2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 34 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:Straight Talk Wireless 400
Details Ref:[1] [2] [3] [4]
Year:2024
Location:Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida
Course Mi:1.5
Course Km:2.4
Distance Laps:267
Distance Mi:400.5
Distance Km:640.8
Network:NBC
Announcers:Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Radio:MRN
Booth Ann:Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The Straight Talk Wireless 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on October 27, 2024, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it will be the 34th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

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Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both effected by the COVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.

Entry list

DriverTeamManufacturer
1 Chevrolet
2
3 Chevrolet
4 Josh Berry (R) Ford
5 Chevrolet
6 Ford
7 Chevrolet
8 Chevrolet
9 Chevrolet
10 Ford
11 Toyota
12 Ford
14 Ford
15 TBA Ford
16 TBA Chevrolet
17 Ford
19 Toyota
20 Toyota
21 Ford
22 Ford
23 Toyota
24 Chevrolet
31 Chevrolet
34 Ford
38 Ford
41 Ford
42 Toyota
43 Toyota
45 Toyota
47 Chevrolet
48 Chevrolet
51 Ford
54 Toyota
71 Zane Smith (R) Chevrolet
77 Carson Hocevar (R) Chevrolet
99 Chevrolet
<---[Official entry list]--->

Media

Television

NBC will cover the race on television. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handle the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also bw simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chief Todd Gordon will call the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody will cover the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley will have the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy will cover the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . June 24, 2024.
  2. Web site: Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. January 3, 2013. NASCAR.com. August 14, 2022. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428025309/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/homestead-miami-speedway.html. dead.
  3. News: NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar. Taranto, Steven . October 3, 2023 . June 24, 2024 . CBS Broadcasting Inc.
  4. News: NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs . October 4, 2023 . June 24, 2024 . National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC.