2024 The Great American Getaway 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 21 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Year:	2024
Location:	Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course Mi:	2.5
Course Km:	4
Distance Laps:	160
Distance Mi:	400
Distance Km:	640
Avg:	123.722mph
Pole Driver:	Ty Gibbs
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	52.929
Most Driver:	Ryan Blaney
Most Team:	Team Penske
Most Laps:	44
Car:	12
First Driver:	Ryan Blaney
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	USA
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Ratings:	2.4 million
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1), Kyle Rickey (2), and Jason Toy (3)

The 2024 The Great American Getaway 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 14, 2024, at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5mile oval, it was the 21st race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Ryan Blaney won the race. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, and Alex Bowman finished 3rd. William Byron and Joey Logano rounded out the top five, and Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Pocono Raceway is a 2.5miles oval speedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.

From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two race weekends. In 2020, the circuit was reduced to one race meeting of two races. The first race was moved to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis starting in 2022.

Entry list

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

	Driver	Manufacturer
1		Chevrolet
2		Ford
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		Ford
16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	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
44	J. J. Yeley (i)	Chevrolet
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

Practice

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 53.498 seconds and a speed of 168.231mph.^[10]

Practice results

Pos		Time
1	45	53.498	168.231
2	24	53.590	167.942
3	19	53.590	167.942
Official practice results

Qualifying

Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.929 and a speed of 170.039mph.^[11]

It was the first year the Cup Series used road course qualifying regulations, a procedure where teams did not use the start-finish line but used a timing line on the circuit for their lap, which was also used at Indianapolis. Teams started their lap midway down the North Straight exiting Turn 2 after less than two-thirds of a lap to warm up. After completing their lap in the North Straight, teams then pitted their cars. Only two, instead of three, laps would be driven by drivers under the use of the hybrid road course and longer speedway qualifying procedure.

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Manufacturer
1	54		Toyota	53.157	52.929
2	24		Chevrolet	53.005	53.047
3	19		Toyota	53.343	53.185
4	11		Toyota	53.191	53.239
5	4	Josh Berry (R)	Ford	53.241	53.212
6	48		Chevrolet	52.899	53.342
7	45		Toyota	53.227	53.545
8	12		Ford	53.364	53.356
9	71	Zane Smith (R)	Chevrolet	53.502	53.595
10	22		Ford	53.421	53.502
11	9		Chevrolet	53.532	—
12	5		Chevrolet	53.449	—
13	20		Toyota	53.554	—
14	6		Ford	53.603	—
15	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Chevrolet	53.603	—
16	99		Chevrolet	53.63	—
17	3		Chevrolet	53.673	—
18	17		Ford	53.645	—
19	1		Chevrolet	53.769	—
20	2		Ford	53.675	—
21	34		Ford	53.769	—
22	21		Ford	53.713	—
23	43		Toyota	53.713	—
24	8		Chevrolet	53.756	—
25	10		Ford	53.86	—
26	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Chevrolet	53.76	—
27	31		Chevrolet	53.944	—
28	14		Ford	53.799	—
29	23		Toyota	53.947	—
30	7		Chevrolet	53.902	—
31	47		Chevrolet	54.018	—
32	42		Toyota	53.924	—
33	38		Ford	54.122	—
34	51		Ford	54.082	—
35	15		Ford	54.192	—
36	41		Ford	54.677	—
37	44	J. J. Yeley (i)	Chevrolet	0	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 30

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	8
4	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	3
9	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 65

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	8
4	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	6
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 65

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	8	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	160	40
2	4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	54
3	6	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	43
4	2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	47
5	10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	160	38
6	7	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	160	40
7	14	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	160	41
8	3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	39
9	11	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	43
10	29	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	160	27
11	18	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	160	26
12	13	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	30
13	12	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	29
14	23	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	160	30
15	28	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	160	22
16	16	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	160	21
17	15	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	20
18	20	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	160	19
19	30	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	18
20	5	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	160	17
21	26	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	160	0
22	34	51	Justin Haley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	160	15
23	17	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	160	14
24	21	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	158	13
25	27	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	153	12
26	35	15	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	134	11
27	1	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	132	10
28	32	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	126	9
29	9	71	Zane Smith (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	126	8
30	36	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	121	7
31	22	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	121	6
32	24	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	120	5
33	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	120	4
34	33	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	115	3
35	37	44	J. J. Yeley (i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	112	0
36	19	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	53	1
37	25	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	13	1
Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 8 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 8 for 32
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes, and 59 seconds
Average speed: 123.722mph

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 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

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Kyle Rickey called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Jason Toy called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 3. Steve Post, and Alan Cavanna worked pit road for MRN.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Chase Elliott	703
1	2	Kyle Larson	700 (–3)
	3	Tyler Reddick	688 (–18)
	4	Denny Hamlin	683 (–20)
1	5	William Byron	646 (–57)
1	6	Martin Truex Jr.	640 (–63)
	7	Ryan Blaney	627 (–76)
	8	Christopher Bell	616 (–87)
1	9	Brad Keselowski	599 (–104)
1	10	Alex Bowman	596 (–107)
2	11	Ty Gibbs	570 (–133)
1	12	Chris Buescher	547 (–156)
1	13	Ross Chastain	530 (–173)
	14	Joey Logano	522 (–181)
	15	Bubba Wallace	503 (–200)
	16	Chase Briscoe	455 (–248)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	759
2	Toyota	751 (–8)
3	Ford	736 (–23)

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

. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Notes and References

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Web site: Pocono Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. June 5, 2022. January 3, 2013. April 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170429055158/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/pocono-raceway.htm. dead.
News: NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar. Taranto, Steven . October 4, 2023 . April 21, 2024 . CBS Broadcasting Inc.
News: NASCAR unveils 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs . October 4, 2023 . April 21, 2024 . National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC.
Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 8, 2024. July 8, 2024.
Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 13, 2024. July 13, 2024.
Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 13, 2024. July 13, 2024.
Web site: The Great American Getaway 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 14, 2024. July 14, 2024.
Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 14, 2024. July 14, 2024.
Web site: Utter. Jim. NASCAR Cup Pocono: Tyler Reddick spins but still leads practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 13, 2024. Long Pond, Pennsylvania. July 13, 2024.
Web site: Utter. Jim. NASCAR Cup Pocono: Ty Gibbs beats William Byron to pole position. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 13, 2024. Long Pond, Pennsylvania. July 13, 2024.