The 2024 South Point 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 20, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 33rd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, seventh race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 8. Joey Logano won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Daniel Suárez finished 3rd. William Byron and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five, and Martin Truex Jr., Ross Chastain, Denny Hamlin, John Hunter Nemechek, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (P) denotes playoff 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 (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) 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 (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Corey LaJoie 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 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.478 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.478 183.187 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.553 182.722 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.586 182.518Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.135 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.153 29.135 2 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.097 29.148 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.168 29.195 4 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.256 29.181 5 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.170 29.205 6 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.347 29.254 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.151 29.219 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.309 29.275 9 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.134 29.242 10 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 29.306 29.287 11 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.247 — 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.358 — 13 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.269 — 14 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.369 — 15 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.298 — 16 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.371 — 17 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.334 — 18 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.381 — 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.355 — 20 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.461 — 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.381 — 22 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.492 — 23 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.395 — 24 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.592 — 25 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.430 — 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.623 — 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.434 — 28 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.663 — 29 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.446 — 30 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.006 — 31 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.525 — 32 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.016 — 33 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.527 — 34 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.457 — 35 51 Corey LaJoie Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.811 — 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.912 — 37 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 39 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 210 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 75 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 66 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 210 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 10 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 267 492 1 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 543 23 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 374 9 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 485 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 376 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 487 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 308 4 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 299 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 2810 22 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 267 3811 5 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2712 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 2713 20 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2414 35 51 Corey LaJoie Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 2315 31 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 2216 14 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2117 16 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2418 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 1919 33 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 1820 15 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 1721 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 1622 32 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1623 6 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 1424 28 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1325 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 1226 24 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1127 25 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 266 1028 29 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 265 929 34 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 265 030 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 264 1231 30 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 263 632 37 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 259 533 18 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 230 434 11 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 96 535 2 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 89 1236 17 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 89 737 13 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 61 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 32 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 24 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim CoonMarty SniderDillon Welch
Radio PRN covered their final 2024 broadcast, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Nick Yeoman covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brett McMillan, Brad Gillie and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Nick YeomanTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brett McMillanBrad GillieWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Christopher Bell 4,086 1 2 Kyle Larson 4,079 (–7) 1 3 William Byron 4,071 (–15) 4 4 Joey Logano 4,061 (–25) 1 5 Denny Hamlin 4,044 (–42) 3 6 Tyler Reddick 4,041 (–45) 2 7 Ryan Blaney 4,024 (–62) 1 8 Chase Elliott 4,018 (–68) 9 Alex Bowman 2,232 (–1,854) 2 10 Martin Truex Jr. 2,194 (–1,892) 1 11 Austin Cindric 2,179 (–1,907) 1 12 Daniel Suárez 2,165 (–1,921) 2 13 Ty Gibbs 2,162 (–1,924) 14 Brad Keselowski 2,127 (–1,959) 15 Chase Briscoe 2,121 (–1,965) 16 Harrison Burton 2,087 (–1,999)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,208 2 Ford 1,160 (–48) 3 Toyota 1,154 (–54)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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