Austin Hill makes it a three-peat at Daytona: While other NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers were competing, and crashing, in Monday night’s United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, Austin Hill was playing a different game — Monopoly.(Read more)(2-19-2024)

For the third straight season, #21-Austin Hill won the Xfinity Series season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway. It’s his seventh career win, with five of them coming on superspeedways.
#18-Sheldon Creed finished runner-up in his first start for Joe Gibbs Racing. It’s his eighth runner-up finish. Jordan Anderson Racing put two of its entries inside the top five, with #31-Parker Retzlaff finishing a career-best third and #32-Jordan Anderson in fourth. #81-Chandler Smith rounded out the top five.
#98-Riley Herbst overcame a late penalty to finish sixth. #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #7-Justin Allgaier, #9-Brandon Jones and #16-AJ Allmendinger completed the top 10.
Polesitter #2-Jesse Love led flag-to-flag in the opening stage while #21-Hill scored the Stage 2 victory.
There were 19 lead changes among 14 drivers and nine cautions for 44 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 108.119 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Daytona Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Daytona:
Austin Hill won the United Rentals 300, his seventh victory in 82 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Parker Retzlaff (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Daytona International Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill is the fourth different driver to win three or more consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series Daytona International Speedway season-openers, joining Dale Earnhardt – (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993), Tony Stewart (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2002, 2003, 2004).

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Daytona (Race 1 of 33):
1)#21-Austin Hill 59 points (1 win)
2)#18-Sheldon Creed 48, -11
3)#98Riley Herbst 35, -24
4)#31-Parker Retzlaff, 34, -25
5)#7-Justin Allgaier 34, -25
6)#32-Jordan Anderson 33, -26
7)#81-Chandler Smith 32, -27
8)#16-AJ Allmendinger 32, -27
9)#00-Cole Custer 31, -28
10) #9-Brandon Jones 29, -30
11)#2-Jesse Love 27, -32
12)#43-Ryan Ellis 26, -33
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 120: #21-Hill takes the checkered flag, ahead of #18-Creed, #32-Anderson, #31-Retzlaff and #81-Smith.
Lap 119: #39-Sieg spun on the backstretch, collecting #19-Truex and #2-Creed.
Lap 110: #26-Karam turned #00-Custer into the wall on the backstretch, causing a chain reaction. #7-Allgaier, #44-Poole and #10-Dye were all involved.
Lap 109: #98-Herbst receives a restart violation for jumping the restart.
Lap 102: #31-Retzlaff turned #51-Clements on the backstretch, triggering a multi-car incident. #42-Honeyman got the most damage, with #27-Burton, #97-van Gisbergen and #6-Smithley piling in.
Lap 100: #21-Hill had a flat left-rear tire under caution and will restart in the mid-20s.
Lap 96: #97-van Gisbergen spun #27-Burton off Turn 4 through the infield. #43-Ellis, #6-Smithley and #36-Decker have yet to pit.
Lap 82: #36-Decker takes the lead for the first time in her career.
Lap 81: #18-Creed and #19-Truex pit to complete the cycle of the lead cars.
Lap 80: #98-Herbst, #00-Custer, #20-Nemechek, #81-Smith, #39-Sieg pit for fuel.
Lap 75-77: Green-flag pit stop are underway.
Lap 63: #21-Hill received a penalty for a safety violation for speeding on pit road and overshooting his pit box.
Lap 60: #21-Hill wins the second stage, ahead of a side-by-side battle between #8-Smith and #18-Creed. #00-Custer, #39-Sieg, #19-Truex, #98-Herbst, #7-Allgaier, #16-Allmendinger and #9-Jones earned stage points.
Lap 57: Two-time defending winner #21-Hill takes the lead for the first time.
Lap 50: #20-Nemechek cut a tire and spun on the frontstretch. #4-Cram got into the rear of #92-Bilicki to turn him around to avoid Nemechek.
Lap 44: #7-Allgaier got tight underneath #00-Custer while battling for the lead and spun. #6-Smithley also spun at the rear of the field.
Lap 43: #00-Custer takes the lead on the restart, with help from his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate #98-Herbst.
Lap 36: #20-Nemechek gets into the rear of #2-Love, turning him sideways in the middle of the pack. Multiple cars got damage, including: #21-Hill, #16-Allmendinger, #48-Kligerman, #26-Karam, #97-van Gisbergen, #5-Alfredo, #35-Muniz.
Lap 35: The green flag is back out. #7-Allgaier takes the lead with help from #00-Custer.
Lap 33: The majority of the field pits. #16-Allmendinger takes the lead, as he pitted during the previous caution.
Lap 30: #2-Love edges #21-Hill by a bumper to win the first stage of his career in his series debut. #48-Kligerman, #5-Alfredo, #27-Burton, #18-Creed, #20-Nemechek, #16-Allmendinger, #7-Allgaier and #19-Truex all tallied stage points.
Lap 29: The green flag is waved for a one-lap shootout to end the first stage.
Lap 26: A good portion of the field pits, led by #7-Allgaier, #00-Custer, #16-Allmendinger, #97-van Gisbergen, #10-Dye, #9-Jones and #98-Herbst. Those drivers will likely stay out at the conclusion of the opening stage.
Lap 22: #14-Suarez is turned, came down the track and clipped #1-Mayer hard into the wall. #15-Deegan piled into the rear of Suarez and #91-Weatherman ran into Mayer under braking. All four cars will not finish the race.
Lap 19: Cars are beginning to jockey for position, including #98-Herbst, #1-Mayer and #39-Sieg. The majority of the field remains single file.
Lap 8: The entire field has migrated to running single-file against the wall.
Lap 5: The first 13 cars are single-file around the top of the track. #2-Love still leads #21-Hill. The only change in the top five is #5-Alfredo runs fifth.
Lap 1: Polesitter #2-Love leads with Richard Childress Racing teammate #21-Hill in second. #48-Kligerman, #7-Allgaier and #20-Nemechek are the top five.
8:49 pm/et: Engines are fired
Feb. 19, 9:15am/et: The Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway has been postponed — yet again — to after the conclusion of the Daytona 500. The green flag will fly at approximately 9:00 p.m. ET.
Feb. 17, 5:30pm/et: The Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway has been postponed until Monday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Cars to the rear: #4-Dawson Cram and #78-BJ McLeod (unapproved adjustments); #26-Sage Karam (engine change)

Pit Stall Selections

In his Xfinity Series debut, #2-Jesse Love will start from the pole (181.079 mph) in the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway. It’s the team’s third straight pole at Daytona.
RCR swept the front row, with #21-Austin Hill running .003 seconds slower than Love (181.068 mph). #16-AJ Allmendinger will lineup third (180.799) in his return to the series. #48-Parker Kligerman (180.766 mph) and #97-Shane van Gisbergen (180.614 mph) round out the top five.
August winner at Daytona #7-Justin Allgaier will take the green flag from sixth, a #51-Jeremy Clements, #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #31=Parker Retzlaff and #5-Anthony Alfredo complete the top 10.
#66-David Starr had his lap disallowed for failing post-qualifying inspection, bumping #4-Dawson Cram into the race.
Did Not Qualify: #53-Joey Gase, #45-Caesar Bacarella, #38-CJ McLaughlin, #28-Kyle Sieg, #74-Stanton Barrett, #66-David Starr.
See the complete Daytona Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Daytona
Jesse Love # won the Pole Award for the United Rentals 300 with a lap of 49.702 seconds, 181.079 mph.
This is his first pole in his first start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series becoming the 14th different driver to accomplish the feat.
This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in his track debut at Daytona International Speedway.
Austin Hill (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2024 and his fourth in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first this season.
Jesse Love (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Jesse Love is the third youngest driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to win a pole at Daytona International Speedway at 19 years, 1 month, 3 days; behind Dylan Kwasniewski (18) and Bryan Clauson (19).

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner 300. at Daytona International Speedway is complete. After 50 minutes, the top five, slowest, news and notes:
#27-Jeb Burton 186.188 mph
#8-Sammy Smith 186.177 mph
#18-Sheldon Creed 188.146 mph
#00-Cole Custer 188.104 mph
#19-Ryan Truex 188.069 mph
Slowest: #74-Stanton Barrett 134.864 mph.
Most laps run: #32-Jordan Anderson, 24
See full Daytona Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 44 drivers/teams on the entry list for the United Rentals 300 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Six cars will miss the race.
Notables: #6-Garrett Smithley, #07-Patrick Emerling, #10-Daniel Dye, #14-Daniel Suarez, #19-Ryan Truex, #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #26-Sage Karam, #32-Jordan Anderson, #35-Frankie Muniz, #36-Natalie Decker, #38-CJ McLaughlin, #45-Caesar Bacarella, #53-Joey Gase, #66-David Starr, #74-Stanton Barrett, #78-BJ McLeod, #92-Josh Bilicki.
See the full Daytona Entry List.

Daytona At-Track Schedule