2023 Hollywood Casino 400

The 2023 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 10, 2023, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 268 laps -- extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mi intermediate speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the second race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 16.

Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5 mi tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

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

Practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.200 seconds and a speed of 178.808 mph.

Qualifying
Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.954 and a speed of 180.276 mph.

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 85

Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 19 among 10 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 9 for 45 laps
 * Red flags: 0
 * Time of race: 3 hours, 12 minutes, and 38 seconds
 * Average speed: 125.212 mph

Television
USA 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 Parker Kligerman 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 1989 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Rusty Wallace called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Chris Wilner, Jacklyn Drake and Brienne Pedigo covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


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