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United Rentals 300

Saturday, February 17th, 2024

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 10 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • United Rentals 300
  • Pole Winner: Jesse Love
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 2 - Whelen Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
  • Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the United Rentals 300 with a lap of 49.702 seconds, 181.079 mph.
  • This is his first pole in his first start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series becoming the 14th different driver to accomplish the feat.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2024.
  • This is his first pole in his track debut at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2024 and his fourth in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first this season.
  • Jesse Love (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
  • Jesse Love is the third youngest driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to win a pole at Daytona International Speedway at 19 years, 1 month, 3 days; behind Dylan Kwasniewski (18) and Bryan Clauson (19).

  • Monday, February 19th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Austin Hill wins third straight NASCAR Xfinity opener at Daytona

While other NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers were competing, and crashing, in Monday night’s United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, Austin Hill was playing a different game — Monopoly.

At the 2.5-mile superspeedway roughly two miles away from Atlantic Avenue, Hill beat former teammate Sheldon Creed to the finish line by 0.591 seconds to earn his third straight victory in the Xfinity season opener at the World Center of Racing.

The third win came on Monday because of weekend-long rain that forced NASCAR to reschedule the race from Saturday afternoon. The event served as the second leg of a doubleheader with the DAYTONA 500, which was postponed from Sunday and won by William Byron.

Hill has now owned Victory Lane at Daytona long enough to build a house there.

“It tops it off—three-peat,” Hill exclaimed. “You know how hard it is to win at Daytona? God almighty!”

Not that the driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet didn’t have his share of adversity. Hill overcame an early wreck on Lap 37 of 120, a flat tire and a self-destructive bent on pit road.

He crossed the finish line in a car that was heavily taped on the right front, but none of the obstacles could stop him from displaying his superiority on superspeedways once again.

“I don’t know what was going on with me on pit road today,” Hill said. “But my guys just kept telling me, ‘Look, man, dig deep; you’re really good at these superspeedways.’ I tried to screw it up on pit road—sped on pit road, slid through the box…

“I don’t even know what time it is. I know it’s past my bedtime, but we’re about to party tonight, I can tell you that.”

After pitting with a flat tire on Lap 97, Hill restarted 22nd but quickly worked his way forward. Two more cautions helped, and after lining up third for the final restart on Lap 118, he made quick work of Jordan Anderson and Chandler Smith ahead of him.

Hill was out front by more than a car-length when Ryan Sieg spun behind him off Turn 2 on the final lap. From that point, Hill simply had to steer his car to the finish line and won by a comfortable margin.

Parker Retzlaff ran third, one spot in front of his owner/driver Anderson.

“The little team that could is getting bigger,” Anderson said proudly.

Chandler Smith came home fifth, followed by Riley Herbst, John Hunter Nemechek, Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones and AJ Allmendinger.

The race featured nine cautions for 44 of the 120 laps. There were 19 lead changes among 14 different drivers., with Sunoco rookie Jesse Love, the pole winner, leading a race-high 32 laps from the opening green flag.

Love, however, suffered more damage in the Lap 37 wreck than did his RCR teammate Hill. He finished 20th in an aerodynamically-challenged Chevrolet.

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, winner of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series Chicago Street Race, drove his battered Kaulig Racing Chevrolet to a 12th-place finish in his Xfinity debut.

  • Drivers Entered: 44 (6 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 120
  • Margin of Victory: 0.591 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 46 Minutes 29 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 108.119
  • Cautions: 9 for 44 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,994 (52.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • United Rentals 300
  • Race Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Austin Hill won the United Rentals 300, his seventh victory in 82 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2024.
  • This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
  • Parker Retzlaff (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Hill is the third driver to win three or more consecutive Daytona International Speedway season-openers (2022, 2023, 2024); joining NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt ? (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) and Tony Stewart (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).
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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United Rentals 300 at Daytona International 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
6 10,000 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 120 119.80 2 1 45 1 4 6.15 1.80 9 7.5 2.25 50.05
3 8,600 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 120 103.00 14 2 42 12 2 3.08 0.90 2 1.7 0.50 55.40
9 7,000 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 120 93.90 9 3 41 6 3 4.62 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 48.35
1 7,600 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevrolet 120 71.80 29 4 40 25 5 7.69 2.25 6 5.0 1.50 68.75
4 8,700 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota 120 81.70 19 5 39 14 0 0 0.00 1 0.8 0.25 53.25
10 8,200 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 120 107.30 11 6 38 5 1 1.54 0.45 8 6.7 2.00 45.45
12 9,400 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 120 93.60 8 7 37 1 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 38.90
14 9,600 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 120 105.80 6 8 36 -2 1 1.54 0.45 7 5.8 1.75 36.20
8 8,000 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 120 89.00 22 9 35 13 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 48.45
18 9,800 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 120 86.70 3 10 34 -7 0 0 0.00 3 2.5 0.75 27.75
2 5,600 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 120 70.10 36 11 32 25 0 0 0.00 11 9.2 2.75 59.75
19 0 Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig Racing 97 Chevrolet 120 81.40 5 12 31 -7 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 24.90
15 9,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 120 92.60 17 13 30 4 1 1.54 0.45 6 5.0 1.50 35.95
7 6,000 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing 29 Ford 120 53.50 34 14 29 20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 49.00
5 5,100 BJ McLeod BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 120 46.80 38 15 28 23 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 51.00
16 5,500 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 120 62.90 23 16 27 7 3 4.62 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 35.35
20 5,900 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ford 120 45.70 13 17 26 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
11 4,500 Natalie Decker DGM Racing 36 Chevrolet 120 64.00 30 18 25 12 1 1.54 0.45 7 5.8 1.75 39.20
12 6,300 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 120 51.60 33 19 24 14 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 38.90
24 8,100 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 120 77.80 1 20 23 -19 6 9.23 2.70 34 28.3 8.50 15.20
21 8,400 Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 120 74.30 20 21 21 -1 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 20.45
17 7,100 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 120 69.20 31 22 20 9 1 1.54 0.45 12 10.0 3.00 32.45
27 8,800 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 119 95.90 12 23 19 -11 1 1.54 0.45 6 5.0 1.50 9.95
30 6,900 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 118 89.70 10 24 18 -14 3 4.62 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 5.35
32 8,500 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 118 94.30 4 25 17 -21 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -3.55
28 7,900 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 118 77.80 16 26 16 -10 3 4.62 1.35 8 6.8 2.00 9.35
23 6,800 Daniel Dye Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 117 64.00 26 27 15 -1 7 10.77 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 17.15
22 7,200 Sage Karam Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 111 57.80 32 28 14 4 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 18.90
35 7,300 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 109 65.40 7 29 13 -22 3 4.62 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -7.65
29 4,900 Leland Honeyman Jr N/A 42 Chevrolet 102 53.80 24 30 12 -6 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 6.90
25 5,200 Dawson Cram JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 51 29.20 35 31 10 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
31 6,100 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 51 41.20 27 32 9 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
26 5,000 Frankie Muniz Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Ford 37 27.30 37 33 8 4 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 12.45
34 7,800 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 37 36.30 21 34 7 -13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -6.00
37 9,000 Daniel Suarez SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 23 51.80 18 35 6 -17 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -10.55
38 9,100 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 22 45.20 15 36 5 -21 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -15.10
33 6,200 Hailie Deegan AM Racing 15 Ford 22 33.00 28 37 4 -9 1 1.54 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -4.55
36 6,600 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 22 29.70 25 38 3 -13 2 3.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -9.10