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Focused Health 250

Saturday, September 7th, 2024

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA

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  • 23 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 9 Ford

  • Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Austin Hill seeks to maintain dominance at his home track

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Austin Hill is the undisputed master of superspeedways, and that’s particularly true of his home track, Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Since the repaving and reconfiguration of the 1.54-mile track in 2021, Hill has won three of five races contested there, and he’ll go for a fourth in Saturday’s Focused Health 250 (3 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

All eight of Hill’s career victories have come on tracks of 1.5 miles or more in length, and six have come on venues where the superspeedway competition package is used.

So, it’s no surprise that the Winston, Georgia, native will draw a major share of attention on Saturday.

However, Hill will have to share the spotlight with the battle for the final four berths in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, particularly the close contest on either side of the current cut line.

With a fifth-place finish in last Saturday’s race at Darlington, JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith moved past 18th-place finisher Ryan Sieg into the final Playoff-eligible position. With three races left in the regular season, Smith leads Sieg by 10 points—a tenuous margin with Atlanta on the horizon.

“We had a strong car last week at Darlington, where we were competitive in the top 10 all day,” Smith said. “I was happy that we could bring home a strong finish for (sponsor) Pilot Flying J and JR Motorsports.

“I’m looking forward to getting back in the car at Atlanta to continue the momentum and fight for a better position in the Playoff points.”

  • Focused Health 250
  • Pole Winner: Jesse Love #
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No 2 - Samsara Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
  • Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the Focused Health 250 with a lap of 31926 seconds, 173652 mph
  • This is his fourth pole in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his fourth pole and 14th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his second pole in two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Taylor Gray (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his first in one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway It is his 18th in 24 races this season
  • Jesse Love (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, September 7th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Austin Hill sweeps Atlanta races in NASCAR Xfinity thriller

Seizing the lead for the first time on Lap 152 of 163 of Saturday’s Focused Health 250, Austin Hill stayed out front the rest of way to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track.

The 30-year-old driver from Winston, Ga., won for the third time this season and completed a sweep of the two Atlanta races. Seven of Hill’s nine career victories have come at race tracks using the superspeedway competition package.

“I’m speechless right now,” Hill said in Victory Lane. “Our Bennett Chevrolet had speed all day, but the handling just was not there the way that I would like. You come to these superspeedway-style events, and you want to have a car that’s trimmed-out. You don’t worry too much about handling.

“But I thought handling was going to be an issue, and it definitely played a part today. We made some right moves at the right time between my spotter, Derek Kneeland, and me. We got up to second and when we had that restart (on Lap 150), I was contemplating ‘Do I go top, or do I go bottom?’

“We both agreed that we have to go bottom and try to get to the lead, and if the bottom didn’t work out, then so be it.”

Hill got help from an unexpected source. He expressed surprise that he got a decisive push on the final lap from Toyota driver Corey Heim, who was making his first superspeedway start in the Xfinity Series.

Toyota driver Chandler Smith was equally surprised—and frustrated. Smith dropped to the bottom to attempt to pass Hill on the final circuit and briefly nosed past the front bumper of Hill’s No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Heim stayed with Hill on top.

“I expected my Toyota teammate to come with me, and he didn’t,” said Smith, who ultimately finished fourth in the No. 82 Joe Gibbs Racing Supra. “I’m kind of speechless.”

Heim, who finished fifth behind Smith, thought his best chance to win the race was to stay with Hill.

“He (Smith) had no run and no momentum, so why go to the bottom?” Heim explained.

After he pushed Hill clear of Smith, Heim tried a pass at the top of the track but brushed the outside wall and lost momentum. Parker Kligerman swept past Heim into second place, with AJ Allmendinger following.

Hill beat Kligerman to the finish line by 0.340 seconds, with Allmendinger in third, just 0.004 seconds behind Kligerman.

“Congrats to Austin Hill – he’s the master of this place,” said Kligerman, who matched his career-best finish in the series.

A multi-car crash on Lap 145 dramatically altered the complexion of the race. Contact between the competitive cars of Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer ignited a six-car incident that collected the machines of Taylor Gray, Ryan Sieg, Riley Herbst and pole winner Jesse Love.

The wreck was particularly detrimental to Sieg, who is chasing Sammy Smith for the final spot in the 12-driver Xfinity Series Playoffs.

Sieg was running in the top 10 after making up a two-lap deficit—the result of an electrical issue in the opening laps—when the wreck occurred. He dropped from 10 to 44 points behind Smith, who overcame a pit road safety violation penalty to finish seventh.

The incident sidelined both Allgaier and Custer, who are battling for the regular-season championship. Allgaier maintains a 34-point margin over the reigning series champion, but both Smith (67 points behind) and Hill (71 points) now have outside chances to overtake the leader.

Note: Allmendinger, who led a race-high 40 laps, won the second 40-lap stage of Saturday’s race—his first stage win of the season… Love survived the last major wreck with the bumper cover of Herbst’s car stuck to the rook of his Chevrolet. He recovered to finish sixth… Five drivers led more laps than Hill, the race winner.

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 163
  • Margin of Victory: 0.340 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 7 Minutes 5 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 118.514
  • Cautions: 6 for 36 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,280 (18.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Focused Health 250
  • Race Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Andy Street
  • Austin Hill won the Focused Health 250, his ninth victory in 105 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his third victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his fourth victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Parker Kligerman (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Atlanta Motor Speedway It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Jesse Love (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 34 points over Cole Custer
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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
Focused Health 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Jeb Burton 20 24 Running 3 55.350 1 13.480 3 68.829 1 54.355 76.566
Shane van Gisbergen 12 27 Running 3 56.225 2 14.848 10 71.073 2 60.120 76.558
Sheldon Creed 5 25 Running 5 57.439 3 13.675 4 71.114 3 65.000 76.087
Taylor Gray 2 28 Suspension 2 59.533 11 12.079 2 71.612 4 67.716 75.507
Matt DiBenedetto 29 35 Oil Line 1 61.121 21 10.511 1 71.632 5 71.632 71.632
Riley Herbst 9 26 Running 2 59.199 5 14.682 8 73.880 6 73.538 74.222
Sammy Smith 19 7 Running 3 60.095 16 14.003 5 74.098 7 70.155 76.575
Austin Hill 4 1 Running 3 59.503 9 14.614 7 74.117 8 66.752 80.033
Sam Mayer 11 36 Accident 1 59.389 7 14.847 9 74.236 9 74.236 74.236
Ryan Truex 7 10 Running 1 59.478 8 15.515 12 74.993 10 74.993 74.993
Cole Custer 3 31 Accident 2 59.134 4 16.116 14 75.250 11 73.751 76.748
AJ Allmendinger 6 3 Running 3 59.770 12 15.493 11 75.263 12 74.511 76.346
Chandler Smith 8 4 Running 2 59.531 10 15.799 13 75.330 13 74.451 76.208
Kyle Sieg 28 16 Running 3 61.451 23 14.514 6 75.966 14 70.987 85.184
Josh Williams 13 8 Running 2 59.994 14 16.767 15 76.760 15 75.044 78.476
Justin Allgaier 10 30 Accident 3 60.016 15 16.961 17 76.977 16 70.848 84.008
Brennan Poole 26 15 Running 3 60.274 18 16.939 16 77.213 17 76.198 77.843
Jesse Love 1 6 Running 3 60.215 17 17.818 18 78.033 18 75.586 80.398
Parker Retzlaff 17 12 Running 3 61.511 25 18.151 20 79.662 19 78.046 81.067
Lawless Alan 22 13 Running 2 61.836 27 17.901 19 79.737 20 79.727 79.747
Corey Heim 21 5 Running 2 59.319 6 20.801 24 80.119 21 77.295 82.943
Nick Leitz 25 20 Running 2 61.477 24 19.636 22 81.113 22 80.019 82.207
Kyle Weatherman 37 11 Running 3 60.514 19 20.820 25 81.335 23 77.786 85.806
Ryan Sieg 14 32 Accident 4 61.738 26 19.803 23 81.541 24 78.445 85.977
Parker Kligerman 16 2 Running 3 59.932 13 21.821 27 81.753 25 79.013 83.795
Jeremy Clements 36 29 Suspension 4 61.029 20 21.988 28 83.017 26 78.828 88.647
Leland Honeyman Jr 35 17 Running 2 63.341 30 21.105 26 84.446 27 83.250 85.641
Anthony Alfredo 15 14 Running 1 61.320 22 23.957 31 85.277 28 85.277 85.277
Blaine Perkins 24 19 Running 2 63.372 31 22.772 29 86.144 29 84.281 88.007
Garrett Smithley 30 23 Running 3 63.303 29 23.545 30 86.848 30 82.301 89.878
CJ McLaughlin 23 34 Engine 2 62.239 28 25.192 32 87.431 31 86.532 88.329
Ryan Ellis 34 21 Running 2 72.079 34 19.203 21 91.282 32 88.938 93.625
David Starr 33 22 Running 2 63.608 32 27.695 34 91.302 33 89.450 93.154
Mason Maggio 27 18 Running 1 65.972 33 27.661 33 93.633 34 93.633 93.633

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Focused Health 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 82 82 59.429 15.082 74.511 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 13 13 59.650 15.281 74.931 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 146 146 60.230 16.116 76.346 4-wheel change
David Starr 44 44 61.789 27.661 89.450 4-wheel change
David Starr 146 146 65.426 27.728 93.154 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 43 43 59.478 15.515 74.993 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 43 43 59.437 11.411 70.848 Right-sides only
Justin Allgaier 82 82 59.424 16.650 76.074 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 100 100 61.186 22.822 84.008 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 43 43 59.194 19.819 79.013 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 82 82 60.363 22.089 82.452 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 100 100 60.239 23.556 83.795 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 108 108 45.713 8.642 54.355 Left-sides only
Jeb Burton 43 43 60.019 15.548 75.567 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 82 82 60.317 16.249 76.566 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 13 13 61.121 10.511 71.632 Right-sides only
Ryan Ellis 43 43 69.952 18.986 88.938 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 82 82 74.206 19.419 93.625 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 44 42 60.928 17.517 78.445 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 101 101 60.979 17.584 78.563 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 14 12 63.926 19.252 83.178 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 83 82 61.119 24.858 85.977 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 100 100 59.802 17.984 77.786 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 82 82 59.792 20.620 80.412 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 43 43 61.949 23.857 85.806 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 43 43 59.849 16.349 76.198 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 146 146 60.413 17.184 77.597 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 82 82 60.560 17.283 77.843 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 43 43 58.836 14.915 73.751 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 82 82 59.431 17.317 76.748 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 83 83 63.916 18.385 82.301 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 146 146 65.376 22.989 88.365 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 44 44 60.616 29.262 89.878 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 100 100 59.712 7.040 66.752 Right-sides only
Austin Hill 43 43 58.917 16.649 75.566 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 82 82 59.880 20.153 80.033 4-wheel change
CJ McLaughlin 101 97 61.508 25.024 86.532 4-wheel change
CJ McLaughlin 43 43 62.970 25.359 88.329 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 146 146 59.943 18.885 78.828 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 100 100 61.254 20.787 82.041 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 43 43 60.630 21.921 82.551 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 83 83 62.287 26.360 88.647 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 43 43 58.695 16.349 75.044 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 82 82 61.292 17.184 78.476 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 43 43 59.257 14.281 73.538 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 82 82 59.140 15.082 74.222 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 82 82 61.320 23.957 85.277 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 136 136 49.418 15.582 65.000 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 82 82 59.542 9.476 69.018 Right-sides only
Sheldon Creed 83 83 59.828 10.244 70.072 Left-sides only
Sheldon Creed 100 100 59.772 15.622 75.394 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 43 43 58.637 17.450 76.087 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 82 82 63.761 20.520 84.281 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 43 43 62.983 25.024 88.007 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 100 100 60.910 10.077 70.987 Left-sides only
Kyle Sieg 82 82 61.950 9.776 71.726 Right-sides only
Kyle Sieg 44 44 61.494 23.690 85.184 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 43 43 59.389 14.847 74.236 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 82 82 59.803 14.648 74.451 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 43 43 59.258 16.950 76.208 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 43 43 58.977 18.318 77.295 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 82 82 59.660 23.283 82.943 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 82 82 61.676 18.051 79.727 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 43 43 61.996 17.751 79.747 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 82 82 60.042 7.674 67.716 Right-sides only
Taylor Gray 43 43 59.024 16.483 75.507 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 43 43 60.162 17.884 78.046 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 146 146 62.189 17.684 79.873 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 82 82 62.182 18.885 81.067 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 43 43 65.972 27.661 93.633 4-wheel change
Nick Leitz 146 146 61.067 18.952 80.019 4-wheel change
Nick Leitz 82 82 61.887 20.320 82.207 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 100 100 61.079 9.076 70.155 Right-sides only
Sammy Smith 13 13 59.915 15.648 75.563 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 82 82 59.290 17.285 76.575 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 83 83 63.797 19.453 83.250 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 43 43 62.885 22.756 85.641 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 43 43 59.537 16.049 75.586 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 146 146 60.363 17.751 78.114 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 82 82 60.745 19.653 80.398 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 124 123 49.610 10.510 60.120 Right-sides only
Shane van Gisbergen 82 82 59.758 16.783 76.541 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 43 43 59.308 17.250 76.558 4-wheel change