Starting from 2nd Place Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet won the RAPTOR King of Tough 250, his 8th win in 83 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 2nd win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 3rd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 5 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Austin Hill has become the 4th different driver in NASCAR Xfinity Series history to win the 1st 2 races of a season; joining Dale Earnhardt (1986), Chad Little (1995) and Tony Stewart (2008). 2nd Place Car 81 Chandler Smith QuickTie Toyota, started from 12th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet, started from 13th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in his series track debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Shane Van Gisbergen (3rd) was the highest finishing rookie.
4th Place Car 18 Sheldon Creed Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota, started from 10th place followed by 5th place Car 31 Parker Retzlaff FVP/Bommarito.com Chevrolet, started from 24th place. 6th Place Car 51 Jeremy Clements One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet, started from 23rd place followed by 7th place Car 5 Anthony Alfredo Chapman Fence Chevrolet, started from 15th place. 8th Place Car 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt ForeverLawn Toyota, started from 22nd place followed by 9th place Car 19 Ryan Truex Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Flying J Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 14th place.
The race had 4 Cautions for 23 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 42 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 59 for #14, 91 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 162 for #39 Stopped On Track.
Rookie Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet led the most laps but fan out gas on the last restart & finished in 12th place. The race had 11 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; J. Love # 1-42; K. Sieg 43; J. Love # 44-47; P. Kligerman 48; J. Love # 49-83; A. Allmendinger 84-89; J. Love # 90; A. Allmendinger 91; J. Love # 92; A. Allmendinger 93; J. Love # 94-167; A. Hill 168-169.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 2, 98, 1, 19, 48, 16, 7, 18, 39, 8
Stage 2 Top 10: 2, 7, 98, 19, 8, 81, 00, 21, 16, 18
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 2
Race Results for the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 – Saturday, February 24, 2024
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA – 1.54 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 169 Laps – 260.26 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 2/24/2024 @ 07:51 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 169 Running 2. 12. Car 81 Chandler Smith QuickTie Toyota 169 Running 3. 13. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 169 Running 4. 10. Car 18 Sheldon Creed Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota 169 Running 5. 24. Car 31 Parker Retzlaff FVP/Bommarito.com Chevrolet 169 Running 6. 23. Car 51 Jeremy Clements One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet 169 Running 7. 15. Car 5 Anthony Alfredo Chapman Fence Chevrolet 169 Running 8. 22. Car 26 Jeffrey Earnhardt ForeverLawn Toyota 169 Running 9. 8. Car 19 Ryan Truex Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota 169 Running 10. 14. Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 169 Running 11. 6. Car 1 Sam Mayer Raptor High Heat Chevrolet 169 Running 12. 1. Car 2 Jesse Love # Whelen Chevrolet 169 Running 13. 7. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Campers Inn RV Chevrolet 169 Running 14. 18. Car 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Atlas Roofing Chevrolet 169 Running 15. 4. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 168 Running 16. 11. Car 00 Cole Custer Haas Automation Ford 168 Running 17. 17. Car 91 Kyle Weatherman DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet 168 Running 18. 21. Car 78 BJ McLeod BJ McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 168 Running 19. 5. Car 48 Parker Kligerman Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet 168 Running 20. 30. Car 44 Brennan Poole Finance Pros Plus Chevrolet 167 Running 21. 35. Car 42 Leland Honeyman # LH Waterfront Construction Chevrolet 167 Running 22. 20. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 167 Running 23. 25. Car 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 167 Running 24. 36. Car 14 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 167 Running 25. 34. Car 43 Ryan Ellis Classic Collision Chevrolet 167 Running 26. 31. Car 92 Nick Leitz(i) Precision Measurements Inc. Chevrolet 167 Running 27. 19. Car 15 Hailie Deegan # AirBox Ford 167 Running 28. 9. Car 7 Justin Allgaier Jarrett 25 Years Chevrolet 167 Running 29. 33. Car 35 Joey Gase NCPC Race Against Crime Chevrolet 166 Running 30. 28. Car 29 Blaine Perkins Pritchard Injury Firm Ford 166 Running 31. 29. Car 4 Dawson Cram # KSDT CPA Chevrolet 166 Running 32. 3. Car 20 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 165 Running 33. 37. Car 07 Patrick Emerling SIMFORGE Chevrolet 165 Running 34. 32. Car 6 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 165 Running 35. 27. Car 38 CJ McLaughlin Viking Motorsports Ford 164 Running 36. 26. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Night Owl Ford 164 Running 37. 16. Car 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 159 Running 38. 38. Car 32 Jordan Anderson EasyCare Chevrolet 98 Steering
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: Nos. 07, 9, 27, 31, 35, 43, 44 (Unapproved Adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 55 Mins, 16 Secs. Average Speed: 135.474 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.106 Seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 23 laps. Lead Changes: 11 among 5 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 2, 2024 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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