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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: 02h 21m 21s
Average Speed: 72.374 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.354s
Cautions : 4
Caution Laps : 9
Lead Changes : 13
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 29 (76 %)

Daniel Hemric poses for photos with his wife and daughter — Avondale, Arizona - November 6th, 2021: Daniel Hemric, driver of the #18 Poppy Bank Toyota, poses for photos with his wife, Kenzie and daughter, Rhen Haven after winning the 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	3	17.361	47.972	46.539	50.325
Justin Allgaier	3	16.649	47.344	46.014	49.156
Kyle Larson	3	14.491	45.174	44.819	45.660
Parker Kligerman	2	18.117	49.007	48.157	49.857
Jeb Burton	2	16.999	47.904	47.659	48.149
Ryan Ellis	1	19.382	51.633	51.633	51.633
Ryan Sieg	3	18.893	50.525	49.064	52.139
Kyle Weatherman	1	18.785	50.829	50.829	50.829
Brennan Poole	2	19.718	51.069	50.637	51.501
Cole Custer	2	15.882	46.196	44.653	47.739
John Hunter Nemechek	3	17.183	48.972	44.737	54.955
Alex Labbe	2	19.216	50.517	50.356	50.677
Austin Hill	2	14.897	46.104	44.916	47.292
Brandon Jones	2	18.265	48.874	48.426	49.322
Josh Williams	1	19.919	52.001	52.001	52.001
Riley Herbst	3	16.322	47.828	45.773	50.000
Anthony Alfredo	1	18.603	49.088	49.088	49.088
Sheldon Creed	3	18.170	48.945	45.542	51.007
Ty Gibbs	3	16.316	46.842	46.422	47.571
Blaine Perkins	1	19.949	51.550	51.550	51.550
Sam Mayer	1	20.319	51.936	51.936	51.936
Sage Karam	2	19.001	50.848	50.265	51.431
Chandler Smith	2	16.153	46.664	46.310	47.017
Hailie Deegan	3	18.866	50.447	49.850	51.400
Parker Retzlaff	2	18.436	50.501	49.857	51.144
Brad Perez	1	19.782	51.089	51.089	51.089
Sammy Smith	2	16.098	46.822	46.555	47.089
Ed Jones	1	19.285	53.797	53.797	53.797
Jesse Love	2	18.484	48.984	48.965	49.003
Shane van Gisbergen	2	18.372	49.834	46.089	53.579
Austin Green	2	19.551	50.618	48.788	52.448

Pit Stop Detail Table

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

DRIVER	LDR LAP	DRV LAP	STOP	TOTAL	TYPE
Kyle Larson	11	10	14.48	45.66	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	11	10	15.85	46.53	Four Wheel Change
Chandler Smith	11	10	16.62	47.02	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	11	10	16.72	47.22	Four Wheel Change
Cole Custer	11	10	17.32	47.74	Four Wheel Change
Jeb Burton	11	10	17.18	48.15	Four Wheel Change
Brandon Jones	11	10	17.92	48.43	Four Wheel Change
Austin Green	11	10	20.75	48.79	Four Wheel Change
Jesse Love	11	10	18.38	48.97	Four Wheel Change
Anthony Alfredo	11	10	18.60	49.09	Four Wheel Change
Justin Allgaier	11	10	18.95	49.16	Four Wheel Change
Sam Mayer	11	10	20.32	51.94	Four Wheel Change
Josh Williams	11	10	19.92	52.00	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Sieg	11	10	20.12	52.14	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	11	11	19.96	50.33	Four Wheel Change
Shane van Gisbergen	11	11	20.90	53.58	Four Wheel Change
Sammy Smith	15	15	15.68	47.09	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	15	15	15.35	47.29	Four Wheel Change
Parker Kligerman	15	15	17.32	48.16	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	15	15	16.98	50.00	Four Wheel Change
Hailie Deegan	15	15	17.88	50.09	Four Wheel Change
Sage Karam	15	15	18.45	50.27	Four Wheel Change
Brennan Poole	15	15	19.02	50.64	Four Wheel Change
Alex Labbe	15	15	19.28	50.68	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	15	15	20.08	54.96	Four Wheel Change
Sheldon Creed	16	10	18.02	50.29	Four Wheel Change
Ed Jones	26	25	19.29	53.80	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	27	26	14.75	44.74	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	27	26	14.45	44.92	Four Wheel Change
Sammy Smith	27	26	16.52	46.56	Four Wheel Change
Justin Allgaier	27	26	16.57	46.86	Four Wheel Change
Jeb Burton	27	26	16.82	47.66	Four Wheel Change
Jesse Love	27	26	18.58	49.00	Four Wheel Change
Parker Kligerman	27	26	18.92	49.86	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Weatherman	27	26	18.79	50.83	Four Wheel Change
Parker Retzlaff	27	26	19.76	51.14	Four Wheel Change
Hailie Deegan	27	26	20.22	51.40	Four Wheel Change
Sage Karam	27	26	19.55	51.43	Four Wheel Change
Brennan Poole	27	26	20.42	51.50	Four Wheel Change
Austin Green	27	26	18.35	52.45	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	27	27	14.11	44.82	Four Wheel Change
Shane van Gisbergen	27	27	15.85	46.09	Four Wheel Change
Chandler Smith	27	27	15.69	46.31	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	27	27	15.85	46.42	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	27	27	16.07	46.54	Four Wheel Change
Cole Custer	31	31	14.45	44.65	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	31	31	17.24	47.71	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Sieg	31	31	17.68	49.06	Four Wheel Change
Brandon Jones	31	31	18.61	49.32	Four Wheel Change
Alex Labbe	31	31	19.15	50.36	Four Wheel Change
Brad Perez	31	31	19.78	51.09	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Ellis	31	31	19.38	51.63	Four Wheel Change
Sheldon Creed	32	28	20.84	51.01	Four Wheel Change
Sheldon Creed	43	40	15.66	45.54	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	43	43	14.88	45.04	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	43	43	14.74	45.77	Four Wheel Change
Hailie Deegan	43	43	18.50	49.85	Four Wheel Change
Parker Retzlaff	43	43	17.11	49.86	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Sieg	43	43	18.88	50.37	Four Wheel Change
Blaine Perkins	43	43	19.95	51.55	Four Wheel Change
Justin Allgaier	46	46	14.43	46.01	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	46	46	16.05	47.05	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	46	46	17.25	47.57	Four Wheel Change

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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.