2024 Quaker State 400 Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 27 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart
Details Ref:[1] [2] [3] [4]
Year:2024
Location:Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia
Course Mi:1.54
Course Km:2.48
Distance Laps:260
Distance Mi:400.4
Distance Km:644.244
Network:USA
Announcers:Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Radio:PRN
Booth Ann:Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2024 Quaker State 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on September 8, 2024, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules). It will be the 27th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the first race of the 2024 NASCAR playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 16.

Report

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54miles quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5miles standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5miles ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

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
78 Chevrolet
99 Chevrolet
<---[Official entry list]--->

Media

Television

USA will cover the race on the television side. 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

The race will be broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow will call the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright will call the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson will call the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN will be manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Doug Turnbull and Wendy Venturini.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . June 24, 2024.
  2. Web site: Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. May 30, 2022. January 3, 2013. February 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160219053741/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/atlanta-motor-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.