Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series.

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.690 seconds and a speed of 158.660 mph (255.339 km/h).

Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and 1989 NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Dover winner Rusty Wallace called the race from the broadcast booth.

Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, and Wendy Venturini called the race for PRN from pit lane.