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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Raptor King of Tough 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway

February 24th, 2024

Race #2 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 163
- Extended to 169 laps
Miles Raced : 260.3
Time of Race: 01h 55m 16s
Average Speed: 135.474 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.106s
Cautions : 4
Caution Laps : 23
Lead Changes : 11
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 14 (37 %)

Daniel Hemric celebrates after winning the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship — Avondale, Arizona - November 6th, 2021: Daniel Hemric, driver of the #18 Poppy Bank Toyota, celebrates after winning the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

Pit Stop Summary Table

Detail table of each pit stop is below the summary table.

DRIVER	# STOPS	AVG SVC	AVERAGE STOP	FASTEST STOP	SLOWEST STOP
AJ Allmendinger	2	16.850	77.924	75.324	80.524
JJ Yeley	1	9.976	57.724	57.724	57.724
Ryan Truex	2	12.479	72.470	68.924	76.015
Justin Allgaier	1	7.574	67.206	67.206	67.206
Parker Kligerman	2	10.077	69.967	69.357	70.576
Joey Gase	1	9.943	61.809	61.809	61.809
Jeb Burton	1	17.851	77.752	77.752	77.752
Jeffrey Earnhardt	2	13.914	73.888	70.526	77.249
Ryan Sieg	2	13.997	74.153	71.024	77.281
Brennan Poole	1	18.118	79.138	79.138	79.138
Cole Custer	2	12.546	72.178	69.455	74.900
John Hunter Nemechek	1	15.916	75.511	75.511	75.511
Austin Hill	2	8.008	67.988	66.509	69.467
Brandon Jones	1	17.083	77.185	77.185	77.185
Riley Herbst	2	12.087	71.230	68.891	73.569
Patrick Emerling	2	14.965	69.391	57.128	81.653
Sheldon Creed	2	17.367	77.313	74.685	79.941
Sam Mayer	1	16.483	76.173	76.173	76.173
Dawson Cram	2	20.287	80.916	80.680	81.152
Chandler Smith	2	14.615	74.489	72.924	76.053
Hailie Deegan	2	15.466	78.230	73.608	82.852
Parker Retzlaff	2	13.514	74.549	68.461	80.636
Sammy Smith	2	11.745	71.999	71.506	72.492
Leland Honeyman Jr	1	20.720	84.526	84.526	84.526
Jesse Love	2	10.327	69.704	68.958	70.450
Shane van Gisbergen	1	17.050	76.723	76.723	76.723

Pit Stop Detail Table

Summary table of each pit stop is above the detail table.

DRIVER	LDR LAP	DRV LAP	STOP	TOTAL	TYPE
Austin Hill	42	42	6.27	66.51	Two Wheel Change Left
Justin Allgaier	42	42	7.57	67.21	Two Wheel Change Left
Jesse Love	42	42	9.28	68.96	Two Wheel Change Left
Parker Kligerman	42	42	10.84	70.58	Two Wheel Change Left
Sammy Smith	42	42	11.91	72.49	Two Wheel Change Left
Riley Herbst	42	42	14.51	73.57	Four Wheel Change
Hailie Deegan	42	42	10.08	73.61	Two Wheel Change Left
Cole Custer	42	42	15.65	74.90	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	42	42	15.68	75.32	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	42	42	15.92	75.51	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Truex	42	42	16.48	76.02	Four Wheel Change
Chandler Smith	42	42	16.15	76.05	Four Wheel Change
Sam Mayer	42	42	16.48	76.17	Four Wheel Change
Shane van Gisbergen	42	42	17.05	76.72	Four Wheel Change
Jeffrey Earnhardt	42	42	17.15	77.25	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Sieg	42	42	17.58	77.28	Four Wheel Change
Jeb Burton	42	42	17.85	77.75	Four Wheel Change
Sheldon Creed	42	42	19.92	79.94	Four Wheel Change
Parker Retzlaff	42	42	18.65	80.64	Four Wheel Change
Dawson Cram	43	43	20.09	81.15	Four Wheel Change
Brandon Jones	59	59	17.08	77.19	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	59	59	18.02	80.52	Four Wheel Change
Hailie Deegan	59	59	20.85	82.85	Four Wheel Change
Parker Retzlaff	82	82	8.38	68.46	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	82	82	9.66	68.89	Two Wheel Change Right
Ryan Truex	82	82	8.48	68.92	Two Wheel Change Right
Parker Kligerman	82	82	9.31	69.36	Two Wheel Change Right
Cole Custer	82	82	9.44	69.46	Two Wheel Change Right
Austin Hill	82	82	9.74	69.47	Two Wheel Change Right
Jesse Love	82	82	11.38	70.45	Two Wheel Change Right
Jeffrey Earnhardt	82	82	10.68	70.53	Two Wheel Change Right
Ryan Sieg	82	82	10.41	71.02	Two Wheel Change Right
Sammy Smith	82	82	11.58	71.51	Two Wheel Change Right
Chandler Smith	82	82	13.08	72.92	Four Wheel Change
Sheldon Creed	82	82	14.81	74.69	Four Wheel Change
Brennan Poole	82	82	18.12	79.14	Four Wheel Change
Leland Honeyman Jr	82	82	20.72	84.53	Four Wheel Change
Dawson Cram	83	82	20.49	80.68	Four Wheel Change
Patrick Emerling	83	82	20.49	81.65	Four Wheel Change
Patrick Emerling	136	133	9.44	57.13	Two Wheel Change Right
Joey Gase	136	134	9.94	61.81	Two Wheel Change Right
JJ Yeley	151	150	9.98	57.72	Two Wheel Change Right

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Race Fast Facts

Atlanta Motor Speedway
RAPTOR King of Tough 250
Race Winner: Austin Hill
Age: 29
Team : No. 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress Racing
Crew Chief: Andy Street
Austin Hill won the RAPTOR King of Tough 250, his eighth victory in 83 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his third victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Chandler Smith (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
Shane Van Gisbergen (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series track debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill has become the fourth different driver in NASCAR Xfinity Series history to win the first two races of a season; joining Dale Earnhardt (1986), Chad Little (1995) and Tony Stewart (2008).

Race Recap

Austin Hill saves enough fuel to win second straight NASCAR Xfinity race

February 24th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Sunoco rookie Jesse Love led almost all the laps, but in the end, it was his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Austin Hill, who had Saturday’s RAPTOR King of Tough 250 fall into his lap.

For Hill, who won last week’s NASCAR Xfinity Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, it was the continuation of a serendipitous start to 2024. Hill is the first driver since Tony Stewart in 2008 to win the first two events of an Xfinity season.

The victory was Hill’s third in the last four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the eighth of his career.

But victory for the driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet came at the expense of Love, who started from the pole, swept the first two stages and led 157 of 169 laps. Love ran out of fuel at the start of a two-lap overtime, as Hill grabbed the lead for the first time and held off eventual runner-up Chandler Smith by 0.106 seconds.

The bottom line? Running behind the leaders in a single-file line, Hill was able to save more fuel than his teammate at the front of the pack. Hill had enough in his tank to stave off Smith who had pitted for fuel under caution on Lap 164.

“I was really thinking we were down and out,” Hill said. “I was thinking the 2 (Love) was going to go get ‘em, and hey, if I can’t win, let my teammate win. We were riding there in fourth or fifth—whatever it was—I was saving fuel…”

On the overtime restart on Lap 168, Hill’s car stumbled when he shifted from third to fourth gear.

“The 81 (Smith) hit me really hard, and that woke it back up, and I had enough fuel to complete the lap. But I’ve got to take this moment to congratulate, Jesse Love, my teammate. He ran an awesome race. To be a rookie and to lead that many laps, he should be sitting in Victory Lane right now.”

The coup de grace for Love came when the Ford of Ryan Sieg ran out of fuel on Lap 161 of a scheduled 163 and stopped on the track in Turn 4. The caution extended the race by six laps and allowed a dozen cars to pit before the overtime restart.

Among those who took advantage of the fuel stop was New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, who finished third in his second Xfinity Series start.

“It’s almost comical,” Love said. “Man, I’m just so damn proud of everybody on this Whelen car. It just wasn’t meant to be. Obviously, as a Christian, I’m not going to allow myself to question why we were under caution so long or what happened.

“I always try to take responsibility for everything, so I as a driver I should have saved more fuel. Man, I just didn’t want anybody to catch me off-guard. I thought I saved a ton. Man, that overtime or that caution just lasted forever.

“No matter what, I’m really proud of our guys. We had a great showing. Led a lot of laps man. It just wasn’t in store for us today.”

Van Gisbergen was delighted to be on the other side of the fuel equation.

“Pretty awesome,” he said. “Great job by (crew chief) Bruce (Schlicker) on the box there to pit us. I had so much fun. Just learning about it and running in the pack. Yeah, to be P3 in the second race in the WeatherTech Chevy is pretty awesome. I’m stoked.

“It’s just good to get a result and have a clean car, especially after last week (at Daytona) when I got involved in so much stuff. So, to have a clean race, not make too many mistakes, and complete every lap, we learned a lot. It was awesome.”

Riley Herbst, Love’s foremost challenger over the closing laps was among the first to run out of fuel—from the second position on Lap 160. Cole Custer hit empty almost simultaneously, then Sieg, causing the fateful caution.

The gas shortage throughout the field scrambled the finishing order, leaving Sheldon Creed fourth and Parker Retzlaff fifth. Jeremy Clements, Anthony Alfredo, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ryan Truex and Sammy Smith completed the top 10.

Note: Love is the first driver since Christopher Bell in 2017 to lead more than 100 laps in his first two Xfinity Series starts combined. Bell led 152 of 250 laps in his second start at Iowa. Love led 34 laps in his series debut last Monday at Daytona, giving him a total of 191 for the two races.