The 2024 USA Today 301 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 23, 2024, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 305 laps—extended from 301 laps due to an overtime finish, on the speedway, it was the 18th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Christopher Bell won the race, his 9th career win, and his 3rd of the 2024 season. Chase Briscoe finished 2nd, and Josh Berry finished 3rd. Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher rounded out the top five, and Tyler Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., John Hunter Nemechek, Martin Truex Jr., and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.
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Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval.
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
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 Carson Hocevar was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.865 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.865 127.534 2 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.917 127.312 3 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.940 127.214Official practice results
Qualifying Qualifying for the race was cancelled due to inclement weather. Chase Elliott will start on the pole was awarded the pole for the race as a result of NASCAR's pandemic formula with a score of 3.250
Starting lineup Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 9 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 10 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 12 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 14 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 16 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 18 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 24 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 26 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 32 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 33 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 35 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 36 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing ChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 210 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 115
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 84 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 116
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 305 572 23 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 305 353 10 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 305 434 19 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 305 375 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 305 326 12 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 305 337 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 305 308 28 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 305 299 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 305 4210 8 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 305 3111 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 305 2612 16 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 305 3013 32 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 305 2414 27 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 305 2315 25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 305 2216 18 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 305 2117 20 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 305 2018 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 305 2919 29 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 305 1820 36 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 305 021 11 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 305 1622 35 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 305 1523 26 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 305 1424 14 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 305 2725 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 305 2526 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 305 1127 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 305 1028 9 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 305 929 24 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 305 830 35 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 304 731 33 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 303 632 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 305 2233 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 268 434 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 265 335 30 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 222 236 5 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 142 2Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 14 for 85 Red flags: 1 for 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 49 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 48 minutes, and 14 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner 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.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim CoonParker KligermanMarty Snider
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Alan Cavanna handled the duties on pit lane.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanAlan Cavanna
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Larson 620 1 2 Chase Elliott 620 (–0) 3 Denny Hamlin 580 (–40) 1 4 Martin Truex Jr. 572 (–48) 1 5 Tyler Reddick 560 (–60) 2 6 Christopher Bell 555 (–65) 3 7 William Byron 548 (–72) 1 8 Ryan Blaney 526 (–94) 1 9 Ross Chastain 510 (–110) 1 10 Brad Keselowski 507 (–113) 11 Ty Gibbs 499 (–121) 12 Alex Bowman 476 (–144) 13 Chris Buescher 467 (–153) 1 14 Joey Logano 430 (–190) 1 15 Bubba Wallace 417 (–203) 1 16 Chase Briscoe 405 (–215)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 650 2 Toyota 647 (–3) 3 Ford 623 (–27)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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