2023 Blizzard Entertainment 150

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2023 Blizzard Entertainment 150
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Date July 29th, 2023
Location Iowa Speedway
Laps 150
Polesitter JPN.png Misaki Andou
First ENG.png Ben Atkins
Second JPN.png Misaki Andou
Third JPN.png You Watanabe
Fourth USA.png AJ Murphy
Fifth USA.png Kay Douglas
Cautions 5
Race Results

The 2023 Blizzard Entertainment 150 was the twentieth race of the 2023 STARS Lowe's International Series season. This was also the last regular season race before the playoffs started.

Controversies

On lap 15 of the event, Autumn Collins had a flat tire while running in third place. In turn 2, Arisa Ichigaya got into Collins, spinning herself around. The incident seemed to be over until Collins shot down the track, taking out Ruby Mayberry, spinning her into the path of other cars, including Corbin Rhodes, Sadie McDowell and Maddie Anderson; all of which were on the outside looking in on the playoffs while Collins was soundly in the playoffs.

Late in the race, Aya Maruyama made an aggressive move on Matilda Dillinger through the middle to gain position on her. With the caution out for Amane Suou, Dillinger retaliated on Maruyama by turning her head on into the wall in turn 2, also collecting Dillinger's teammate Misaki Andou, who had been leading and was poised to win the race. As a result of crash damage, Andou was not able to hang onto the lead, losing the race on the final lap to Ben Atkins.

As a result of their actions, Collins was docked 75 points for her incident, having previously gathered warnings at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway, while Dillinger was docked 50 points, having previously gathered warnings at Kentucky Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. As a result of their penalties, both drivers dropped from 14th and 15th in points to 17th and 18th, meaning both drivers missed the playoffs, giving their spots to Corbin Rhodes and Caitlin Conway.

Official Chase Grid

Rank Driver Points Position Wins
WINS
1 USA.png Ruby Mayberry 1st 4 wins
2 ENG.png Ben Atkins 2nd 3 wins
3 USA.png Grant Macintosh 4th 2 wins
4 ENG.png Lillie Corden 5th 2 wins
5 JPN.png Misaki Andou 3rd 1 win
6 USA.png Kay Douglas 6th 1 win
7 USA.png Evie Vance 7th 1 win
8 ENG.png Lilly Samson 8th 1 win
POINTS
9 JPN.png You Watanabe 9th 0 wins
10 JPN.png Honoka Kousaka 10th 1 win
11 JPN.png Ruby Kurosawa 11th 0 wins
12 USA.png Daniel Leckliter 12th 0 wins
13 USA.png Madison Baszler 13th 0 wins
14 USA.png Joe Branch 14th 1 win
15 USA.png Corbin Rhodes 15th 1 win
16 USA.png Caitlin Conway 16th 0 wins