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Cabo Wabo 250

Saturday, August 17th, 2024

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 9 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to action after three-week break

After an extra off-week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to competition this weekend at Michigan in Saturday’s Cabo Wabo 250 (3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

It’s been a good stretch for the Stewart-Haas Racing duo of championship points leader Cole Custer, who won at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway and his teammate Riley Herbst, who won at Indianapolis – the last two races before the break.

Custer’s victory and a season of solid finishes has separated him among the top four in regular season championship contention. He holds a 56-point edge over JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier, an 87-point advantage over Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill and a 100-point gap over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith – the top of the standings offering a diverse representation of teams.

Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger is the only current Xfinity Series championship contender with a win at the two-mile Michigan track – claiming the 2021 trophy by a slight .163-second over Brandon Jones – then with JGR now with JR Motorsports. Allmendinger has that victory and a seventh-place finish in his two Xfinity Series starts at the track. He’s yet to win a race in 2024 but is the highest-ranked driver (ninth) without a victory.

Eight drivers have earned race victories to clinch a position in the 12-driver Playoffs with six races still remaining in the regular season. New Zealander Shane Van Gisbergen leads the Playoff standings – the Kaulig Racing driver boasting a series best three wins. Hill, Chandler Smith and JR Motorsports Sam Mayer have a pair of wins. Custer, Allgaier, Herbst and rookie Jesse Love round out the list of winners.

Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, Parker Kligerman and Ryan Sieg currently hold the final Playoff positions based on points. Sieg is only three-points up on Sammy Smith, however, for that final transfer position with Brandon Jones next, 69 points below the cutoff.

Defending race winner John Hunter Nemechek is entered this week, driving the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Daniel Dye, who just qualified for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs last weekend, will drive the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. And young standout Carson Kvapil will be in the JR Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet.

  • Cabo Wabo 250
  • Pole Winner: Sheldon Creed
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No 18 - Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Samuel McAulay
  • Sheldon Creed won the Pole Award for the Cabo Wabo 250 with a lap of 41947 seconds, 171645 mph
  • This is his third pole in 91 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second pole and 15th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in three races at Michigan International Speedway
  • Riley Herbst (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2024 and his third in five races at Michigan International Speedway
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway It is his fourth in nine races this season
  • Jesse Love (ninth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, August 17th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Justin Allgaier wins overtime Xfinity Series race at Michigan

Justin Allgaier used pit strategy and a fast No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to take the lead of Saturday’s Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan International Speedway with 16 laps of regulation remaining and then held off the field in two laps of overtime – before a caution came out ending the race for an accident mid-field.

Allgaier pit for fuel seven laps later than the next six front-runners at the time, returned to the track and ultimately – methodically – picked each car off to claim the late lead. He took the white flag signaling one lap remaining and a few moments later one of the late-race leaders Carson Kvapil hit the wall in what became a chain reaction melee involving Chandler Smith and Kyle Sieg, whose car flipped end-over-end. Sieg was able to quickly climb out of his car and walked to the waiting medical crew.

Meanwhile Allgaier took the yellow and checkered flags just ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Sheldon Creed, JGR’s John Hunter Nemechek, Our Motorsports’ Anthony Alfredo and JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith.

It’s the sixth consecutive top-10 finish in as many races for the 38-year-old Allgaier, who with the win – the 25th of his career – is now 10th on the NASCAR Xfinity Series all-time win list moving ahead of his team owner, NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr.

A bright rainbow hung in the sky as the field sat on pit road just before the overtime re-start as NASCAR track workers dried the famed two-mile Michigan track after the second brief rain shower of the day.

Asked to rally again, Allgaier proved his muster, ultimately passing his teammate Sammy Smith on the re-start and then holding off both JGR teammates Creed and defending race winner Nemechek for his second victory of the season.

“Just cannot say thank you enough to this team and all these guys standing right here,” Allgaier said. “It’s been an incredible week. We did not show up at [the last race in] Indianapolis like we wanted to and these guys have worked tirelessly through this break.

“It’s truly special, winning at Michigan.”

It was a record 11th runner-up finish for Creed – breaking a tie with current NASCAR Cup Series driver and former Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric and NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett for most second-place finishes in the series without a win.

Trophy or not, it was a productive day for Creed, who started from pole position and also announced before the race that he signed a multi-year contract to drive for the new Haas Factory Team in the series next season. He was among the seven race leaders, out front for 23 laps and his rally to runner-up that more impressive considering he spun out while leading early in the race.

“This one might have frustrated me the most out of all of them so far,” Creed said. “I had a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GR Supra as fast as Xfinity internet today, and led the beginning, got spun there and rallied back.

“I was probably too conservative behind the 20 (John Hunter Nemechek) trying to save fuel. I was a couple, few laps short on fuel there and the 7 (Justin Allgaier) was in a little bit better spot, and once the 7 got around both of us, and the 88 (Carson Kvapil), I know I needed to go. I probably set behind the 20 another two laps and then charged and was running the 7 down. Just had a really good car, but that caution for rain came at a bad time for us.”

NASCAR Cup Series regular Noah Gragson, Matt DiBenedetto, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship contender Taylor Gray, Caesar Bacarella and A.J. Allmendinger rounded out the top-10. It marks only the third top-10 of Bacarella’s career.

With five regular season races remaining, Sammy Smith moves into the 12th place in the championship standings holding the final Playoff position by a single point over Ryan Sieg, who won Stage 1 and finished 13th on Saturday.

Cole Custer finished an uncharacteristic 30th-place after his Ford suffered damage in a mid-race accident. The defending series champion continues to lead the regular season championship, but his advantage has been trimmed now to only 12 points over race winner Allgaier.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 125
  • Laps Actual: 128 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 21 Minutes 15 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 108.743
  • Cautions: 9 for 39 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,121 (23.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Cabo Wabo 250
  • Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
  • Age: 38
  • Team : No 7 - Hellmann's/Meijer Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
  • Crew Chief: James Pohlman
  • Justin Allgaier won the Cabo Wabo 250, his 25th victory in 459 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 13 races at Michigan International Speedway
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Michigan International Speedway It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2024
  • John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Michigan International Speedway
  • Leland Honeyman (12th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Cole Custer leads the point standings by 12 points over Justin Allgaier
Sammy Smith, Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson and Sheldon Creed race
Brooklyn, Michigan - August 17, 2024 : Sammy Smith, driver of the #8 Allstate Peterbilt Group Chevrolet, Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Hellmann's/Meijer Chevrolet, Noah Gragson, driver of the #30 Ford Performance Ford, and Sheldon Creed, driver of the #18 Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota, race to the restart during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
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Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan 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
1 10,200 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 128 119.20 16 1 45 15 19 23.46 8.55 37 28.9 9.25 77.80
9 9,400 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 128 111.60 1 2 42 -1 3 3.7 1.35 23 18.0 5.75 48.10
3 10,500 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 128 111.70 10 3 41 7 5 6.17 2.25 31 24.2 7.75 58.00
4 7,000 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 128 80.10 19 4 40 15 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 55.90
8 8,300 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 128 96.10 14 5 39 9 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 48.90
10 8,700 Noah Gragson Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford 128 91.90 12 6 38 6 5 6.17 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 46.25
2 6,900 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing 38 Ford 128 70.20 31 7 37 24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 61.00
13 8,100 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 128 91.90 3 8 36 -5 9 11.11 4.05 0 0.0 0.00 35.05
7 5,700 Caesar Bacarella Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 128 46.00 25 9 35 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 51.00
12 9,200 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 128 83.10 13 10 34 3 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 37.90
11 8,000 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 128 78.70 22 11 32 11 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 43.45
5 5,200 Leland Honeyman Jr Young's Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 128 50.20 33 12 31 21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 52.00
21 7,500 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 128 85.50 7 13 30 -6 4 4.94 1.80 7 5.5 1.75 27.55
5 5,600 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 128 51.30 37 14 29 23 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 52.00
14 6,300 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 128 58.30 21 15 28 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
18 6,800 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 128 66.70 18 16 27 2 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 29.45
16 7,400 Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig Racing 97 Chevrolet 128 62.90 23 17 26 6 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 32.90
22 10,000 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 128 73.70 20 18 25 2 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 27.45
14 6,700 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 128 54.80 29 19 24 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
19 6,600 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 128 60.80 26 20 23 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 29.00
25 6,200 Jeffrey Earnhardt Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 128 54.20 17 21 21 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
17 5,300 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet 128 50.30 32 22 20 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
24 5,900 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing 29 Ford 128 42.00 30 23 19 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 26.00
20 5,500 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 128 40.70 34 24 18 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 28.00
23 5,400 Logan Bearden SS-Green Light Racing 14 Ford 128 35.70 35 25 17 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
29 7,800 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 128 94.80 8 26 16 -18 10 12.35 4.50 25 19.5 6.25 8.75
32 9,000 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota 128 85.10 5 27 15 -22 3 3.7 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -5.65
27 6,500 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 127 56.80 27 28 14 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 13.00
33 9,600 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 127 81.40 9 29 13 -20 2 2.47 0.90 1 0.8 0.25 -5.85
34 10,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 111 74.50 4 30 12 -26 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -13.10
25 5,000 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevrolet 101 46.70 38 31 10 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
30 6,400 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 94 48.70 28 32 9 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
28 6,000 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 71 55.70 36 33 8 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 11.00
31 7,200 Daniel Dye Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 66 70.40 24 34 7 -10 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -2.10
35 5,800 Lawless Alan AM Racing 15 Ford 65 70.90 15 35 6 -20 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -13.55
37 8,500 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 50 75.40 6 36 5 -30 3 3.7 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -23.65
36 9,100 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 49 34.80 11 37 4 -26 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -22.00
38 9,800 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 48 77.90 2 38 3 -36 2 2.47 0.90 4 8.3 1.00 -31.10