The 2023 Road America 180 was the 20th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 14th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America, a 4.048 miles (6.515 km) permanent road course. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 45 laps, but was extended to 49 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In an incredible overtime finish that saw the leaders make numerous mistakes, Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would take advantage of those mistakes, and held off Parker Kligerman on the final lap to earn his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win.[1] Justin Allgaier would dominate the entire race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 42 laps, before he spun in turn 8 with two laps to go. To fill out the podium, Kligerman, driving for Big Machine Racing, and Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2023 Road America 180
Race details
Race 20 of 33 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date July 29, 2023
Official name 14th Annual Road America 180
Location Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Course Permanent racing facility
4.048 mi (6.515 km)
Distance 49 laps, 198 mi (318 km)
Scheduled Distance 45 laps, 182 mi (293 km)
Average speed 65.265 mph (105.034 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kaulig Racing
Time 1:10.574
Most laps led
Driver Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports
Laps 42
Winner
No. 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Dave Burns (play-by-play), Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett (color commentators), Kevin Lee and Matt Yocum (pit reporters)
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, IndyCar Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sports Car Club of America GT World Challenge America and Trans-Am Series and the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet Accelerate Pros Talent
02 Blaine Perkins (R) Our Motorsports Chevrolet Gratis
2 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Whelen
4 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports Chevrolet KSDT CPA
6 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
07 Katherine Legge SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Blast Equality Collab
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet BRANDT
08 Alex Labbé SS-Green Light Racing Ford Compass Team Schuler
8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats
9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pennington Grass, Menards
10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafHome Water Solutions
11 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Cirkul
16 Chandler Smith (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Quick Tie Products
18 Sammy Smith (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Allstate Peterbilt Group
19 Connor Mosack (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Porter Pipe and Supply
20 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Mobil 1
21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bennett Transportation
24 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Carousel Online
25 Brett Moffitt AM Racing Ford AM Technical Solutions
26 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Fire Department Coffee
27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Puryear Tank Lines
28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford RSS Racing
31 Parker Retzlaff (R) Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet FUNKAWAY
35 Stanton Barrett Emerling-Gase Motorsports Toyota Stanton Barrett Family Wines
38 Joe Graf Jr. RSS Racing Ford GTECHNIQ
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford CMR Construction & Roofing
43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 1-800-TOM-KEEN, CorvetteParts.net
44 Brad Perez Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Bonesteel Aerospace
45 Leland Honeyman Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Klean Freak Body Wipes
48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Light Coolers
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Whitetail Smokeless
53 Patrick Emerling Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet Emerling-Gase Motorsports
66 Dexter Stacey MBM Motorsports Toyota ReCap Recovery Drink
78 Anthony Alfredo B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Dude Wipes
91 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing Chevrolet TRIM, TEX Drywall Solutions
92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services
98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Monster Energy
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 28, at 4:00 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:12.360, and an average speed of 110.100 mph (177.189 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:12.360 110.100
2 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:13.276 109.343
3 10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:13.385 109.254
Full practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, July 28, at 5:00 PM CST.[2] Since Road America is a road course, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. The fastest driver to set a time in that round will win the pole.[4] A. J. Allmendinger, driving for Kaulig Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:10.574, and an average speed of 111.606 mph (179.612 km/h).[1]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:11.898 110.485 1:10.574 111.606
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:11.574 110.757 1:10.872 111.352
3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:10.768 111.440 1:11.093 111.164
4 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:12.179 110.250 1:11.764 110.598
5 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:11.616 110.722 1:11.909 110.476
6 24 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 1:12.261 110.182 1:12.189 110.242
7 19 Connor Mosack (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:11.848 110.527 1:12.410 110.058
8 20 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:12.143 110.281 1:12.652 109.857
9 26 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 1:12.230 110.208 1:13.439 109.209
10 18 Sammy Smith (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:12.483 109.998 1:23.142 101.807
Eliminated from Round 1
11 91 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:12.577 109.920
12 2 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:13.043 109.535
13 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:13.146 109.450
14 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:13.288 109.333
15 25 Brett Moffitt AM Racing Ford 1:13.309 109.316
16 16 Chandler Smith (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:13.363 109.272
17 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 1:13.513 109.149
18 92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:13.580 109.094
19 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 1:14.417 108.415
20 31 Parker Retzlaff (R) Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 1:14.466 108.375
21 44 Brad Perez Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 1:14.577 108.286
22 45 Leland Honeyman Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 1:15.210 107.779
23 78 Anthony Alfredo B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:15.532 107.523
24 07 Katherine Legge SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:15.673 107.411
25 02 Blaine Perkins (R) Our Motorsports Chevrolet 1:16.132 107.049
26 6 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:16.203 106.993
27 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 1:16.423 106.821
28 35 Stanton Barrett Emerling-Gase Motorsports Toyota 1:17.612 105.898
29 53 Patrick Emerling Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 1:19.411 104.531
30 66 Dexter Stacey MBM Motorsports Toyota 1:19.912 104.157
31 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1:34.273 94.461
32 11 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
33 9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Qualified by owner's points
34 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford
35 38 Joe Graf Jr. RSS Racing Ford
36 43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet
37 08 Alex Labbé SS-Green Light Racing Ford
38 4 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports Chevrolet
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 22

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 9
3 10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 0
4 20 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
5 24 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 6
6 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5
7 26 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 4
8 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3
9 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 18 Sammy Smith (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 12

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 9
3 24 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 8
4 10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 0
5 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 26 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 5
7 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 3
9 18 Sammy Smith (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2
10 91 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 15

Pos.[5] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 5 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 49 2 Running 48
2 17 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 38
3 14 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 37
4 6 24 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 49 0 Running 47
5 4 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49 0 Running 37
6 13 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 35
7 9 26 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 49 0 Running 39
8 11 91 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 30
9 1 10 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49 5 Running 0
10 33 9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 27
11 32 11 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 26
12 19 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 25
13 34 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 49 0 Running 24
14 20 31 Parker Retzlaff (R) Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 23
15 26 6 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 22
16 23 78 Anthony Alfredo B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 21
17 25 02 Blaine Perkins (R) Our Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 20
18 3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 49 42 Running 39
19 21 44 Brad Perez Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 18
20 38 4 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 17
21 18 92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 16
22 29 53 Patrick Emerling Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Running 15
23 35 38 Joe Graf Jr. RSS Racing Ford 49 0 Running 14
24 28 35 Stanton Barrett Emerling-Gase Motorsports Toyota 49 0 Running 13
25 30 66 Dexter Stacey MBM Motorsports Toyota 49 0 Running 12
26 12 2 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 11
27 31 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 10
28 22 45 Leland Honeyman Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 0 Transmission 9
29 7 19 Connor Mosack (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44 0 Rear Gear 8
30 2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 41 0 Accident 25
31 10 18 Sammy Smith (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 41 0 Accident 9
32 27 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 39 0 Brakes 5
33 37 08 Alex Labbé SS-Green Light Racing Ford 38 0 Accident 4
34 8 20 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31 0 Accident 10
35 36 43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 25 0 Accident 2
36 15 25 Brett Moffitt AM Racing Ford 23 0 Hub 1
37 16 16 Chandler Smith (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20 0 Accident 1
38 24 07 Katherine Legge SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 9 0 Mechanical 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ a b Watson, Wyatt (July 28, 2023). "AJ Allmendinger Scores Road America Xfinity Pole". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Road America Race Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice Results: 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Road America 180". TobyChristie.com. July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Road America 180 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


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