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Pit Stops : Texas Motor Speedway

Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

Sunday, April 14th, 2024

Texas Motor Speedway , Fort Worth, TX

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  • AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No 5 - HendrickCarscom Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the Pole Award for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 with a lap of 28366 seconds, 190369 mph
  • This is his 19th pole in 340 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his third pole and sixth top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his second in three races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway It is his fourth in nine races this season
  • Carson Hocevar (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Sunday, April 14th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Chase Elliott wins in double overtime, snaps 42-race winless streak at Texas

Chase Elliott held off the field in a thrilling, wildly-popular double overtime victory in the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon to earn his first victory in 42 starts – dating back to the 2022 season.

By no means was it an easy win for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the sport’s perennial Most Popular Driver, but that’s part of what made it so special to 28-year old Georgia-native. The driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet prevailed in three late race restarts – including two in overtime – to claim his first NASCAR Cup Series win on the 1.5-mile Texas high banks and first trophy since a Playoff victory at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in October 2022.

“Oh man, it couldn’t feel any better,” said a smiling Elliott, who did a “reverse” victory lap around the track in homage to the late series champion Alan Kulwicki, whose car was also sponsored by the Hooters restaurant chain that Elliott’s car carried on Sunday.

“Couldn’t be any more grateful for this journey and the fact, it hasn’t always been fun but certainly I have enjoyed working with our guys,” he continued. “We’ve been working really hard and really well together and that’s always been fun. We’ve enjoyed the fight together.”

RFK Racing owner/driver Brad Keselowski finished a season-best runner-up in a race that lasted more than three and a half hours and had a track record 16 caution periods.

On a restart with two laps of regulation to go, Elliott and Denny Hamlin were vying for the lead side-by-side when Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota got loose and into the wall, putting the race into a two-lap overtime shootout. Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain started alongside Elliott but couldn’t pass him before another caution came out a lap into overtime, forcing another restart.

On that restart, Elliott got ahead of Chastain again and took the white flag signaling one lap to go, when Chastain was tagged from behind by Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron – officially ending the race. Chastain, who led 33 laps on the day was credited with a 32nd-place finish. Hamlin, who led 37 laps, ended up 30th.

Elliott conceded the afternoon was a full-on day of drama and high competition. There were 23 lead changes among 13 drivers – seven of whom led double digit laps.

“It was crazy,” he said, “And I couldn’t be more proud of our team.”

Bryon, a three-race winner this season, was third, followed by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick and Chastain’s Trackhouse Racing teammate Daniel Suarez.

“We didn’t have a ton of speed, I was more frustrated than anything because I feel like we have a great team and we don’t have the speed to go with it and we’re doing all we can do to overcome that,” Keselowski said, adding. “So proud of the team for the pit stops, the strategy and the execution [today].”

Differing pit strategies and plenty of pit road issues played into the late race push to the checkered flag.

With 60 laps remaining Reddick pulled away to the biggest lead of the race – more than six seconds on the field, but a slow pit stop – trouble with the left rear tire – forced him into a game of catch-up. His top five was impressive considering the setback.

Similarly, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr., who has led the championship standings this year, was running up front when he had trouble on pit road – forced to make two stops on the final pit stop cycle to correct a loose wheel. He finished 14th despite the woes.

And the day’s most dominant driver, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson also had to rally from a setback. He started his No. 5 Hendrick Chevrolet from the pole position for the third consecutive week and led a race best 77 of the 276 laps early – winning the opening stage, only to have a right rear tire fall of his car during an early caution period.

He was penalized two laps for the tire situation – per the rulebook – and spent much of the remainder of the race trying to make up ground. He got back on the lead lap and was moving forward when he was caught in an accident with only eight laps remaining.

Larson ultimately finished 21st, but holds a 17-point edge over Truex atop the NASCAR Cup Series championship.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe finished sixth. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon earned his best finish of the season with a seventh-place run. 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, RCR’s Kyle Busch and Spire Motorsports rookie Carson Hocevar rounded out the top-10.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Laps Actual: 276 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 33 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 116.492
  • Cautions: 16 for 72 laps
  • Lead Changes: 23
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,716 (18.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400
  • Race Winner: Chase Elliott
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No 9 - Hooters Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
  • Chase Elliott won the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, his 19th victory in 295 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 14 races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 29 races at Texas Motor Speedway It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2024
  • William Byron (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in ten races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Carson Hocevar (10th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 17 points over Martin Truex Jr
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Aggregate of each driver's pit stops during the race.

 
DRIVER
START
FINISH
STATUS
# STOPS
DRIVER / PIT CREW
FASTEST
SLOWEST
AVG TIME
RANK
DRIVER
AVG TIME
RANK
PIT CREW
AVG TIME
RANK

Ross Chastain
12
32
Accident
6
30.346
36.688
33.745
1
26.110
17
7.635
1
Chase Elliott
24
1
Running
5
30.068
36.134
34.241
2
25.692
3
8.548
3
Kyle Larson
1
21
Running
6
30.069
36.536
34.669
3
25.577
1
9.092
6
Ryan Preece
26
12
Running
6
31.377
38.492
34.733
4
26.775
35
7.958
2
Noah Gragson
21
18
Running
6
30.417
39.275
34.819
5
25.927
5
8.892
4
Kyle Busch
35
9
Running
5
31.028
36.407
34.835
6
25.646
2
9.189
8
Denny Hamlin
11
30
Running
5
30.039
37.486
35.011
7
25.701
4
9.309
11
Joey Logano
20
11
Running
5
34.405
35.680
35.206
8
25.955
8
9.251
9
Martin Truex Jr
9
14
Running
8
30.472
42.032
35.274
9
26.002
10
9.271
10
William Byron
6
3
Running
5
32.100
36.971
35.320
10
26.004
12
9.316
12
Ryan Blaney
7
33
Running
6
30.279
40.175
35.453
11
26.344
31
9.109
7
Todd Gilliland
28
31
Running
7
32.083
37.510
35.537
12
26.563
34
8.974
5
Austin Cindric
8
25
Running
6
33.379
37.833
36.013
13
26.437
33
9.576
13
Chase Briscoe
5
6
Running
5
31.467
38.633
36.097
14
26.207
25
9.889
15
Bubba Wallace
10
7
Running
6
35.523
36.868
36.237
15
26.004
11
10.232
16
Harrison Burton
29
28
Running
7
31.069
43.074
36.710
16
26.362
32
10.348
17
Zane Smith
18
26
Running
6
31.599
39.534
36.713
17
26.937
36
9.776
14
Christopher Bell
3
17
Running
4
35.999
37.436
36.736
18
25.942
7
10.794
18
Michael McDowell
13
35
Accident
3
35.456
38.330
36.767
19
25.935
6
10.833
19
Erik Jones
27
19
Running
5
31.306
44.976
37.267
20
26.142
21
11.124
20

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER
LEADER LAP
DRIVER LAP
DRIVER TIME
CREW TIME
TOTAL
TYPE

Brad Keselowski
167
167
25.827
9.810
35.637
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
230
230
25.805
10.911
36.716
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
35
34
26.024
11.011
37.035
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
102
102
25.811
13.113
38.924
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
83
83
27.559
12.245
39.804
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
102
102
25.701
4.338
30.039
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Denny Hamlin
138
138
25.655
9.843
35.498
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
34
33
25.730
10.077
35.807
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
83
83
25.713
10.510
36.223
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
212
212
25.708
11.778
37.486
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
213
212
25.792
11.111
36.903
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
138
138
26.064
11.645
37.709
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
257
256
26.025
12.079
38.104
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
37
36
26.598
12.145
38.743
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
84
83
26.224
12.746
38.970
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
167
167
26.405
12.579
38.984
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jimmie Johnson
116
114
26.222
13.080
39.302
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Joey Logano
138
138
25.952
8.453
34.405
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Joey Logano
83
83
26.938
8.108
35.046
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Joey Logano
102
102
25.740
9.509
35.249
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE