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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
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 29 (76%)

Kyle Larson celebrates in victory lane — Austin, Texas - March 23rd, 2024: Kyle Larson, driver of the #17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 at Circuit of The Americas. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	17	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	50	1	1	0	4	Running
2	11	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	40	35	5	0	50	1	1	6	0	Running
3	20	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
4	8	00	Cole Custer	Ford	42	33	9	0	50	0	0	0	2	Running
5	12	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	42	32	10	1	50	4	1	1	0	Running
6	14	2	Jesse Love	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
7	25	32	Austin Green	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
8	4	81	Chandler Smith	Toyota	30	29	1	0	50	0	0	0	10	Running
9	10	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
10	5	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	38	27	11	0	50	20	3	8	3	Running
11	17	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	33	26	7	0	50	0	0	4	0	Running
12	30	5	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
13	15	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
14	27	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	27	23	4	0	50	0	0	0	7	Running
15	29	44	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
16	18	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	50	1	1	0	0	Running
17	6	26	Sage Karam	Toyota	28	20	8	0	50	0	0	3	0	Running
18	31	45	Brad Perez	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
19	24	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
20	34	42	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
21	22	07	Daniil Kvyat	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
22	36	29	Blaine Perkins	Ford	15	15	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
23	35	15	Hailie Deegan	Ford	14	14	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
24	3	19	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	50	1	1	0	9	Running
25	33	4	Patrick Gallagher	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
26	26	35	Alex Labbe	Toyota	20	11	9	0	50	0	0	7	6	Running
27	2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	17	10	7	0	50	20	4	10	5	Running
28	37	14	RC Enerson	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
29	32	91	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	Running
30	21	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	Running
31	23	92	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	11	6	5	0	48	0	0	9	8	Suspension
32	7	18	Sheldon Creed	Toyota	5	5	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	Running
33	38	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	19	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	19	3	16	1	45	2	1	5	1	Accident
35	16	24	Ed Jones	Toyota	2	2	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	13	8	Sammy Smith	Chevrolet	10	1	9	0	36	0	0	2	0	Accident
37	28	6	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	Suspension
38	9	11	Josh Williams		1	1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	Overheating

Race Infractions

Focused Health 250 at Circuit of The Americas

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Larson	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniel Hemric	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
John Hunter Nemechek	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Anthony Alfredo	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Sheldon Creed	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Gibbs	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Hailie Deegan	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Leland Honeyman Jr	Pre-Race to the Rear Inspection Failure	Tail End	0	0	White
Leland Honeyman Jr	Pre-Race to the Rear Inspection Failure	Pass Thru	0	1	White
Leland Honeyman Jr	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	1	2	Green
Ty Dillon	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Pass Thru	2	3	Green
John Hunter Nemechek	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Pass Thru	2	3	Green
Jeremy Clements	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 6	Pass Thru	5	5	Green
Ty Gibbs	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 6	Pass Thru	9	9	Green
Austin Hill	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 3	Pass Thru	11	12	Green
Austin Green	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	11	17	Green/Yellow
Ed Jones	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Tail End	12	17	Green/Yellow
Ed Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	12	17	Green/Yellow
Austin Green	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	12	17	Green/Yellow
Austin Green	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	12	17	Green/Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Tail End	13	17	Green/Yellow
Sam Mayer	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Pass Thru	19	19	Green
Jeremy Clements	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Pass Thru	21	21	Green
Daniel Hemric	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Pass Thru	23	23	Green
Daniel Hemric	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	23	0	Green
John Hunter Nemechek	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	34	Green/Yellow
Blaine Perkins	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	34	Green/Yellow
Jesse Love	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	34	Green/Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4	Tail End	28	34	Green/Yellow
Jesse Love	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	28	34	Green/Yellow
Brandon Jones	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 5	Tail End	30	34	Green/Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	31	34	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	31	34	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 6	Pass Thru	36	36	Green
Sammy Smith	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	36	0	Green
AJ Allmendinger	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 6	Tail End	46	48	Green/Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	46	48	Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	46	48	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4 - 30 Second Post Race Penalty	Other - See Notes	49	50	Green
RC Enerson	Unspecified Short cut course - Turn 4 - 30 Second Post Race Penalty	Other - See Notes	50	50	Green

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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.