2024 NASCAR All-Star Race explained

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2024 NASCAR All-Star Race
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Header1:Race details[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Label3:Date
Label4:Location
Data4:North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Label5:Course
Data5:Permanent racing facility
0.625 mi (1.006 km)
Label6:Distance
Data6:Open: 100 laps, 62.5miles
All-Star Race: 200 Laps, 125miles
Label7:Avg Speed
Data7:Open: 98.728mph
All-Star Race: 93.809mph
Label8:Weather
Header9:NASCAR All Star Open
Label10:Pole
Data10:Ty Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Label11:Time
Data11:N/A
Label12:Winner
Data12:Ty Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Label13:Fan Vote winner
Data13:Noah Gragson (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Header14:NASCAR All-Star Race
Label15:Pole
Data15:Joey Logano (Team Penske)
Label16:Time
Data16:1:29.754
Label17:Most laps led
Data17:Joey Logano (Team Penske)
Label18:Laps
Data18:199
Label19:Winner
Data19:Joey Logano (Team Penske)
Header20:Television
Label21:Network
Data21:FS1
Label22:Announcers
Data22:Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Label23:Nielsen ratings
Header24:Radio
Label25:Network
Data25:Motor Racing Network
Label26:Announcers
Data26:Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth)
Dave Moody (4) (Turns)

The 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race (XL) was a non-championship NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race that was held on May 19, 2024, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

The All-Star Race is open to race winners from last season through the 2024 Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, all previous All-Star race winners, NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2023, the top two race finishers of the All-Star Open, and the winner of the All-Star fan vote are eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

Entry list

NASCAR All-Star Open
DriverTeamManufacturer
2 Ford
3 Chevrolet
4 Josh Berry (R) Ford
7 Chevrolet
10 Ford
14 Ford
15 Kaz Grala (R) Ford
21 Ford
23 Toyota
31 Chevrolet
38 Ford
41 Ford
42 Toyota
43 Toyota
48 Chevrolet
51 Ford
54 Toyota
66 Timmy Hill (i) Ford
71 Zane Smith (R) Chevrolet
77 Carson Hocevar (R) Chevrolet
Official entry list
NASCAR All-Star Race
DriverTeamManufacturer
1 Chevrolet
5 Chevrolet
6 Ford
8 Chevrolet
9 Chevrolet
11 Toyota
12 Ford
16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Chevrolet
17 Ford
19 Toyota
20 Toyota
22 Ford
24 Chevrolet
34 Ford
45 Toyota
47 Chevrolet
99 Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Practice results

Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 18.145 seconds and a speed of 124.001mph.[12]

PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
154 18.145 124.001
212 18.176 123.790
320 18.210 123.558
Official practice results

All-Star Open Qualifying

Qualifying for the All-Star Open was cancelled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup was set by owner points. Ty Gibbs will start on the pole for the Open. [13]

Open starting lineup

PosDriverTeamManufacturer
154
248
314
423
510
62
74 Josh Berry (R)
838
942
1077 Carson Hocevar (R)
1143
1241
137
1431
153
1651
1721
1815 Kaz Grala (R)
1971 Zane Smith (R)
2066 Timmy Hill (i)
Official Open starting lineup

Qualifying (Pit Crew Challenge)

The 2024 Pit Crew Challenge set the starting lineup for both the NASCAR All-Star qualifying heat races. Joey Logano scored the pole for Heat Race 1 as well as the main event with a time of 1:29.754. Brad Keselowski scored the pole for Heat Race 2 with a time of 1:30.140. Christopher Bell's pit crew won the Pit Crew Challenge with a pit time of 13.223 seconds.[14]

Heat Race 1 qualifying results

PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
122 Ford 1:29.754
220 Toyota 1:30.169
317 Ford 1:30.288
41 Chevrolet 1:30.766
534 Ford 1:30.994
611 Toyota 1:31.846
724 Chevrolet 1:39.542
89 Chevrolet 1:42.518
912 Ford 1:49.890
Heat Race 1 qualifying results

Heat Race 2 qualifying results

PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime
16 Ford 1:30.140
299 Chevrolet 1:30.199
345 Toyota 1:30.666
419 Toyota 1:30.946
516 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Chevrolet 1:31.674
65 Chevrolet 1:36.334
78 Chevrolet 1:39.788
847 Chevrolet 1:43.314
Heat Race 2 qualifying results

Qualifying heat races

The qualifying heat races were cancelled due to torrential rains and flooding at the speedway. As a result, NASCAR resorted to the morning qualifying session to set the starting lineup.

NASCAR All-Star Race Starting Lineup

DriverTeamManufacturerNotes
1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
2 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
4 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
5 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford
6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota
7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford
10 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
14 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford
18 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota All-Star Open Winner
19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota All-Star Open Runner-Up
20 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford All-Star Fan Vote Winner
Official starting lineup

NASCAR All Star Open

NASCAR All Star Open results

PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLaps
1 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100
2 4 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 100
3 7 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 100
4 16 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 100
5 5 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 100
6 2 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 100
7 3 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 100
8 12 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 100
9 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100
10 10 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100
11 18 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 100
12 13 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100
13 17 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 100
14 9 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 100
15 8 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 100
16 14 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 100
17 19 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100
18 11 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 100
19 20 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 93
20 6 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 82
Official NASCAR All Star Open race results

NASCAR All Star Race

Post-race fight

On the first lap of the race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made it 3 wide in between Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch that had Busch hit the outside wall off of turn 2. Upset with that, Busch retaliated and wrecked Stenhouse on the very next lap in the same corner where he hit the wall taking Stenhouse out of the race. Stenhouse parked his car in Busch's pit stall where he had a conversation with Busch's crew chief Randall Burnett. In his interview, Stenhouse quoted "Maybe Richard [Childress] will hold my watch after the race", a reference to an altercation between Childress and Busch in 2011. After the race was over, Stenhouse waited outside of Busch's hauler to confront him and the two had a conversation that got more heated after both began to disagree with what happened on the track. After Stenhouse told Busch to "go back and watch it," he threw a punch at Busch that connected and the two got into a fistfight with Stenhouse's father Ricky Stenhouse Sr. trying to hold Busch back before Busch started attacking him too. The two got separated with both their crew members getting involved as well. The two had another heated conversation while both were getting held back to where Stenhouse said "I'll wreck you at Charlotte" to where Busch replied "Bring it! I don't give a fuck! I suck just as bad as you! Let's go!"[15] Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000, Stenhouse Sr. was suspended indefinitely, team mechanic Clint Myrick was suspended for 8 races, and turner Keith Matthews was suspended for 4 races for their involvement in the fight.[16]

NASCAR All Star Race results

PosGridDriverTeamManufacturerLaps
1 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200
2 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200
3 5 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 200
4 12 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200
5 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 200
6 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 200
7 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200
8 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200
9 9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 200
10 14 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200
11 20 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200
12 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200
13 17 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200
14 6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 200
15 4 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200
16 2 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 200
17 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200
18 10 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 198
19 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 186
20 16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 2
Official NASCAR All-Star Race results

Media

Television

Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and two-time All-Star race winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.

Radio

Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with Speedway Motorsports to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and 1989 winner of the All-Star Race Rusty Wallace. The network also have one announcer stationed in turn 4: Dave Moody. Lead Pit Reporter Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Chris Wilner were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . April 21, 2024.
  2. News: NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar. Taranto, Steven . October 3, 2023 . April 21, 2024 . CBS Broadcasting Inc.
  3. News: NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs . October 4, 2023 . April 21, 2024 . National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC.
  4. Web site: NASCAR, North Wilkesboro Speedway announce 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race format. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 23, 2024. April 23, 2024.
  5. Web site: Open Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 13, 2024. May 13, 2024.
  6. Web site: All-Star Race Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 13, 2024. May 13, 2024.
  7. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 17, 2024. May 17, 2024.
  8. Web site: Open Starting Lineup. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 17, 2024. May 17, 2024.
  9. Web site: All-Star Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 18, 2024. May 18, 2024.
  10. Web site: 2024 All-Star Race Lineup. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. May 18, 2024. May 18, 2024.
  11. Web site: NASCAR All-Star Open Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. May 19, 2024. May 19, 2024.
  12. Web site: Utter. Jim. NASCAR All Star Race: Ty Gibbs fastest in practice at North Wilkesboro. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 17, 2024. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. May 17, 2024.
  13. Web site: Utter. Jim. NASCAR All Star Race: Qualifying and pit crew challenge postponed. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 17, 2024. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. May 19, 2024.
  14. Web site: Utter. Jim. NASCAR All-Star Race: Logano earns pole, Bell wins pit crew challenge. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 18, 2024. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. May 18, 2024.
  15. Web site: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch throw punches post All-Star Race. May 19, 2024.
  16. Web site: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. fined $75K for sparking All-Star brawl, two crew members suspended . . May 22, 2024 . May 22, 2024.