2024 Hollywood Casino 400
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
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| Race 30 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 29, 2024 | ||
| Location | Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Sunny with a temperature around 82 °F (28 °C); wind out of the southwest at around 8 miles per hour (13 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 123.294 miles per hour (198.422 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 30.111 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 122 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 1.794 million | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) | ||
The 2024 Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN Bet was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 29, 2024, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the fourth race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 12. Ross Chastain won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Martin Truex Jr. finished 3rd. Ryan Blaney and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, and Zane Smith rounded out the top ten.
Report
[edit]Background
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Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
[edit]Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.433 seconds and a speed of 177.439 mph (285.560 km/h).
Practice results
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 30.433 | 177.439 |
| 2 | 99 | Daniel Suárez (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 30.478 | 177.177 |
| 3 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.504 | 177.026 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
[edit]Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.111 and a speed of 179.336 mph (288.613 km/h).[10]
Qualifying results
[edit]Race
[edit]Race results
[edit]Stage results
[edit]Stage One Laps: 80
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 77 | Carson Hocevar (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage Two Laps: 85
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 77 | Carson Hocevar (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage results
[edit]Stage Three Laps: 102
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 40 |
| 2 | 6 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 52 |
| 3 | 19 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 40 |
| 4 | 7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 49 |
| 5 | 2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 46 |
| 6 | 12 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 43 |
| 7 | 1 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 36 |
| 8 | 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 36 |
| 9 | 38 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 30 |
| 10 | 15 | 71 | Zane Smith (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 27 |
| 11 | 25 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 26 |
| 12 | 22 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 25 |
| 13 | 10 | 99 | Daniel Suárez (P) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 24 |
| 14 | 5 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 32 |
| 15 | 27 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 267 | 22 |
| 16 | 37 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 21 |
| 17 | 13 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 20 |
| 18 | 24 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 19 |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 22 |
| 20 | 30 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 17 |
| 21 | 32 | 16 | Ty Dillon (i) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 21 |
| 23 | 28 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 267 | 14 |
| 24 | 9 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 14 |
| 25 | 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 12 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 11 |
| 27 | 33 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 267 | 10 |
| 28 | 18 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 9 |
| 29 | 21 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 267 | 8 |
| 30 | 31 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 267 | 7 |
| 31 | 34 | 15 | Kaz Grala (R) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 267 | 6 |
| 32 | 14 | 77 | Carson Hocevar (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 11 |
| 33 | 23 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 266 | 4 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske | Ford | 263 | 7 |
| 35 | 16 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 263 | 2 |
| 36 | 35 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 257 | 1 |
| 37 | 36 | 44 | J. J. Yeley (i) | NY Racing Team | Chevrolet | 118 | 0 |
| 38 | 29 | 4 | Josh Berry (R) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 0 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
[edit]- Lead changes: 30 among 15 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 10 for 47 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 54 seconds
- Average speed: 123.294 miles per hour (198.422 km/h)
Media
[edit]Television
[edit]USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
| USA | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte |
Kim Coon Parker Kligerman Marty Snider |
Radio
[edit]MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former Championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Alan Cavanna, Jacklyn Drake and Winston Kelley covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
| MRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Todd Gordon |
Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley |
Steve Post Alan Cavanna Jacklyn Drake Winston Kelley |
Standings after the race
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References
[edit]- ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "Kansas Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 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 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 28, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 28, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "Hollywood Casino 400 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 29, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 29, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- ^ DeGroot, Nick (September 28, 2024). "Christopher Bell claims NASCAR Cup pole at Kansas Speedway". Motorsport.com. Kansas City, Kansas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 28, 2024.