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The 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR CUP Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Bristol Motor Speedway.

Bass Pro Shops Night Race

Saturday, September 21st, 2024

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

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Bristol is last chance to advance for NASCAR Cup Playoff drivers

Denny Hamlin faces the equivalent of a last-chance qualifier in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs certainly hasn’t gone according to plan for the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. A conservative strategy and a late wreck led to a 24th-place finish in the Round of 16 opener at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Last Sunday at the Watkins Glen International road course, the wreck came early. The No. 11 Camry was wounded in a multicar accident on the first lap, and Hamlin had to fight for a 23rd-place finish that left him six points below the current cut line for the Round of 12.

On the positive side, Hamlin can point to his record at Bristol with confidence. He’s the defending winner of the Night Race, and he added a fourth career victory at Thunder Valley in March.

Hamlin leads all active drivers with four pole positions at the track and has started 10th or better in nine straight Bristol races. He has qualified fourth, second and third in the three concrete-surface events featuring the Next Gen car.

“I feel like we can go to Bristol and win,” Hamlin said. “We can control our own destiny there. If we can run in the top two or three all day and score stage points and be there at the end like we are capable of doing, then I feel good about it.”

Hamlin insists he’s not in a must-win situation, but there are few convenient targets available in his quest to advance on points. JGR teammate Ty Gibbs and Stewart-Haas Racing driver Chase Briscoe are 11th and 12th in the Playoff standings, leading Hamlin by six points.

To catch Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron—ninth and 10th in the standings—Hamlin would have to overcome respective deficits of 26 and 25 points.

Clearly, the best-case scenario for Hamlin is a victory and automatic advancement to the Round of 12.

Veterans Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. face even more daunting challenges. Entering Saturday’s elimination race, Keselowski is 12 points below the current cutoff, and Truex—in his last full season of Cup racing—is 14 points in arrears.

Keselowski is a three-time Bristol winner. Truex has never won a Cup race on the high-banked concrete track, but he finished second to Hamlin in March, with Keselowski coming home third.

It may be a good omen that Truex’s No. 19 Toyota is carrying the livery of the race’s entitlement sponsor. It’s a better predictor that the Cup Series drivers will be racing on the same rubber that made the spring race a tire-management challenge.

“I’m certainly looking forward to it more than in past years,” said Truex, who has scored just three top fives in 34 Bristol starts. “Bristol has been in the past, just hammer it as hard as you can all day. Track position was huge.

“Tires didn’t really wear out and it was all about pit stops, restarts and track position. Now, in the spring, it was like old-school racing. I enjoyed that more and had better success at it than I did in previous years at Bristol, so I’m excited for that and I think it’s a good opportunity for us with our Bass Pro Shops Camry.”

Through two Playoff races, Joey Logano is the only driver who has clinched a spot in the Round of 12, thanks to his victory in the Atlanta opener.

But points leader Christopher Bell (+46), Austin Cindric (+43) and Alex Bowman (+41) merely need solid, problem-free runs to advance.

At the World’s Fastest Half-Mile, however, there are no guarantees.

  • Bass Pro Shops Night Race
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Alex Bowman
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No 48 - Ally Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Blake Harris
  • Alex Bowman won the Pole Award for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race with a lap of 15142 seconds, 126720 mph
  • This is his fifth pole in 318 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and 11th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in 15 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his 18th top-10 start of 2024 and his ninth in 17 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • William Byron (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his 19th in 29 races this season
  • Carson Hocevar (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 07.088 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 37 Minutes 53 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 101.277
  • Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,287 (4.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bass Pro Shops Night Race
  • Race Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No 5 - HendrickCarscom Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, his 28th victory in 359 Cup Series races
  • This is his fifth victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his second victory and 12th top-10 finish in 17 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Chase Elliott (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 15 races at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Bubba Wallace (third) posted his second top-10 finish in 11 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Ty Gibbs, Martin Truex Jr, Brad Keselowski and Harrison Burton have been eliminated from championship contention
  • Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 6 points over Kyle Larson
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS PIT STOPS AVG DRVR TIME DRVR RANK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TTL TIME TTL RANK FST STOP SLW STOP
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 31 27 Running 3 36.305 3 8.886 1 45.191 1 24.728 55.466
John Hunter Nemechek 28 33 Running 3 36.134 1 10.332 7 46.466 2 29.909 55.671
Brad Keselowski 23 26 Running 3 36.152 2 11.422 22 47.575 3 30.153 57.043
Todd Gilliland 24 32 Running 3 36.825 4 11.812 24 48.637 4 33.137 56.953
Kyle Larson 2 1 Running 3 43.592 6 9.810 4 53.402 5 53.008 53.924
Kyle Busch 29 25 Running 3 43.499 5 9.943 6 53.443 6 53.191 53.730
Martin Truex Jr 4 24 Running 3 43.835 7 9.799 3 53.634 7 53.313 54.008
Bubba Wallace 11 3 Running 3 44.018 11 9.711 2 53.729 8 53.544 53.825
Denny Hamlin 8 4 Running 3 44.079 12 9.865 5 53.944 9 53.366 54.277
Alex Bowman 1 9 Running 3 43.891 8 10.388 10 54.279 10 53.737 55.116
Christopher Bell 6 5 Running 3 43.940 9 10.844 19 54.784 11 53.333 56.414
Corey Lajoie 9 36 Accident 2 43.966 10 10.961 20 54.927 12 54.039 55.814
Chase Elliott 10 2 Running 3 44.393 18 10.622 14 55.014 13 54.498 55.476
William Byron 3 17 Running 3 44.697 24 10.332 7 55.029 14 54.638 55.249
Michael McDowell 18 11 Running 3 44.293 14 10.757 17 55.050 15 54.569 55.393
Ty Gibbs 13 15 Running 3 44.504 20 10.555 11 55.059 16 53.502 56.080
Ryan Blaney 22 6 Running 3 44.497 19 10.633 15 55.129 17 54.120 55.808
Josh Berry 25 29 Running 3 44.505 21 10.710 16 55.215 18 53.915 56.345
Ross Chastain 12 10 Running 3 44.706 25 10.599 13 55.305 19 54.419 56.630
Austin Cindric 27 13 Running 3 44.871 30 10.588 12 55.459 20 55.242 55.768
Noah Gragson 16 12 Running 3 45.134 33 10.332 7 55.467 21 55.105 55.832
Ryan Preece 14 7 Running 3 44.806 29 10.799 18 55.606 22 55.127 55.968
Austin Dillon 30 21 Running 3 44.794 28 11.100 21 55.894 23 54.400 57.953
Chris Buescher 17 14 Running 3 44.353 15 12.027 25 56.379 24 55.665 56.993
Tyler Reddick 15 20 Running 3 44.383 17 12.064 26 56.448 25 55.421 57.895
Daniel Suarez 35 31 Running 3 44.366 16 12.290 27 56.656 26 53.747 60.030
AJ Allmendinger 19 23 Running 3 45.184 34 11.601 23 56.785 27 55.661 58.536
Joey Logano 20 28 Running 3 44.229 13 12.879 31 57.108 28 54.966 59.788
Chase Briscoe 5 8 Running 3 44.533 22 12.646 28 57.179 29 54.963 60.005
Carson Hocevar 7 18 Running 3 44.781 27 12.679 29 57.460 30 54.338 61.896
Zane Smith 33 16 Running 3 44.946 31 12.701 30 57.647 31 55.282 62.306
Daniel Hemric 21 19 Running 3 45.024 32 12.957 33 57.981 32 55.999 60.281
Erik Jones 32 30 Running 4 44.757 26 13.547 35 58.304 33 51.433 67.115
Kaz Grala 36 37 Steering 2 45.946 36 12.913 32 58.859 34 57.748 59.969
Justin Haley 26 22 Running 4 45.833 35 13.105 34 58.937 35 56.171 60.816
Harrison Burton 34 35 Running 2 44.534 23 15.015 36 59.548 36 58.594 60.502
Josh Bilicki 37 34 Running 1 47.521 37 17.484 37 65.005 37 65.005 65.005

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 332 332 45.017 10.644 55.661 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 129 129 45.246 10.911 56.157 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 244 244 45.289 13.247 58.536 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 446 444 19.609 10.544 30.153 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 130 129 44.617 10.911 55.528 4-wheel change
Brad Keselowski 245 244 44.231 12.812 57.043 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 332 332 44.057 9.309 53.366 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 244 244 44.012 10.177 54.189 4-wheel change
Denny Hamlin 129 129 44.167 10.110 54.277 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 129 129 44.089 10.877 54.966 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 333 331 44.157 12.412 56.569 4-wheel change
Joey Logano 255 254 44.440 15.348 59.788 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 333 332 43.281 9.910 53.191 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 130 129 43.564 9.843 53.407 4-wheel change
Kyle Busch 255 254 43.653 10.077 53.730 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 332 332 43.570 9.743 53.313 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 129 129 43.937 9.643 53.580 4-wheel change
Martin Truex Jr 244 244 43.998 10.010 54.008 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 129 129 43.787 10.782 54.569 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 332 332 44.143 11.044 55.187 4-wheel change
Michael McDowell 244 244 44.949 10.444 55.393 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 129 129 44.490 9.910 54.400 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 332 332 44.586 10.744 55.330 4-wheel change
Austin Dillon 244 244 45.307 12.646 57.953 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 432 430 20.057 4.671 24.728 Right-sides only
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 255 254 44.335 11.044 55.379 4-wheel change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 130 129 44.522 10.944 55.466 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 244 244 43.565 9.443 53.008 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 332 332 43.663 9.610 53.273 4-wheel change
Kyle Larson 129 129 43.547 10.377 53.924 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 332 332 43.794 9.943 53.737 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 129 129 43.907 10.077 53.984 4-wheel change
Alex Bowman 244 244 43.972 11.144 55.116 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 332 332 44.477 9.643 54.120 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 129 129 44.249 11.211 55.460 4-wheel change
Ryan Blaney 244 244 44.764 11.044 55.808 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 244 244 44.029 10.010 54.039 4-wheel change
Corey Lajoie 129 129 43.902 11.912 55.814 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 332 332 44.321 10.177 54.498 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 244 244 44.692 10.377 55.069 4-wheel change
Chase Elliott 129 129 44.165 11.311 55.476 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 332 332 44.287 11.378 55.665 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 129 129 44.602 11.878 56.480 4-wheel change
Chris Buescher 244 244 44.169 12.824 56.993 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 334 332 45.327 6.106 51.433 unknown
Erik Jones 130 129 44.562 10.077 54.639 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 333 331 44.680 15.348 60.028 4-wheel change
Erik Jones 255 254 44.459 22.656 67.115 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 129 129 44.550 10.577 55.127 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 332 332 44.678 11.044 55.722 4-wheel change
Ryan Preece 244 244 45.191 10.777 55.968 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 333 331 44.138 9.609 53.747 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 255 254 44.112 12.079 56.191 4-wheel change
Daniel Suarez 130 129 44.848 15.182 60.030 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 332 332 44.409 10.010 54.419 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 244 244 44.856 10.010 54.866 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 129 129 44.852 11.778 56.630 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 129 129 44.096 9.448 53.544 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 332 332 43.842 9.976 53.818 4-wheel change
Bubba Wallace 244 244 44.115 9.710 53.825 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 332 332 44.654 11.345 55.999 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 245 245 45.251 12.412 57.663 4-wheel change
Daniel Hemric 130 130 45.166 15.115 60.281 4-wheel change
William Byron 129 129 44.495 10.143 54.638 4-wheel change
William Byron 244 244 45.024 10.177 55.201 4-wheel change
William Byron 332 332 44.572 10.677 55.249 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 130 124 47.521 17.484 65.005 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 129 129 44.744 10.677 55.421 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 332 332 42.957 13.070 56.027 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 254 254 45.449 12.446 57.895 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 245 244 45.327 10.844 56.171 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 256 256 46.262 12.245 58.507 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 130 129 45.206 15.048 60.254 4-wheel change
Justin Haley 332 332 46.535 14.281 60.816 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 451 443 19.866 10.043 29.909 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 255 249 43.942 9.876 53.818 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 130 124 44.593 11.078 55.671 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 129 129 43.723 9.610 53.333 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 332 332 43.862 10.744 54.606 4-wheel change
Christopher Bell 244 244 44.235 12.179 56.414 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 245 242 45.937 11.811 57.748 4-wheel change
Kaz Grala 130 128 45.955 14.014 59.969 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 129 129 44.698 10.544 55.242 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 244 244 44.756 10.610 55.366 4-wheel change
Austin Cindric 332 332 45.158 10.610 55.768 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 129 129 44.386 10.577 54.963 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 244 244 44.758 11.812 56.570 4-wheel change
Chase Briscoe 332 332 44.456 15.549 60.005 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 130 129 44.547 14.047 58.594 4-wheel change
Harrison Burton 333 257 44.520 15.982 60.502 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 332 332 44.795 10.310 55.105 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 129 129 44.919 10.544 55.463 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 244 244 45.689 10.143 55.832 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 333 333 45.172 10.110 55.282 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 245 244 45.076 10.277 55.353 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 130 129 44.589 17.717 62.306 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 333 331 44.406 9.509 53.915 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 130 129 44.509 10.877 55.386 4-wheel change
Josh Berry 255 254 44.600 11.745 56.345 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 129 129 43.892 9.610 53.502 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 244 244 45.119 10.477 55.596 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 332 332 44.502 11.578 56.080 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 445 442 20.758 12.379 33.137 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 130 129 44.944 10.877 55.821 4-wheel change
Todd Gilliland 255 254 44.774 12.179 56.953 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 332 332 44.528 9.810 54.338 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 244 244 45.370 10.777 56.147 4-wheel change
Carson Hocevar 129 129 44.446 17.450 61.896 4-wheel change