2023 Cabo Wabo 250

2023 Cabo Wabo 250

Race details
Race 21 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	August 5, 2023
Official name	31st Annual Cabo Wabo 250
Location	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	125 laps, 250 mi (400 km)
Scheduled Distance	125 laps, 250 mi (400 km)
Average speed	124.931 mph (201.057 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Josh Berry	JR Motorsports
Time	37.985
Most laps led
Driver	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	65
Winner
No. 20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2023 Cabo Wabo 250 was the 21st stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 5, 2023, in Brooklyn, Michigan at Michigan International Speedway, a 2.0 miles (3.2 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 125 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would take advantage of a late-race restart, and hold off the rest of the field to earn his seventh career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his fifth of the season. Nemechek would also dominate the majority of the race, leading a race-high 65 laps.^[1] To fill out the podium, Josh Berry and Brandon Jones, both driving for JR Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, August 4, at 3:35 PM EST, and would last for 20 minutes.^[2] Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.875, and an average speed of 185.209 mph (298.065 km/h).^[3]

Qualifying was held on Friday, August 4, at 4:05 PM EST.^[2] Since Michigan International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.^[4] Josh Berry, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 37.985, and an average speed of 189.549 mph (305.050 km/h).^[5]

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Stage 3 Laps: 65

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 John Hunter Nemechek 811 1 2 Austin Hill 811 (-0) 3 Justin Allgaier 777 (–34) 4 Cole Custer 725 (–86) 5 Josh Berry 660 (–151) 6 Sam Mayer 630 (–181) 7 Chandler Smith 612 (–199) 8 Daniel Hemric 601 (–210) 1 9 Riley Herbst 574 (–237) 1 10 Sammy Smith 558 (–253) 11 Sheldon Creed 552 (–259) 12 Parker Kligerman 534 (–277) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.