2024_GEICO_500

2024 GEICO 500

2024 GEICO 500

NASCAR Cup Series race


The 2024 GEICO 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 21, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.

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Background

Talladega Superspeedway, the track where the race was held.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

Entry list

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

Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.609 and a speed of 182.022 mph (292.936 km/h).[8]

Kyle Larson was on the pit-road to put down a qualifying lap but Nascar officials saw something with his car and pulled him to the garage. He was not allowed to qualify as the team made an unapproved adjustment to the roof rails as they pushed the car to the grid.

Qualifying results

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Race

Race results

Coming to the checkers, Michael McDowell put a bad block on Brad Keselowski in the tri-oval, triggering a massive wreck behind the leaders, with one car flipping and finishing the race on its side. Tyler Reddick would steal the win from Keselowski and take 23XI Racing to victory lane for the first time in 2024, and the 2nd time at Talladega.

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 60

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Stage Two Laps: 60

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Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 68

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Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 73 among 23 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 4 for 21 laps
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 29 seconds
  • Average speed: 155.977 miles per hour (251.021 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 24th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and 2010 spring Talladega winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

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Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief 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. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch and Jason Toy called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Steve Post, Kim Coon, Paul Small and Chris Wilner worked pit road for the radio side for MRN.

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Standings after the race

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References

  1. "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. "Talladega Superspeedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. Sturniolo, Zach (October 4, 2023). "NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs". NASCAR. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  4. "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 15, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  5. "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. "GEICO 500 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 21, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  7. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 21, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
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