Pit Stops

Tennessee Lottery 250

Saturday, June 29th, 2024

Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN

  • 24 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Thursday, June 27th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Nashville offers great opportunity for Xfinity drivers looking for a Playoff spot

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to Nashville Speedway for Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250 (5 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), another crucial stop with 10 races remaining to the set the 2024 Playoff field.

Justin Allgaier and defending race winner A.J. Allmendinger are the only drivers in Saturday’s field with a previous win at Nashville. While Allgaier has already secured his position in the 2024 Playoffs with a victory at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway this spring, Allmendinger is ranked 10th in points and still racing for his first trophy of the year. The popular veteran would love to reignite that Nashville magic he has shown before. The Kaulig Racing driver has two top-five finishes in three starts and the win last year.

Six drivers have won races and already secured 2024 Playoff positions – Chandler Smith, Austin Hill, Sam Mayer, Shane van Gisbergen, Allgaier and Jesse Love – leaving six spots still to be decided. And the regular season championship is equally still up for grabs.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer continues to hold that championship points lead – 15 points ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith – but the reigning series champ Custer is still racing for his first win of the season and that automatic Playoff bid. He led 32 laps and finished ninth last year in the Music City.

Smith’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed earned his 10th runner-up effort last week at New Hampshire – his third of the season – tying a series record for most career runner-up finishes before a victory. The 26-year-old Californian is racing for his first top-10 in two series starts at Nashville and is currently ranked eighth in the Playoff standings.

“I’m really proud that we’ve been close these past few weeks,” said Creed, driver of the No. 18 JGR Toyota. “It says a lot about the progress we have made this season and the speed we are capable of. I would say from that standpoint, I feel more optimistic every week and I’m excited to get to the track more and more as we continue to click off these strong runs.

“I’ve developed a funny relationship with second place lately. Obviously, anytime you can leave the track with a runner-up it’s a good day, but it does get a little old to get so close winning one and still come up short. Right now, all these second places mean consistency and I’ll take that above all else going forward.”

23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick – a two-time Xfinity Series season champion – will drive the No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota in Saturday’s race. He joins an impressive list of NASCAR Cup Series regulars doing double duty this week, also including Chastain and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Noah Gragson.

  • Tennessee Lottery 250
  • Pole Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 21
  • Team : No 19 - He Gets Us Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Seth Chavka
  • Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the Tennessee Lottery 250 with a lap of 30876 seconds, 155072 mph
  • This is his 11th pole in 63 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in three races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his 13th top-10 start of 2024 and his second in two races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Ryan Sieg (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway It is his fourth in 17 races this season
  • Leland Honeyman (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, June 29th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
John Hunter Nemechek takes the checkered flag at Nashville Superspeedway

John Hunter Nemechek survived a steamy hot afternoon and held off a highly-motivated field to win the Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday afternoon.

It’s the second Xfinity Series win of the season for Nemechek in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota – and 11th of his career in the series. The 27-year-old North Carolinian won Stage 2 and led a race best 76 of the 188 laps, including the final 46 after taking the lead on a re-start from Cole Custer, who navigated a corner too high allowing Nemechek to get by.

“Feels good to be back in the 20-machine, we’ve been close to winning a lot this year in this thing,’’ said Nemechek, who will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start at Nashville on Sunday when he competes in his fulltime ride, the No. 42 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club.

“Being able to capitalize on it is huge. … it’s great to get it done here in Nashville.

It was a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2 with Nemechek’s teammate Chandler Smith rallying to a runner-up finish – 1.234-seconds behind Nemechek – on a day that left many in the field standing outside their cars on pit road after the checkered flag taking water and resting after in-car in-race temperatures neared 130 degrees. Several of the drivers either didn’t wear a “cool suit” or had malfunctions with the one they did use.

Much of the hard work came from the rear of the starting grid where championship contenders such as Jesse Love, Austin Hill and Sheldon Creed rallied to race up front after starting from the rear for technical issues.

Creed’s No. 18 JGR Toyota ran among the top 10 after starting at the back of the 38-car field, only to have engine issues in the closing laps.

The Richard Childress Racing teammates Love and Hill certainly had impressive hard-earned finishes in their Chevrolets despite the weather challenges and positions on the starting grid – rallying to third and fourth place finishes, respectively.

NASCAR Cup Series regular and former Xfinity Series title contender Noah Gragson rounded out the top five in the No. 30 Rette Jones Racing Ford – his second start in the car this season.

“I have no idea,’’ a smiling Love said of how he passed 69 cars on the day and finished top five when his cool suit was not working properly.

“Just proud to be part of a team that doesn’t give up,’’ he continued. “That was probably the hottest I’ve ever been. Just proud of my guys.’’

Another driver suffering from the heat when his cool suit didn’t work was Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst, who still managed a sixth-place finish despite the circumstances. The 2023 Nashville race winner, A.J. Allmendinger finished seventh, followed by Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer and Sam Mayer.

Custer holds on to the Xfinity Series championship lead by 15 points over Chandler Smith but was – as expected – frustrated not to come away with his first victory of the season after leading an impressive 64 laps himself. He fell all the way back to fifth losing the lead to Nemechek on that race-deciding restart and ultimately had his work cut out to stay among the top 10.

“I think I over-drove on that restart a little bit into Turn 1,’’ said the Stewart-Haas Racing driver Custer. “There’s a couple things I could have done better.

“Everyone’s got dirty air and man, it was hard to make speed. I felt like we were solid when we were in the top-three cars but once we got back there it was tough to get the car to handle.

“I can’t say enough about our guys. We’re bringing cars that compete for wins every week, it’s just heartbreaking every week not to win. We’re bringing good cars and leading laps, we’ll get it eventually. We’ll keep digging.’’

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.366 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 57 Minutes 36 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 127.571
  • Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,148 (6.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Tennessee Lottery 250
  • Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No 20 - Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Tennessee Lottery 250, his 11th victory in 109 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Chandler Smith (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Jesse Love (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Jesse Love (third) was the highest finishing rookie
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
Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway 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
John Hunter Nemechek 15 1 Running 3 28.785 3 14.102 2 42.887 1 42.338 43.230
Riley Herbst 9 6 Running 2 28.818 5 14.085 1 42.902 2 42.697 43.107
Cole Custer 2 9 Running 3 28.789 4 14.356 3 43.145 3 42.625 44.136
Austin Hill 5 4 Running 3 28.937 8 14.603 4 43.541 4 42.535 44.070
Sheldon Creed 14 33 Running 3 29.008 12 15.225 5 44.233 5 43.626 44.950
Sammy Smith 12 30 Running 3 28.832 6 15.471 7 44.303 6 43.227 44.992
Chandler Smith 8 2 Running 3 29.339 22 15.445 6 44.784 7 42.958 47.616
Sam Mayer 24 10 Running 3 29.002 11 16.303 9 45.305 8 43.994 46.757
Jeb Burton 19 19 Running 3 29.864 28 15.660 8 45.524 9 45.082 46.126
Ty Gibbs 1 20 Running 2 28.939 9 16.993 11 45.931 10 45.706 46.156
AJ Allmendinger 4 7 Running 3 29.306 20 16.671 10 45.977 11 43.273 47.965
Parker Kligerman 10 16 Running 3 28.991 10 17.116 12 46.107 12 44.533 48.866
Josh Williams 26 24 Running 3 29.039 14 17.262 13 46.301 13 44.271 47.677
Tyler Reddick 11 14 Running 3 29.024 13 17.352 15 46.375 14 45.560 47.361
Anthony Alfredo 17 18 Running 3 29.049 16 17.528 16 46.576 15 46.059 47.602
Ryan Sieg 3 11 Running 3 29.044 15 17.628 18 46.672 16 46.089 47.493
Noah Gragson 7 5 Running 3 28.710 2 18.099 20 46.809 17 45.653 47.696
Justin Allgaier 6 8 Running 2 29.365 23 17.583 17 46.947 18 44.870 49.024
Brennan Poole 18 21 Running 3 29.146 17 18.127 21 47.274 19 47.125 47.396
Parker Retzlaff 21 17 Running 3 29.436 24 17.850 19 47.286 20 45.648 49.472
Carson Kvapil 30 12 Running 3 30.469 33 17.339 14 47.808 21 44.818 53.198
Jesse Love 38 3 Running 3 29.239 19 18.761 24 48.000 22 45.722 52.087
Kyle Weatherman 29 31 Running 3 29.915 29 18.163 22 48.078 23 47.512 48.399
Matt DiBenedetto 22 29 Running 3 29.320 21 18.796 25 48.116 24 47.544 48.667
Shane van Gisbergen 28 15 Running 3 28.908 7 19.263 27 48.170 25 46.487 49.016
Ryan Ellis 23 23 Running 3 29.548 26 18.919 26 48.467 26 47.112 49.322
Dawson Cram 32 37 Running 3 30.514 35 18.207 23 48.721 27 40.112 53.159
Brandon Jones 13 13 Running 3 29.205 18 20.733 31 49.937 28 44.186 52.957
Chad Finchum 35 34 Running 3 31.305 38 19.319 28 50.624 29 47.799 53.897
Leland Honeyman Jr 25 25 Running 3 30.281 31 20.509 30 50.790 30 47.978 55.462
Garrett Smithley 36 36 Running 2 29.946 30 21.037 32 50.983 31 48.769 53.197
Hailie Deegan 31 28 Running 3 31.158 37 19.910 29 51.068 32 49.019 53.884
Jeremy Clements 16 22 Running 3 28.666 1 22.756 35 51.422 33 49.674 52.592
Kyle Sieg 27 26 Running 2 29.609 27 22.039 33 51.648 34 48.625 54.670
Ross Chastain 20 27 Running 3 29.480 25 22.256 34 51.735 35 49.563 55.898
Blaine Perkins 34 35 Running 3 30.494 34 22.766 36 53.260 36 51.602 56.504
Logan Bearden 37 32 Running 2 30.384 32 23.273 37 53.657 37 50.030 57.283
Patrick Emerling 33 38 Running 1 30.881 36 28.829 38 59.710 38 59.710 59.710

Pit Stop Detailed Report

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

Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 92 92 29.159 14.114 43.273 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 47 47 29.542 17.150 46.692 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 137 137 29.216 18.749 47.965 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 92 92 29.150 15.720 44.870 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 47 47 29.579 19.445 49.024 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 92 92 28.984 15.549 44.533 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 47 47 28.849 16.073 44.922 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 137 137 29.139 19.727 48.866 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 137 137 29.266 15.816 45.082 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 92 92 29.848 15.516 45.364 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 47 47 30.477 15.649 46.126 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 92 92 29.492 18.052 47.544 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 48 47 29.619 18.518 48.137 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 134 133 28.848 19.819 48.667 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 137 137 29.228 17.884 47.112 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 92 92 29.580 19.386 48.966 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 48 47 29.836 19.486 49.322 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 47 47 29.272 16.817 46.089 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 137 137 28.853 17.581 46.434 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 92 92 29.008 18.485 47.493 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 92 92 29.443 20.120 49.563 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 137 137 29.149 20.596 49.745 4-wheel change
Ross Chastain 47 47 29.847 26.051 55.898 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 116 115 29.594 17.918 47.512 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 92 92 29.870 18.452 48.322 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 48 48 30.281 18.118 48.399 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 137 137 29.109 18.016 47.125 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 47 47 29.182 18.118 47.300 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 92 92 29.148 18.248 47.396 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 92 92 28.534 14.091 42.625 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 137 137 28.687 13.988 42.675 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 47 47 29.147 14.989 44.136 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 138 135 30.581 17.218 47.799 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 93 91 31.626 18.551 50.177 4-wheel change
Chad Finchum 48 47 31.708 22.189 53.897 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 93 91 29.584 19.185 48.769 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 48 47 30.308 22.889 53.197 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 47 47 29.044 16.516 45.560 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 137 137 28.972 17.233 46.205 4-wheel change
Tyler Reddick 92 92 29.055 18.306 47.361 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 92 92 28.724 13.614 42.338 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 47 47 28.847 14.247 43.094 4-wheel change
John Hunter Nemechek 137 137 28.785 14.445 43.230 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 47 47 28.822 13.713 42.535 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 137 137 28.702 15.315 44.017 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 92 92 29.288 14.782 44.070 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 47 47 28.917 15.269 44.186 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 137 137 29.263 23.406 52.669 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 92 92 29.434 23.523 52.957 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 47 47 28.620 21.054 49.674 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 92 92 28.742 23.257 51.999 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 137 137 28.636 23.956 52.592 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 92 92 28.855 15.416 44.271 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 47 47 29.405 17.551 46.956 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 137 137 28.858 18.819 47.677 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 137 137 28.506 17.147 45.653 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 92 92 28.907 18.171 47.078 4-wheel change
Noah Gragson 47 47 28.718 18.978 47.696 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 47 47 29.017 13.680 42.697 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 137 137 28.618 14.489 43.107 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 137 137 29.145 16.914 46.059 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 92 92 28.984 17.084 46.068 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 47 47 29.017 18.585 47.602 4-wheel change
Patrick Emerling 48 47 30.881 28.829 59.710 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 47 47 29.112 14.514 43.626 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 137 137 28.978 15.146 44.124 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 92 92 28.934 16.016 44.950 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 47 47 29.123 16.583 45.706 4-wheel change
Ty Gibbs 92 92 28.754 17.402 46.156 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 138 135 31.917 19.685 51.602 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 48 47 29.787 21.888 51.675 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 93 91 29.778 26.726 56.504 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 92 92 29.506 19.119 48.625 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 137 137 29.712 24.958 54.670 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 92 92 29.112 14.882 43.994 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 47 47 29.155 16.009 45.164 4-wheel change
Sam Mayer 137 137 28.739 18.018 46.757 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 160 157 30.602 9.510 40.112 Left-sides only
Dawson Cram 48 47 30.369 22.522 52.891 4-wheel change
Dawson Cram 93 91 30.570 22.589 53.159 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 137 137 29.385 13.573 42.958 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 47 47 29.397 14.381 43.778 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 92 92 29.235 18.381 47.616 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 48 47 30.801 18.218 49.019 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 93 93 30.944 19.357 50.301 4-wheel change
Hailie Deegan 137 137 31.730 22.154 53.884 4-wheel change
Logan Bearden 123 120 30.177 19.853 50.030 4-wheel change
Logan Bearden 48 47 30.590 26.693 57.283 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 137 137 29.401 16.247 45.648 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 92 92 29.521 17.217 46.738 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 47 47 29.386 20.086 49.472 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 92 92 28.912 14.315 43.227 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 47 47 28.641 16.049 44.690 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 100 99 28.943 16.049 44.992 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 92 92 29.359 18.619 47.978 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 137 137 30.011 18.919 48.930 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 48 47 31.472 23.990 55.462 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 47 47 29.272 16.450 45.722 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 137 137 29.280 16.910 46.190 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 92 92 29.164 22.923 52.087 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 137 137 28.638 17.849 46.487 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 48 47 29.122 19.886 49.008 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 92 92 28.963 20.053 49.016 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 137 137 29.403 15.415 44.818 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 92 92 29.660 15.749 45.409 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 47 47 32.344 20.854 53.198 4-wheel change