The 2024 Ally 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 30, 2024, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Contested over 331 laps—extended from 300 laps due to an overtime finish and broke the NASCAR record for the most overtime attempts with five attempts on the speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Joey Logano won the race, his 33rd career win, and first since the Atlanta spring race in 2023. Zane Smith finished 2nd, his best career finish, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Ryan Preece and Chris Buescher rounded out the top five, and Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Daniel Hemric, and Noah Gragson rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.
It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.
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 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger (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 50 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 Chad Finchum (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.059 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.059 159.287 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.222 158.428 3 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.256 158.250Official practice results
Qualifying Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a 29.859 time of and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.012 29.859 2 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 30.088 29.972 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.022 29.954 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.035 29.981 5 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.208 30.012 6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 30.094 30.000 7 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.160 30.013 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.149 30.028 9 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.204 30.101 10 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.251 30.134 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.223 — 12 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.284 — 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.226 — 14 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.293 — 15 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.268 — 16 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.324 — 17 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.294 — 18 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.334 — 19 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.314 — 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.338 — 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.350 — 22 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.437 — 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.372 — 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.454 — 25 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.388 — 26 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.473 — 27 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.439 — 28 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.475 — 29 50 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.453 — 30 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.656 — 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.557 — 32 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.722 — 33 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.577 — 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.738 — 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.588 — 36 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.779 — 37 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.594 — 38 66 Chad Finchum (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 32.706 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 90
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 84 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 39 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 95
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 39 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 210 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 115
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 26 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 331 402 36 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 331 353 6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 331 514 22 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 331 335 9 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 331 376 18 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 331 347 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 331 318 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 331 449 37 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 331 2810 16 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 331 2811 28 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 331 012 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 331 4113 33 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 331 2414 12 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 331 2315 10 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 331 2216 15 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 331 -417 32 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 331 2018 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 331 2419 7 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 331 2220 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 331 1721 19 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 331 1622 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 331 1523 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 331 1924 17 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 331 1925 5 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 330 2426 2 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 327 1127 27 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Ford 319 1028 25 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 312 929 29 50 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 312 030 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 312 731 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 306 6 32 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 305 533 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 304 434 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 287 335 14 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 239 236 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 227 2137 30 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 201 038 38 66 Chad Finchum (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 132 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 20 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 15 for 79 Red flags: 1 for 1 hour, 21 minutes, and 20 seconds Time of race: 4 hours, 3 minutes, and 54 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC covered the race on the television side, but was switched to USA Network at 7:30pm ET (6:30pm CT) due to US Olympic Team trials. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
NBC/USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark GarrowAnnouncer: Cole Custer Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 664 2 Chase Elliott 644 (–20) 3 Denny Hamlin 621 (–43) 1 4 Tyler Reddick 611 (–53) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 591 (–73) 6 Christopher Bell 576 (–88) 7 William Byron 570 (–94) 8 Ryan Blaney 560 (–104) 1 9 Brad Keselowski 531 (–133) 1 10 Ty Gibbs 518 (–146) 2 11 Ross Chastain 514 (–150) 12 Chris Buescher 504 (–160) 1 13 Alex Bowman 499 (–165) 14 Joey Logano 470 (–194) 15 Bubba Wallace 448 (–216) 16 Chase Briscoe 421 (–243)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 685 2 Toyota 681 (–4) 3 Ford 663 (–22)
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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