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2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 36 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
2024 program, featuring 2023 champion Ryan Blaney.
2024 program, featuring 2023 champion Ryan Blaney.
Date November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)
Location Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (499.2 km)
Weather Sunny with a temperature around 80 °F (27 °C); wind out of the northwest at around 1 mile per hour (1.6 km/h).
Average speed 106.203 miles per hour (170.917 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 26.618
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 143
Winner
No. 22 Joey Logano Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 1.60 (2.895 million)
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley (1 & 2) and Tim Catalfamo (3 & 4)

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 10, 2024, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it is the 36th and final race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Joey Logano won the race, clinching his third career Championship. Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, and William Byron finished 3rd. Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five, and Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher, and Daniel Suárez rounded out the top ten.

The race was notably interrupted when the pace car crashed[10] while trying to get off the track for a restart on lap 69 to begin the second stage. The driver of the car swerved to make the turn onto pit road at the last second, and the abrupt turn spun the car to the left into a brief slide towards the protective sand barrels at the end of pit road. The impact moved several barrels and scattered sand across the apron. The red flag was brought out for several minutes while the barrels were fixed and the track was cleaned, and the race resumed as normal soon after.

This was the final race for Stewart–Haas Racing, as the team reformed into Haas Factory Team from the 2025 season onwards. [11] This was also the final race for 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. as a full-time driver, as he announced his retirement from full-time racing on June 14, 2024.[12]

  1. ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Phoenix Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Taranto, Steven (October 3, 2023). "NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. October 4, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "NASCAR championship race halted as pace car crashes". www.motorsport.com. 2024-11-10. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  11. ^ Fryer, Jenna (May 28, 2024). "Stewart-Haas Racing to close NASCAR teams at end of 2024 season, says time to 'pass the torch'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  12. ^ Spencer, Reid (June 14, 2024). "Martin Truex Jr. set to retire from full-time competition after 2024 season". NASCAR. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

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