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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
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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
Food City 300 at Bristol 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
Chad Finchum 18 32 Running 3 14.231 2 22.677 33 36.909 1 0.000 68.443
Carson Ware 30 28 Running 2 13.932 1 25.008 35 38.940 2 0.000 77.879
Parker Kligerman 11 16 Running 3 23.576 3 18.162 18 41.738 3 0.000 63.815
Kyle Sieg 36 23 Running 3 25.078 4 18.300 19 43.378 4 0.000 67.847
Stefan Parsons 23 33 Running 2 32.835 5 23.640 34 56.475 5 40.042 72.907
Sheldon Creed 14 2 Running 2 44.495 6 15.165 4 59.660 6 58.211 61.109
Ryan Truex 16 5 Running 2 44.800 9 14.998 2 59.798 7 59.461 60.134
Chandler Smith 1 3 Running 2 44.563 7 15.574 7 60.136 8 59.869 60.403
Jesse Love 10 4 Running 2 45.523 18 14.765 1 60.288 9 59.805 60.770
Riley Herbst 15 13 Running 3 45.211 13 15.182 5 60.393 10 59.586 61.534
Brandon Jones 8 6 Running 2 45.284 15 15.115 3 60.398 11 59.955 60.841
Austin Hill 17 14 Running 2 45.168 12 15.232 6 60.400 12 60.314 60.485
Cole Custer 2 1 Running 3 45.365 17 15.949 9 61.314 13 59.287 64.008
Sam Mayer 20 9 Running 2 45.569 19 15.899 8 61.468 14 60.570 62.366
Dale Earnhardt Jr 13 7 Running 1 44.619 8 17.651 14 62.270 15 62.270 62.270
Joe Graf Jr 19 19 Running 2 46.062 25 16.433 11 62.495 16 61.766 63.224
Jeb Burton 25 25 Running 1 46.260 27 16.383 10 62.643 17 62.643 62.643
Shane van Gisbergen 34 18 Running 2 44.907 10 17.868 15 62.775 18 62.512 63.037
Ryan Sieg 12 8 Running 2 45.778 21 17.050 12 62.828 19 62.227 63.428
Jeffrey Earnhardt 6 35 Accident 2 44.969 11 17.918 16 62.886 20 61.703 64.069
Leland Honeyman Jr 31 31 Running 2 46.247 26 17.084 13 63.331 21 54.469 72.193
Josh Williams 32 21 Running 3 46.049 24 17.995 17 64.044 22 63.723 64.595
Sammy Smith 21 15 Running 2 45.212 14 19.002 21 64.214 23 61.085 67.343
Brennan Poole 29 17 Running 2 45.861 23 18.886 20 64.747 24 63.236 66.257
Kyle Weatherman 9 26 Running 3 45.790 22 19.530 22 65.320 25 62.932 67.787
Anthony Alfredo 3 11 Running 2 45.345 16 20.087 25 65.431 26 63.922 66.940
Jeremy Clements 7 12 Running 2 46.842 30 19.603 23 66.444 27 65.915 66.973
Greg Van Alst 38 29 Running 2 46.646 29 19.803 24 66.449 28 64.364 68.533
AJ Allmendinger 5 10 Running 3 45.581 20 21.622 30 67.203 29 62.643 76.138
Blaine Perkins 33 22 Running 2 46.959 32 20.320 26 67.279 30 63.866 70.691
Logan Bearden 35 27 Running 2 46.492 28 21.421 29 67.913 31 66.327 69.498
Matt DiBenedetto 24 34 Running 2 48.304 35 20.971 27 69.275 32 66.786 71.763
Josh Bilicki 22 20 Running 2 46.872 31 22.422 32 69.294 33 68.992 69.596
Ryan Ellis 26 24 Running 3 48.047 34 21.266 28 69.313 34 65.230 74.670
Garrett Smithley 37 36 Rear Gear 1 47.566 33 22.022 31 69.588 35 69.588 69.588

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 89 89 45.092 17.551 62.643 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 155 155 44.475 18.352 62.827 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 173 173 47.176 28.962 76.138 4-wheel change
Dale Earnhardt Jr 155 155 44.619 17.651 62.270 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 89 89 44.980 14.481 59.461 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 155 155 44.619 15.515 60.134 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 122 122 -19.352 19.352 0.000 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 89 89 45.084 16.316 61.400 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 173 173 44.996 18.819 63.815 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 59 59 46.260 16.383 62.643 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 59 59 46.566 20.220 66.786 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 203 179 50.042 21.721 71.763 4-wheel change
Jeffrey Earnhardt 155 155 45.187 16.516 61.703 4-wheel change
Jeffrey Earnhardt 89 89 44.750 19.319 64.069 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 155 155 47.145 18.085 65.230 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 60 59 48.119 19.920 68.039 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 90 90 48.878 25.792 74.670 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 155 155 45.911 16.316 62.227 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 59 59 45.644 17.784 63.428 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 155 155 45.548 17.384 62.932 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 89 89 45.556 19.686 65.242 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 202 202 46.266 21.521 67.787 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 155 155 46.286 16.950 63.236 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 89 89 45.436 20.821 66.257 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 155 155 45.107 14.180 59.287 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 89 89 45.264 15.382 60.646 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 5 5 45.723 18.285 64.008 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 123 122 -25.758 25.758 0.000 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 293 276 21.563 20.720 42.283 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 60 59 46.889 21.554 68.443 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 60 59 47.566 22.022 69.588 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 155 155 46.503 22.489 68.992 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 59 59 47.241 22.355 69.596 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 89 89 45.032 15.282 60.314 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 155 155 45.303 15.182 60.485 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 155 155 44.974 14.981 59.955 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 59 59 45.593 15.248 60.841 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 173 173 45.762 20.153 65.915 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 89 89 47.921 19.052 66.973 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 89 89 45.250 16.516 61.766 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 155 155 46.874 16.350 63.224 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 89 89 46.072 17.651 63.723 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 202 202 45.830 17.984 63.814 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 155 155 46.244 18.351 64.595 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 155 155 44.871 14.715 59.586 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 202 202 46.145 13.914 60.059 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 89 89 44.617 16.917 61.534 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 155 155 45.637 18.285 63.922 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 89 89 45.052 21.888 66.940 4-wheel change
Carson Ware 123 122 -22.922 22.922 0.000 4-wheel change
Carson Ware 60 59 50.785 27.094 77.879 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 254 237 20.389 19.653 40.042 4-wheel change
Stefan Parsons 90 75 45.280 27.627 72.907 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 89 89 44.564 13.647 58.211 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 155 155 44.426 16.683 61.109 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 174 174 47.016 16.850 63.866 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 60 59 46.901 23.790 70.691 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 122 122 -17.517 17.517 0.000 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 59 59 46.039 16.249 62.288 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 155 155 46.713 21.134 67.847 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 155 155 45.288 15.282 60.570 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 59 59 45.850 16.516 62.366 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 155 155 44.438 15.431 59.869 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 89 89 44.687 15.716 60.403 4-wheel change
Logan Bearden 156 156 47.575 18.752 66.327 4-wheel change
Logan Bearden 90 89 45.408 24.090 69.498 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 59 59 45.236 15.849 61.085 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 173 173 45.188 22.155 67.343 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 176 168 45.493 8.976 54.469 Left-sides only
Leland Honeyman Jr 60 52 47.001 25.192 72.193 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 89 89 44.957 14.848 59.805 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 155 155 46.089 14.681 60.770 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 155 155 44.928 17.584 62.512 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 90 89 44.886 18.151 63.037 4-wheel change
Greg Van Alst 174 170 46.847 17.517 64.364 4-wheel change
Greg Van Alst 60 58 46.445 22.088 68.533 4-wheel change