# 2023 Kansas Lottery 300

The 2023 Kansas Lottery 300 was the 26th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the final race of the regular season, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would put on a blistering performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 154 laps, earning his ninth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his sixth of the season. To fill out the podium, Brandon Jones, driving for JR Motorsports, and Sheldon Creed, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
The race was noted with a battle for the final playoff spot between Riley Herbst and Parker Kligerman. Herbst and Kligerman entered the race with one point separating each other. After a series of issues for Herbst, he would fail to make the playoffs for the first time in his Xfinity Series career. Kligerman would have a strong day, finishing in fourth after running top ten for most of the race, earning a spot in the playoffs for the first time in his career, and the first for Big Machine Racing.
The 12 drivers that would qualify for the playoffs are John Hunter Nemechek, Austin Hill, Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, Sam Mayer, Chandler Smith, Sammy Smith, Jeb Burton, Josh Berry, Sheldon Creed, Daniel Hemric, and Parker Kligerman. Following the race, Hill would claim the Regular Season Championship.

## Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

### Entry list

* (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 | Huck's Market |
| 02 | Blaine Perkins (R) | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | AUTOParkIt |
| 2 | Sheldon Creed | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Whelen, NFFF |
| 4 | Garrett Smithley | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | Page Construction |
| 6 | Brennan Poole | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | BeOne Sports |
| 07 | Dawson Cram | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | Titan Construction |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | BRANDT |
| 08 | Mason Massey | SS-Green Light Racing | Ford | BRUNT Workwear |
| 8 | Josh Berry | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats |
| 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | NIBCO, Menards |
| 10 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | Cirkul |
| 11 | Derek Kraus | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | Hardscape Construction |
| 16 | Chandler Smith (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | Quick Tie Products |
| 18 | Sammy Smith (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | TMC Transportation |
| 19 | Joe Graf Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | RUT Testosterone |
| 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Pye-Barker Fire & Safety |
| 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Bennett Transportation |
| 24 | Connor Mosack (R) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | MKS |
| 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Racing | Ford | Concrete Supply, Destiny Homes |
| 26 | Kaz Grala | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | Island Coastal Lager |
| 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | Bommarito.com, TORQ |
| 28 | C. J. McLaughlin | RSS Racing | Ford | Sci Aps |
| 29 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | RSS Racing |
| 31 | Parker Retzlaff (R) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | Bommarito.com, FVP |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Toyota | Save-a-Lot, Cancun Mexican Grill & Bar |
| 38 | Nick Leitz (i) | RSS Racing | Ford | Support a Teacher |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | Sci Aps |
| 43 | Ryan Ellis | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | Kansasland, American Racing Wheels |
| 44 | Leland Honeyman | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | Eighth Order |
| 45 | Rajah Caruth (i) | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | Circle |
| 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | Big Machine Spiked Light Coolers |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | Kansas State University |
| 53 | Matt Mills (i) | Emerling-Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | J. F. Electric |
| 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Ford | Coble Enterprises |
| 78 | Anthony Alfredo | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | Andy's Frozen Custard |
| 91 | Kyle Weatherman | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | Tweaker Energy Drinks |
| 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | Call811.com, Alloy |
| 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | Monster Energy |
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