2023 Ally 400

The 2023 Ally 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 25, 2023, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the 1+1/3 mile superspeedway, it was the 17th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Background
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.

It is a concrete oval track 1+1/3 mile long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

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

Practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.510 seconds and a speed of 162.250 mph.

Qualifying
Ross Chastain scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.797 and a speed of 160.687 mph.

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 90

Stage Two Laps: 95

Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 115

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 21 among 12 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 4 for 24 laps
 * Red flags: 0
 * Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes, and 7 seconds
 * Average speed: 132.914 mph

Television
NBC Sports 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. Parker Kligerman provided live reports from Chicago during the race.

Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. This was the first Nashville race covered by PRN Radio, as radio rights shifted from Motor Racing Network after the 2022 season.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
 * . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.