2023 NOCO 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 9 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)
Location	Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance	400 laps, 210.4 mi (338.8 km)
Average speed	74.005 miles per hour (119.100 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	19.979
Most laps led
Driver	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	136
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Bobby Labonte
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2023 NOCO 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 16, 2023, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track; it was the ninth race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.

This race saw the return of Chase Elliott, after he missed the prior six races after an injury from a skiing accident.

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

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.217 seconds and a speed of 93.664 mph (150.738 km/h).^[10]

Ryan Preece scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.979 and a speed of 94.780 mph (152.534 km/h).^[11]

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 100

Stage Three Laps: 220

• Lead changes: 10 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 50 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 50 minutes, and 35 seconds
• Average speed: 74.005 miles per hour (119.100 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 23rd race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner Clint Bowyer and 2002 Spring Martinsville winner Bobby Labonte called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field races down the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field races down the backstretch. Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Dillon Welch worked the pit road for the radio side.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 302 2 Ross Chastain 297 (–5) 3 Kevin Harvick 287 (–15) 4 Kyle Larson 285 (–17) 2 5 Martin Truex Jr. 266 (–36) 1 6 Tyler Reddick 265 (–37) 1 7 Joey Logano 258 (–44) 2 8 Kyle Busch 250 (–52) 3 9 Denny Hamlin 247 (–55) 10 Ryan Blaney 241 (–61) 11 Alex Bowman 237 (–65) 3 12 Brad Keselowski 235 (–67) 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 223 (–79) 6 14 Chase Briscoe 210 (–92) 1 15 William Byron 208 (–94) 16 Chris Buescher 206 (–96) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 342 2 Toyota 313 (–29) 3 Ford 303 (–39) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.