2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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Justin Allgaier, the 2024 Xfinity Series champion.
Cole Custer, the regular season champion, finished second in the standings.
A. J. Allmendinger finished third in the standings.
Austin Hill finished fourth in the standings.
Jesse Love, the 2024 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Chevrolet won the Xfinity Series manufacturers' championship with 1228 points and 18 wins. The JR Motorsports No. 7 car driven by Justin Allgaier won the owners' championship.

The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 43rd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 19 with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 9 at Phoenix Raceway.

Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing entered the season as the defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.[1][2] Following the 2024 Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Custer won the regular season championship. At season's end, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports became the 2024 Xfinity Series champion.

This season marked the final year of Fox and NBC's coverage of the Xfinity Series under the 2015–2024 TV contract. Beginning in 2025, The CW will assume exclusive broadcast rights for the entire Xfinity Series schedule as part of a new agreement running through 2031.[3] As a prelude to this transition, it was announced in April 2024 that the final eight races of the 2024 season — including the regular season finale (the Food City 300), and all playoff races — would air on The CW. However, NBC Sports would continue producing the broadcasts for these races.[4][5]

Full-time teams

Other confirmed changes

Drivers

Crew chiefs

  • On October 27, 2023, Jason Ratcliff announced in an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he would be retiring as a crew chief after the 2023 season. He crew chiefed the No. 19 car for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2023. He spent the majority of his 24-year career in NASCAR with JGR crew chiefing in the Cup and Xfinity Series and became the winningest crew chief in Xfinity Series history. He also crew chiefed for Brewco Motorsports in the Xfinity Series early in his career.[161] On December 13, Seth Chavka, the former engineer of JGR's No. 54 car in the Cup Series driven by Ty Gibbs who also served as an engineer and interim crew chief for JGR in the Cup Series for Kyle Busch when he drove the No. 18 car and Erik Jones when he drove the No. 20 car, was announced as Ratcliff's replacement as crew chief of the No. 19 Xfinity Series car.[74]
  • On November 13, 2023, it was announced that Ben Beshore, who crew chiefed Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 car driven by John Hunter Nemechek in 2023, would be moving up to the Cup Series with Nemechek in the Legacy Motor Club No. 42 car.[162] On December 13, Tyler Allen, the former engineer of JGR's No. 20 car in the Cup Series driven by Christopher Bell, was announced as Beshore's replacement as crew chief of the No. 20 car.[74]
  • On November 28, 2023, JR Motorsports revealed that Jason Burdett would not return to the team as a crew chief in 2024. Burdett crew chiefed for JRM for nine years, his first eight were on the No. 7 car with Regan Smith in 2015 and Justin Allgaier from 2016 to 2022 and his last year was on the No. 9 car with Brandon Jones.[163] On December 18, Phillip Bell, the former engineer of the No. 9 car in 2022 when it was driven by Noah Gragson, was announced as Burdett's replacement as crew chief of the No. 9 car, returning to JRM after 1 year as Gragson's engineer in the Cup Series for Legacy Motor Club.[28]

Interim crew chiefs

Manufacturers

Schedule

The BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023, consisting of 27 oval races, 5 road course races, and one street course race.[165]

O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
No Race title Track Location Date TV Radio
1 United Rentals 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 19[N 1] FS1 MRN
2 Raptor King of Tough 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 24 PRN
3 The LiUNA!  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 2 PRN
4 Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 9 MRN
5 Focused Health 250  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 23 PRN
6 ToyotaCare 250  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia March 30 MRN
7 Dude Wipes 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 6 MRN
8 Andy's Frozen Custard 300  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 13 PRN
9 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 20 Fox MRN
10 BetRivers 200[167]  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware April 27 FS1 PRN
11 Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200[168]  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 11 MRN
12 BetMGM 300  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 25 Fox PRN
13 Pacific Office Automation 147  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 1 FS1 MRN
14 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 8 PRN
15 Hy-Vee PERKS 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 15 USA MRN
16 SciAps 200  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire June 22 PRN
17 Tennessee Lottery 250  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 29
18 The Loop 110  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 6 NBC MRN
19 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 13 USA
20 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 20 IMS
21 Cabo Wabo 250  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan August 17 MRN
22 Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 23
23 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina August 31
24 Focused Health 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia September 7 PRN
25 Mission 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 14 MRN
26 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 20 CW[169][N 2] PRN
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 28 CW MRN
28 United Rentals 250  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 5
29 Drive for the Cure 250  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 12 PRN
Round of 8
30 Ambetter Health 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 19 CW PRN
31 Credit One NASCAR Amex Credit Card 300  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 26 MRN
32 National Debt Relief 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia November 2 MRN
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 9 CW MRN

Results and standings

See also

References

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