The 2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was a

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race held on April 14, 2024, at

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. Contested over 276 laps—extended from 267 laps due to a double overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the ninth race of the

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season.

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won the race, his first of the season, and 19th of his career. This win also snapped a 42-race winless streak for Elliott dating back to the 2022 YellaWood 500 in October 2022 at

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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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Entry list

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

Practice

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was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.345 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

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scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.366 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 80 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 85

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 102

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 23 among 13 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 16 for 72 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 33 minutes and 14 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side

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and three-time Texas winner

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called the race from the broadcast booth.

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and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and

Larry McReynolds Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is an American NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a m ...

provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on

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. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Rob Albright covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Alan Cavanna and

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had the call from pit lane for PRN.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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