FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway
(⏰ Monday, Noon ET | 📺 USA, NBC Sports App | 📻 MRN, SiriusXM)
Everything you need to know for Monday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Michigan, the 23rd points-paying race of the 2023 Cup Series campaign.
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📍 Location: Brooklyn, Michigan 📐 Track length: 2 miles 🎟️ Buy tickets: Find weekend passes, seats for the race 💰 Cup Series race purse: $7,544,696 📏 Race distance: 200 laps | 400 miles 🔢 Stages: 45 | 120 | 200 -- 🚪 Entry list: Cup Series drivers entered 📋 Starting lineup: Bell soars to P1 🚗 Pit stall assignments: Full pit grid for Sunday's race 🏆 Most recent winner: Kevin Harvick, summer 2022 🌧 Weather delay: Race set to resume Monday Key things to watch 🔑 Big story line Will Kevin Harvick finally win in his final year in the Cup Series? Harvick entered Michigan International Speedway as the defending race winner and led all active Cup Series drivers with six wins at the 2-mile oval. With four races remaining in the regular season, Harvick has a 182-point cushion as the Stewart-Haas Racing driver sits comfortably in the playoff field. However, the 47-year-old certainly does not want to end his final year before transitioning to the FOX Sports broadcast booth without a win. Reaching Victory Lane in four of the last five Michigan races made him one of the early favorites to win this week. Riding a 34-race winless streak ahead of the 400-mile race in the Irish Hills, "The Closer" will hope history repeats itself as he snapped a 65-race winless streak at MIS in 2022. | Relive Harvick celebrating last year's Michigan win History tells us... A Ford driver may end up in Victory Lane again. Chevrolet and Toyota have struggled to match Ford at Michigan International Speedway in recent memory. Ford leads the other manufacturers with 43 wins, which is 17 more than Chevy's 26 wins and 38 more than Toyota's five victories at MIS. The last eight Michigan races have seen a Ford driver in Victory Lane, with six of those wins coming with Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick. In the previous nine races at MIS, Ford led 1,005 of 1,655 laps. Although Ford only has three Cup Series wins this year, with the most recent victory coming last weekend at Richmond Raceway with RFK Racing's Chris Buescher, Michigan feels like a good track for the Blue Oval to get win No. 4 of 2023. | Preview Show: Can Ford extend Michigan dominance? He may not be the betting favorite to win, but watch out for... Brad Keselowski. Last Sunday at Richmond Raceway was a special day for RFK Racing as Chris Buescher's No. 17 Ford found Victory Lane. However, it came at the expense of Keselowski, who made an awkward entry to his pit box which cost him track position and forced him to settle for a sixth-place finish. Keselowski wants to win at the Cup Series level in his own equipment as the RFK co-owner. However, he probably wants to win at his home track, Michigan International Speedway, just as badly. Keselowski entered the race with 13-1 odds of finally getting a big breakthrough win at home. In 25 career Cup Series starts at MIS, he has two poles, seven top fives and 13 top 10s. Given RFK's recent momentum and Ford's strong history at this track, do not be surprised if the No. 6 team takes the checkered flag, giving Ford its ninth straight Michigan win and back-to-back victories for RFK to clinch playoff spots for both entries. | RFK Racing's resurgence takes next step with Richmond romp