Type: | CUST |
Location: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada |
Announcers: | Adam Alexander, Joey Logano, and Austin Cindric |
Year: | 2024 |
Race Name: | The LiUNA! |
Scheduled Mi: | 300 |
Course Mi: | 1.5 |
Scheduled Laps: | 200 |
Scheduled Km: | 482 |
Avg: | 137.143mph |
Car: | 20 |
First Driver: | John Hunter Nemechek |
First Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
Most Driver: | John Hunter Nemechek |
Most Laps: | 99 |
Most Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
Pole Time: | 29.788 |
Pole Team: | Stewart–Haas Racing |
Date: | March 2 |
Network: | FS1 |
Pole Driver: | Cole Custer |
Description: | Race 3 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series |
Official Name: | 28th Annual The LiUNA! |
Course Km: | 2.4 |
Radio: | PRN |
Distance Mi: | 300 |
Distance Laps: | 200 |
Distance Km: | 482 |
Details Ref: | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
The 2024 The LiUNA! was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada, a 1.5miles permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would cruise to victory in a dominating performance, leading a race-high 99 laps and earning his 10th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season.[9] Nemechek's teammate, Chandler Smith, won both stages and led 74 laps, but fell back in the final stage and finished 3rd.[10] To fill out the podium, Cole Custer, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, and Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1200acres complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The first and only practice session was held on Friday, March 1, at 3:35 pm PST, and would last for 20 minutes.[11] Brandon Jones, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.423, and a speed of 177.497mph.[12]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.423 | 177.497 | |
2 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 30.425 | 177.486 | |
3 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 30.525 | 176.904 | |
Full practice results |
Qualifying was held on Friday, March 1, at 4:05 pm PST. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[13]
Cole Custer, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.778, and a speed of 181.281mph.[14]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Stage 1 Laps: 45
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 81 | Chandler Smith | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 | |
2 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 | |
3 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | |
4 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 7 | |
5 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 6 | |
6 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | |
7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 | |
8 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | |
9 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 2 | |
10 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 81 | Chandler Smith | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 | |
2 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 | |
3 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 8 | |
4 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 | |
5 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | |
6 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | |
7 | 2 | Jesse Love (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | |
8 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | |
9 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 2 | |
10 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 1 |
Fin[15] | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 99 | Running | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 00 | Cole Custer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 200 | 0 | Running | 43 | |
3 | 2 | 81 | Chandler Smith | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 74 | Running | 54 | |
4 | 5 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 6 | Running | 46 | |
5 | 11 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 200 | 0 | Running | 47 | |
6 | 3 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 42 | |
7 | 6 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 200 | 0 | Running | 33 | |
8 | 8 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 29 | |
9 | 13 | 9 | Brandon Jones | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 29 | |
10 | 36 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 11 | Running | 38 | |
11 | 7 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 32 | |
12 | 10 | 19 | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 25 | |
13 | 16 | 26 | Corey Heim (i) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 0 | |
14 | 32 | 11 | Josh Williams | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 10 | Running | 23 | |
15 | 28 | 15 | Hailie Deegan (R) | AM Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | Running | 22 | |
16 | 37 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 21 | |
17 | 15 | 2 | Jesse Love (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 24 | |
18 | 19 | 42 | Leland Honeyman (R) | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 19 | |
19 | 18 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 18 | |
20 | 27 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | Running | 17 | |
21 | 20 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 16 | |
22 | 23 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 15 | |
23 | 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 14 | |
24 | 22 | 14 | J. J. Yeley | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 13 | |
25 | 17 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 12 | |
26 | 9 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 197 | 0 | Running | 11 | |
27 | 31 | 92 | Nick Leitz | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 10 | |
28 | 30 | 07 | Patrick Emerling | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Running | 9 | |
29 | 33 | 6 | Garrett Smithley | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Running | 8 | |
30 | 38 | 35 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Running | 7 | |
31 | 29 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | RSS Racing | Ford | 195 | 0 | Running | 6 | |
32 | 24 | 78 | B. J. McLeod | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Running | 5 | |
33 | 34 | 38 | C. J. McLaughlin | RSS Racing | Ford | 194 | 0 | Running | 4 | |
34 | 26 | 4 | Dawson Cram (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | Running | 3 | |
35 | 4 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 115 | 0 | Fuel Pump | 2 | |
36 | 35 | 32 | Sage Karam | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 104 | 0 | Transmission | 1 | |
37 | 25 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 27 | 0 | Engine | 1 | |
38 | 14 | 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 | Accident | 1 | |
Official race results |
Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Austin Hill | 148 | |||||||
2 | 2 | Chandler Smith | 126 (-22) | ||||||
3 | Riley Herbst | 121 (–27) | |||||||
4 | 4 | A. J. Allmendinger | 105 (–43) | ||||||
7 | 5 | Cole Custer | 99 (–49) | ||||||
4 | 6 | Sheldon Creed | 96 (–52) | ||||||
2 | 7 | Jesse Love | 96 (–52) | ||||||
3 | 8 | Justin Allgaier | 94 (–54) | ||||||
1 | 9 | Sammy Smith | 86 (–62) | ||||||
3 | 10 | Brandon Jones | 81 (–67) | ||||||
4 | 11 | Parker Kligerman | 76 (–72) | ||||||
2 | 12 | Anthony Alfredo | 71 (–77) | ||||||
Official driver's standings |
Pos | Manufacturer | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chevrolet | 113 | |
2 | Toyota | 110 (–3) | |
3 | Ford | 88 (–25) | |