North Wilkesboro Results: May 21, 2023 (NASCAR All-Star Open)
Shane Walters
NASCAR All-Star Open results from North Wilkesboro Speedway
It’s NASCAR All-Star night in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina with a $1M payout to the winner. First up, a 100 lap LCQ race will be used to complete the starting lineup. Only the top 2 cars transfer out of this race and into the big show.
View NASCAR All-Star Open results from the North Wilkesboro Speedway below.
Ty Gibbs and Josh Berry set the front row. 100 laps of short track racing are up next…
All-Star Open Report
Laps: 100
Green flag, Gibbs gets the jump and he’s clear into turn one. They run three wide for 2nd behind them, Berry holds 2nd.
Lap 31, Justin Haley gets loose. As he chases it up the hill, Almirola drives right by on the inside to take 3rd away.
Lap 41, the competition caution is out.
Gibbs leads the field to the pit lane, Berry wins the race to the pit exit. They both took just two tires.
Green, Berry and Haley run side by side at the front. Berry wins the battle off turn four, Gibbs follows his through and returns to 2nd.
Lap 49
Lap 49, Gragson hits the inside wall at corner entry. He bounces across the track and collects Ryan Newman, Todd Gilliland and Chandler Smith.
Green, Haley and Berry run side by side at the front. Gibbs sloves McDowell into turn three. McDowell skates up the track and clips Justin Haley in the left rear. McDowell and Haley both slam the outside wall.
Green, Berry clears Almirola into turn three.
33 to go, Gibbs leans on the rear bumper of Berry for the race lead. Berry moves down and lets him go. Gibbs to the lead.
23 to go, as Gibbs attempts to lap McDowell, McDowell shoves him into the inside wall! No caution, as Gibbs collects it, Berry takes the lead away.
11 to go, McDowell is going down another lap. He cuts in front of Gibbs in an attempt to slow him down.
5 to go, Berry leads Gibbs by 1 second. Almirola trails Gibbs by a car length for the final transfer spot.
Josh Berry wins the All-Star Open. Berry and Gibbs transfer into the All-Star Race.