The 2024 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 31, 2024, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 407 laps—extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the seventh race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race. Joey Logano finished 2nd, and Kyle Larson finished 3rd. Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five, and Christopher Bell, William Byron, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top ten.
This was the final running of the Richmond spring race, as it was replaced by a race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2025.
Report
Background
Richmond Raceway (RR) is a 0.75 miles (1.21 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it has formerly hosted events such as the International Race of Champions, Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown, and the USAC sprint car series. Due to Richmond Raceway's unique "D" shape which allows drivers to reach high speeds, Richmond has long been known as a short track that races like a superspeedway. With its multiple racing grooves, and proclivity for contact Richmond is a favorite among NASCAR drivers and fans.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.161 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.161 121.836 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 22.224 121.490 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 22.229 121.463Official practice results
Qualifying Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.438 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.358 22.438 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.114 22.440 3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 22.407 22.489 4 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.422 22.526 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 22.178 22.534 6 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.202 22.545 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.228 22.578 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.353 22.591 9 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 22.185 22.668 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 22.333 22.676 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.230 — 12 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.448 — 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.231 — 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 22.460 — 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.255 — 16 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.477 — 17 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.255 — 18 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 22.487 — 19 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 22.286 — 20 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 22.518 — 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.333 — 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.526 — 23 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 22.335 — 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.536 — 25 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.367 — 26 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22.553 — 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 22.375 — 28 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.564 — 29 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.383 — 30 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.574 — 31 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.460 — 32 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.613 — 33 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 22.495 — 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 22.972 — 35 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 22.776 — 36 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.007 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 93 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 66 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 160
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 93 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 84 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 39 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 170
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 462 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 407 493 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 514 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 505 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 366 29 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 367 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 328 23 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 407 299 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 407 3210 19 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 407 2811 30 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 3712 17 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 2513 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 407 3614 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 407 2315 3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 407 2516 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 2117 4 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 2818 32 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 1919 12 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 407 1820 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 407 1721 6 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 407 2122 20 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 407 1523 9 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 406 1424 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 406 1325 18 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 406 1226 31 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 406 1127 25 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 406 1028 16 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 406 1029 33 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 406 030 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 405 731 35 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 405 632 36 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 405 533 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 405 434 26 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 405 335 28 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 404 236 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 404 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 16 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 54 laps Red flags: 1 for 2 minutes and 16 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes and 41 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Clint Bowyer, and four-time Richmond winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden & Jeff Striegle called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post, Jason Toy, and Chris Wilner handled pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle Backstretch: Mike Bagley Steve PostJason ToyChris Wilner
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Martin Truex Jr. 270 3 2 Kyle Larson 256 (–14) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 252 (–18) 2 4 Ty Gibbs 236 (–34) 2 5 Ryan Blaney 229 (–41) 1 6 Christopher Bell 219 (–51) 1 7 William Byron 215 (–55) 1 8 Chase Elliott 209 (–61) 1 9 Ross Chastain 207 (–63) 10 Tyler Reddick 199 (–71) 11 Alex Bowman 193 (–77) 12 Chris Buescher 185 (–85) 13 Kyle Busch 167 (–103) 4 14 Bubba Wallace 165 (–105) 1 15 Daniel Suárez 163 (–107) 16 Brad Keselowski 163 (–107)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 258 2 Toyota 256 (–2) 3 Ford 230 (–28)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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