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Food City 300

Friday, September 20th, 2024

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

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  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 9 Ford

  • Thursday, September 19th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
NASCAR Xfinity Series Set to Join Playoff Party

JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith and Big Machine Racing driver Parker Kligerman would like nothing better than for the status quo to hold firm in Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Entering the cutoff race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, 10 drivers already are locked into the seven-event postseason.

The only scenario that could eliminate Kligerman, who is 85 points above the current cut line, is a victory by a Playoff-eligible driver below the cutoff combined with a loss of more than 42 net points to Smith.

Kligerman can clinch a Playoff spot by scoring 14 points on Friday, no matter who wins the race.

Likewise, Smith has a commanding advantage for the final Playoff spot, unless a Playoff-eligible driver below him in the standings happens to win on Friday.

Smith leads Ryan Sieg by 43 points entering the first race to be broadcast by The CW, which subsequently will air all seven Playoff races in the series in anticipation of next year’s full-season schedule.

In two Xfinity starts at Bristol, Smith qualified sixth both times and posted finishes of 14th and ninth.

“I’m looking forward to running under the lights this Friday at Bristol as we contend for our position in the Playoffs,” Smith said. “I’ve had good runs there in the past, and JRM has always brought strong cars there, so I’m excited to get there and close out the regular season on a high note.”

The Xfinity regular-season title is also up for grabs, though Justin Allgaier has a commanding 43-point lead over reigning series champion Cole Custer entering the race that will decide who earns the 15-Playoff-point bonus.

Allgaier is the defending winner of the Food City 300. He’ll have a competitive teammate in his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will make his first start of the season on Friday. Earnhardt led 47 laps in last year’s Bristol race before exiting with ignition problems after 271 of 300 circuits.

  • Food City 300
  • Pole Winner: Chandler Smith
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 81 - Mobil 1 Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Chandler Smith won the Pole Award for the Food City 300 with a lap of 1581 seconds, 121366 mph
  • This is his fifth pole in 62 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second pole and 20th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2024 and his eighth in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Anthony Alfredo (third) posted his first top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his sixth in 26 races this season
  • Jesse Love (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Cole Custer captures regular-season NASCAR Xfinity title with Bristol win

Cole Custer recovered from an early brush with the outside wall to win Friday’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the race that set the field for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs.

Custer’s second victory of the season, combined with a litany of trouble that befell Justin Allgaier, gave the driver of the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford an unlikely come-from-behind victory in the battle for the regular-season title and accompanying 15 Playoff-point bonus.

Custer, who led a race-high 104 laps, took the top spot for good with a pass of Sheldon Creed on Lap 209 of 300. In winning for the first time at Bristol and the 15th time in his career, Custer crossed the finish line 0.896 second ahead of Creed, who now has 13 runner-up finishes to his credit without an Xfinity win.

“This is huge, because our confidence was going down there the last month,” said Custer, the reigning series champion who will begin his title defense Sept. 28 at Kansas Speedway. “To get this win really means a lot…

“It’s unbelievable. These guys never give up. It’s been a tough month, but to be able to lead into the Playoffs like this, we’re going to really bring it to them.”

The race also secured Playoff spots for the final two drivers on the postseason grid. Sammy Smith and Parker Kligerman finished 15th and 16th, respectively, to earn their Playoff berths.

Chandler Smith ran third and Jesse Love fourth on Friday, both having already secured Playoff spots. Ryan Truex was fifth, followed by Brandon Jones, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Sieg (who missed the final Playoff spot by 36 points) and Playoff-bound Sam Mayer.

The battle for the regular-season championship took more twists and turns than a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Custer hit the outside wall on Lap 2 and cut a tire, temporarily jeopardizing his second-place position in the standings.

But Justin Allgaier, the driver Custer was chasing for the regular-season title, had his own share of ill fortune on Lap 52. Having led every lap to that point, Allgaier was cruising toward what would have been his 15th stage win of the season when the Chevrolet of Austin Green bounced off the outside wall into Allgaier’s path.

Contact between the Camaros sheared the rear bumper cover off Allgaier’s No. 7 Chevy. After a pit stop to repair the car’s right-rear quarter panel, Allgaier continued. Allgaier pitted on Lap 60 and stayed on the track during the stage break after Lap 85, putting him fifth for a restart on Lap 96.

He was second for a restart on Lap 127 but his sojourn in the top five didn’t last. On Lap 153, contact between Creed’s Toyota and Allgaier’s Chevy sent the No. 7 down the track nose-first into the inside wall.

During repairs, Allgaier’s car dragged a saw out of the pits, incurring a penalty. From that point on, the JR Motorsports driver ran roughly three seconds off the pace, rapidly losing laps and positions.

When Custer took the race lead from Creed on Lap 209, he had the regular-season lead, having erased the 43-point advantage Allgaier carried into the race. With his victory, Custer secured the regular-season crown by three points over Allgaier, who nevertheless will enter the postseason as the top seed with 34 Playoff points to Custer’s 28.

“I don’t really have any words for tonight,” said Allgaier, who finished 30th, 10 laps down. “It started with getting the damage from the wreck in front of us. There was nothing we could do. And then, just racing, trying to get as many stage points as we could, and I think the 18 (Creed ) came off the wall a little bit.

“I’m really bummed about tonight. We’ll go back and talk about it … We had the best car tonight. It was very obvious from the beginning of the race that it was the best car, and nothing to show for it.”

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Margin of Victory: 0.896 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 0 Minutes 55 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 79.344
  • Cautions: 7 for 57 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,978 (8.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Food City 300
  • Race Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No 00 - HighPointcom Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
  • Cole Custer won the Food City 300, his 15th victory in 169 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Chandler Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Jesse Love (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Cole Custer leads the point standings by 3 points over Justin Allgaier, and wins the regular season championship
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
1 10,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 300 131.30 2 1 45 1 60 25.53 27.00 104 34.7 26.00 99.00
2 9,800 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 300 122.20 14 2 42 12 29 12.34 13.05 28 9.3 7.00 74.05
4 10,500 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota 300 128.10 1 3 41 -2 32 13.62 14.40 29 9.7 7.25 60.65
5 8,500 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 300 112.60 10 4 40 6 15 6.38 6.75 1 0.3 0.25 53.00
6 9,000 Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 300 103.60 16 5 39 11 6 2.55 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 52.70
9 8,000 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 300 104.00 8 6 38 2 5 2.13 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 42.25
7 8,800 Dale Earnhardt Jr JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 300 88.90 13 7 37 6 14 5.96 6.30 1 0.3 0.25 49.55
8 7,600 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 300 96.80 12 8 36 4 6 2.55 2.70 5 1.7 1.25 43.95
3 10,000 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 300 99.60 20 9 35 11 13 5.53 5.85 55 18.3 13.75 65.60
19 9,500 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 300 89.40 5 10 34 -5 1 0.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 29.45
20 6,900 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 300 85.30 3 11 32 -8 9 3.83 4.05 0 0.0 0.00 28.05
13 6,800 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 300 85.10 7 12 31 -5 10 4.26 4.50 17 5.7 4.25 34.75
12 8,200 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 300 82.50 15 13 30 2 13 5.53 5.85 0 0.0 0.00 37.85
15 9,300 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 300 77.30 17 14 29 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
14 8,300 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 300 74.60 21 15 28 6 1 0.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 34.45
24 7,800 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 300 71.50 11 16 27 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
11 6,300 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 299 63.80 29 17 26 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 38.00
10 7,500 Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig Racing 97 Chevrolet 299 56.70 34 18 25 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 41.00
22 7,400 Joe Graf Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 299 67.00 19 19 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
21 6,000 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 299 58.50 22 20 23 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
15 7,000 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 299 57.80 32 21 21 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
18 5,500 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing 29 Ford 299 46.30 33 22 20 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 31.00
15 6,200 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 299 50.80 36 23 19 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
26 5,600 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 299 46.80 26 24 18 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
27 6,600 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 299 57.30 25 25 17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
32 6,400 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 298 59.70 9 26 16 -17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -1.00
23 5,800 Logan Bearden AM Racing 15 Ford 298 43.30 35 27 15 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
28 5,100 Carson Ware Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevrolet 295 36.00 30 28 14 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
24 5,300 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ford 292 31.50 38 29 13 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
30 10,800 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 290 81.50 4 30 12 -26 18 7.66 8.10 60 20.7 15.00 9.10
29 5,400 Leland Honeyman Jr Young's Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 290 32.50 31 31 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
35 5,200 Chad Finchum SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 280 39.70 18 32 9 -14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00
33 5,900 Stefan Parsons Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 276 31.00 23 33 8 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00
34 7,200 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing 38 Ford 275 51.20 24 34 7 -10 2 0.85 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -2.10
38 6,700 Jeffrey Earnhardt Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 205 72.30 6 35 6 -29 1 0.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -22.55
31 5,700 Garrett Smithley Joey Gase Motorsports 53 Ford 113 28.50 37 36 5 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
36 7,300 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 51 30.30 27 37 4 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -6.00
37 6,500 Austin Green Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevrolet 50 30.70 28 38 3 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -7.00