The 2024 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 was the 8th stock car race of the

2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 43rd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 19 with the Daytona 300, United Rentals 300 at Daytona In ...

, and the 20th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at

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, a permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In one of the closest finishes in Xfinity Series history,

Sam Mayer Samuel Adam Mayer (born June 26, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team. His father is the founder of QPS Em ...

, driving for

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, would make a last-lap pass for the lead on

Ryan Sieg Ryan Shane Sieg (born June 20, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 39 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RSS Raci ...

, and held him off in a wild photo finish to earn his fifth career

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win, and his first of the season. The margin of victory was 0.002 seconds, tying it for the second closest finish in Xfinity Series history, alongside Milwaukee 1996 and Talladega 1999. Sieg led 17 of the final 18 laps in the race, before being passed by Mayer on the final lap.

Justin Allgaier Justin Myrl Allgaier (born June 6, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for JR Motorsports and part-time ...

was most consistent driver of the race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 117 laps, but ultimately fell back and rounded out the podium by finishing 3rd. This was also the second race of the

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. Drivers who were eligible for the

are

Chandler Smith Chandler Michael Smith Sr. (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 38 Ford F-Series (fourteenth generation), Ford F-150 for Front Row Mot ...

, and

Sheldon Creed Sheldon Michael Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory ...

, since they were the highest finishing Xfinity Series regulars following the race at Martinsville. Mayer would claim the $100K bonus cash after narrowly winning the race.

Report

Background

is a

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located in the northernmost portion of the

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city of

– the portion located in

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. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to

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and

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(formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by

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, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track

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Entry list

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

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, April 12, at 5:00 PM CST, and would last for 20 minutes.

, driving for

, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.902, and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, April 12, at 5:30 PM CST. Since

is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.

Jesse Love Jesshill Michael Gregory Love Jr. (born January 14, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for Richard Chil ...

, driving for

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, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.093, and a speed of . No drivers would fail to qualify.

Qualifying results

Race results

Final laps

The race restarted on lap 190 after an incident involving

, Kyle Weatherman, and

Hailie Deegan Hailie Rochelle Deegan (born July 18, 2001) is an American professional auto racing, racing driver who competes in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for HMD Motorsports. She is best known for competing in NASCAR stock car racing, last driving the No. 15 ...

Riley Herbst Riley Dederick Kern Herbst (born February 24, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 35 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing and part-time in the ...

blew a tire after contact with Brandon Jones on lap 191, but did not produce a caution.

took over the lead on the restart, and continued to pull away by about one second. Sieg's car began getting tight, allowing

to close the gap. On the final lap, Mayer made a move to the inside of Sieg for the lead. Coming into turn 3, Mayer drifted up the racetrack and allowed Sieg to his inside. The two drivers banged doors all the way to the start/finish line, with Mayer beating out Sieg by 0.002 seconds, tied with '96 Milwaukee and '99 Talladega as the 2nd closest finish in Xfinity Series history.

, after leading 117 laps, finished in third, with

A. J. Allmendinger Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981), nicknamed "the Dinger,” is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet ZL1 for Kaulig Racing. Allmendinger ...

and

Cole Custer Cole Matthew Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team. H ...

rounding out the top five.

Austin Hill Austin Edward Hill (born April 21, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series ...

Ryan Truex Ryan Matthew Truex (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. As a reserve driver for Joe Gibbs Racing in t ...

Sammy Smith Samuel L. Smith (born June 4, 2004) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for JR Motorsports and part-time in t ...

, and

Anthony Alfredo Anthony Francis Alfredo (born March 31, 1999), nicknamed "Fast Pasta", is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS fo ...

would complete the rest of the top ten. Stage 1 ''Laps: 65'' Stage 2 ''Laps: 65'' Stage 3 ''Laps: 70''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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