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2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
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The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 43rd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 19 with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 9 at Phoenix Raceway.

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Justin Allgaier, the 2024 Xfinity Series champion.
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Cole Custer, the regular season champion, finished second in the standings.
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A. J. Allmendinger finished third in the standings.
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Austin Hill finished fourth in the standings.
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Jesse Love, the 2024 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
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Chevrolet won the Xfinity Series manufacturers' championship with 1228 points and 18 wins. The JR Motorsports No. 7 car driven by Justin Allgaier won the owners' championship.

Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing entered the season as the defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.[1][2] Following the 2024 Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Custer won the regular season championship. At season's end, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports became the 2024 Xfinity Series champion.

This season marked the final year of Fox and NBC's coverage of the Xfinity Series under the 2015–2024 TV contract. Beginning in 2025, The CW will assume exclusive broadcast rights for the entire Xfinity Series schedule as part of a new agreement running through 2031.[3] As a prelude to this transition, it was announced in April 2024 that the final eight races of the 2024 season — including the regular season finale (the Food City 300), and all playoff races — would air on The CW. However, NBC Sports would continue producing the broadcasts for these races.[4][5]

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Teams and drivers

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Full-time teams

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Notes:

  1. The No. 97 car is fielded in a collaboration with Trackhouse Racing.[35]
  2. It was a Kaulig Racing entry using SS-Green Light Racing's owner points.[93]
  3. Entry is fielded in collaboration with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports.
  4. At Talladega in October (race #28), Caesar Bacarella experienced a mechanical issue in qualifying and was replaced by Tommy Joe Martins in the race.
  5. Larry McReynolds, a commentator for NASCAR on Fox, crew chiefed the No. 32 car in practice and qualifying for the race (#1) at Daytona, but after the race was postponed from Saturday to Monday, he had to return to Fox's Charlotte studio to commentate the Daytona 500 which was also postponed to Monday and was therefore unable to crew chief the No. 32 car in the race. Car chief Jon Marlott filled in for him as crew chief in the race, which is why they are both listed for that race.
  6. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mike Harmon Racing.
  7. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Peterson Racing Group.
  8. Entries are fielded in collaboration with Viking Motorsports.
  9. Morgen Baird was scheduled to drive the No. 6 car at Richmond (race #6), however, he and his wife were on baby watch and Baird was replaced by Garrett Smithley.
  10. It was an MBM Motorsports entry using JD Motorsports' owner points.
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Drivers

Crew chiefs

  • On October 27, 2023, Jason Ratcliff announced in an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he would be retiring as a crew chief after the 2023 season. He crew chiefed the No. 19 car for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2023. He spent the majority of his 24-year career in NASCAR with JGR crew chiefing in the Cup and Xfinity Series and became the winningest crew chief in Xfinity Series history. He also crew chiefed for Brewco Motorsports in the Xfinity Series early in his career.[161] On December 13, Seth Chavka, the former engineer of JGR's No. 54 car in the Cup Series driven by Ty Gibbs who also served as an engineer and interim crew chief for JGR in the Cup Series for Kyle Busch when he drove the No. 18 car and Erik Jones when he drove the No. 20 car, was announced as Ratcliff's replacement as crew chief of the No. 19 Xfinity Series car.[74]
  • On November 13, 2023, it was announced that Ben Beshore, who crew chiefed Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 car driven by John Hunter Nemechek in 2023, would be moving up to the Cup Series with Nemechek in the Legacy Motor Club No. 42 car.[162] On December 13, Tyler Allen, the former engineer of JGR's No. 20 car in the Cup Series driven by Christopher Bell, was announced as Beshore's replacement as crew chief of the No. 20 car.[74]
  • On November 28, 2023, JR Motorsports revealed that Jason Burdett would not return to the team as a crew chief in 2024. Burdett crew chiefed for JRM for nine years, his first eight were on the No. 7 car with Regan Smith in 2015 and Justin Allgaier from 2016 to 2022 and his last year was on the No. 9 car with Brandon Jones.[163] On December 18, Phillip Bell, the former engineer of the No. 9 car in 2022 when it was driven by Noah Gragson, was announced as Burdett's replacement as crew chief of the No. 9 car, returning to JRM after 1 year as Gragson's engineer in the Cup Series for Legacy Motor Club.[28]

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Schedule

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The BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023, consisting of 27 oval races, 5 road course races, and one street course race.[165]

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Notes

  1. The United Rentals 300 was postponed from Saturday, February 17 to Monday, February 19 due to rain.
  2. Although they would be broadcast on The CW, the races would be produced by NBC Sports with its own production and on-air teams.
O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
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Results and standings

Race results

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  1. Allmendinger and van Gisbergen both led 20 laps.
  2. van Gisbergen and Love both led 14 laps.

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

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Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

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Manufacturers' championship

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References

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