The 2024 FireKeepers Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 18 and 19, 2024, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 206 laps -- extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the D-shaped oval, it was the 24th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race began on Sunday, August 18, before rain delayed it to Monday, August 19, after 51 laps were complete. Tyler Reddick won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five, and Chris Buescher, Zane Smith, Daniel Suárez, Denny Hamlin, and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
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 Cody Ware 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 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 Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 37.441 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 37.441 192.303 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.464 192.184 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.477 192.179 Official practice results
Qualifying Qualifying for the race was cancelled due to inclement weather. Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole for the race as a result of NASCAR's pandemic formula with a score of 2.550.
Starting lineup Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 11 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 12 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 13 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 16 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 17 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 24 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 33 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 34 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 35 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing FordOfficial qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 75 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 66 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 48 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 102 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 93 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 66 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 57 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 39 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 210 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 80
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 206 402 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 206 503 19 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 206 424 13 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 206 485 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 206 416 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 206 377 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 206 308 12 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 206 299 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 206 2810 11 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 206 2711 26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 206 2612 25 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 206 2513 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 206 2414 34 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 206 2315 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 206 3116 28 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 206 2417 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 206 2618 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 206 3019 17 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 206 1820 29 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 206 1721 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 206 1822 16 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 206 1523 32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 206 1424 24 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 206 2025 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 205 2226 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 205 1827 22 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 205 1228 23 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 204 9 29 33 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 202 830 35 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 031 21 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 157 632 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 135 533 14 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 117 434 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 115 335 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 115 236 20 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 114 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 26 among 16 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41 laps. Red flags: 1 for 17 hours, 15 minutes, and 18 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 12 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. This would be the last Cup Series race that Allen would call, as he was replaced by Leigh Diffey for the rest of the year.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty Snider
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth while the field was racing on the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Chris Wilner worked pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Steve PostBrienne PedigoChris Wilner
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Tyler Reddick 814 1 2 Chase Elliott 804 (–10) 2 3 Kyle Larson 782 (–32) 1 4 Ryan Blaney 732 (–82) 5 William Byron 728 (–86) 2 6 Denny Hamlin 711 (–103) 1 7 Christopher Bell 703 (–111) 8 Martin Truex Jr. 682 (–132) 9 Brad Keselowski 677 (–137) 1 10 Ty Gibbs 644 (–170) 1 11 Alex Bowman 627 (–187) 1 12 Chris Buescher 621 (–193) 1 13 Ross Chastain 606 (–208) 2 14 Bubba Wallace 605 (–209) 15 Joey Logano 561 (–253) 16 Daniel Suárez 526 (–288)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 874 2 Toyota 861 (–13) 3 Ford 828 (–46)
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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