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The 2024 Ambetter Health 302 NASCAR XFINITY Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Ambetter Health 302

Saturday, October 19th, 2024

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

Previous race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 7 Ford

  • Thursday, October 17th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Las Vegas is the first chance for Xfinity Playoff contenders to lock into the Championship Four

A week after the NASCAR Xfinity Series first thrilling Playoff elimination race, the series moves to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway 1.5-miler for Saturday’s Ambetter Health 302 (7 p.m. ET on the CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

JR Motorsports Justin Allgaier, who claimed the final Playoff transfer position a week ago at the Charlotte ROVAL, now leads the newly reseeded eight-driver standings by 18 points over the Championship 4 Round’s cut line with races at Las Vegas, Homestead-Miami and Martinsville, Va. to ultimately decide which four drivers will compete for the season trophy in the Nov. 9 Phoenix finale.

Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith are nine and eight points – respectively – above the cutoff line entering this round.

Challenging those four are last weekend’s ultimate clutch race winner, JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer (-8), RCR rookie Jesse Love (-12), Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger (-18) and a third JR Motorsports driver, Sammy Smith (-19), who won the Talladega, Ala. Playoff race two weeks ago.

“The win last week was a true testament to how hard this team works,” said Mayer, who had to win at the Charlotte ROVAL to advance in the Playoffs. “We knew we had one job and we did just that to keep ourselves in contention for the championship. Vegas has been hit or miss for me in the past, but it is a fun track to run at and I think we have great momentum to keep up the speed and effort to have a solid finish in the end.”

While this is a re-set for the Playoff drivers such as Mayer, there remains major motivation for the entire race field to change a strong trend at the track. However, the Vegas high-banks have historically been kind to the championship contenders since it became a part of the Playoffs seven years ago.

Five of the six previous Fall Vegas races have been won by Playoff drivers. Last Fall is the lone exception with SHR’s Riley Herbst claiming an emotional first career victory at his home track. He was one of four drivers just eliminated from 2024 Playoff contention at the ROVAL.

Among the Playoff drivers, Hill has celebrated the most in Las Vegas’s flashy Victory Lane with a NASCAR Xfinity Series win there last February and a pair of NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series wins in the spring of 2019 and 2020.

Allmendinger won the 2021 Spring NASCAR Xfinity Series race and Chandler Smith won the 2022 Spring Truck race at Vegas.

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series fulltime drivers Daniel Dye, Taylor Gray and Corey Heim join former NASCAR Cup Series regular Aric Almirola on the entry list this weekend.

Practice for the Ambetter Health 302 is Friday afternoon at 6:35 p.m. ET followed by qualifying at 7:05 p.m. ET – both sessions will be on USA Network and the NBC Sports App.

  • Ambetter Health 302
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No 9 - Menards/Pelonis Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Adam Wall
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the Ambetter Health 302 with a lap of 29439 seconds, 183430 mph
  • This is his 12th pole in 299 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his fourth pole and 11th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his 22nd top-10 start of 2024 and his eighth in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Chandler Smith (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway It is his 24th in 30 races this season
  • Jesse Love (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, October 19th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Allmendinger locks up spot in Championship Race with win in Vegas

t was the first NASCAR Xfinity Series trophy of the season for A.J. Allmendinger but the timing was on point, his Playoff win in Saturday’s Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway punching his ticket into next month’s season finale Championship race.

The 42-year old Californian held off a hard-charging Ryan Sieg by a mere .156-second to claim his 18th career win – leading a race best 102 of the 201 laps in his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. Allmendinger had to out-run and out-negotiate Sieg in the closing laps, ultimately getting the best of the field on a final re-start at the 1.5-miler with two laps remaining.

An exuberant Allmendinger – who is moving to the NASCAR Cup Series next year – climbed out of his Chevrolet, raising his arms to urge the crowd cheer and shouting congratulations to his team and his team owner Matt Kaulig, whose birthday was Saturday.

“I absolutely love these guys and girls at Kaulig Racing, it’s been such up-and-down but what I love about them is we stick together, we keep fighting,’’ Allmendinger said before turning toward his team and shouting, “Happy Birthday Matt Kaulig. The boss’s birthday I told you I was getting you a trophy. I love you.’’

“What a way to get to Phoenix after the year we’ve had. Let’s go win a championship. LET’S GOOOOOO!”

For Sieg – who is still looking for his first win in 364 Xfinity Series starts – Saturday’s near-miss marked the fifth runner-up showing of his career and second in just the last three races. He challenged Allmendinger mightily in the final 30 laps – passing him with nine laps to go, only to get passed right back the following lap.

“We had the best car on the longer run and I needed a long run and we were getting there,’’ the RSS Racing driver Sieg said afterward. “I just overdrove [turn] one and lost some of our track position, but I was able to gain it back. Just sucks to finish second again with a great car. One of these days it’s going to go our way.’’

Allmendinger’s fellow Playoff drivers, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith finished third and fourth. Parker Kligerman, who was eliminated from the Playoffs just last week, finished fifth.

Allgaier had a strong No. 7 Chevrolet, winning Stage 2 and leading 42 laps – second best to Allmendinger. His work didn’t get him the automatic Championship 4 berth but does put him atop the championship standings 32 points to the good with races at Homestead-Miami Speedway next week and then at the half-mile Martinsville, Va. track to formally decide which four drivers move to the Nov. 9 seasons finale eligible to compete for the season trophy.

“He did a great job and hats off to those guys to get a Chevrolet in victory lane,’’ Allgaier said of Allmendinger. “Ryan [Sieg] did a great job too.

“Really proud of this team. Yesterday in practice we weren’t as good as we wanted to be but they went to work and made good adjustments all day to put us in a good position.’’

“At the end there, just not able to get into dirty air like I wanted to,’’ he said, adding, “great start to the next round and obviously got some good stage points so we’ll move on to next week.’’

Richard Childress Racing rookie driver Jesse Love – a Playoff contender – was sixth, followed by Stewart-Haas Racing teammates, defending race winner Riley Herbst and Playoff driver Cole Custer. JGR’s Sheldon Creed – also eliminated from Playoff contention last week – was 10th.

Playoff contenders RCR’s Austin Hill and JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer were 13th and 14th, respectively, with JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith getting involved in an early race accident and finishing 32nd – last among the Playoff eight.

The reigning series champion Custer sits just behind Allgaier in the points standings – 16 points to the good with Chandler Smith in that fourth position, eight points to the good.

Hill (-8) is fifth followed by Love (-13), Mayer (-23) and Smith (-53).

The series moves to the Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.5-miler for next Saturday’s Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300 (4 p.m. ET, CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Mayer is the defending race winner.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 201 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.156 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 22 Minutes 12 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 127.215
  • Cautions: 7 for 31 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,323 (13.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Ambetter Health 302
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No 16 - Modern Day Garage Chevrolet
  • Owner: Matthew Kaulig
  • Crew Chief: Alex Yontz
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Ambetter Health 302, his 18th victory in 128 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Ryan Sieg (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 19 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2024
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 18th top-10 finish in 21 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Jesse Love (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 16 points over Cole Custer
Xfinity Series pit stops at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada - September 25, 2020 : Xfinity Series pit stops at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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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
Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas 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
Austin Hill 17 10 Running 4 27.058 9 13.387 1 40.445 1 39.937 40.721
Cole Custer 2 8 Running 4 26.859 1 14.273 2 41.132 2 40.783 41.587
Aric Almirola 12 13 Running 4 26.915 2 14.447 4 41.362 3 41.004 41.767
Jesse Love 8 6 Running 4 26.933 3 14.439 3 41.372 4 40.272 42.991
Sheldon Creed 38 9 Running 4 27.201 13 14.519 5 41.719 5 40.450 43.421
Riley Herbst 7 7 Running 4 27.558 23 14.607 6 42.165 6 41.433 42.989
Ryan Sieg 10 2 Running 4 27.032 7 15.231 8 42.262 7 41.435 42.654
Jeb Burton 15 24 Running 3 27.612 26 14.869 7 42.481 8 42.049 42.813
Justin Allgaier 6 3 Running 4 27.507 21 15.541 9 43.047 9 42.082 44.081
Brandon Jones 1 17 Running 4 27.012 6 16.275 12 43.287 10 42.354 44.735
AJ Allmendinger 9 1 Running 4 27.597 25 15.841 10 43.438 11 42.359 46.235
Sammy Smith 5 32 Running 2 27.033 8 16.616 13 43.649 12 42.494 44.804
Kyle Weatherman 27 20 Running 4 26.937 4 16.734 15 43.671 13 41.799 44.885
Ryan Truex 3 27.468 19 16.249 11 43.718 14 43.206 44.165
Connor Zilisch 4 27.190 12 16.665 14 43.855 15 42.809 45.293
Sam Mayer 4 14 Running 4 27.175 11 16.863 16 44.038 16 41.522 48.761
Brennan Poole 32 21 Running 4 27.230 14 18.033 17 45.263 17 43.877 48.830
Shane van Gisbergen 16 38 Fuel Pump 3 27.311 15 18.085 18 45.396 18 43.924 47.052
Chandler Smith 3 4 Running 4 26.975 5 18.514 21 45.489 19 41.432 54.677
Parker Kligerman 11 5 Running 4 27.085 10 18.417 20 45.502 20 43.353 47.576
Josh Williams 23 15 Running 3 27.468 19 18.159 19 45.628 21 43.824 48.200
Anthony Alfredo 18 19 Running 4 27.557 22 20.029 23 47.585 22 45.339 51.933
William Sawalich 4 27.398 16 20.511 26 47.908 23 42.300 56.537
Austin Green 3 27.448 17 20.632 27 48.080 24 46.074 49.724
Mason Maggio 3 28.213 31 19.898 22 48.110 25 47.046 49.221
Ryan Ellis 34 28 Running 3 28.146 30 20.228 24 48.374 26 46.139 52.580
Jeremy Clements 19 18 Running 4 27.577 24 20.915 30 48.492 27 43.761 51.875
Dylan Lupton 21 27 Running 3 28.569 34 20.465 25 49.034 28 44.958 53.849
Parker Retzlaff 20 22 Running 4 28.009 29 21.212 31 49.221 29 45.131 53.136
Leland Honeyman Jr 25 37 Electrical 4 28.594 35 20.735 28 49.329 30 47.418 51.566
Matt DiBenedetto 24 16 Running 1 27.466 18 21.886 32 49.352 31 49.352 49.352
Kyle Sieg 22 26 Running 4 28.482 33 20.896 29 49.378 32 46.250 55.264
Brad Perez 3 27.876 28 21.934 33 49.809 33 47.023 54.197
Blaine Perkins 35 31 Running 3 27.781 27 22.489 34 50.270 34 46.505 53.617
Thomas Annunziata 1 28.805 37 22.512 35 51.317 35 51.317 51.317
Nick Leitz 1 28.713 36 23.460 36 52.173 36 52.173 52.173
Dawson Cram 26 36 Running 2 28.327 32 27.812 37 56.139 37 55.377 56.900

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Ambetter Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 47 47 27.743 14.616 42.359 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 90 90 27.289 15.148 42.437 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 179 179 27.840 14.882 42.722 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 123 123 27.517 18.718 46.235 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 158 157 26.923 14.081 41.004 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 90 90 27.008 14.245 41.253 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 123 123 26.909 14.514 41.423 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 47 47 26.821 14.946 41.767 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 90 90 26.959 16.247 43.206 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 159 158 27.299 16.483 43.782 4-wheel change
Ryan Truex 47 47 28.147 16.018 44.165 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 123 123 27.534 14.548 42.082 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 164 163 27.308 15.147 42.455 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 90 90 27.488 16.082 43.570 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 47 47 27.696 16.385 44.081 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 172 171 26.837 16.516 43.353 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 90 90 27.048 17.282 44.330 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 123 123 27.030 19.719 46.749 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 47 47 27.425 20.151 47.576 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 123 123 27.569 14.480 42.049 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 159 158 27.100 15.481 42.581 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 47 47 28.167 14.646 42.813 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 47 47 27.466 21.886 49.352 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 48 48 27.763 18.376 46.139 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 161 160 27.284 19.118 46.402 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 123 123 29.391 23.189 52.580 4-wheel change
Dylan Lupton 123 123 28.509 16.449 44.958 4-wheel change
Dylan Lupton 48 47 28.272 20.022 48.294 4-wheel change
Dylan Lupton 90 90 28.925 24.924 53.849 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 123 123 26.588 14.847 41.435 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 90 90 27.208 15.213 42.421 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 47 47 27.493 15.046 42.539 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 159 158 26.837 15.817 42.654 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 90 90 26.784 15.015 41.799 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 123 123 26.572 16.850 43.422 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 47 47 27.491 17.086 44.577 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 166 165 26.901 17.984 44.885 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 160 159 26.961 16.916 43.877 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 123 123 27.185 16.983 44.168 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 90 90 27.127 17.048 44.175 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 47 47 27.646 21.184 48.830 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 90 90 26.870 13.913 40.783 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 47 47 26.936 13.915 40.851 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 123 123 26.824 14.481 41.305 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 158 158 26.804 14.783 41.587 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 123 123 26.858 13.079 39.937 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 90 90 26.939 13.578 40.517 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 47 47 27.361 13.244 40.605 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 158 158 27.073 13.648 40.721 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 90 90 26.939 15.415 42.354 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 123 123 26.767 16.016 42.783 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 190 189 26.825 16.450 43.275 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 47 47 27.516 17.219 44.735 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 163 162 27.111 16.650 43.761 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 90 90 27.044 21.955 48.999 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 47 47 28.276 21.056 49.332 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 123 123 27.876 23.999 51.875 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 47 47 27.447 16.377 43.824 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 90 90 27.043 17.816 44.859 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 142 141 27.915 20.285 48.200 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 158 157 27.486 13.947 41.433 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 47 47 27.379 14.449 41.828 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 123 123 27.828 14.581 42.409 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 66 65 27.540 15.449 42.989 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 123 123 27.188 18.151 45.339 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 160 159 27.201 18.184 45.385 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 47 47 28.363 19.321 47.684 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 90 90 27.475 24.458 51.933 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 123 123 26.782 13.668 40.450 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 170 170 27.030 13.814 40.844 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 90 90 27.417 14.745 42.162 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 47 47 27.574 15.847 43.421 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 48 47 27.587 18.918 46.505 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 91 89 27.897 22.790 50.687 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 151 147 27.858 25.759 53.617 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 171 170 27.632 18.618 46.250 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 90 90 28.734 18.952 47.686 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 47 47 28.156 20.155 48.311 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 123 123 29.405 25.859 55.264 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 90 90 27.328 14.194 41.522 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 47 47 27.607 15.240 42.847 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 123 123 26.858 16.164 43.022 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 171 170 26.907 21.854 48.761 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 48 47 28.648 26.729 55.377 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 154 151 28.006 28.894 56.900 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 123 123 27.102 14.330 41.432 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 90 90 26.993 15.482 42.475 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 47 47 27.186 16.185 43.371 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 161 160 26.617 28.060 54.677 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 90 90 28.115 17.016 45.131 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 160 159 27.606 18.281 45.887 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 47 47 28.203 24.526 52.729 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 123 123 28.111 25.025 53.136 4-wheel change
Brad Perez 150 148 27.736 19.287 47.023 4-wheel change
Brad Perez 48 47 26.820 21.388 48.208 4-wheel change
Brad Perez 91 90 29.071 25.126 54.197 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 151 148 27.995 19.051 47.046 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 91 89 27.709 20.355 48.064 4-wheel change
Mason Maggio 48 47 28.934 20.287 49.221 4-wheel change
Nick Leitz 47 47 28.713 23.460 52.173 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 160 159 26.780 15.714 42.494 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 40 39 27.286 17.518 44.804 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 47 47 28.497 18.921 47.418 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 176 172 27.679 20.548 48.227 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 84 83 28.156 21.950 50.106 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 134 132 30.044 21.522 51.566 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 90 90 27.221 15.079 42.300 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 123 123 27.016 15.415 42.431 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 47 47 27.009 23.356 50.365 4-wheel change
William Sawalich 146 145 28.344 28.193 56.537 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 123 123 26.893 13.379 40.272 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 90 90 26.726 13.745 40.471 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 47 47 27.103 14.649 41.752 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 158 158 27.009 15.982 42.991 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 123 123 26.774 17.150 43.924 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 47 47 28.294 16.919 45.213 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 90 90 26.865 20.187 47.052 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 47 47 27.296 15.513 42.809 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 123 123 27.184 15.782 42.966 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 159 158 27.103 17.249 44.352 4-wheel change
Connor Zilisch 90 90 27.177 18.116 45.293 4-wheel change
Austin Green 145 142 27.522 18.552 46.074 4-wheel change
Austin Green 48 47 27.322 21.121 48.443 4-wheel change
Austin Green 91 89 27.501 22.223 49.724 4-wheel change
Thomas Annunziata 91 89 28.805 22.512 51.317 4-wheel change