2024 South Point 400
Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
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Race 33 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
Date | October 20, 2024 | ||
Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
Television in the United States | |||
Network | NBC | ||
Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | PRN | ||
Booth Announcers | Doug Rice and Mark Garrow | ||
Turn Announcers | Nick Yeoman (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) |
The 2024 South Point 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 20, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it will be the 33rd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, seventh race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 8.
Report
[edit]Background
[edit]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 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Media
[edit]Television
[edit]NBC will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handle the pit road duties from pit lane.
NBC | |
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Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte |
TBA |
Radio
[edit]PRN will cover their final 2024 broadcast, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow will cover the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Nick Yeoman will cover the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson will cover the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Heather DeBeaux, Brett McMillan, Brad Gillie and Wendy Venturini will have the call from pit lane for PRN.
PRN | ||
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Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow |
Turns 1 & 2: Nick Yeoman Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson |
Heather DeBeaux Brett McMillan Brad Gillie Wendy Venturini |
References
[edit]- ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "Las Vegas 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.