The 2024 Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was the 22nd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 23, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, a permanent quad-oval shaped superspeedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 100 laps, but was extended to 102 laps due to an overtime finish. Ryan Truex, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would stay consistent throughout the race, leading 28 laps and winning after leading when A. J. Allmendinger spun on the final lap, bringing out the caution. This was Truex's third career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. Allmendinger led a race-high 35 laps before getting spun by Parker Kligerman on the final lap, officially credited with a 24th place finish. Justin Allgaier won both stages and led 16 laps, finishing 7th and taking the regular season points lead away from Cole Custer. To fill out the podium, Chandler Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Parker Kligerman, driving for Big Machine Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
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Background
The race was held at Daytona International Speedway, a race track located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since its opening in 1959, the track has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross races. It features multiple layouts including the primary high speed tri-oval, a sports car course, a motorcycle course, and a karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's infield includes the Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010. On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway was done by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, at a cost of US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands included 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000. The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 07 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 14 C. J. McLaughlin SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 15 Gus Dean AM Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Joe Graf Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 29 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford 31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Akinori Ogata (i) Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 42 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet45Caesar BacarellaAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 74 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 81 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 91 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing FordOfficial entry list
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, August 23, at 3:00 PM EST. Since Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers will have one lap to set a time to determine positions 11-38. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round, to determine positions 1-10. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.
The second round of qualifying was cancelled due to lightning strikes in the area. The starting lineup will be determined by speeds in the first round. Chandler Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 49.672, and a speed of .
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed181Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota49.672181.189221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49.690181.123316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet49.710181.050419Joe Graf Jr.Joe Gibbs RacingToyota49.736180.95552Jesse Love (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet49.775180.814620Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota49.794180.745718Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota49.825180.632898Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord49.832180.60795Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet49.838180.5851011Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet49.845180.560117Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet49.866180.4841248Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet49.960180.1441351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet49.988180.0431400Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord50.030179.8921531Parker RetzlaffJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet50.053179.809169Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet50.059179.7881745Caesar BacarellaAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet50.088179.6841891Kyle WeathermanDGM RacingChevrolet50.126179.5481997Shane van Gisbergen (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet50.136179.5122042Leland Honeyman (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet50.137179.5082127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet50.142179.4902226Jeffrey Earnhardt (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota50.162179.4192307Patrick EmerlingSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet50.176179.369248Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet50.205179.2652532Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet50.205179.2652639Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord50.207179.2582715Gus DeanAM RacingFord50.269179.0372838Matt DiBenedettoRSS RacingFord50.301178.9232929Blaine PerkinsRSS RacingFord50.329178.8233014C. J. McLaughlinSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet50.342178.7773144Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet50.348178.7563235Akinori Ogata (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet50.355178.7313392Josh BilickiDGM RacingChevrolet50.468178.331Qualified by owner's points3428Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord50.654177.6763553Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord50.741177.3713643Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet51.201175.7783774Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet52.820170.390381Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet59.348151.648Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10281Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet8418Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7548Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet6620Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota575Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet4819Joe Graf Jr.Joe Gibbs RacingToyota398Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet21051Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10298Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord9320Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8416A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet7527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet6648Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet5718Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4881Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota399Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet21011Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 50 Pos.St.#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1620Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10228Running532181Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10215Running4731248Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet1020Running454898Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord1021Running3252639Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord1020Running3262532Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1020Running317117Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10216Running508718Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1020Running4092042Leland Honeyman (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1020Running28101891Kyle WeathermanDGM RacingChevrolet1020Running27111011Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet1020Running2712419Joe Graf Jr.Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1020Running2813381Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet1027Running24142929Blaine PerkinsRSS RacingFord1020Running23153428Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord1020Running22163144Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1020Running21172127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1020Running26182307Patrick EmerlingSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1020Running19193014C. J. McLaughlinSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1020Running18203553Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord1020Running172152Jesse Love (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1020Running1622169Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet1020Running1723248Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1020Running1624316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet10235Running28251997Shane van Gisbergen (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet1010Running122695Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet1010Running15271351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1010Running11282226Jeffrey Earnhardt (i)Sam Hunt RacingToyota990Accident0291745Caesar BacarellaAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet940Accident8303292Josh BilickiDGM RacingChevrolet940Accident731221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet790DVP6321400Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord770Accident5332838Matt DiBenedettoRSS RacingFord760Accident4341531Parker RetzlaffJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet760Accident3353774Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet150Engine2362715Gus DeanAM RacingFord40Accident1373643Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet10Accident1383235Akinori Ogata (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet00Accident0Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Justin Allgaier 806 1 2 Cole Custer 773 (-33) 1 3 Chandler Smith 731 (–75) 1 4 Austin Hill 704 (–102) 5 A. J. Allmendinger 674 (–132) 6 Riley Herbst 665 (–141) 7 Sheldon Creed 654 (–152) 8 Jesse Love 620 (–186) 9 Parker Kligerman 605 (–201) 1 10 Ryan Sieg 576 (–230) 1 11 Sammy Smith 561 (–245) 12 Shane van Gisbergen 532 (–274)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 819 2 Toyota 783 (-36) 3 Ford 708 (–111) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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