2024 Andy's Frozen Custard 300
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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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| Race 8 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | April 13, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 20th Annual Andy's Frozen Custard 300 | ||
| Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Average speed | 125.977 mph (202.740 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | 29.093 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | |
| Laps | 117 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 1 | Sam Mayer | JR Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Joey Logano, and Ross Chastain | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
The 2024 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 was the 8th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In one of the closest finishes in Xfinity Series history, Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would make a last-lap pass for the lead on Ryan Sieg, and held him off in a wild photo finish to earn his fifth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. The margin of victory was 0.002 seconds, tying it for the second closest finish in Xfinity Series history, alongside Milwaukee 1996 and Talladega 1999.[9][10] Sieg led 17 of the final 18 laps in the race, before being passed by Mayer on the final lap.[11] Justin Allgaier was most consistent driver of the race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 117 laps, but ultimately fell back and rounded out the podium by finishing 3rd.[12]
This was also the second race of the Dash 4 Cash. Drivers who were eligible for the Dash 4 Cash are Sam Mayer, Chandler Smith, Justin Allgaier, and Sheldon Creed, since they were the highest finishing Xfinity Series regulars following the race at Martinsville.[13] Mayer would claim the $100K bonus cash after narrowly winning the race.[14]
Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Friday, April 12, at 5:00 PM CST, and would last for 20 minutes.[15] Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.902, and a speed of 180.590 mph (290.631 km/h).[16]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.902 | 180.590 |
| 2 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 29.932 | 180.409 |
| 3 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 30.089 | 179.468 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, April 12, at 5:30 PM CST.[15] Since Texas Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[17]
Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.093, and a speed of 185.612 mph (298.714 km/h).[18]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
