2023 NextEra Energy 250

2023 NextEra Energy 250
Race details
Race 1 of 23 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date February 17, 2023
Official name 24th Annual NextEra Energy 250
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 79 laps, 197 mi (317 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 250 mi (402 km)
Average speed 115.935 mph (186.579 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Rev Racing
Time 49.478
Most laps led
Driver Corey LaJoie
Christian Eckes
Spire Motorsports
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
Laps 19
Winner
No. 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2023 NextEra Energy 250 was the 1st stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 17, 2023, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race was scheduled to be contested over 100 laps, but was shortened to 79 laps due to rain. Zane Smith, the reigning winner of the race, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would win the race after leading when the final caution came out for rain. This was Smith's eighth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his first of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Tanner Gray, driving for Tricon Garage, and Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

  1. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (February 17, 2023). "Zane Smith Wins Rain-Shortened Truck Opener at Daytona". Frontstretch. Retrieved February 18, 2023.