The 2023 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio was the 14th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the final iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Lexington, Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 67 laps to complete. Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would start on the pole and dominate the majority of the race, leading a race-high 30 laps, and earning his fourth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Zane Smith, driving for Front Row Motorsports, and Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus. It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, along with other club events such has SCCA and National Auto Sport Association.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMake1William SawalichTricon GarageToyota02Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2Nick Sanchez (R)Rev RacingChevrolet04Landen LewisRoper RacingChevrolet4Chase PurdyKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet5Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota7Marco AndrettiSpire MotorsportsChevrolet9Colby HowardCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet11Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota12Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet13Hailie DeeganThorSport RacingFord15Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota16Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota17Taylor Gray (R)Tricon GarageToyota19Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet20Matt MillsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingFord23Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet24Rajah Caruth (R)GMS RacingChevrolet25Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet30Ryan VargasOn Point MotorsportsToyota32Bret Holmes (R)Bret Holmes RacingChevrolet33Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingFord34Caleb CostnerReaume Brothers RacingFord35Jake Garcia (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet38Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord41Conor DalyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet42Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet43Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet45Lawless AlanNiece MotorsportsChevrolet46Dale QuarterleyG2G RacingToyota51Jack WoodKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota66Conner JonesThorSport RacingFord88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord98Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 7, at 4:00 pm EST, and would last for 20 minutes. Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:27.767, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1:27.76792.618242Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.83092.55232Nick Sanchez (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1:27.83592.546Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, July 7, at 4:30 pm EST. Since Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. The fastest driver to set a time in that round will win the pole. Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:26.137, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime ()Speed ()Time ()Speed ()111Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota1:25.76494.7811:26.13794.371298Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord1:26.52493.9481:26.42894.05332Nick Sanchez (R)Rev RacingChevrolet1:26.69293.7661:26.55993.911419Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:26.80193.6491:26.76693.686523Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet1:26.67393.7871:26.77593.677615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1:26.76493.6891:26.90993.53277Marco AndrettiSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1:26.97293.4651:27.27993.13681William SawalichTricon GarageToyota1:27.15693.2671:27.79792.586951Jack WoodKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet1:26.79993.6511:28.08592.2841038Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord1:26.90193.541——Eliminated from Round 11142Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:26.93593.504——1299Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1:27.05493.377——1316Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:27.19493.227——1425Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet1:27.20593.215——1517Taylor Gray (R)Tricon GarageToyota1:27.28193.134——1602Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.33393.078——1743Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:27.33693.075——1841Conor DalyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.57692.820——1924Rajah Caruth (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:27.75492.632——205Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota1:27.77492.611——2145Lawless AlanNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.83792.544——2204Landen LewisRoper RacingChevrolet1:28.38591.970——2335Jake Garcia (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1:28.42891.926——244Chase PurdyKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet1:28.61291.735——2588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1:28.80691.534——2613Hailie DeeganThorSport RacingFord1:28.86191.478——2722Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingFord1:29.23491.095——2846Dale QuarterleyG2G RacingToyota1:29.32691.002——2930Ryan VargasOn Point MotorsportsToyota1:29.43290.894——3020Matt MillsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:29.48090.845——3166Conner JonesThorSport RacingFord1:29.62090.703——Qualified by owner's points3232Bret Holmes (R)Bret Holmes RacingChevrolet1:29.89090.431——3356Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1:30.04890.272——3412Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:30.63789.685——3552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota————369Colby HowardCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet————Failed to qualify3733Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingFord1:30.02190.299——3834Caleb CostnerReaume Brothers RacingFord1:32.72087.670——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 15 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord10298Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord932Nick Sanchez (R)Rev RacingChevrolet8411Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota7519Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet6602Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet5738Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord4822Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingFord3952Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota21045Lawless AlanNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts198Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord10211Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota9399Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord8438Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord7519Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet6652Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota5716Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4824Rajah Caruth (R)GMS RacingChevrolet3925Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet2104Chase PurdyKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet1
Stage 3 Laps: 32 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1111Corey HeimTricon GarageToyota6730Running5621038Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord670Running463419Christian EckesMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet670Running4643552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota670Running4051299Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord6719Running5062588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord671Running317298Ty MajeksiThorSport RacingFord6717Running4981425Matt DiBenedettoRackley WARChevrolet670Running31932Nick Sanchez (R)Rev RacingChevrolet670Running36101316Tyler AnkrumHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota670Running3111523Grant EnfingerGMS RacingChevrolet670Running26121142Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet670Running2513244Chase PurdyKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet670Running25141743Daniel Dye (R)GMS RacingChevrolet670Running23151517Taylor Gray (R)Tricon GarageToyota670Running22162335Jake Garcia (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet670Running21172145Lawless AlanNiece MotorsportsChevrolet670Running21181841Conor DalyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet670Running191977Marco AndrettiSpire MotorsportsChevrolet670Running1820615Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota670Running17213356Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota670Running16223020Matt MillsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet670Running15232930Ryan VargasOn Point MotorsportsToyota670Running14242204Landen LewisRoper RacingChevrolet670Running13253412Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet670Running12262613Hailie DeeganThorSport RacingFord670Running112781William SawalichTricon GarageToyota670Running10283166Conner JonesThorSport RacingFord660Brakes9291924Rajah Caruth (R)GMS RacingChevrolet660Running11302722Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingFord660Running1031951Jack WoodKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet650Running6323232Bret Holmes (R)Bret Holmes RacingChevrolet650Running533205Dean ThompsonTricon GarageToyota590Accident4341602Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet540Accident8352846Dale QuarterleyG2G RacingToyota350Overheating236369Colby HowardCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet210Transmission1Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Corey Heim 530 2 Zane Smith 504 (-26) 1 3 Ty Majeski 479 (-51) 1 4 Ben Rhodes 477 (-53) 2 5 Grant Enfinger 469 (-61) 6 Christian Eckes 450 (-80) 7 Carson Hocevar 418 (-112) 8 Matt DiBenedetto 389 (-141) 1 9 Nick Sanchez 386 (-144) 1 10 Matt Crafton 385 (-145)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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