2023 Brickyard 400

The 2023 Brickyard 400 was the 13th race of the 2023 Piston Cup Season.

This race was one of the greatest of all time of the modern Piston Cup era. This race had NO cautions, crashes, or DNFS. There was action the whole race, at one point there FIVE different scenes shown on the TV from the broadcast

This race also saw 3 guests of The King 1971, 1972, 1973, and 2005 Brickyard 400 winner, Cal Weathers 2007, 2014, and 2015 Brickyard 400 winner, and Klint Shiftright the 1980 and 1987 Brickyard 400 take over from lap 50 to lap 100 in the race. However the rest of the race was broadcast-ed by these 3 due to the lift up to the booth getting stuck so Dale and Natalie could not get out.

Joey Pitcrews, M'Fast Fong, Tim Treadless, Rich Mixon, Rowdy Revvin' Busch, James Fuelers, Miles Peeler, Caleb Piston, and Carstin Dillon all failed to qualify.

## Transcript

### Start

Dale Jr: Here we go in the Brickyard 400, last year's amazing race saw Blinkr backup racer Rosa Carlow start the race and then Laney continued on and won the event, will we see another amazing race here today at Indianapolis!?

Natalie: I think we will as Eric Jones and Paul Conrev lead us off THE GREEN FLAG IN THE 2023 BRICKYARD 400!

Dale Jr: Great start from Eric Jones the polesitter as he takes off and SECOND THEY ARE THREE WIDE AS CRUZ AND CHASE CHARGE PASS CONREV!

Natalie: And now Chase Racelott already passing Eric Jones BUT JONES HOLDS HIM OFF AND SHUTS THE DOOR!

Dale Jr: Amazing and only half a lap completed, still early!

### Lap 14, Chase Vs. Eric

Dale Jr: Its Chase and Eric battling, the two best friends!

Natalie: Your Florida 500 winner Chase has been able to stick to Ryan Laney this season but has not been mentioned too much since his win.

Dale Jr: He has fallen from 2nd to 4th in points however, looking to also win the triple crown, Ryan won Florida and Indianapolis last year but could not be the first person to win the Triple Crown failing to win Calladega!

Natalie: AND THERE GOES CHASE AND HE AND JONES BATTLING AND CHASE AND CHASE MAKES JONES BACK OFF TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL!

Dale Jr: AMAZING SCENES AT THE BRICKYARD SO FAR!

### Rubbing Is Racing (Lap 28)

Natalie: OH A NUDGE AND CHASE RACELOTT UP THE TRACK AND FROM ERIC JONES WHO GOES TO THE LEAD AGAIN!

Dale Jr: Rubbing is racing, and he bumped him and nudged him out of the groove which is how they did it back in the old days, nowadays they seem to wreck each other more often but Jones showcased a legend move.

### The Brickyard Legends Join (Lap 50)

Natalie: With Racelott trailing Jones still after his little bump and showcase of the legendary move, we now have 3 Brickyard 400 legends of The King, Cal Weathers, and Klint Shiftright in the booth and ready to takeover this broadcast the next 50 laps!

### Lap 64, Miscommunication

Strip: I believe that the green flag pit-stops will start around now as 4 of the top 5 pit, Racelott, Laney, Ramirez, and ermmm conerev.

Cal: Its Conrev but the leader Eric Jones stretching it out more as oh..... Milo Carson the pit-reporter has some info on Jones and why he is still out as the leaders and it looks the rest of the field have pitted this lap.

Milo: Well guys it seems that there has been some miscommunication for the Leak Less team as Jones thought he was told by crew chief Jerry Brakepad that the to pit the following lap but\_

Klint: Oh guys, sorry but Eric is slow into turn 3 and I think he is out of fuel

(Leak Less Radio)

Eric: NO! We always find a way to screw up........

(End Of Radio)

Cal: Eric will coast to pit-road but the cycle will put him further back around the top 15. Chase Racelott will lead now.

### The Lift Is Stuck (Lap 105)

Strip: We have now found out that our friends Dale and Natalie are stuck in the lift and it looks like us 3 are gonna be here for a while as they are in that lift.

Cal: Well hopefully they get out soon, in the meantime the 3 racers out front are Racelott, Laney, and Ramirez who seem to be gaining on each other fast.

Strip: Daniel Swervez is in fourth now and gaining on these 3 as well slowly but surely. Eric Jones is....... back to 14th now after cycling out to 18th.

Klint: He can still get inside the top 10........out of all of this which would be good after I believe all the issues with him this season have happened.

### 4 Way Battle Between The Championship Favorites (Lap 140)

Cal: It is Racelott, Ramirez, Laney, and Swervez, the four who have the bigger gap in the championship standings over the rest of the racers this season and they have came to dominate and duel this race out!

Strip: There have been a lot of talks about which one of these guys have what it takes to win this Piston Cup and this season could end up being a dead heat to the end.

Cal: And now Ramirez to the lead.

Klint: Some classic racing going on here.

### The Finish Of The Decade?

Cal: We have been here longer than we thought but here they come the top 4 all on each other and Racelott looks on Ramirez!

Strip: Oh look here comes Laney and Swervez and they make it 4 wide!

Cal: FOUR WIDE DOWN THE FRONT AND TO THE WHITE FLAG!

Klint: Someone has to give here!

Strip: I don't know but I wouldn't be the one to in a race special like this.

Cal: AND INTO TURN 1 THEY GO AND SWERVEZ UP THE TRACK AND OH HE HITS THE WALL AND FALLS OFF FROM THE 3!

Strip: Looks like only these 3 are left!

Cal: Still 3 wide as now Ramirez gives out!

Strip: Down the back straight away they go side by side between the 9 and the 12!

Cal: Into turn 3 and out still neck and neck.

Strip: This is gonna be a duel.

Klint: Yep.

Cal: Here they go into turn 4 for the last time! LANEY IS ON THE OUTSIDE AND RACELOTT ON THE OUTSIDE! HERE THEY GO AND SPEEDING DOWN THE FRONT THEY BANG OF ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE LINE IT IS WAYYYYYYYYYY TO CLOSE TO CALL!

Klint: Unreal! Wow what a finish.

Strip: AMAZING by both of these guys but which one won?

Cal: CHASE RACELOTT IS THE WINNER!

(Vitoline Radio)

Alan: YEAHHHHH WE GOT IT!

Chase: YESSSSSS YESSSSS! WE WON THE BRICKYARD 400 GUYS!

Alan: Second time!

Chase: WOOOOOO!

(Booth)

Cal: An amazing race and experience in general to be up here, longer than we thought but as Dale and Natalie are stuck in the lift still, we are also stuck up here with no other way out besides the emergency exit, but to bring us post race interviews are Shannon and Milo.

### Post Race Interviews

#### Chase Racelott

Shannon: Winner Chase Racelott is looking to become the first to complete the Triple Crown, the Florida 500 win and now Brickyard 400 win in 2023.

Chase: Yeah just amazing for us to win today against our four friends who were strong as well, don't know what happened to Eric, he might have had a speeding penalty or something but Calladega is where we need to finish it off and make history!

#### Eric Jones

Milo: Here with Eric Jones after his teams radio, I believe did not work for some of the race at least for those pit-stops?

Eric: Yeah just the crappy radios they supply us with but it is what it is, we could have won but I guess the world wasn't on our side again in 2023, but we will get them at some point this season. Congrats to Chase he earned it like any of those 4 would have if they won.

## Results

1. Chase Racelott - 200 Laps - 43 Points
2. Ryan Laney - 200 Laps - 42 Points
3. Cruz Ramirez - 200 Laps - 41 Points
4. Danny Swervez - 200 Laps - 40 Points
5. Paul Conrev - 200 Laps - 39 Points
6. Klint Shiftright Jr - 200 Laps - 38 Points
7. Aaron Ford - 200 Laps - 37 Points
8. Everett Chapcar - 200 Laps - 36 Points
9. William Byrev - 200 Laps - 35 Points
10. Bubba Wheelhouse Jr - 200 Laps - 34 Points
11. Eric Jones - 200 Laps - 33 Points
12. Flip Dover - 200 Laps - 32 Points
13. Jonas Carvers - 200 Laps - 31 Points
14. Henry Miles - 200 Laps - 30 Points
15. Joel Carterson - 200 Laps - 29 Points
16. Jackson Storm - 200 Laps - 28 Points
17. Ruby Oaks Jr - 200 Laps - 27 Points
18. J.D McPillar - 200 Laps - 26 Points
19. Henry Lugnut - 200 Laps - 25 Points
20. Ace Cohen - 200 Laps - 24 Points
21. Jet Simmons - 200 Laps - 23 Points
22. Alex Gearbox Jr - 200 Laps - 22 Points
23. Michael Alexander Latifi - 200 Laps - 21 Points
24. H.J Hollis - 200 Laps - 20 Points
25. GoGo Logano - 200 Laps - 19 Points
26. Thomas Revsbit - 200 Laps - 18 Points
27. Maximus Inngas - 200 Laps - 17 Points
28. J.P Drive - 200 Laps - 16 Points
29. Will Rusch - 200 Laps - 15 Points
30. Charles Yankee - 200 Laps - 14 Points
31. Ryan Johnson - 200 Laps - 13 Points
32. Harvey Rodcap - 200 Laps - 12 Points
33. Dan McBrakes - 200 Laps - 11 Points
34. Shiny Buster - 200 Laps - 10 Points
35. Cam Spinner - 200 Laps - 9 Points
36. Christopher Tiebreaker - 200 Laps - 8 Points
37. Aaron Muffler - 200 Laps - 7 Points
38. Conrad Camber - 200 Laps - 6 Points
39. Dan Carcia - 200 Laps - 5 Points
40. Carl Engine - 200 Laps - 4 Points
41. Finn Lowtire - 200 Laps - 3 Points
42. Power Poppin' Busch - 200 Laps - 2 Points
43. Mindy Gearson - 200 Laps - 1 Point