2023 Calladega 500

The 2023 Calladega 500 was the 22nd race of the 2023 Piston Cup Season and it saw a final lap crash involving 4 cars Bill Brady Jr, Ace Cohen, Henry Dahl and Theo Stalker Senior with Connor Tormaski getting involved dropping him down to 30th. There was no cautions as it was a clean race with a dominate final lap and it saw Max Carstappen take his 5th win by sprinting ahead of the pack. The top 5 was rounded out by 2nd Brad Carslowski, 3rd Denny Carlin, 4th GoGo Logano and 5th Ryan Laney. This race had Flip Spinner to miss out cause of him being injured in the crash at Cooper Caynon 400.

## Transcript

### Start

* Bob Cutlass: The main event is here at Calladega let’s do this!

### Tim Treadless and Henry Lugnuts collide

* Bob Cutlass: INTO THE WALL GOES TIM TREADLESS!
* Clint Bowcar: He was hit by the 83 who also has damage as both of them have a damaged tyre!
* Bob Cutlass: Caution is out Henry Lugnuts and Tim Treadless will not be scoring a top 10 finish today.
* (Replay)
* Bob Cutlass: Here is the collision again. Contact was made with Lugnuts as he tried to go on the inside which would never work tags Treadless and sends them both into the outside wall!
* (Nitroade Team Radio)
* Tim Treadless Crew Chief: He's on your inside back bumper! Contact, Contact! Caution is out!
* Tim Treadless: Henry is an absolute idiot why go on the inside when I'm closing the door!

### Final Lap

* Bob Cutlass: Look on the inside of Logano thats Max Carstappen again!
* Clint Bowcar: This guy is insane he's in the lead!
* Bob Cutlass: One more lap to go sponsored by Hostile Takeover Banks as look at the battle for the 2nd! HERE COMES THE 6 OF CARSLOWSKI ON THE INSIDE OF LOGANO! HE BLOCKS HIM AS HE OVERTAKES! WHILE DENNY CARLIN GETS PASS GOGO LOGANO TOO! UP AHEAD MAX CARSTAPPEN FOR THE 5TH TIME IN HIS CAREER WILL WIN AGAIN AT THE CALLADEGA 500!
* Max Carstappen: Too Simple! Woohoo!
* Murray Clutchburn: Nicely done Max another superb drive out there today! You got Logano at the right time too well done!

## Results

1. Max Carstappen - 500 laps - 43 Points
2. Brad Carslowski - 500 laps - 42 Points
3. Denny Carlin - 500 laps - 41 Points
4. GoGo Logano - 500 laps - 40 Points
5. Ryan Laney - 500 laps - 39 Points
7. Cruz Ramirez - 500 laps - 38 Points
8. Chris Bueshcar - 500 laps - 37 Points
9. Martin Carex Jr - 500 laps - 36 Points
10. M Fast Fong - 500 laps - 35 Points
11. Kyle Bueshtire - 500 laps - 34 Points
12. Aric Amirolling - 500 laps - 33 Points
13. Chase Racelott - 500 laps - 32 Points
14. Carstin Ace Dillon - 500 laps - 31 Points
15. Jonas Carves - 500 laps - 30 Points
16. Kevin Carvick - 500 laps - 29 Points
17. Cam Spinner - 500 laps - 28 Points
18. Bubba Wheelhouse - 500 laps - 27 Points
19. Alex Bowman - 500 laps - 26 Points
20. Flip Dover - 500 laps - 25 Points
21. William Byrev - 500 laps - 24 Points
22. Kyle Carson - 500 laps - 23 Points
23. Michael Alexander Latifi - 500 laps - 22 Points
24. Tyler Reverick - 500 laps - 21 Points
25. Fox Roofflap - 500 laps - 20 Points
26. Corey CarJoie - 500 laps - 19 Points
27. Daniel Swevez - 500 laps - 18 Points
28. Eric Jones - 500 laps - 17 Points
29. Landon Mitchentire Jr - 500 laps - 16 Points
30. Ryan Newcar - 500 laps - 15 Points
31. Connor Tormaski - 500 laps - 14 Points
32. Klint Shiftright Jr - 500 laps - 13 Points
33. Darren Sparks - 500 laps - 12 Points
34. Flip Spinner - 500 laps - 11 Points
35. Sheldon Shifter - 500 laps - 10 Points
36. Henry Lugnuts - 500 laps - 9 Points
37. Paul Conrev - 500 laps - 8 Points
38. Tim Treadless - 500 laps - 7 Points
39. Edd Roadages - 500 laps - 6 Points
40. Joel Carterson - 500 laps - 5 Points
41. Bill Brady Jr - 499 laps (Accident) - 4 Points
42. Henry Dahl - 499 laps (Accident) - 3 Points
43. Ace Cohen - 499 laps (Accident) - 2 Points
44. Theo Stalker Senior - 499 laps (Accident) - 1 Points