2023 Tyson 250

The 2023 Tyson 250 will be the 10th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the inaugural iteration of the event. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 miles (1.006 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race is scheduled to be contested over 250 laps.

2023 Tyson 250
Race details
Race 10 of 23 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date May 20, 2023
Official name Inaugural Tyson 250
Location North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
0.625 mi (1.006 km)
Scheduled Distance 250 laps, 156 mi (251 km)
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

This event will also mark the first Truck Series race to take place at North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time since 1996.

Background

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about 5 mi (8.0 km) east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races, including the now-defunct ASA Late Model Series, USARacing Pro Cup Series, and PASS super late models, before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing and will host the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, with further renovations planned after the events.[1][2]

Entry list
  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Bubba Wallace (i) Tricon Garage Toyota Pristine Auction
02 Kris Wright Young's Motorsports Chevrolet FNB Corporation
2 Nick Sanchez (R) Rev Racing Chevrolet Gainbridge
04 Johnny Sauter Roper Racing Ford Carquest
4 Chase Purdy Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevrolet Bama Buggies
5 Dean Thompson Tricon Garage Toyota Thompson Pipe Group
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet MDF A Sign Company
7 Kyle Larson (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
9 Colby Howard CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet Grant County Mulch
11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota Safelite
12 Spencer Boyd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Latitude Aero
13 Hailie Deegan ThorSport Racing Ford Ford Performance
15 Tanner Gray Tricon Garage Toyota Black's Tire Service
16 Tyler Ankrum Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota LiUNA!
17 Taylor Gray (R) Tricon Garage Toyota Dead On Tools
19 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Gates Hydraulics
20 Kaden Honeycutt Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Race Face Digital Cards
22 Josh Williams (i) AM Racing Ford Katz Coffee, Alloy
23 Grant Enfinger GMS Racing Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment
24 Rajah Caruth (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Wendell Scott Foundation
25 Matt DiBenedetto Rackley WAR Chevrolet Rackley Roofing
30 Chris Hacker On Point Motorsports Toyota Morgan & Morgan
32 Bret Holmes (R) Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet Bret Holmes Racing
33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Ford Motorsports Safety Group
35 Jake Garcia (R) McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Quanta Services
38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford Boot Barn
41 Ross Chastain (i) Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Worldwide Express
42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Worldwide Express
43 Daniel Dye (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Champion Container
45 Lawless Alan Niece Motorsports Chevrolet AUTOChargIt.com
46 Akinori Ogata G2G Racing Toyota Kyowa-Eidemiller, Asian Pacific
51 William Byron (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota Ferris Commercial Mowers
56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota Coble Enterprises
61 Christopher Bell (i) Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Toyota Tsusho
66 Conner Jones ThorSport Racing Ford TSport
75 Parker Kligerman (i) Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet Food Country USA
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford Denali Aire, Menards
98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford Soda Sense, Curb Records
99 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford Kubota
Official entry list

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 19, at 3:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Carson Hocevar, driving for Niece Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.589, and an average speed of 109.282 mph (175.872 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 42 Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20.589 109.282
2 98 Ty Majeski ThorSport Racing Ford 20.594 109.255
3 4 Chase Purdy Kyle Busch Motorsports Chevrolet 20.642 109.001
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 20, at 10:30 AM EST.[2] Since North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. In that round, whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 70

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 2 Laps: 70

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Fin. St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Points
1

Standings after the race

References
  1. "Work begins at North Wilkesboro Speedway, plans being finalized for Rockingham revamp". WBTW. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. "2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series North Wilkesboro Race Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. Christie, Toby (May 19, 2023). "Carson Hocevar Paces NASCAR Truck Series Practice at North Wilkesboro". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  4. "2023 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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