Pit Stops

HighPoint.com 400

Sunday, July 23rd, 2023

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Pocono Raceway
  • HighPoint.com 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 24 - RaptorTough.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the Pole Award for the HighPoint.com 400 with a lap of 52.746 seconds, 170.629 mph.
  • This is his 11th pole in 201 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 14th top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his second pole in ten races at Pocono Raceway.
  • Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2023 and his 12th in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his 13th in 21 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

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Denny Hamlin Wins HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway

Denny Hamlin prevailed in a tight door-to-door bump-and-go pass on Kyle Larson with seven laps remaining to claim a historic all-time best seventh NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway – the win in Sunday's HighPoint.com 400 also marking Hamlin's 50th career trophy and second of the 2023 season

The race ended under caution for a last lap incident elsewhere on track, and the Pocono crowd voiced its displeasure, booing loudly as Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led the field to pit road at the 2.5-mile track after the checkered flag. Hamlin, 42, maintained the action was just close-quarter racing for a win. Larson, who finished 21st after the contact, disagreed and was none too happy with his good friend and golf partner.

"Both guys wrecked themselves," Hamlin said of Larson and contact he had earlier with Larson's teammate Alex Bowman. "There was a lane. He [Larson] missed the corner first and evidently didn't have his right side tires clean and when he gassed up and got going again, you have an option in those positions to either hold it wide open and hit the fence or lift and race it out.

"Those were choices they made. I didn't hit either one of them. Didn't touch them."

"I love it, I love it," Hamlin said, acknowledging the boos.

"I thought we had the best car and the strategy worked out. Just so happy we're winning these races we should win."

Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, did not mince words after climbing out of his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Instead of a Top-5 finish – or possible victory – he recovered from the incident to cross the finish line 21st.

"First off, really proud of my team, they got us in position to race for the win," said Larson, who did earn the Stage 2 win – his third of the year. "We got spun early [in the race] and the car was never really the same after that, but we played the strategy really well to get us up there. Just unfortunate.

"I've been cost a lot of good finishes by him throughout my career, and I know he says that I race a certain way, but I don't think I've ever had to apologize to him about anything, not that I'm sure he'll say ‘I'm sorry' after this but it is what it is.

"Just move on and try to go to Richmond, where we won earlier this year.

"It is what it is. Yeah, we're friends. Yes, this makes things awkward. But he's always right. All the buddies know, Denny's always right. It is what it is. I'm not gonna let it tarnish our friendship off track. But I am pissed, and I feel like I should be pissed.

"I think at this point I have the right," Larson said of potentially racing Hamlin differently on track going forward. "Like I've said, I've never had to apologize to him about anything I've done on the racetrack. I can count four or five times where he's had to reach out to me and say, ‘sorry I've put you in a bad spot there.' So eventually, like he says, you have to start racing people a certain way to get the respect back."

Hamlin earned Toyota its 600th career win in the three NASCAR national series combined and led his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. across the finish line. Tyler Reddick, who drives for the 23XI Racing Toyota team that Hamlin is part-owner of, finished third. Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick and the remaining two JGR cars of rookie Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell rounded out the Top-6.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Harrison Burton and Hendrick's Chase Elliott rounded out the top-10. It marked the second top-10 of the season for the 22-year old Burton. And the effort from Elliott leaves him 59-points out of the 16-driver Playoff pool with five more regular season races remaining for the 2020 series champion to race for another trophy, after missing six races in 2023.

Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports teammate, the race polesitter William Byron, led the most laps (60) of the day, but finished 24th. He now trails Truex by 30 points for the regular season title.

Varying pit strategies – and in particular on the final green flag run – changed the leaderboard in the last 30-40 laps of the race. Some drivers that hadn't run top-5 all day postponed their last stop hoping for a caution flag. However, the day's strongest cars were in position to settle the trophy; some – such as Larson and Hamlin – on a two-tire pit stop and some – such as Truex and Byron – with four fresh tires.

There were 11 cautions on the day and incidents on three consecutive restarts after the Stage 1 break impacted the Playoff situations of multiple drivers

The first re-start following the Stage break not only involved the Stage 1 winner Joey Logano, but also collected Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez who went into the race a mere 1-point behind Michael McDowell for that 16th and final Playoff position. McDowell's car suffered some damage too, but he was able to drive on. Logano's No. 22 Penske Racing Ford was towed back and repaired but Suarez's No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet pit needing extensive work and ultimately drove back to the garage.

With five races remaining, Suarez dropped to 18th in the championship standings and his deficit to 16th place McDowell now stands at 23 points..

"At the end of the day it's our fault we shouldn't be back there with those guys, squirrels," a frustrated Suarez said, adding, "It was a racing incident, but we shouldn't be racing those guys. We can only control what we can control.”

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 21 Minutes 4 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 119.363
  • Cautions: 11 for 44 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,417 (29.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Pocono Raceway
  • HighPoint.com 400
  • Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 11 - Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the HighPoint.com 400, his 50th victory in 635 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his seventh victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
  • Ty Gibbs (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 30 points over William Byron.
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Ross Chastain 21 13 Running 5 26.258 5 9.194 1 35.452 1 31.106 37.295
Denny Hamlin 8 1 Running 4 26.260 6 9.410 2 35.670 2 32.719 37.567
Kyle Larson 3 20 Running 3 26.424 12 10.043 3 36.468 3 30.793 41.456
Daniel Suarez 17 36 Accident 1 26.347 10 10.344 4 36.691 4 36.691 36.691
Chase Elliott 35 10 Running 5 26.247 4 10.711 7 36.958 5 32.269 40.467
Todd Gilliland 36 15 Running 3 26.607 20 10.422 6 37.029 6 33.118 39.066
Corey Lajoie 12 27 Running 4 26.391 11 10.853 9 37.243 7 31.649 42.501
Ryan Preece 34 31 Running 5 27.123 32 10.363 5 37.486 8 36.640 38.195
Tyler Reddick 7 2 Running 4 26.323 9 11.345 14 37.668 9 37.166 38.026
Alex Bowman 20 24 Running 4 26.505 16 11.167 10 37.672 10 36.922 39.636
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 22 7 Running 4 26.937 30 10.794 8 37.731 11 32.128 41.685
Ty Dillon 33 28 Running 5 26.583 19 11.211 12 37.794 12 33.082 42.526
Aric Almirola 27 12 Running 4 26.730 26 11.323 13 38.054 13 37.158 38.881
AJ Allmendinger 16 17 Running 5 26.730 25 11.673 16 38.403 14 36.827 40.162
Justin Haley 19 33 Accident 5 26.613 23 11.810 17 38.423 15 37.060 40.164
Harrison Burton 26 8 Running 4 27.240 34 11.186 11 38.426 16 31.526 43.818
Kevin Harvick 4 4 Running 4 26.813 28 11.628 15 38.442 17 32.687 42.432
Brad Keselowski 13 16 Running 5 26.440 13 12.184 19 38.624 18 36.665 43.856
Bubba Wallace 10 11 Running 5 26.458 15 12.192 20 38.650 19 36.723 42.016
Christopher Bell 5 6 Running 3 26.285 7 12.394 23 38.680 20 36.945 40.206
William Byron 1 14 Running 4 26.181 2 12.663 25 38.844 21 35.992 42.150
Austin Cindric 9 23 Running 4 26.851 29 12.095 18 38.946 22 37.872 41.220
Martin Truex Jr 2 3 Running 3 26.197 3 12.757 26 38.954 23 37.902 40.052
Joey Logano 6 35 DVP 1 26.614 24 12.379 22 38.993 24 38.993 38.993
Cole Custer 31 25 Running 4 26.568 18 12.654 24 39.222 25 38.789 39.504
Ryan Blaney 14 30 Running 3 26.965 31 12.368 21 39.333 26 38.100 41.685
Ty Gibbs 11 5 Running 3 26.549 17 12.844 27 39.393 27 36.974 42.145
Kyle Busch 25 21 Running 6 26.029 1 13.380 29 39.409 28 37.193 43.456
Chris Buescher 18 18 Running 4 26.613 22 12.996 28 39.609 29 37.935 41.136
Noah Gragson 32 22 Running 4 26.443 14 13.663 31 40.106 30 37.834 45.886
Erik Jones 24 9 Running 3 26.307 8 13.802 32 40.109 31 37.820 44.044
Michael McDowell 15 19 Running 4 26.799 27 13.897 33 40.696 32 37.840 42.911
BJ McLeod 30 32 Running 4 27.952 36 13.540 30 41.492 33 39.975 42.825
Chase Briscoe 29 29 Running 5 27.301 35 14.718 34 42.019 34 37.333 48.057
Austin Dillon 23 34 Accident 3 26.612 21 15.715 36 42.327 35 38.463 45.005
JJ Yeley 28 26 Running 3 27.197 33 15.504 35 42.701 36 40.540 43.975

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

HighPoint.com 400 at Pocono Raceway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 121 120 26.250 10.577 36.827 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 144 143 26.436 11.645 38.081 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 95 95 27.381 10.727 38.108 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 31 31 26.791 12.044 38.835 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 65 64 26.792 13.370 40.162 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 107 106 26.414 10.744 37.158 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 79 78 26.762 10.603 37.365 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 31 31 26.842 11.968 38.810 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 8 7 26.903 11.978 38.881 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 144 143 26.088 10.577 36.665 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 120 119 26.553 10.271 36.824 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 27 26 26.368 11.244 37.612 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 106 106 26.886 11.278 38.164 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 78 77 26.305 17.551 43.856 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 123 123 26.244 6.475 32.719 Right-sides only
Denny Hamlin 95 95 26.302 9.810 36.112 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 31 31 26.338 9.944 36.282 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 72 71 26.156 11.411 37.567 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 143 143 27.093 13.447 40.540 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 108 107 27.439 16.149 43.588 4-wheel change
JJ Yeley 89 88 27.059 16.916 43.975 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 31 31 26.614 12.379 38.993 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 123 123 26.751 5.936 32.687 Right-sides only
Kevin Harvick 27 26 26.949 10.234 37.183 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 91 90 26.516 14.948 41.464 4-wheel change
Kevin Harvick 46 46 27.037 15.395 42.432 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 107 106 26.282 10.911 37.193 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 143 143 26.005 11.211 37.216 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 95 95 25.954 12.679 38.633 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 155 154 26.052 12.946 38.998 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 26 25 25.944 15.014 40.958 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 63 62 25.938 17.518 43.456 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 31 31 26.091 11.811 37.902 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 120 120 26.163 12.746 38.909 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 80 80 26.338 13.714 40.052 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 31 31 26.896 10.944 37.840 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 120 119 26.509 14.281 40.790 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 80 79 26.663 14.581 41.244 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 144 143 27.129 15.782 42.911 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 82 81 26.318 12.145 38.463 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 31 31 26.496 17.017 43.513 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 42 41 27.021 17.984 45.005 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 136 135 26.589 5.539 32.128 Right-sides only
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 64 63 26.461 11.378 37.839 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 27 26 27.527 11.745 39.272 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 107 106 27.171 14.514 41.685 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 120 119 26.255 4.538 30.793 Right-sides only
Kyle Larson 27 26 26.677 10.477 37.154 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 95 95 26.341 15.115 41.456 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 63 62 26.344 10.578 36.922 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 95 95 26.580 10.444 37.024 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 119 118 26.195 10.911 37.106 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 27 26 26.902 12.734 39.636 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 27 26 26.722 11.378 38.100 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 144 143 27.438 10.777 38.215 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 78 78 26.736 14.949 41.685 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 13 12 26.477 5.172 31.649 Right-sides only
Corey Lajoie 143 143 26.320 10.711 37.031 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 107 106 26.581 11.211 37.792 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 89 88 26.185 16.316 42.501 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 122 121 26.476 6.606 33.082 Right-sides only
Ty Dillon 47 46 26.394 10.277 36.671 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 144 143 26.335 11.078 37.413 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 31 31 26.868 12.412 39.280 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 95 95 26.844 15.682 42.526 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 8 7 26.497 5.772 32.269 Right-sides only
Chase Elliott 27 26 26.150 9.843 35.993 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 143 143 26.201 10.811 37.012 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 121 120 26.268 12.780 39.048 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 80 79 26.120 14.347 40.467 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 143 143 26.324 11.611 37.935 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 31 31 27.464 11.077 38.541 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 77 76 26.309 14.514 40.823 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 120 119 26.354 14.782 41.136 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 135 134 26.042 11.778 37.820 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 31 31 26.886 11.577 38.463 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 90 89 25.993 18.051 44.044 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 31 31 27.739 12.236 39.975 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 152 150 28.802 12.193 40.995 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 108 106 26.991 15.181 42.172 4-wheel change
BJ McLeod 43 42 28.277 14.548 42.825 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 118 117 26.497 10.143 36.640 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 95 95 27.065 10.243 37.308 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 81 80 26.669 10.644 37.313 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 31 31 27.966 10.007 37.973 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 144 143 27.418 10.777 38.195 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 31 31 26.347 10.344 36.691 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 144 143 26.444 4.662 31.106 Right-sides only
Ross Chastain 121 120 26.073 9.899 35.972 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 96 95 26.083 10.043 36.126 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 76 75 26.132 10.628 36.760 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 31 31 26.556 10.739 37.295 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 95 95 26.179 10.544 36.723 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 68 67 26.421 11.112 37.533 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 31 31 26.902 11.577 38.479 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 143 143 26.289 12.212 38.501 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 121 120 26.500 15.516 42.016 4-wheel change
William Byron 27 26 26.182 9.810 35.992 4-wheel change
William Byron 143 143 26.076 11.979 38.055 4-wheel change
William Byron 120 119 26.232 12.946 39.178 4-wheel change
William Byron 78 78 26.234 15.916 42.150 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 108 106 26.210 12.579 38.789 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 8 7 26.573 12.579 39.152 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 90 89 26.697 12.746 39.443 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 145 144 26.791 12.713 39.504 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 137 137 26.089 11.077 37.166 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 73 72 26.199 11.311 37.510 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 95 95 26.424 11.545 37.969 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 31 31 26.581 11.445 38.026 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 95 95 26.292 10.768 37.060 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 144 143 26.386 10.911 37.297 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 121 120 26.849 11.546 38.395 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 70 69 26.251 12.946 39.197 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 31 31 27.286 12.878 40.164 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 27 26 26.334 10.611 36.945 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 122 121 26.363 12.525 38.888 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 79 78 26.159 14.047 40.206 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 144 143 26.327 11.545 37.872 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 27 26 26.776 11.144 37.920 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 107 106 26.828 11.945 38.773 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 79 78 27.473 13.747 41.220 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 31 31 27.156 10.177 37.333 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 107 106 26.883 12.525 39.408 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 86 85 26.692 14.514 41.206 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 47 46 27.973 16.116 44.089 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 8 7 27.799 20.258 48.057 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 139 138 26.554 4.972 31.526 Right-sides only
Harrison Burton 107 106 27.023 12.078 39.101 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 31 31 27.081 12.179 39.260 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 91 90 28.303 15.515 43.818 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 107 106 26.223 11.611 37.834 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 31 31 26.638 11.677 38.315 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 96 95 26.645 11.745 38.390 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 80 79 26.267 19.619 45.886 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 27 26 26.546 10.428 36.974 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 121 121 26.605 12.456 39.061 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 80 80 26.496 15.649 42.145 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 8 7 26.578 6.540 33.118 Right-sides only
Todd Gilliland 107 106 27.157 11.745 38.902 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 89 88 26.086 12.980 39.066 4-wheel change