2024 Hollywood Casino 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 30 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Year:	2024
Location:	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	267
Distance Mi:	400.5
Distance Km:	640.8
Weather:	Sunny with a temperature around ; wind out of the southwest at around .
Avg:	123.294mph
Pole Driver:	Christopher Bell
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	30.111
Most Driver:	Christopher Bell
Most Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most Laps:	122
Car:	1
First Driver:	Ross Chastain
First Team:	Trackhouse Racing
Network:	USA
Announcers:	Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Ratings:	1.794 million
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2024 Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN Bet was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 29, 2024, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5miles intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the fourth race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 12. Ross Chastain won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Martin Truex Jr. finished 3rd. Ryan Blaney and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, and Zane Smith rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5miles tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1			Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric (P)		Ford
3			Chevrolet
4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford
5	Kyle Larson (P)		Chevrolet
6			Ford
7			Chevrolet
8			Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott (P)		Chevrolet
10			Ford
11	Denny Hamlin (P)		Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney (P)		Ford
14	Chase Briscoe (P)		Ford
15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford
16	Ty Dillon (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
19			Toyota
20	Christopher Bell (P)		Toyota
21			Ford
22	Joey Logano (P)		Ford
23			Toyota
24	William Byron (P)		Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Toyota
43			Toyota
44	J. J. Yeley (i)		Chevrolet
45	Tyler Reddick (P)		Toyota
47			Chevrolet
48	Alex Bowman (P)		Chevrolet
51			Ford
54			Toyota
71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet
84			Toyota
99	Daniel Suárez (P)		Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.433 seconds and a speed of 177.439mph.

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	1				30.433	177.439
2	99	Daniel Suárez (P)			30.478	177.177
3	48	Alex Bowman (P)			30.504	177.026
Official practice results

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.111 and a speed of 179.336mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	20	Christopher Bell (P)		Toyota	30.043	30.111
2	54			Toyota	30.227	30.151
3	8			Chevrolet	30.155	30.228
4	45	Tyler Reddick (P)		Toyota	30.313	30.207
5	22	Joey Logano (P)		Ford	30.132	30.333
6	24	William Byron (P)		Chevrolet	30.220	30.295
7	12	Ryan Blaney (P)		Ford	30.162	30.454
8	11	Denny Hamlin (P)		Toyota	30.252	30.300
9	14	Chase Briscoe (P)		Ford	30.218	30.688
10	99	Daniel Suárez (P)		Chevrolet	30.309	30.315
11	5	Kyle Larson (P)		Chevrolet	30.278	—
12	48	Alex Bowman (P)		Chevrolet	30.452	—
13	23			Toyota	30.299	—
14	77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet	30.476	—
15	71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet	30.316	—
16	43			Toyota	30.526	—
17	2	Austin Cindric (P)		Ford	30.319	—
18	47			Chevrolet	30.535	—
19	19			Toyota	30.341	—
20	1			Chevrolet	30.607	—
21	34			Ford	30.387	—
22	3			Chevrolet	30.607	—
23	7			Chevrolet	30.492	—
24	10			Ford	30.664	—
25	17			Ford	30.526	—
26	6			Ford	30.716	—
27	51			Ford	30.594	—
28	21			Ford	30.780	—
29	4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford	30.596	—
30	31			Chevrolet	30.809	—
31	42			Toyota	30.654	—
32	16	Ty Dillon (i)		Chevrolet	30.952	—
33	38			Ford	30.789	—
34	15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford	31.172	—
35	84			Toyota	30.892	—
36	44	J. J. Yeley (i)		Chevrolet	31.656	—
37	41			Ford	30.934	—
38	9	Chase Elliott (P)		Chevrolet	32.220	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	24	William Byron (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	22	Joey Logano (P)	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	20	Christopher Bell (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	2	Austin Cindric (P)	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	48	Alex Bowman (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	48	Alex Bowman (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	24	William Byron (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	6
6	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	9	Chase Elliott (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	14	Chase Briscoe (P)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	20	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	267	40
2	6	24	William Byron (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	52
3	19	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	40
4	7	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	Team Penske	Ford	267	49
5	2	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	46
6	12	48	Alex Bowman (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	43
7	1	20	Christopher Bell (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	36
8	8	11	Denny Hamlin (P)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	36
9	38	9	Chase Elliott (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	30
10	15	71	Zane Smith (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	27
11	25	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	267	26
12	22	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	25
13	10	99	Daniel Suárez (P)	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	267	24
14	5	22	Joey Logano (P)	Team Penske	Ford	267	32
15	27	51	Corey LaJoie	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	267	22
16	37	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	21
17	13	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	267	20
18	24	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	19
19	3	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	22
20	30	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	267	17
21	32	16	Ty Dillon (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	267	0
22	26	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	267	21
23	28	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	267	14
24	9	14	Chase Briscoe (P)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	14
25	4	45	Tyler Reddick (P)	23XI Racing	Toyota	267	12
26	11	5	Kyle Larson (P)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	11
27	33	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	10
28	18	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	267	9
29	21	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	8
30	31	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	267	7
31	34	15	Kaz Grala (R)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	267	6
32	14	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	11
33	23	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	4
34	17	2	Austin Cindric (P)	Team Penske	Ford	263	7
35	16	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	263	2
36	35	84	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	257	1
37	36	44	J. J. Yeley (i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	118	0
38	29	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	0	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 30 among 15 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 10 for 47 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 54 seconds
• Average speed: 123.294mph

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former Championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Alan Cavanna, Jacklyn Drake and Winston Kelley covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
3	1	William Byron	3,074
3	2	Ryan Blaney	3,068 (–6)
1	3	Christopher Bell	3,068 (–6)
3	4	Kyle Larson	3,058 (–16)
1	5	Denny Hamlin	3,051 (–23)
5	6	Alex Bowman	3,048 (–26)
	7	Chase Elliott	3,044 (–30)
	8	Joey Logano	3,044 (–30)
6	9	Tyler Reddick	3,040 (–34)
	10	Daniel Suárez	3,030 (–44)
1	11	Chase Briscoe	3,019 (–55)
3	12	Austin Cindric	3,015 (–59)
	13	Ty Gibbs	2,120 (–954)
	14	Martin Truex Jr.	2,104 (–970)
	15	Brad Keselowski	2,069 (–1,005)
	16	Harrison Burton	2,045 (–1,029)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	1,095
1	2	Toyota	1,053 (–42)
1	2	Ford	1,052 (–43)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . June 24, 2024.
2. Web site: Kansas 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/kansas-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.
5. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 23, 2024. September 23, 2024.
6. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 28, 2024. September 28, 2024.
7. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 28, 2024. September 28, 2024.
8. Web site: Hollywood Casino 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 29, 2024. September 29, 2024.
9. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 29, 2024. September 29, 2024.
10. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Christopher Bell claims NASCAR Cup pole at Kansas Speedway. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 28, 2024. Kansas City, Kansas. September 28, 2024.