Starting from 12th place Car 20 John Hunter Nemechek Safeway/Albertsons Toyota won The LiUNA!, his 10th win in 103 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 1st win & 5th Top 10 from finish in 7 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 00 Cole Custer Production Alliance Group Ford, started from pole posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 8 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 81 Chandler Smith QuickTie Toyota, started from 2nd place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford, started from 11th place. 6th Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford, started from 6th place. 8th Place Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Flying J/BTI Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 9th place Car 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Jeld-Wen Chevrolet, started from 13th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 36th place. Hailie Deegan (15th) was the highest finishing rookie. Austin Hill leads the point standings by 22 points over Chandler Smith.
The race had 4 Cautions for 22 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 9 for #1, 31 Crash in turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 124 for #31 stalled on track.
The race had 4 Cautions for 22 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 9 for #1, 31 Crash in turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 124 for #31 stalled on track.
The race had 12 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; C. Custer 0; C. Smith 1-49; A. Hill 50-55; J. Nemechek(i) 56-89; C. Smith 90-97; J. Nemechek(i) 98-99; C. Smith 100; J. Nemechek(i) 101-109; C. Smith 110-125; J. Nemechek(i) 126-168; J. Allgaier 169-179; J. Williams 180-189; J. Nemechek(i) 190-200.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 81, 20, 21, 98, 00, 16, 7, 48, 39, 9
Stage 2 Top 10: 81, 20, 98, 7, 16, 21, 2, 48, 00, 39
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 3
Race Results for the The LiUNA! – Saturday, March 2, 2024
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 3/2/2024 @ 07:42 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 12. Car 20 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Safeway/Albertsons Toyota 200 Running 2. 1. Car 00 Cole Custer Production Alliance Group Ford 200 Running 3. 2. Car 81 Chandler Smith QuickTie Toyota 200 Running 4. 5. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 200 Running 5. 11. Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 200 Running 6. 3. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 200 Running 7. 6. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 200 Running 8. 8. Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Flying J/BTI Chevrolet 200 Running 9. 13. Car 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Jeld-Wen Chevrolet 200 Running 10. 36. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 200 Running 11. 7. Car 48 Parker Kligerman Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet 200 Running 12. 10. Car 19 Aric Almirola He Gets Us Toyota 200 Running 13. 16. Car 26 Corey Heim(i) GearWrench Toyota 200 Running 14. 32. Car 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 199 Running 15. 28. Car 15 Hailie Deegan # AirBox Ford 199 Running 16. 37. Car 5 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 199 Running 17. 15. Car 2 Jesse Love # Whelen Chevrolet 199 Running 18. 19. Car 42 Leland Honeyman # LH Waterfront Construction Chevrolet 199 Running 19. 18. Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 199 Running 20. 27. Car 28 Kyle Sieg TOPPOOL.com Ford 199 Running 21. 20. Car 91 Kyle Weatherman DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet 199 Running 22. 23. Car 43 Ryan Ellis Classic Collision Chevrolet 199 Running 23. 21. Car 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 198 Running 24. 22. Car 14 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 198 Running 25. 17. Car 51 Jeremy Clements First Pacific Funding Chevrolet 197 Running 26. 9. Car 18 Sheldon Creed Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota 197 Running 27. 31. Car 92 Nick Leitz Precision Measurements Inc Chevrolet 197 Running 28. 30. Car 07 Patrick Emerling Frontline Optics Chevrolet 196 Running 29. 33. Car 6 Garrett Smithley Teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 195 Running 30. 38. Car 35 Joey Gase Nevada Donor Network Chevrolet 195 Running 31. 29. Car 29 Blaine Perkins AutoParkit.com Ford 195 Running 32. 24. Car 78 BJ McLeod BJ McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 195 Running 33. 34. Car 38 CJ McLaughlin Viking Motorsports Ford 194 Running 34. 26. Car 4 Dawson Cram # KSDT CPA Chevrolet 192 Running 35. 4. Car 31 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 115 Fuel Pump 36. 35. Car 32 Sage Karam EasyCare Chevrolet 104 Transmission 37. 25. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen # Focused Health Chevrolet 27 Engine 38. 14. Car 1 Sam Mayer Club Car Chevrolet 7 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the No. 5 (backup car) and Nos. 7, 29, 32 (unapproved adjustments) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 11 Mins, 15 Secs. Average Speed: 137.143 MPH. Margin of Victory: 4.360 Seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 22 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 5 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 9, 2024 – Phoenix Raceway
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