2024 Quaker State 400
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Article ImagesThe 2024 Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart will be a NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on September 8, 2024, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules). It will be the 27th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the first race of the 2024 NASCAR playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 16. Joey Logano won the race. Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, and Daniel Suárez finished 3rd. Christopher Bell and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five, and Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, William Byron, and Austin Cindric rounded out the top ten.
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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Race 27 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
Date | September 8, 2024 | ||
Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) | ||
Distance | 266 laps, 409.64 mi (659.25 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 260 laps, 400.4 mi (644.244 km) | ||
Average speed | 134.450 miles per hour (216.376 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Front Row Motorsports | ||
Time | 30.927 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | |
Laps | 92 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | USA | ||
Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | PRN | ||
Booth Announcers | Doug Rice and Mark Garrow | ||
Turn Announcers | Doug Turnbull (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) |
Report
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.927 and a speed of 179.261 mph (288.493 km/h).[9]
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
2 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
3 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
4 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 7 |
5 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
6 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
7 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
8 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
9 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
3 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
4 | 99 | Daniel Suárez (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
5 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
6 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
7 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
8 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 100
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1 | 7 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 266 | 47 |
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34 | 13 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 258 | 3 |
35 | 22 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 | |
36 | 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 205 | 1 |
37 | 6 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 55 | 1 |
38 | 10 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 55 | 1 |
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 24 among 14 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 8
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes, and 11 seconds
- Average speed: 134.450 miles per hour (216.376 km/h)
Television
USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Similar to the Summer Daytona race and the Summer Talladega race, NBC showed every green flag lap ad-free.[10]
USA | |
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Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte |
Dave Burns Kim Coon Marty Snider |
Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Doug Turnbull called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, and Wendy Venturini.
PRN | ||
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Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow |
Turns 1 & 2: Doug Turnbull Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson |
Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Wendy Venturini |
References
- ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Taranto, Steven (October 3, 2023). "NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. October 4, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ "Quaker State 400 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ "Points standings". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 8, 2024. ;
- ^ DeGroot, Nick (September 8, 2024). "Hamlin starts last in playoff opener after issue; McDowell on pole". Motorsport.com. Atlanta, Georgia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ Long, Dustin (August 21, 2024). "NBC Sports to show every green flag lap of Cup races at Daytona, Talladega, Atlanta". Retrieved September 8, 2024.