@nascarcasm: Best photos from the 2023 season

Take a walk down memory lane as @nascarcasm sifts through a few of the greatest images from the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.

BUSCH LIGHT CLASH AT THE COLISEUM -- The Olympic vibes at the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum are immaculate, right down to the podium and medal ceremony. Martin Truex Jr. won, so they played the national anthem of New Jersey, which is "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen.

DAYTONA 500 -- It’s shocking that a driver traditionally as good at superspeedway racing like Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would win the Daytona 500. We just love this picture. You can't tell if Ricky is jumping off the roof onto his team or if his team is throwing him back up on the roof.

FONTANA -- One final five-wide salute to the fans at Fontana. We should try this but at somewhere like Martinsville.

LAS VEGAS -- "If a certain someone was better at snowboarding, then I wouldn’t have to work on Sunday."

PHOENIX -- Gen-Z and their intriguing fashion choices -- if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

ATLANTA -- I’m going to tell my kids this is the Beastie Boys.

CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS -- So much about this photo gave us a punch right in the feels. Tyler Reddick’s dramatic first win with 23XI Racing. Kurt Busch, the car’s former driver, in the booth for the race. Kurt Busch and Tyler Reddick in Victory Lane together. Our feels just got absolutely pummeled. Our feels were in the octagon with Conor McGregor.

RICHMOND -- He’s either an enthusiastic Kevin Harvick fan or about to battle alongside William Wallace to grant freedom for Scotland.

BRISTOL DIRT RACE -- We miss you, Choose Drone. Wherever you may be, we hope you have found your forever home.

MARTINSVILLE -- When you ask a millennial what time it is, they look at the grandfather clock for a second, then look at their phone and say, "It’s 6:15," and you’re like, "OMG, THE LITTLE HAND IS THE HOURS, AND THE BIG HAND IS THE MINUTES."

TALLADEGA -- Kyle Busch throwing Brexton in the air in Victory Lane has been one of our favorite traditions for years. However, Brexton is much taller now, so we see two possible outcomes -- Kyle throwing out his back, or a role-switch where Brexton tosses Kyle in the air.

DOVER -- Chase Briscoe needed mid-week surgery to repair a broken finger. The surgery was successful, and while he had to wear a brace, he didn’t miss any races. This is also probably the closest picture of Chase Briscoe’s crotch we’ve even seen on the internet, TBH.

KANSAS -- If there was a "Jeopardy!" category labeled "Things that you never thought you’d see a year ago," this would be all five of the answers.

DARLINGTON -- Keselowski: "Hey, Kevin, remember the big brawl on pit road between Jeff Gordon and me at Texas a few years ago?" Harvick: "Yeah, why?" Keselowski: (Shoves Harvick into Jeff Gordon and runs away.)

NORTH WILKESBORO -- "Mmm mmm, that is some gooooooood moonshine. Say, what’s the proof on this stu ..." (Passes out in Victory Lane, wakes up the following Wednesday).

CHARLOTTE -- Guess it’s time for you to start growing the playoff beard there, pal.

GATEWAY -- Kudos to WWT Raceway, the Lords of Pyro. Explosions visible from the International Space Station. They should fire this off every lap. I’m not kidding.

SONOMA -- Martin: "Woo-hoo, another win! I’m probably gonna have a great playoffs, right?" Wall: (Provides the answer).

NASHVILLE -- That smashed watermelon on the track? Ross Chastain is going to eat that. No one laughs in the face of the five-second rule like Ross Chastain.

CHICAGO -- Your robot vacuum is stuck. Please move robot vacuum to a new location.

ATLANTA -- When the race is shortened by rain, make sure your headgear is the size of an umbrella.

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- FDA: "CONSUMING RAW OR UNDERCOOKED SEAFOOD or SHELLFISH MAY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS." Martin Truex Jr.: "LOL."

POCONO -- Chase: "Jeff, I know I hurt myself and am still healing, but that’s ridiculous." Jeff: "I’m your team owner. I call the shots, and I am helping you down off that wall, Chase."

RICHMOND -- Three total wins in 2023 for Chris Buescher, and yet none for teammate Brad Keselowski. Brad really needs to have a talk with his team owner about this.

MICHIGAN -- Rough day in the Detroit Pistons car for Alex Bowman. If Michael Jordan was at the track, he would be absolutely LOVING this.

INDIANAPOLIS -- There’s nothing more heartwarming than a family kissing the famous Yard Of Bricks together. A few feet away from where your car projectile-vomited a bunch of fluid onto the track during your burnout.

WATKINS GLEN -- Your chances of being assaulted by a bowling pin are slim. But never zero.

DAYTONA -- I have it on good authority that there are exactly 30,000 pieces of confetti in this photo –– one for every citizen of Prosper, Texas. That’s Chris Buescher’s hometown, which, by the way, has a population of 30,000. 

DARLINGTON -- No, I don’t know why sunsets at Darlington Raceway are so amazing. As far as I know, they have the same sun that the rest of us have.

KANSAS -- Anyone who has had the good fortune to hang out with Tyler Reddick would not be at all surprised to see that he chugs Monster Energy Drinks two at a time.

BRISTOL -- Sword? Check. New ATV? Check. Our boy Denny Hamlin is ready to defend himself in a zombie apocalypse.

TEXAS -- I don’t care if Luka Dončić (pictured) or his team-owner Michael Jordan -- whoever keeps making Tyler Reddick pose for pictured next to giant professional basketball players must keep doing so forever.

TALLADEGA -- Death, taxes and Ryan Blaney winning at Talladega by the length of your arm.

ROVAL -- We should all be like AJ Allmendinger -- a driver that celebrates wins like a dog when his owner comes to pick him up at the kennel.

LAS VEGAS -- Step aside, drive-thru wedding chapel with Elvis impersonator -- there’s a NEW most romantic place to get married in Las Vegas.

HOMESTEAD -- No visit to the Miami area is complete without a stop at South Beach. Thanks, Kyle Larson.

MARTINSVILLE -- Me after trying to explain to my 70-year-old father how Apple Pay works.

PHOENIX -- Secretly, he’s pretending he’s Luke Skywalker. And that’s R2-D2.