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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Focused Health 250

Circuit of The Americas

March 23rd, 2024

Race #5 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 46
- Extended to 50 laps
Miles Raced : 157.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 21 minutes 21 seconds
Average Speed: 72.374 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.354 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 9
Lead Changes: 13

Kyle Larson and Shane Van Gisbergen race — Austin, Texas - March 23rd, 2024: Kyle Larson, driver of the #17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #97 WeatherTech Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 at Circuit of The Americas. Photo by Jonathan Bachman | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Kyle Larson	1	2	21	1	1	28	8.1	+0	64	34	+30	28	4	84.0%	1	50	119.1	0
Austin Hill	11	7	5	2	1	21	7.1	+9	39	34	+5	34	3	98.0%	1	50	112.7	40
John Hunter Nemechek	20	20	11	3	3	35	22.8	+17	74	57	+17	9	0	16.0%	0	50	73.3	0
Cole Custer	8	16	7	4	2	20	9.6	+4	52	52	+0	27	0	84.0%	0	50	92.5	42
Parker Kligerman	12	8	4	5	1	19	7.2	+7	47	33	+14	32	1	94.0%	4	50	112.3	42
Jesse Love	14	9	9	6	3	30	13.6	+8	87	92	-5	27	0	70.0%	0	50	89.0	31
Austin Green	25	25	12	7	8	37	21.4	+18	51	60	-9	21	0	34.0%	0	50	71.3	30
Chandler Smith	4	5	27	8	4	33	14.8	-4	53	82	-29	25	1	60.0%	0	50	85.2	30
Sam Mayer	10	24	6	9	2	37	13.7	+1	66	94	-28	24	1	68.0%	0	50	86.7	28
AJ Allmendinger	5	1	3	10	1	26	3.7	-5	30	27	+3	14	8	94.0%	20	50	125.8	38
Parker Retzlaff	17	14	28	11	4	29	14.4	+6	56	42	+14	26	0	70.0%	0	50	84.8	33
Anthony Alfredo	30	19	26	12	13	35	22.9	+18	62	72	-10	12	0	20.0%	0	50	62.0	25
Justin Allgaier	15	13	8	13	5	35	13.8	+2	73	56	+17	23	0	68.0%	0	50	84.8	24
Ryan Sieg	27	18	29	14	5	34	21.8	+13	60	64	-4	8	0	28.0%	0	50	66.7	27
Brennan Poole	29	27	15	15	11	34	23.1	+14	53	71	-18	9	0	12.0%	0	50	55.7	22
Brandon Jones	18	11	18	16	1	32	17.6	+2	57	53	+4	8	0	38.0%	1	50	72.2	21
Sage Karam	6	10	10	17	2	24	9.6	-11	46	59	-13	26	1	84.0%	0	50	88.0	28
Brad Perez	31	29	19	18	12	32	23.5	+13	70	65	+5	5	0	6.0%	0	50	51.8	19
Jeremy Clements	24	36	20	19	15	37	26.4	+5	67	65	+2	0	0	2.0%	0	50	49.3	18
Leland Honeyman Jr	34	32	16	20	16	38	29.2	+14	56	40	+16	0	0	0.0%	0	50	39.8	17
Daniil Kvyat	22	31	17	21	17	37	27.8	+1	76	59	+17	0	0	0.0%	0	50	44.2	16
Blaine Perkins	36	30	24	22	13	36	25.2	+14	52	55	-3	3	0	2.0%	0	50	46.3	15
Hailie Deegan	35	35	30	23	18	37	30.9	+12	38	57	-19	0	0	0.0%	0	50	34.3	14
Ty Gibbs	3	4	1	24	1	27	9.4	-21	65	70	-5	26	1	80.0%	1	50	92.8	0
Patrick Gallagher	33	34	31	25	20	37	30.2	+8	57	52	+5	0	0	0.0%	0	50	33.8	12
Alex Labbe	26	17	14	26	4	29	16.6	+0	65	55	+10	12	0	28.0%	0	50	67.0	20
Shane van Gisbergen	2	3	2	27	1	10	2.6	-25	21	34	-13	17	11	100.0%	20	50	119.6	17
RC Enerson	37	33	25	28	16	37	28.2	+9	76	42	+34	0	0	0.0%	0	50	39.0	9
Kyle Weatherman	32	23	13	29	10	35	20.8	+3	36	85	-49	7	0	32.0%	0	50	54.2	8
Jeb Burton	21	15	33	30	10	36	24.3	-9	19	50	-31	9	0	34.0%	0	49	59.2	7
Josh Bilicki	23	22	32	31	6	32	20.1	-8	54	26	+28	9	0	22.0%	0	48	58.2	11
Sheldon Creed	7	38	35	32	7	38	36.0	-25	16	20	-4	0	3	0.0%	0	47	48.2	5
Ryan Ellis	38	28	22	33	13	38	26.9	+5	59	50	+9	4	0	0.0%	0	45	41.0	4
Riley Herbst	19	12	23	34	2	28	13.6	-15	48	19	+29	20	0	76.0%	2	45	71.7	19
Ed Jones	16	21	34	35	10	36	24.0	-19	59	59	+0	10	0	18.0%	0	42	55.0	2
Sammy Smith	13	6	36	36	2	34	15.6	-23	27	53	-26	22	1	68.0%	0	36	81.6	10
Ty Dillon	28	26	37	37	11	37	31.6	-9	44	30	+14	4	0	10.0%	0	33	34.2	0

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Race Fast Facts

Circuit of The Americas
Focused Health 250
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 31
Team : No. 17 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Greg Ives
Kyle Larson won the Focused Health 250, his 15th victory in 115 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Hill (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2024.
John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
Jesse Love (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill leads the point standings by 9 points over Chandler Smith.

Race Recap

Kyle Larson wins in an action-packed dash to the finish line

March 23rd, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson was ultimately both patient and smart taking the lead on the final overtime lap to win an aggressive Featured Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), the first road course test for the series this year that earned an “A” for high-drama and close competition.

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill were duking it out for the lead – and pushing each other high off the race line as the field approached the checkered flag. With those two fending each other off, Larson drove his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet low around both and was able to pull away to a 1.215-second victory – the only lap the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ led all day around the 20-turn 3.51-mile road course.

Van Gisbergen finished second in the No. 97 Kaulig Racing Chevy but was accessed a 30-second penalty for exceeding track limits in that last lap battle with Hill, which ultimately put him in 27th. So Hill, driver of the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet officially is scored runner-up.

Larson was all smiles climbing out of car, conceding he wasn’t surprised things got so aggressive in the end. He was one of the few cars – and only one among the leaders – to drop into pit lane on the final caution to get gas and had worked his way back up front.

“It feels really special because seems like every time we’ve run the 17-car – any of us four drivers – we’re always fast on track and somehow give it away,’’ Larson said. “Today I was definitely not the fastest, but we were patient. I knew the 21 [Hill] had shoved SVG [Van Gisbergen] through [turn] one and if he got to him it could get dicey.

“I was just trying to be patient. I was thinking when to make my move and when I saw him shoving him through [turns] 15 and 16, I thought this could get good and thankfully I cleared them off in that corner. Pretty crazy. Just wild there. … Really cool, just awesome to win here at COTA.’’

Neither Van Gisbergen nor Austin Hill were too happy with the final outcome – both their cars damaged from the aggressive beating and banging on the final lap. Asked if he would speak to Hill about the racing, Van Gisbergen said, “Yeah, I guess so.’’ But he was mostly positive about having a chance to win in only his fifth NASCAR Xfinity Series race of his career.

“It was a crazy race and the car got better and better,’’ Van Gisbergen said. “On that last restart he [Hill] just drove through me in [turn] one. I guess I stood up for myself. But it was pretty awesome racing with [teammate] A.J. [Allmendinger] and in the end just turned into a mess. That’s how it is.

“It was really fun. Wish I could have gotten through to the lead, but the car [Larson] just snuck through there. He was driving really well. A lot of fun.’’

While Van Gisbergen managed a smile for the post-race television interview, he definitely had to battle all afternoon – including with his Kaulig Racing teammate A.J. Allmendinger, a two-time winner of this COTA Xfinity Series race and the series’ best active road course driver.

They battled head-to-head for the final laps of the regularly scheduled race only for Allmendinger to get swept up and out in a three-wide attempt for the lead in Turn 1 during the first green-white-checkered flag period. He was running fifth at the time of the final caution that forced a second overtime start and ultimately finished 10^th.

John Hunter Nemechek finished third, reigning series champion Cole Custer was fourth and Parker Kligerman rounded out the top five. Rookie Jesse Love, Austin Green, last week’s winner Chandler Smith, Sam Mayer and Allmendinger rounded out the top 10.

It was a particularly impressive day for Green, son of former Xfinity Series champion David Green, finishing eighth in his very first series start.

Big Machine Racing driver Kligerman earned his first stage win of the year claiming the Stage 1 victory. Brandon Jones seemingly won Stage 2 only to receive a penalty for cutting Turn 5 on the last lap of the stage. Second-place Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst was instead awarded the Stage victory – his first of the season.