2023 N20 Cola 400

The 2023 N20 Cola 400 was the 14th race of the 2023 Piston Cup Season.

The race was held at the Calladega Superspeedway which is always expected for chaos and carnage. This race however produced some of the greatest superspeedway racing ever, until the last lap however. The second closest finish in Piston Cup history apart from the 2005 Dinoco 400 happened this race.

## Transcript

### Start

Dale Jr: The green flag is gonna fly and we are racing at Calladega with Chapcar and Laney leading us off!

### Lap 8 Near Chaos

Natalie: 3 by 3 all the way through but ahead with all lines controlled is Eric Jones OH HE IS GETTING TURNED TRYING TO BLOCK THE TOP, OH HE OVER CORRECTS AND DOWN TO THE YELLOW LINE OH AND NOW ON THE APRON HE GOT TURNED AGAIN!

Dale Jr: INTO TURN 3 AND OH MY GOODNESS HE SAVES IT AND KEEPS LEADING!

Natalie: AMAZING!

Dale Jr: Now Aaron Ford to the lead however exiting turn 4.

### Eric Jones Makes Big Blocks (Lap 44)

Natalie: Jones and Ford, the only racers to lead laps, Jones led from lap 1-8 and Ford led from lap 9-18 but now since lap 19 Eric Jones has tamed all the beasts behind him in the Leak Less colors.

Dale Jr: Four Wide BEHIND AND ON THE BACK STRAIGHT AWAY TO THE TOP, TO THE LOWER TOP, TO THE HIGHER INSIDE, TO THE INSIDE JONES GOES!

Natalie: AMAZING RISKY BLOCKS EARLY!

Dale Jr: Jones looking to show his 2022 season wasn't a fluke with just a bunch of random wins.

### The Finish

Natalie: After green flag pit-stops, this race just went single file and no one is making moves, Eric Jones has led basically over half of the race.

Dale Jr: Were gonna find out who makes their move. 2 TO GO AND THERE GOES FORD AND CHAPCAR ON JONES!

Natalie: RACELOTT AND SPINNER FOLLOW LOW WITH THE TWO ROOKIES!

Dale Jr: Back straight away, Jones falls to fifth as the top 5 are Ford, Chapcar, Racelott, Spinner, and Jones, everything single file again but 6th on back beginning with Conrev are laying back to get a run into turn 3!

Natalie: Into turn 3 and Conrev, along with 5 others of Hollis, Drive, Latifi, Laney, and Rodcap go to the bottom and challenge the 5 out front.

Dale Jr: 11th on back stay outside further back onto the front straight away, down to the further start finish line, CONREV CLEARS AND TAKES THE FINAL LAP!

Natalie: TOP 5 NOW CONREV, HOLLIS, DRIVE, RODCAP, AND FORD INTO TURN 1!

Dale Jr: HOLLIS LOOKING LOW AND CONREV BLOCKS LATE!

Natalie: PAUL CONREV AND H.J HOLLIS CRASH IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND OH A HUGE PILEUP IN TURN 2!

Dale Jr: There still going, I SEE 9 CARS THAT MADE IT BY WHO STILL CAN WIN!

Natalie: AARON FORD IS LEADING, CHAPCAR SECOND THEY ARE DRIFTING AWAY!

Dale Jr: Those other 7 are getting a giant run into turn 4 they go now!

Natalie: HERE COMES RODCAP WITH HELP FROM THE 6 BEHIND!

Dale Jr: INTO THE TRI-OVAL! RODCAP TO THE BOTTOM AND\_

Natalie: OH HE GETS INTO CHAPCAR AND THEY CRASH INTO FORD!

Dale Jr: HERE COMES ACE COHEN AS THE 3 CRASH INTO THE WALL!

Natalie: OH COHEN! LOOKS LIKE HE IS GONNA WIN!

Dale Jr: COMING TO THE LINE!

Natalie: OH CARCIA TO THE OUTSIDE OF COHEN AND AT THE LINE!

Dale Jr: A PHOTO FINISH AND ITS A CLOSE ONE!

Natalie: I can't even call it, its so close.

Dale Jr: Between Cohen and Carcia,

Natalie: There gonna take a while to call that one, looking at the footage.

Dale Jr: No way we have a tie! The only other one was in 2005!

Natalie: Would they call a tiebreaker race for it, they would have to right?

Dale Jr: Yeah, everyone okay from the wreck by the way to viewers at home.

Natalie: Only 6 finished because Ford, Chapcar, and Rodcap failed to make it the line.

### Winner Announcement

Dale Jr: After several minutes, the winner of this has just been called, DAN CARCIA HAS WON THIS RACE!

Natalie: By 0.001 inches ahead!

### Dan Carcia

Shannon: Well Dan, in the second closest finish in Piston Cup history, you have won a race that will go down in history! How does it feel?

Dan: Well, these last few years this Gask-Its team has worked really hard and I am just trying to make this team contending for many, many years in this sport and everyone here, these are some of the nicest people I know and I am very grateful for these chances to go out here and be able to win races.

### Ace Cohen

Milo: Well Ace Cohen, 0.001 seconds denies your second career victory in a struggling year so far, what comment do you have?

Ace: Well great job to Dan, he deserved it and he is one of the cleanest racers out there so I hope racers like him win more often. But this is a huge loss, we needed to win to get back on track but hopefully this finish will make us better at contending throughout the season.