2023 SRX Series

The 2023 Camping World SRX Series will be the third season of the Superstar Racing Experience, a stock car racing series in the United States. The six-race season will begin at Stafford Motor Speedway on July 13 and end at Lucas Oil Speedway on August 17.

Marco Andretti, the defending SRX champion

Marco Andretti enters the season as the defending series champion and he will return to run full-time in the SRX in 2023 and seek a second consecutive championship.[1]

Drivers

NOTE: Car numbers for all drivers racing in 2023 have yet to be officially announced or revealed in press releases and pictures on the SRX social media pages.

Full-time drivers
Driver Primary series Background/accomplishments Ref
United States Marco Andretti IndyCar Series 2003 Barber Formula Dodge Eastern class champion
2004 Barber Formula Dodge Barber National class and Southern class champion
2 IndyCar Series wins
2022 SRX Champion		 [1]
United States Hailie Deegan NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2020 ARCA Menards Series Rookie of the Year
First female winner in the ARCA Menards Series West
2-time consecutive Truck Series Most Popular Driver (2021 and 2022)		 [2]
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay IndyCar Series 2012 IndyCar Series champion
2014 Indianapolis 500 winner
16 IndyCar Series wins		 [1]
United States Brad Keselowski NASCAR Cup Series 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion
2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion
75 NASCAR national series wins (35 in Cup, 39 in Xfinity & 1 in Truck)
NASCAR Cup Series team owner		 [2]
United States Bobby Labonte NASCAR Cup Series 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion
1991 NASCAR Busch Series champion
32 NASCAR national series wins (21 in Cup, 10 in Xfinity & 1 in Truck)		 [2]
United States Ryan Newman NASCAR Cup Series 2008 Daytona 500 winner
26 NASCAR national series wins (18 in Cup, 7 in Xfinity & 1 in Truck)		 [2]
United States Tony Stewart NASCAR Cup Series 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (2002, 2005 and 2011)
1996–97 IndyCar Series champion
62 NASCAR national series wins (49 in Cup, 11 in Xfinity & 2 in Truck)
NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series team co-owner
2021 SRX Champion		 [3]
Canada Paul Tracy IndyCar Series 1990 American Racing Series champion
2003 Champ Car World Series champion
31 CART/Champ Car wins
10 Indy Lights wins		 [1]

Part-time drivers
Driver Primary series Track(s) Background/accomplishments Ref
United States Greg Biffle NASCAR Cup Series Thunder Road 2000 NASCAR Truck Series champion
2002 NASCAR Busch Series champion
55 NASCAR national series wins (19 in Cup, 20 in Xfinity & 17 in Truck)		 [4]
United States Clint Bowyer NASCAR Cup Series Stafford, Motor Mile, Lucas Oil Speedway 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion
21 NASCAR national series wins (10 in Cup, 8 in Xfinity & 3 in Truck)
NASCAR on Fox Cup Series color commentator		 [5]
United States Kyle Busch NASCAR Cup Series Motor Mile, Berlin 2-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (2015 and 2019)
2009 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
227 NASCAR national series wins (most all-time) (62 in Cup, 102 in Xfinity & 63 in Truck)
NASCAR Truck Series team owner		 [5]
United States Ron Capps NHRA Eldora 3-time NHRA Funny Car champion
73 NHRA wins		 [6]
Brazil Hélio Castroneves IndyCar Series Motor Mile, Berlin, Lucas Oil Speedway 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner (2001, 2002, 2009 and 2021) (tied for most all-time)
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship champion
3-time consecutive 24 Hours of Daytona winner (2021, 2022 and 2023)		 [5]
United States Denny Hamlin NASCAR Cup Series Stafford 3-time Daytona 500 winner (2016, 2019 and 2020)
67 NASCAR national series wins (48 in Cup, 17 in Xfinity & 2 in Truck)
NASCAR Cup Series team owner		 [7]
United States Kevin Harvick NASCAR Cup Series Stafford, Berlin 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion
2-time NASCAR Busch Series champion (2001 and 2006)
2007 Daytona 500 winner
121 NASCAR national series wins (60 in Cup, 47 in Xfinity & 14 in Truck)		 [8]
United States Kasey Kahne NASCAR Cup Series
World of Outlaws		 Berlin 33 NASCAR national series wins (18 in Cup, 8 in Xfinity & 5 in Truck) [9]
Brazil Tony Kanaan IndyCar Series Stafford, Thunder Road, Eldora 2004 IndyCar Series champion
2013 Indianapolis 500 winner
16 IndyCar Series wins		 [1]
United States Matt Kenseth NASCAR Cup Series Eldora 2003 NASCAR Cup Series champion
2-time Daytona 500 winner (2009 and 2012)
68 NASCAR national series wins (39 in Cup & 29 in Xfinity)		 [10]
United States Josef Newgarden IndyCar Series Motor Mile 2-time IndyCar Series champion (2017 and 2019)
25 IndyCar Series wins		 [1]
Mexico Daniel Suárez NASCAR Cup Series Thunder Road 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
5 NASCAR national series wins (1 in Cup, 3 in Xfinity & 1 in Truck)		 [11]

Guest drivers
Driver Primary series Track(s) Background/accomplishments Ref
United States Kenny Wallace NASCAR Lucas Oil Speedway 9 NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Former NASCAR on Fox & Speed and NASCAR RaceDay analyst		 [12]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was announced on December 21, 2022. All races will be held on Thursday nights instead of Saturday nights in 2023. The season also starts in July and ends in August for the first time after previously starting in June and ending in July in both 2021 and 2022.[13]

The 2023 SRX schedule features a return to Stafford Motor Speedway for the third straight year (making it the only track on the SRX schedule in all three years of the series) and series co-founder Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway dirt track for the first time since 2021. The other four tracks, three of which are paved and one (Lucas Oil Speedway) of which is a dirt track, are new to the SRX.[13]

The schedule was designed based on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in order to attract drivers from that series to race in the SRX race on the Thursday before the weekend's Cup Series race. Each race except for the season-finale at Lucas Oil Speedway is being held at a track in the same area of the country as the track that the Cup Series is racing at on the weekend following the SRX race.[14]

No. Track Location Date
1 Stafford Motor Speedway Stafford Springs, Connecticut July 13
2 Thunder Road International SpeedBowl Barre, Vermont July 20
3 Motor Mile Speedway Radford, Virginia July 27
4 Berlin Raceway Marne, Michigan August 3
5 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio August 10
6 Lucas Oil Speedway Wheatland, Missouri August 17

Broadcasting

All six races will be broadcast live on TV in the United States on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+, replacing CBS and Paramount+.[13]

On April 25, 2023, the lineup of commentators for the SRX in 2023 was announced. Play-by-play Allen Bestwick and pit reporter Matt Yocum move over from CBS and return in 2023. Bestwick previously worked for ESPN on their NASCAR coverage from 2007 to 2014 (first as a pit reporter, then as a studio host and then as a play-by-play). There will be three rotating guest color commentators in the booth: Joey Logano at Stafford, Berlin and Eldora, Conor Daly at Motor Mile and Lucas Oil Speedway, and Darrell Waltrip at Thunder Road.[15]

Lindsay Czarniak, who was the host role for the SRX on CBS in 2021 and 2022, was not part of the lineup of commentators announced. She previously worked for ESPN in the same role on their IndyCar coverage. Nobody else was announced as a host and nobody was announced as a roving reporter, which Willy T. Ribbs was in 2022, likely resulting in each broadcast only having three commentators (down from five).

See also

References
  1. Christie, Toby (February 28, 2023). "Andretti, Hunter-Reay, Tracy Return for Full SRX Season; Newgarden, Kanaan Return Part-Time". TobyChristie.com.
  2. Walters, Shane (February 1, 2023). "NASCAR drivers sign up to run full-time in SRX Series". Racing News. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  3. Christie, Toby (February 23, 2023). "Tony Stewart Returns to SRX Racing For Full 2023 Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. Watson, Wyatt (April 28, 2023). "Greg Biffle Running Thunder Road in SRX". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  5. Srigley, Joseph (January 18, 2023). "Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Helio Castroneves Competing in SRX's Third Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  6. Pryson, Mike (April 4, 2023). "NHRA Funny Car Champ Ron Capps Going Dirt-Track Racing with SRX". Autoweek. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  7. Srigley, Joseph (February 1, 2023). "Denny Hamlin Signed to Compete in Season-Opening SRX Event at Stafford Speedway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  8. Srigley, Joseph (January 17, 2023). "Kevin Harvick Competing in SRX Events at Stafford and Berlin". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  9. Christie, Toby (April 27, 2023). "Kasey Kahne to Join SRX Racing Field at Berlin Raceway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  10. Rutherford, Kevin (May 4, 2023). "Matt Kenseth Joining SRX at Eldora". Frontstretch. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  11. Rutherford, Kevin (April 10, 2023). "Daniel Suarez Running SRX at Thunder Road". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  12. "Kenny Wallace to Race in SRX Finale at Lucas Oil Speedway". Racing America. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  13. Srigley, Joseph (December 21, 2023). "Superstar Racing Experience Announces 2023 Schedule". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  14. Moriello, John (December 22, 2022). "Tony Stewart's SRX Schedule Is Sure to Attract Cup Series Drivers and Concern NASCAR". Sportscasting. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  15. "ESPN Names SRX 'Thursday Night Thunder' Crew". Barrett Media. April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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