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Wawa 250

Friday, August 23rd, 2024

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

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  • Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Lots can happen with five to go until NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs

With five races remaining to set the 12-driver NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff field, Friday night’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) could produce a surprise winner and new Playoff entrant on the historic high-banks.

There are only three former Xfinity Series race winners in this weekend’s field led by three-time Daytona race winner, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, Jeremy Clements Racing owner-driver Jeremy Clements and last week’s Michigan race winner, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier – who is the defending winner of this Daytona summer 250-miler.

While those closer to the top of the standings have either solidified their positions with victories or good points days, drivers near the cutoff line arrive in Daytona racing for their Playoff lives.

Big Machine Racing’s Parker Kligerman is ranked 11th with a 36-point margin to the Playoff good, but 12th place JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith holds only a single point lead on RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg for that last Playoff position.

Eight drivers have already earned Playoff bids with victories, led by popular New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen, who has three race wins in his first fulltime NASCAR season. Allgaier, Hill, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith and Allgaier’s teammate at JR Motorsports, Sam Mayer all have won twice.

Defending series champion Cole Custer, his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Riley Herbst and RCR’s Jesse Love all have earned Playoff berths with a win. Veteran Kaulig Racing driver A.J. Allmendinger currently holds a 102-point advantage on the cutoff line while JGR’s Sheldon Creed is a healthy 70-points up. Kligerman and Sammy Smith round out the current dozen safe in the Playoff standings.

Hill, who won the first two races of the season, is competing for a rare Daytona double. A win Friday would give him the track season sweep meaning he would join NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the only two competitors to sweep a season’s two NASCAR Xfinity Series events at the Daytona track. Hill’s three consecutive wins in the February Daytona season-opener gives him the most Daytona trophies among the fulltime Xfinity Series drivers.

Creed, who just set a record for most runner-up finishes (11) in the series before a win, has finished runner-up in the last two Daytona races.

Asked what it would take to finally hoist that first trophy this weekend, Creed said, “A good push and even better luck. It’s been feast or famine at Daytona for me so far and that’s helped me realize the importance of making it to the end. If things go our way, I feel good about our ability to put ourselves in contention. From there we just have to hope that the cards fall in a way that give me a chance to execute in the final laps. If that happens, I like our chances.”

Allmendinger’s average finish of 10.7 in seven starts is the second best average finish to three-time Daytona race starter, Jordan Anderson Racing’s Parker Retzlaff (4.7) among active drivers.

  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Pole Winner: Chandler Smith
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 81 - QuickTie Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Chandler Smith won the Pole Award for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola with a lap of 49672 seconds, 181189 mph
  • This is his fourth pole in 58 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first pole and 16th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in four races at Daytona International Speedway
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his 12th top-10 start of 2024 and his fifth in seven races at Daytona International Speedway
  • AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway It is his 15th in 22 races this season
  • Jesse Love (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, August 24th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Ryan Truex wins big at Daytona International Speedway

Ryan Truex claimed his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season – the second of his career – leading the field to the yellow and checkered flags on the final lap of overtime in Saturday night’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway.

With very limited green flag runs and the pace interrupted all night with incidents, ultimately it was an accident among the front-running cars that ended the overtime period with Truex out front as he was so frequently through the night.

Running among that front group of cars, Parker Kligerman’s No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet hit the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet driven by A.J. Allmendinger from behind, sending Allmendinger’s Chevy hard into the wall bringing out the final caution and ending the night.

Truex, 32, the younger brother of NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr., crossed the line just ahead of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chandler Smith in the No. 81 JGR Toyota. Kligerman finished in third place. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst and RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg rounded out the top five.

“Oh my gosh, thanks to these fans, it’s so amazing to race here,’’ said Truex, who is racing part-time this season but now has two wins in eight starts this season.

“Just thanks to these guys,’’ Truex, driver of the No. 20 JGR Toyota, said of his team. “I don’t get to race that often and I don’t know what I’m going to do next year. It’s all a work in progress. Just a great car [tonight].”

The veteran Allmendinger, who was running second at the time of his last lap accident, finished 24th. A frustrated Kligerman insisted he did not mean to wreck Allmendinger especially because the pair had worked well together throughout the race.

“I just had a run and I had to go, I felt it was the run I had to take to put myself on the bottom if I was going to win this race,’’ Kligerman added. “I love him like a brother, he and I have been in this a long time together.

In many ways, the ending was indicative of the whole evening – hard racing followed by the kind of contact so common at the famous 2.5-mile Daytona high banks.

Driver-owner Jordan Anderson, who competes part-time in the series and was making only his fourth start of year – finished sixth answering a fourth-place effort in the Daytona season-opener.

Justin Allgaier, who led a race best 35 laps, was seventh, followed by Sheldon Creed, Leland Honeyman and Kyle Weatherman.

The points standings were majorly affected with season-long leader, the defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer losing the points lead to JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier, who won both stages.

Custer had a rough night, colliding with his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Herbst on pit road on the first pit stop – his No. 00 SHR Ford suffering damage that required attention the rest of the race and relegated him to a 32nd place finish. Custer, who held a 50-point advantage over Allgaier in the championship just two races ago, now trails Allgaier by 33 points with five races remaining to decide the regular season champion.

The other end of the current 12-driver Playoff field also featured a lot of important action. JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith dropped out of the last Playoff position after being collected in a seven-car accident on Lap 26. Meanwhile, Sieg’s fifth place finish vaulted him inside the Playoff standings and he sits in that all-important 12th place position now – 15 points up on Smith.

Another championship favorite, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill also took a big hit in the standings – his night tough even before the green flag flew to start the race. His No. 21 RCR Chevrolet had to pit for attention as cars were making pace laps and instead of starting on the outside of the front row where he qualified, he started from the rear of the field.

The precarious position ended up costing Hill immediately as he was collected in a multi-car accident on the very first lap of racing. After pitting throughout the night for repairs – and more repairs – he ultimately parked the car, finishing 34th. Now Hill, who won the opening two races of the season, is ranked fourth – more than 100 points behind Allgaier – heading into the final summer stretch before the Playoffs start.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Laps Actual: 102 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 34 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 117.182
  • Cautions: 7 for 34 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 4,205 (61.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Race Winner: Ryan Truex
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No 20 - Certified Collision Center Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
  • Ryan Truex won the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, his third victory in 98 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway
  • Chandler Smith (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Daytona International Speedway It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Parker Kligerman (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway
  • Leland Honeyman (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 33 points over Cole Custer
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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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
Wawa 250 at Daytona International 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
Chandler Smith 1 2 Running 1 23.481 5 9.643 1 33.124 1 33.124 33.124
Ryan Sieg 26 5 Running 1 23.994 10 9.643 1 33.637 2 33.637 33.637
Sheldon Creed 7 8 Running 3 23.119 1 10.833 3 33.952 3 30.194 37.661
Riley Herbst 8 4 Running 2 24.454 19 12.746 4 37.200 4 32.293 42.106
Sammy Smith 24 23 Running 3 24.342 16 13.046 5 37.388 5 32.132 47.160
Parker Kligerman 12 3 Running 2 24.044 11 13.881 6 37.925 6 33.399 42.450
Ryan Truex 6 1 Running 2 24.270 15 14.598 7 38.867 7 30.785 46.949
AJ Allmendinger 3 24 Running 2 23.449 4 15.549 8 38.997 8 38.895 39.099
Justin Allgaier 11 7 Running 2 23.619 6 15.882 9 39.501 9 38.171 40.831
Josh Williams 10 11 Running 2 23.946 8 17.251 12 41.196 10 41.090 41.302
Jesse Love 5 21 Running 2 25.151 23 16.299 10 41.450 11 31.916 50.983
Cole Custer 14 32 DVP 1 25.653 28 16.316 11 41.969 12 41.969 41.969
Jeremy Clements 13 27 Running 2 23.126 2 20.521 16 43.646 13 42.442 44.850
Kyle Sieg 34 15 Running 2 24.136 12 19.953 14 44.089 14 43.297 44.880
Jeffrey Earnhardt 22 28 Running 1 23.347 3 20.754 19 44.101 15 44.101 44.101
Brennan Poole 31 16 Running 4 24.198 13 20.621 17 44.818 16 42.409 50.471
Sam Mayer 38 13 Running 1 26.280 31 18.718 13 44.998 17 44.998 44.998
Parker Retzlaff 15 34 Accident 2 25.010 22 20.437 15 45.447 18 41.562 49.331
Brandon Jones 16 22 Running 2 25.365 24 20.637 18 46.002 19 45.576 46.427
Jeb Burton 21 17 Running 2 24.401 18 21.771 20 46.172 20 40.053 52.290
Blaine Perkins 29 14 Running 2 24.376 17 22.339 21 46.714 21 45.310 48.118
Kyle Weatherman 18 10 Running 2 25.734 29 22.573 22 48.307 22 46.675 49.938
Patrick Emerling 23 18 Running 4 25.636 27 23.081 23 48.717 23 44.367 55.208
Leland Honeyman Jr 20 9 Running 2 23.976 9 24.925 27 48.901 24 48.749 49.052
Matt DiBenedetto 28 33 Accident 2 24.929 21 24.941 28 49.870 25 49.699 50.041
Anthony Alfredo 9 26 Running 1 24.213 14 26.026 30 50.239 26 50.239 50.239
CJ McLaughlin 30 19 Running 1 25.600 26 24.825 26 50.425 27 50.425 50.425
Jordan Anderson 25 6 Running 3 25.768 30 24.825 25 50.593 28 47.771 52.456
Josh Bilicki 33 30 Accident 2 24.849 20 25.759 29 50.608 29 50.218 50.997
Shane van Gisbergen 19 25 Running 1 23.620 7 27.491 31 51.111 30 51.111 51.111
Joey Gase 35 20 Running 3 27.553 32 24.157 24 51.711 31 47.605 53.847
Caesar Bacarella 17 29 Accident 2 25.511 25 27.743 32 53.254 32 52.044 54.464

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Wawa 250 at Daytona International Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 32 32 23.580 15.315 38.895 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 61 61 23.317 15.782 39.099 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 61 61 23.278 7.507 30.785 Right-sides only
Ryan Truex 33 33 25.261 21.688 46.949 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 61 61 23.457 14.714 38.171 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 32 32 23.781 17.050 40.831 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 61 61 24.390 9.009 33.399 Right-sides only
Parker Kligerman 32 32 23.698 18.752 42.450 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 80 79 26.951 20.654 47.605 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 62 61 27.654 26.026 53.680 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 98 97 28.055 25.792 53.847 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 61 61 23.704 16.349 40.053 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 30 29 25.098 27.192 52.290 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 33 33 25.509 24.190 49.699 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 62 62 24.349 25.692 50.041 4-wheel change
Jeffrey Earnhardt 32 32 23.347 20.754 44.101 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 32 32 23.994 9.643 33.637 Right-sides only
Kyle Weatherman 61 61 25.087 21.588 46.675 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 32 32 26.381 23.557 49.938 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 32 32 24.958 17.451 42.409 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 62 62 24.307 18.251 42.558 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 7 6 23.882 19.953 43.835 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 98 97 23.644 26.827 50.471 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 32 32 25.653 16.316 41.969 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 32 32 25.160 25.058 50.218 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 61 61 24.538 26.459 50.997 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 32 32 25.089 20.487 45.576 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 69 68 25.640 20.787 46.427 4-wheel change
Caesar Bacarella 62 62 25.218 26.826 52.044 4-wheel change
Caesar Bacarella 77 76 25.804 28.660 54.464 4-wheel change
CJ McLaughlin 61 60 25.600 24.825 50.425 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 61 61 23.423 19.019 42.442 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 32 32 22.828 22.022 44.850 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 32 32 23.806 17.284 41.090 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 61 61 24.085 17.217 41.302 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 61 61 23.651 8.642 32.293 Right-sides only
Riley Herbst 32 32 25.256 16.850 42.106 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 32 32 24.213 26.026 50.239 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 79 79 24.648 19.719 44.367 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 61 61 23.643 22.989 46.632 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 32 32 26.139 22.522 48.661 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 95 94 28.114 27.094 55.208 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 61 61 23.120 7.074 30.194 Right-sides only
Sheldon Creed 32 32 23.423 10.577 34.000 Left-sides only
Sheldon Creed 70 70 22.813 14.848 37.661 4-wheel change
Jordan Anderson 79 79 25.716 22.055 47.771 4-wheel change
Jordan Anderson 71 70 25.792 25.759 51.551 4-wheel change
Jordan Anderson 32 32 25.796 26.660 52.456 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 32 32 24.389 20.921 45.310 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 61 61 24.362 23.756 48.118 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 33 33 23.878 19.419 43.297 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 62 62 24.393 20.487 44.880 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 60 59 26.280 18.718 44.998 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 61 61 23.481 9.643 33.124 Right-sides only
Parker Retzlaff 33 33 24.479 17.083 41.562 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 61 61 25.541 23.790 49.331 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 32 32 25.125 7.007 32.132 Left-sides only
Sammy Smith 61 61 24.265 8.608 32.873 Right-sides only
Sammy Smith 7 6 23.637 23.523 47.160 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 33 33 24.425 24.324 48.749 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 62 62 23.527 25.525 49.052 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 61 61 23.675 8.241 31.916 Right-sides only
Jesse Love 77 76 26.626 24.357 50.983 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 80 79 23.620 27.491 51.111 4-wheel change