Austin Hill sweeps the Xfinity races at Atlanta in 2024: Seizing the lead for the first time on Lap 152 of 163 of Saturday’s Focused Health 250, Austin Hill stayed out front the rest of way to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track.(Read more)(9-7-2024)

For the fourth time in the last Xfinity Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, #21-Austin Hill won the Focused Health 250. This is Hill’s seventh superspeedway victory, tying Dale Earnhardt Jr. for third most all time, trailing only Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart (eight). All three of Hill’s 2024 victories have come on superspeedways, sweeping the races at Atlanta.
#48-Parker Kligerman made a late spirited charge to finish second, tying his best finish. #16-AJ Allmendinger picked up his first playoff point by winning Stage 2 and finished third in the race. Toyota teammates #81-Chandler Smith and #26-Corey Heim rounded out the top five.
#2-Jesse Love finished sixth, as #8-Sammy Smith, #11-Josh Williams, #9-Brandon Jones and #20-Ryan Truex filled the top 20. It was Jones’ first top 10 finish since Memorial Day Weekend at Charlotte.
#7-Justin Allgaier won the opening stage but was involved in a late wreck battling with #00-Cole Custer for second position. #81-Smith led a race-high 40 laps.
There were 12 lead changes among nine drivers and six cautions for 36 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 118.514 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Atlanta Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
Austin Hill won the Focused Health 250, his ninth victory in 105 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his fourth victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Parker Kligerman (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Jesse Love (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 34 points over Cole Custer.

Xfinity Series Standings after Atlanta (Race 24 of 33):
1))#7-Justin Allgaier (2 wins, regular season championship leader)
2)#21-Austin Hill (3 wins)
3)#97-Shane van Gisbergen (3 wins)
4)#81-Chandler Smith (2 wins)
5)#1-Sam Mayer (2 wins)
6)#00-Cole Custer (1 win)
7)#98-Riley Herbst (1 win)
8)#2-Jesse Love (1 win)
9)#16-AJ Allmendinger 744, +144
10)#18-Sheldon Creed 723, +123
11)#48-Parker Kligerman 674, +74
12)#8-Sammy Smith 644, +44
Currently below elimination line
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 600, -44
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 163: #21-Hill sweeps the season at Atlanta. #48-Kligerman nosed ahead of #16-Allmendinger for second. #81-Smith and #26-Heim round out the top five. #2-Love, #8-Smith, #11-Williams, #9-Jones and #20-Truex complete the top five.
Lap 161: #81-Smith makes a move to the inside of #21-Hill but doesn’t get the lead.
Lap 158: #21-Hill continues to lead with five laps remaining, ahead of #81-Smith, #26-Heim, #48-Kligerman and #15-Alan.
Lap 150: #21-Hill crossed in front of #81-Smith to take the lead. #11-Williams leads the inside lane with #20-Truex behind him.
Lap 146: #9-Jones needs help down pit road as he lost power from the top five. #2-Love and #16-Allmendinger led a contingent of cars down pit road.
Lap 145: The red flag is out for cleanup from the multi-car incident.
Lap 143: #7-Allgaier and #00-Custer make contact battling for second, cutting a right-side tire down on Allgaier. #19-Gray, #39-Sieg and #98-Herbst all piled in to the wreck.
Lap 139: #9-Jones has powered on the inside lane to get up to fourth position.
Lap 136: #18-Creed is off the pace with an issue.
Lap 135: #81-Smith takes the lead with a push from #7-Allgaier. #00-Custer runs second.
Lap 133: #98-Herbst makes an aggressive move on #16-Allmendinger for position to take fourth spot. Allmendinger gets shuffled outside the top 10.
Lap 132: #16-Allmendinger has moved to second, side-by-side with #00-Custer for the lead. The top 11 are side-by-side, five rows deep.
Lap 122: #00-Custer, #81-Smith, #98-Herbst, #2-Love, #16-Allmendinger are the top five. #7-Allgaier has moved up to seventh after restarting 24th to restarts ago.
Lap 115: #00-Custer surges to the lead with a push from #81-Smith. #19-Gray leads the inside lane.
Lap 109: #27-Burton cut a tire and spun in Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 101: #21-Hill, #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith, #48-Kligerman, #18-Creed, #51-Clements, #28-Sieg, #26-Heim, #27-Burton, #31-Retzlaff, #42-Honeyman, #43-Ellis and a few others pit for fresh tires and fuel.
Lap 98: #97-van Gisbergen is in the wall in Turns 3 and 4 to bring out the caution. #39-Sieg is the free pass to get back on the lead lap.
Lap 96: #81-Smith takes the lead from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate #19-Gray.
Lap 94: #19-Gray continues to lead. #81-Smith and #21-Hill are making a charge on the bottom.
Lap 83: #19-Gray takes two ties. #18-Creed receives a penalty for an uncontrolled tire on pit road and will restart at the rear of the field. #20-Truex pitted outside the box. #21-Hill bumped #97-van Gisbergen in the rear.
Lap 80: #16-Allmendinger wins Stage 2 under caution, his first stage victory of the season. #8-Smith, #00-Custer, #98-Herbst, #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #19-Gray, #81-Smith, #97-van Gisbergen and #21-Hill score stage points.
Lap 77: #1-Mayer gets turned into the wall by #19-Gray and busts into flames after more contact into the wall entering Turn 1.
Lap 74: #18-Creed tags the wall and dropped to 13th with an ill-handling car.
Lap 71: Drivers continue battling the handling of their cars. #16-Allmendinger continues to lead. #21-Hill has dropped to ninth.
Lap 59: The field is starting to get single file as the handling is going away deeper into the run. #16-Allmendinger leads #8-Smith, #00-Custer, #98-Herbst and #1-Mayer.
Lap 50: #20-Truex smacks the wall through Turns 3 and 4. #7-Allgaier drops to eighth position with no help on the inside line.
Lap 48: #16-Allmendinger clears #7-Allgaier on the restart to keep the lead.
Lap 43: #16-Allmendinger and #8-Smith didn’t pit to gain track position for the start of Stage 2.
Lap 40: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1, his 14th stage victory of the season in a photo finish over #21-Hill. #98-Herbst, #18-Creed, #2-Love, #1-Mayer, #9-Jones, #00-Custer, #81-Smith and #19-Gray score stage points.
Lap 33: #21-Hill makes a move on his RCR teammate #2-Love to get second spot with the stage winding down.
Lap 24: #7-Allgaier overdrove the entry of Turn 3 to get the race lead.
Lap 23: #7-Allgaier makes a move to the inside to try to leap the Richard Childress Racing teammates and is running side-by-side for the lead with #2-Love.
Lap 19: #74-Cram is off the pace with a mechanical issue.
Lap 17: #2-Love retains the lead on the restart. #21-Hill and #7-Allgaier slide in behind.
Lap 14: #8-Smith, #31-Retzlaff, #16-Allmendinger, #38-DiBenedetto are among drivers that pit for fresh tires and fuel.
Lap 12: #5-Alfredo is on pit road with a flat tire. The caution flies for #39-Sieg stalled on the track.
Lap 10: #2-Love has led the opening 10 laps. #39-Sieg is off the pace with an electrical issue.
Lap 3: #7-Allgaier has gained seven spots early and runs third.
Lap 1: #2-Love leads the opening lad. #97-van Gisbergen gets shuffled out of line and drops a few spots.

Cars to the rear: #16-AJ Allmendinger, #43-Ryan Ellis, #44-Brennan Poole, #51-Jeremy Clements (unapproved adjustments); #91-Kyle Weatherman (change tire)

Pit Stall Selections

For the second time this season, #2-Jesse Love (173.646 mph) won the pole for the Focused Health 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is the fourth pole of his career, and he led 157 of 169 laps in the spring before running out of fuel during an overtime finish.
#19-Taylor Gray (173.489 mph) earned the best starting position of his career in second. #00-Cole Custer (173.434 mph) will start third, with five-time superspeedway winner #21-Austin Hill (173.007 mph) and #18-Sheldon Creed (172.991 mph) rounding out the top five.
#16-AJ Allmendinger, #20-Ryan Truex, #81-Chandler Smith, #98-Riley Herbst and #7-Justin Allgaier fill the rest of the top 10.
All 37 cars made the race.
See the complete Atlanta Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Atlanta
Jesse Love # won the Pole Award for the Focused Health 250 with a lap of 31.927 seconds, 173.646 mph.
This is his fourth pole in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 14th top-10 start in 2024.
This is his second pole in two races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Taylor Gray(i) (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his first in one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Cole Custer (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 18th in 24 races this season.
Jesse Love (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 37 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Focused Health 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #07-CJ McLaughlin, #14-David Starr, #15-Lawless Alan, #19-Taylor Gray, #20-Ryan Truex, #26-Corey Heim, #35-Mason Maggio, #45-Garrett Smithley, #53-Morgen Baird, #74-Dawson Cram, #92-Nick Lietz
See the full Atlanta Entry List.

Atlanta At-Track Schedule