2023 4EVER 400

The 2023 4EVER 400 Presented by Mobil 1 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 22, 2023, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both effected by the COVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.

In 2023, it was announced that Mobil 1 would be replacing Dixie Vodka as the race's sponsor after two years. Mobil 1 would then proceed to name the race after Kevin Harvick, who has Mobil 1 as one of his sponsors, and his 4EVER appreciation campaign, as he is set to retire from NASCAR after the 2023 season.

This race would be the second year straight in a row John Hunter Nemechek will make his one-off Cup start at the same track.

Entry list

 * (R) denotes rookie driver.
 * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
 * (P) denotes playoff driver.
 * (OP) denotes owner's playoffs car.

Practice
Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 31.936 seconds and a speed of 169.088 mph.

Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.256 and a speed of 167.411 mph.

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 25 among 9 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35 laps
 * Red flags: 1 for 12 minutes, and 35 seconds
 * Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 54 seconds
 * Average speed: 125.221 mph

Television
NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chief Todd Gordon called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.