2023 NASCAR Mid-Season Report
2023 NASCAR Mid-Season Report By Brian H Cotnoir With the 2023 NASCAR Season a little more than half-way through, there is so much to talk about during NASCAR History 75th season. We've seen some surprising winners, some career comebacks, and a return to Victory Lane for some drivers. CUP SERIES Biggest Surprise I know a lot of people are assuming I'm going to name Shane Van Gisbergen's debut win at the Chicago Street Course as the biggest surprise of the season, but I actually think so far the biggest surprise is Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s win at the Daytona 500. All three of Stenhouse's Cup Series win have come at Superspeedway races, but it was most surprising is how little of a factor Stenhouse has still played in the season. Other than the win at Daytona Stenhouse's only other Top 5 this season was a fourth place at the Bristol Dirt Race. Stenhouse is still presently locked into the playoffs, but I don't expect him to make it out of the Round of 16 th