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2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
NASCAR Cup Series race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 14, 2024, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 276 laps—extended from 267 laps due to a double overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the ninth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Chase Elliott won the race, his first of the season, and 19th of his career. This win also snapped a 42-race winless streak for Elliott dating back to the 2022 YellaWood 500 in October 2022 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice
Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.345 seconds and a speed of 190.510 mph (306.596 km/h).[9]
Practice results
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Qualifying
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Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.366 and a speed of 190.369 mph (306.369 km/h).[10]
Qualifying results
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Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Stage Two Laps: 85
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 23 among 13 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 16 for 72 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 33 minutes and 14 seconds
- Average speed: 116.492 miles per hour (187.476 km/h)
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Television
Fox Sports covered the race on the television side Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and three-time Texas winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Rob Albright covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Alan Cavanna and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.
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Standings after the race
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References
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