Tyler Reddick gets second win of the season in double overtime at Michigan: Certainly, the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway was not lacking in action or drama. 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick claimed his second victory of the season – seventh of his career – while the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff standings shifted dramatically yet again in Monday’s weather-delayed double-overtime finish to the race. Reddick’s No. 45 Toyota pulled away from William Byron’s No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the second overtime restart – holding off Byron and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs to claim the win by a slight .168-second and break a nine-race winning streak at the historic two-mile track for Ford.[Read More]
#45-Tyler Reddick won the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Michigan and 7 career win.
#24-William Byron finished 2nd followed by #54-Ty Gibbs, #8-Kyle Busch, #6-Brad Keselowski, #17-Chris Buescher, #71-Zane Smith, #99-Daniel Suarez, pole sitter #11-Denny Hamlin, and #77-Carson Hocevar.
Stage 1 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney. Stage 2 was won by #8-Kyle Busch.
Reddick was in control of the race until a late caution came out, setting up an overtime attempt. During the first attempt, there was another caution and Reddick lost the lead to Byron. On the second overtime attempt, Reddick tool the lead from Byron on the restart and he held on to win.
The start of the race on Sunday was delayed by nearly 2.5 hours when rain hit the track just before the scheduled green flag. The race was then postponed after 51 laps due to pending rain and darkness. It resumed Monday morning and ran to completion without issue.
There were 26 lead changes among 16 drivers and 7 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 135.675mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Michigan:
Tyler Reddick won the FireKeepers Casino 400, his seventh victory in 170 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in six races at Michigan International Speedway.
William Byron (second) posted his third top-10 finish in ten races at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2024.
Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Michigan International Speedway.
Zane Smith (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 10 points over Chase Elliott.
(NASCAR)
Cup Series Playoff Standings after Michigan:
Race 24 of 26 in the regular season
(2 races remaining in the regular season)
UPDATED after Hamlin penalty
1) #5-Kyle Larson [4 wins], 782
2) #24-William Byron [3 wins], 728
3) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 711
4) #20-Christopher Bell [3 wins], 703
5) #45-Tyler Reddick [2 wins], 814 [points leader]
6) #12-Ryan Blaney [2 wins], 732
7) #9-Chase Elliott [1 win], 804
8) #6-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 677
9) #48-Alex Bowman [1 win], 627
10) #22-Joey Logano [1 win],561
11) #99-Daniel Suarez [1 win], 526
12) #2-Austin Cindric [1 win], 460
13) #19-Martin Truex, Jr., 682, +77 ahead of 17th
14) #54-Ty Gibbs, 644, +39 ahead of 17th
15) #17-Chris Buescher, 621, +16 ahead of 17th
16) #1-Ross Chastain, 606, +1 ahead of 17th
Below the cutoff:
17) #23-Bubba Wallace, 605, -1 behind 16th
18) #8-Kyle Busch, 513, -103 behind 16th
19) #14-Chase Briscoe, 491, -125 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for #45-Tyler Reddick for his second win of the season. #24-Byron second, then #54-Gibbs, #8-Busch, and #6-Keselowski.
White flag #45-Reddick. He got the lead on the restart.
Lap 205 – Green flag for the second overtime attempt.
Lap 203 – A couple cars come to pit road. Leader #24-Byron is close on gas.
Lap 200 – Caution back out on the backstretch. #1-Chastain spins. #24-Byron now the leader over #45-Reddick, #6-Keselowski, #54-Gibbs, #8-Busch, #12-Blaney, #9-Elliott, #77-Hocevar, #11-Hamlin, and #17-Buescher.
Lap 200 – Green flag for the first overtime attempt.
Lap 198 – On the restart it will be: #45-Reddick, #24-Byron, #54-Gibbs, #6-Keselowski, #8-Busch, #9-Elliott, #12-Blaney, #11-Hamlin, #48-Bowman, #1-Chastain.
Lap 197 – Pit road open. Everyone up front stays out.
Lap 196 – Under caution: #45-Reddick, #24-Byron, #54-Gibbs, #8-Busch, #6-Keselowski, #9-Elliott.
Lap 195 – Caution is out. #19-Truex into the wall in turn 4 and he slows on track.
Lap 193 – 8 laps remaining. #45-Reddick still leads #24-Byron by 1.9 second.
Lap 189 – #4-Berry pits and #45-Reddick is now the leader by 1.9 second over #24-Byron. Third-place #54-Gibbs is 3.3 seconds off the lead.
Lap 186 – #4-Berry is the only driver that has not pitted yet. Then #45-Reddick, #24-Byron, #54-Gibbs, #8-Busch, and #19-Truex.
Lap 181 – 20 to go. The top 5 have not pitted yet. Then #45-Reddick, #24-Byron, #8-Busch, #9-Elliott, and #54-Gibbs.
Lap 177 – #45-Reddick passes #8-Busch for what should be the lead once everyone pits. #24-Byron also gets around #8-Busch.
Lap 176 – 25 to go. The top 11 have not pitted yet, then #8-Busch and #45-Reddick.
Lap 171 – 30 laps remaining. Of those that have pitted, it’s #8-Busch, #24-Byron, #9-Elliott, #45-Reddick, and #19-Truex.
Lap 168 – #99-Suarez the leader at #8-Busch pits.
Lap 163 – #8-Busch back to the lead.
Lap 161 – #45-Reddick takes the lead from #9-Elliott. Green flag pit stops continuing.
Lap 158 – #24-Byron and #19-Truex have pitted. Everyone else will need to pit once more as well.
Lap 151 – 50 laps remaining. #9-Elliott leads #6-Keselowski, #54-Gibbs, #45-Reddick, and #24-Byron.
Lap 143 – #9-Elliott takes the lead from #24-Byron.
Lap 142 – Green flag. #24-Byron, #54-Gibbs, #6-Keselowski, #12-Blaney and #9-Elliott the top 5.
Lap 139 – Pit road is open. A number of drivers pit including #8-Busch, #3-Dillon, #43-Jones, and others further back in the track.
Lap 136 – Caution is out for an accident on the backstretch. #7-LaJoie with a big accident that included the car flipping upside down and sliding into the grass where he rolled over a couple more times. He is out of the car. Current top 5: #24-Byron, #54-Gibbs, #6-Keselowski, #8-Busch, and #12-Blaney.
Lap 129 – All cars on track have met minimum speed after being involved in the last accident
Lap 125 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 74 laps remaining. The top 10: #8-Busch, #54-Gibbs, #24-Byron, #3-Dillon, #6-Keselowski, #19-Truex, #43-Jones, #12-Blaney, #48-Bowman, and #9-Elliott.
Lap 123 – Pit road is open. A limited number of drivers come down. #8-Busch stays out to retain the lead.
Lap 122 – Out of the race so far from that accident: #38-Gilliland, #20-Bell, #5-Larson, #22-Logano.
Lap 121 – Stage 2 is officially over: #8-Busch, #1-Chastain, #54-Gibbs, #24-Byron, #3-Dillon, #6-Keselowski, #19-Truex, #43-Jones, #15-Ware and #12-Blaney the top 10.
Lap 117 – #8-Busch back to the lead. Caution is back out. There’s a big accident involving #5-Larson, #23-Wallace, #14-Brisco, #17-Buescher, #20-Bell, #38-Gilliland, #22-Logano and others. It appeared to start when #5-Larson got loose. Stage 2 will end under caution.
Lap 116 – Back to green with 5 laps remaining in stage 2. #1-Chastain, #8-Busch, #54-Gibbs, #6-Keselowski, #3-Dillon,and #15-Ware the top 6. They all stayed out.
Lap 113 – Most leaders are on pit road: Pit out: #24-Byron, #19-Truex, #12-Blaney, #43-Jones, #5-Larson, #9-Elliott, #23-Wallace, #20-Bell, #17-Buescher, and #48-Bowman. The top 4 only took two tires.
Lap 109 – Caution out for debris from #22-Logano. He lost part of a tire on track. #38-Gilliland and #16-Allmendinger also had flats.
Lap 107 – #19-Truex takes the lead from #5-Larson.
Lap 104 – #6-Keselowski pits and green flag stops have ended. #5-Larson becomes the leader, then #19-Truex, #23-Wallace, #9-Elliott and #24-Byron.
Lap 101 – The race is now official.#54-Gibbs currently the leader.
Lap 97 – Still several drivers yet to pit. Of those than have pitted, #5-Larson is first on track, followed by #23-Wallace.
Lap 93 – #22-Logano takes the lead as #19-Truex pits from the lead.
Lap 86 – #23-Wallace and #45-Reddick come to pit road to kick off green flag stops.
Lap 82: #19-Truex leads #9-Elliott by .35 second. #42-Nemechek and #51-Haley are the only cars a lap down. #2-Cindric has been into the outside wall but continues.
Lap 67: The top 5 now are: #19-Truex, #8-Busch, #9-Elliott, #23-Wallace, and #5-Larson
Lap 59 – #8-Busch takes the lead from #22-Logano.
Lap 56 – The race is back to green. The top 10: #9-Elliott, #19-Truex, #23-Wallace, #48-Bowman, #45-Reddick, #8-Busch, #5-Larson, #1-Chastain, #14-Briscoe, #22-Logano. Stage two ends after lap 120.
11:00am/et – USA is now live with TV coverage.
10:56am/et – Back to yellow flag as the cars roll off pit road.
10:55am/et – Engines have been re-fired.
10:30amet – Drivers will be reporting to their cars in 10 minutes and engines will be re-fired at 10:55am/et.
9:40am/et – Just over an hour to the green flag. Teams and checking the cars and prepared to resume racing.
7:15am/et – Rain has moved out of the area and the weather should be great today to finish the race. Zero chance of rain with a high in the mid-70s.
Sunday Updates
NASCAR: The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway has been postponed to Monday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m. ET airing live on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. NCS Garage will open at 9:00am/et. Drivers to their cars at 10:40am/et. Green Flag at 11:05am/et.
6:10pm/et – NASCAR calls off the remainder of the race tonight. It will resume from where it was stopped at 11:05am/et Monday. USA will have TV coverage.
6:00pm/et – Rain is almost done again, but track drying has not started. NASCAR will have a chance to get the race to halfway if they decide to do so and track drying is successful. The race would need to restart around 7:30pm/et to get to halfway before the race end time.
5:41pm/et – Red flag is out.
Lap 52 – Rain is imminent. NASCAR will bring the drivers back to pit road. Current top 10: #9-Elliott, #19-Truex, #23-Wallace, #48-Bowman, #45-Reddick, #8-Busch, #5-Larson, #1-Chastain, #14-Briscoe, #22-Logano.
Lap 51 – Start of stage 2 waved off. NASCAR checking for rain. NASCAR announces that the predetermined time for the end of the race will be 8:20pm/et.
Lap 49 – Drivers that didn’t pit under caution come to pit road. Everyone else stays out. #9-Elliott will assume the lead with #23-Wallace second.
Lap 46 – Caution for the end of stage 1. #12-Blaney wins it. He’s followed by: #9-Elliott, #24-Byron, #23-Wallace, #17-Buescher, #8-Busch, #6-Keselowski, #19-Truex, #1-Chastain, and #48-Bowman.
Lap 43 – Green flag back out. Three laps to the end of stage 1. #12-Blaney leads.
Lap 41 – Much of the field comes to pit road. Staying out: #12-Blaney, #24-Byron, #17-Buescher, #99-Suarez, #6-Keselowski, #54-Gbbs. Off pit road: #9-Ellliott, #23-Wallace, #45 Reddick, #5-Larson.
Lap 39 – Caution out for a #11-Hamlin. He got loose off turn 4 and spun through the infield grass. He continues on.
Lap 36 – #23-Wallace passes #11-Hamlin and #5-Larson and takes the lead
Lap 31 – #5-Larson continues to lead as #11-Hamlin remains right behind but can’t get around him.
Lap 25 – Green flag continues but more rain close. It could be over the track in the next 15-30 minutes.
Lap 21 – #5-Larson continues to lead. #11-Hamlin is .2 second behind. #23-Wallace has moved around #20-Bell and #9-Elliott to take 4th.
Lap 11 – #5-Larson has lead every lap so far. He’s followed by #11-Hamlin, #45-Reddick, 9-Elliott, and #20-Bell.
Lap 2 – #5-Larson leads the first lap.
4:55pm/et – Green flag at Michigan. #11-Hamlin and #45-Reddick on the front row. First stage is 45 laps. There is still a rain cell north of the track that could end the day.
4:52pm/et – Cars are on track. There will be two pace laps and then the green flag.
4:48pm/et – Engines have been re-fired.
4:45pm/et – Drivers are getting into their cars. NASCAR hopes to start the race by 5:00pm/et. There is more rain coming, but it has been moving slower than expected.
4:20pm/et – NASCAR says crews can go to the cars at 4:30pm/et and drivers should be at their cars at 4:45pm/et.
4:11pm/et – Track drying is making good progress so far.
4:00pm/et – Radar shows a possible 60-75 minutes of dry conditions, but more rain behind that. NASCAR could still get the race started today, but it needs to be as soon as possible to get the race in.
3:52pm/et – Rain has let up enough that track dryers are going back out.
3:30pm/et – Rain is back and NASCAR will pull the jet dryers off the track to refuel.
3:36pm/et – More rain is near the track and likely to last 25-30 minutes. It’s dry behind that for a while, but NASCAR will need to get the race started by 5:30pm/et to get the race in today.
3:23pm/et – Track dyers are making good progress, but there’s still rain in the area.
3:06pm/et – Track drying continues. There is a break in the rain, but more on the way in the next 30-60 minutes if it doesn’t shift or break up.
2:53pm/et – Drivers can get out of the cars. NASCAR will send the track dryers out.
2:48pm/et – NASCAR says there is light mist in turns 3 & 4 bur the track is still in good shape.
2:37pmet – NASCAR will bring the drivers back down pit road. Rain is imminent. Drivers will stay in the cars for now.
2:35pm/et – NASCAR has called off the 1 to go for the start due to rain in the area.
2:27pm/et – Engines fired!
2:18pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
2:00pm/et – Rain continues to hold off at the track. About 20 minutes from opening ceremonies.
12:40pm/et – Just under two hours until the scheduled green flag. There have been a few rain drops at the track but everything is still on schedule.
Weather is likely to be an issue today. The National Weather Service forecast is: “A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.”
Michigan International Speedway does not have lights. Yesterday’s predetermined race end time was 8:20pm/et. Today’s would be the same (or close to it).
To get the full race in, it would likely need to start by 5:30pm/et.
NASCAR will not start the race if there’s not a chance to get it all in, but once it starts, they goal is to just get to halfway. The race will be official after lap 100.
Monday’s weather looks good, if needed. A rescheduled start time (or resumption time) is TBD.
Race Details:
Broadcast: USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 400 miles
Stages: 45 / 120 / 200
Average time of race: 2:55:11
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 65 mph
Fuel window: 50 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Invocation: 2:18:20 p.m.
Canadian Anthem: 2:19:00 p.m.
National Anthem: 2:20:15 p.m.
Command: 2:27:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:36:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: none
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #11-Denny Hamlin chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #45-Tyler Reddick took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Michigan Pit Stall page.
#11-Denny Hamlin will start from the pole for the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway after qualifying was cancelled due to rain.
#45-Tyler Reddick will start second followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #5-Kyle Larson, #23-Bubba Wallace, #9-Chase Elliott, #1-Ross Chastain, #12-Ryan Blaney, #24-William Byron, and #3-Austin Dillon.
The lineup was set by the rule book.
See the Firekeepers Casino 400 Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Order
Practice for the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over. The results:
#1-Ross Chastain 192.302
#19-Martin Truex, Jr. 192.184
#5-Kyle Larson 192.179
#24-William Byron 192.117
#23-Bubba Wallace 191.785
Slowest: #38-Todd Gilliland, 188.387
Most laps run: #19-Martin Truex Jr, #24-William Byron and #17-Chris Buescher, 18 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 11 drivers): #19-Martin Truex, Jr 191.008mph
Notes: Rain delayed the start of practice and interrupted it twice before the rest of the session was cancelled.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Firekeepers Casino 400 Practice speeds page.
NASCAR Cup Series post-race inspection is complete at Michigan International Speedway. No two-time failures.
• 12 of 36 cars passed on their first attempt.
• All cars passed on their second attempt.
Crew Rosters – updated
The entry list for the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
See the full entry list on the Firekeepers Casino 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Michigan International Speedway
Race rules and information:
