Hemric, driving for Kaulig Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.216, and an average speed of 178.713 mph (287.611 km/h).

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 3, at 4:00 PM PST.^[2] Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.^[3] Chandler Smith, driving for Kaulig Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.489, and an average speed of 183.119 mph (294.701 km/h).^[4]

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Hill 156 1 2 Justin Allgaier 135 (-21) 1 3 John Hunter Nemechek 132 (–24) 4 Chandler Smith 122 (–34) 5 Riley Herbst 112 (–44) 1 6 Sam Mayer 95 (–61) 1 7 Cole Custer 88 (–68) 1 8 Josh Berry 85 (–71) 1 9 Joe Graf Jr. 78 (–78) 1 10 Parker Kligerman 77 (–79) 4 11 Sammy Smith 73 (–83) 1 12 Jeb Burton 71 (–85) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.