2024 Xfinity 500 Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 35 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:Xfinity 500
Details Ref:[1] [2] [3] [4]
Year:2024
Location:Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Mi:0.526
Course Km:0.847
Scheduled Laps:500
Scheduled Mi:263
Scheduled Km:423.5
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 (Backstretch)

The 2024 Xfinity 500 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 2, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it will be the 35th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.

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Background

See main article: Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526miles in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.

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 the television side. Leigh Diffey, 1997 race winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and 7 time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace will have the call for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody will cover the action for MRN when the field races down the backstraightway into turn 3. Steve Post, Jacklyn Drake, and Chris Wilner will cover action for MRN from pit lane.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . January 17, 2024.
  2. Web site: Martinsville Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 20, 2023. January 3, 2013. April 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205616/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/martinsville-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.