NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports today announced details for the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race to be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday, May 21. The simplified format \u2013 featuring two heat races to set the starting lineup, a 100-lap All-Star Open and a 200-lap main event \u2013 puts the spotlight of the weekend on the historic .625-mile track, which will host its first NASCAR competition since 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NASCAR All-Star Race will be 200 laps with a competition break at or around Lap 100. All laps (caution and green flag) will count, and NASCAR Overtime rules are in effect. Each team will start on sticker tires for the All-Star Race, and have three additional sets to use. After the competition break, only one additional set of stickers can be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The All-Star Open, featuring drivers not previously eligible for the All-Star Race, will be 100 laps with a competition break at or around Lap 40. Three Open drivers will advance to the All-Star Race \u2013 the top two race finishers and the Fan Vote Winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs we celebrate our 75th anniversary, it\u2019s important for NASCAR to honor our history while moving towards the future,\u201d said Steve O\u2019Donnell, NASCAR chief operating officer. \u201cThe combination of the Next Gen cars on one of NASCAR\u2019s first \u2013 and most exciting \u2013 tracks will deliver a full weekend of racing that fans will not forget. While the All-Star Race has previously been used to test new formats and technologies, we wanted this year\u2019s format to showcase the historic return of NASCAR to North Wilkesboro Speedway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All-Star festivities begin Friday evening with a Pit Crew Challenge to determine the starting lineups for the heat races and Open. Each car\u2019s qualifying time will be based solely on their pit stop time. Teams must complete a four-tire stop; timing lines will be established one box behind and one box ahead of the designated pit box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 22 drivers already locked into the field will be split into two 60-lap heat races on Saturday night which will determine the starting lineup for the All-Star Race. Results of Heat 1 will establish the inside row, results of Heat 2 will establish the outside row. The action-packed weekend will conclude Sunday night with the All-Star Open and All-Star Race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This format has an old-school, short-track feel to it—just like it should be for a return to North Wilkesboro,\u201d said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. \u201cDale Jr. had some fantastic ideas and it was fun to work with him alongside NASCAR to pull this all together. I\u2019m thankful for Dale\u2019s passion for this entire project and I think we\u2019ve landed on something that both the fans in the stands and those watching on television will absolutely love. We want everyone after the race to smile and say \u2018Wow, that was fun!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe star of this year\u2019s All-Star Race is the track,\u201d said NASCAR Hall of Famer and NBC Sports Analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. \u201cThe history, the nostalgia, the surface – just being back at North Wilkesboro. People have wanted traditional racing back at North Wilkesboro for decades, and that\u2019s what\u2019s most important – that\u2019s what this format delivers. The Pit Crew Challenge puts a lot of pressure on the teams, and with a 100-lap Open and a 200-lap All-Star Race, I\u2019m excited to sit back alongside the fans and watch the racing we\u2019ve all wanted for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technical rules for the cars will remain the same as other NASCAR Cup Series short track races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those eligible for the NASCAR All-Star Race include drivers who won a points event in either 2022 or 2023, drivers who won a NASCAR All-Star Race and compete fulltime and drivers who won a NASCAR Cup Series championship and compete fulltime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drivers who have already clinched an All-Star Race spot: Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Daniel Suarez, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Martin Truex Jr. and Bubba Wallace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NASCAR All-Star Race will air live on FS1, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 8 p.m. ET on May 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NASCAR All-Star Race weekend ticket packages for all Friday\/Saturday\/Sunday activities including NASCAR Cup and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series practice and qualifying sessions; Midland, Chase Rice and Dierks Bentley concerts; NASCAR All-Star Open; NASCAR All-Star Race and Tyson 250 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race are on sale. Single-day tickets for All-Star Friday presented by Raymer Oil and Saturday\u2019s Tyson 250 are also on sale, as well as late model tickets to the May 16 ASA Stars National Tour ECMD 150 and the May 17 Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour\u2019s Window World 125 and Crossroads Harley-Davidson 75. Tickets can be purchased online at www.northwilkesborospeedway.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fans can connect with North Wilkesboro Speedway and get the latest news regarding NASCAR All-Star week and North Wilkesboro Speedway by following on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or becoming a\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NASCAR\/NWS PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports today announced details for the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race to be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday, May 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}