Starting from 27th place Car 8 Sammy Smith TMC Transportation Chevrolet won the United Rentals 250, his 2nd win in 70 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 1st win & 14th Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Talladega Superspeedway. 2nd Place Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford, started from 15th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 15 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 7th Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford, started from 7th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 9 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 05: Sammy Smith, driver of the #8 TMC Transportation Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 05, 2024 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 18 Sheldon Creed Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota, started from 4th place followed by 5th place Car 81 Chandler Smith Wheelers Toyota, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Rookie Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet, started from pole followed by 7th place Car 27 Jeb Burton Golden Corral Chevrolet, started from 16th place. 8th Place Car 14 David Starr Holt St. Chevrolet, started from 23rd place followed by 9th place Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet, started from 30th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 28 Kyle Sieg Onsite Power Academy Ford, in 10th place, started from 34th place. Chandler Smith (P) leads the point standings by 28 points over Austin Hill (P).
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 05: Jesse Love, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 05, 2024 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 6 Cautions for 27 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 27 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 43 for #92, 27, 11, 26, 48 Crash in turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 52 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 76 for #19, 26, 97, 21, 32, 11 Crashon the frontstretch. 5th Caution on lap 85 for Debris on the backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 93 for #9, 2, 16, 48, 00, 5, 7, 88, 31, 29, 15, 21 Crash in turn 1.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 05: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Morris-Shea Bridge Co. Inc. Chevrolet, and Chandler Smith, driver of the #81 Wheelers Toyota, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 05, 2024 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The race had 28 Lead Changes among 11 drivers; A. Hill (P) 1-3; A. Allmendinger (P) 4-5; S. Mayer (P) 6; A. Allmendinger (P) 7-8; R. Sieg 9; J. Love # (P) 10-20; C. Smith (P) 21-27; B. Perkins 28; J. Love # (P) 29-41; J. Allgaier (P) 42-48; A. Hill (P) 49-52; D. Starr 53; R. Herbst (P) 54-59; J. Love # (P) 60-63; R. Herbst (P) 64-66; S. Smith (P) 67; R. Herbst (P) 68; C. Smith (P) 69-72; A. Allmendinger (P) 73-80; S. Smith (P) 81; A. Allmendinger (P) 82; R. Herbst (P) 83-86; S. Smith (P) 87; R. Herbst (P) 88; S. Smith (P) 89; J. Allgaier (P) 90; R. Herbst (P) 91-97; S. Smith (P) 98.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 05: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 05, 2024 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 81, 16, 7, 21, 18, 5, 19, 00, 26, 8
Stage 2 Top 10: 21, 8, 2, 97, 81, 98, 16, 18, 00, 9
UPDATED: Note: No. 1 car disqualified.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 28
Race Results for the United Rentals 250 – Saturday, October 5, 2024
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 98 Laps – 260.68 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 10/5/2024 @ 08:25 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 27. Car 8 Sammy Smith (P) TMC Transportation Chevrolet 98 Running
2. 15. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 98 Running
3. 7. Car 98 Riley Herbst (P) Monster Energy Ford 98 Running
4. 4. Car 18 Sheldon Creed (P) Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota 98 Running
5. 3. Car 81 Chandler Smith (P) Wheelers Toyota 98 Running
6. 1. Car 2 Jesse Love # (P) Whelen Chevrolet 98 Running
7. 16. Car 27 Jeb Burton Golden Corral Chevrolet 98 Running
8. 23. Car 14 David Starr Holt St. Chevrolet 98 Running
9. 30. Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 98 Running
10. 34. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Onsite Power Academy Ford 98 Running
11. 5. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger (P) Morris-Shea Bridge Co. Inc. Chevrolet 98 Running
12. 6. Car 48 Parker Kligerman (P) Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet 98 Running
13. 38. Car 45 Tommy Joe Martins Prime Bites Brownie Chevrolet 98 Running
14. 19. Car 42 Leland Honeyman # Mezrano Injury Lawyers Chevrolet 98 Running
15. 32. Car 43 Ryan Ellis Classic Collision Chevrolet 98 Running
16. 33. Car 38 Matt DiBenedetto Malvern Panalytical Ford 98 Running
17. 21. Car 07 CJ McLaughlin Main Street Auto Chevrolet 98 Running
18. 31. Car 29 Blaine Perkins UAB Medicine Ford 98 Running
19. 9. Car 20 Aric Almirola (P) He Gets Us Toyota 98 Running
20. 22. Car 26 Dean Thompson(i) Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 98 Running
21. 29. Car 35 Joey Gase Donate Life AL/NFPA Chevrolet 98 Running
22. 37. Car 53 Carson Ware TWR Wheel Repair Ford 98 Running
23. 2. Car 21 Austin Hill (P) Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 98 Running
24. 36. Car 15 Dylan Lupton N.C. Hurricane Relief Ford 97 Running
25. 14. Car 7 Justin Allgaier (P) BRANDT/TradeMark Nitrogen Chevrolet 97 Running
26. 10. Car 00 Cole Custer (P) Haas Automation Ford 97 Running
27. 18. Car 88 Carson Kvapil Clarience Technologies Chevrolet 91 Accident
28. 20. Car 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Little HUG Chevrolet 91 Accident
29. 13. Car 5 Anthony Alfredo Dead On Tools Chevrolet 91 Accident
30. 24. Car 31 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 91 Accident
31. 35. Car 91 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing Chevrolet 87 Running
32. 11. Car 19 Taylor Gray(i) Operation 300 Toyota 75 Accident
33. 26. Car 32 Jordan Anderson Volpi Foods Chevrolet 75 Accident
34. 17. Car 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 75 Accident
35. 8. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen # (P) WeatherTech Chevrolet 75 Accident
36. 28. Car 51 Jeremy Clements One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet 60 Brakes
37. 25. Car 92 Nick Leitz Precision Measurements Inc Chevrolet 41 Accident 38. 12. Car 1 Sam Mayer (P) First Bank of Alabama Chevrolet 98 Running
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: Nos. 07, 35 (unapproved adjustments), No. 45 (engine change, driver change), No. 20 (inspection failures). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 5 Mins, 12 Secs. Average Speed: 124.927 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.177 Seconds. Caution Flags: 6 for 27 laps. Lead Changes: 28 among 11 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 12, 2024 – Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
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