John Hunter Nemechek scores Xfinity victory at Nashville: John Hunter Nemechek survived a steamy hot afternoon and held off a highly-motivated field to win the Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday afternoon.(Read more)(6-29-2024)

#20-John Hunter Nemechek led a race-high 76 laps and won the Tennessee Lottery 250 Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. This is his second win of the 2024 season in nine starts.
Joe Gibbs Racing took the top two spots with #81-Chandler Smith finishing runner-up. #2-Jesse Love passed 69 cars throughout the race to finish third. #21-Austin Hill and #30-Noah Gragson rounded out the top five.
#98-Riley Herbst overcame a battle with his cool suit that failed during the opening stage to finish sixth. #16-AJ Allmendinger, #7-Justin Allgaier, #00-Cole Custer and #1-Sam Mayer filled out the top 10
There were four lead changes among three drivers and three cautions for 17 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 127.571 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

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Race Fast Facts – Nashville:
John Hunter Nemechek(i) won the Tennessee Lottery 250, his 11th victory in 109 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Chandler Smith (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024.
Jesse Love # (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Jesse Love (third) was the highest finishing rookie.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Nashville(Race 17 of 33):
1)#00-Cole Custer 632 points, +221 (regular season championship leader
2)#81-Chandler Smith (2 wins)
3)#21-Austin Hill (2 wins)
4)#1-Sam Mayer (2 wins)
5)#97-Shane van Gisbergen (2 wins)
6)#7-Justin Allgaier (1 win)
7)#2-Jesse Love (1 wins)
8)#98-Riley Herbst 514, +103
9)#16-AJ Allmendinger 491, +80
10)#18-Sheldon Creed 488, +77
11)#48-Parker Kligerman 457, +46
12)#8-Sammy Smith 422, +11
Currently below elimination line
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 411, -11
14)#9-Brandon Jones 368, -54
15)#5-Anthony Alfredo 363, -59
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 188: #20-Nemechek wins at Nashville. #82-Smith, #2-Love, #21-Hill, #30-Gragson, #98-Herbst, #16-Allmendinger, #7-Allgaier, #00-Custer and #1-Mayer are the top 10.
Lap 183: #20-Nemechek maintains a 1.2-second lead over #81-Smith with five laps remaining.
Lap 171: #18-Creed makes an unscheduled pit stop to replace the battery.
Lap 158: #20-Nemechek uses the air coming from the rear bumper of #07-Emerling to clear the grille.
Lap 155: Race leader #20-Nemechek has picked up debris on his grille for the second time.
Lap 142: #20-Nemechek takes the lead on the restart. #00-Custer goes wide and drops to fifth position.
Lap 137: #7-Allgaier has his battery changed under the caution. #16-Allmendinger loses seven spots on pit road. #11-Williams was caught speeding on pit road.
Lap 134: #7-Allgaier makes contact with #19-Gibbs in Turns 3 and 4, who slides into the wall. #81-Smith gets into the fence to try to miss the spin.
Lap 115: #16-Allmendinger passes #20-Nemechek for second and has the fastest car on the track.
Lap 105: #7-Allgaier is reporting a potential voltage problem.
Lap 100: #00-Custer takes the lead from #20-Nemechek.
Lap 99: #8-Smith makes an unscheduled pit stop, believing he has a loose right-rear wheel.
Lap 98: Race leader #20-Nemechek has debris on his grille.
Lap 93: #98-Herbst has made multiple visits to pit road during the stage break for his team to fix his cool suit.
Lap 90: #20-Nemechek wins Stage 2. #16-Allmendinger, #00-Custer, #19-Gibbs, #81-Smith, #30-Gragson, #2-Love, #9-Jones, #7-Allgaier and #98-Herbst score stage points.
Lap 71: #20-Nemechek takes the lead from #00-Custer.
Lap 63: #20-Nemechek takes second position from #19-Gibbs, who overdrove the entry of Turn 1.
Lap 60: #00-Custer leads #19-Gibbs by half a quarter of a second. #20-Nemechek and #16-Allmendinger are all within a second of the race lead.
Lap 48: #48-Kligerman and #8-Smith were caught speeding on pit road.
Lap 45: #19-Gibbs earns the stage win. #16-Allmendinger, #9-Jones, #00-Custer, #7-Allgaier, #30-Gragson, #98-Herbst, #20-Nemechek, #81-Smith and #39-Sieg earn sage points.
Lap 42: #21-Hill is up to 14th, the best of drivers who had to drop to the rear of the field at the start.
Lap 30: #16-Allmendinger passes #00-Custer for second position.
Lap 20: #9-Jones has jumped eight spots early in the race and has moved to fourth position.
Lap 10: #19-Gibbs leads by 1.5 seconds over #00-Custer, who is battling #16-Allmendinger for second. #18-Creed has jumped to 21st, best of the drivers that started at the rear of the field.
Lap 1: #19-Gibbs leads the opening lap by a nose over #00-Custer.

Cars to the rear: #21-Austin Hill, #18-Sheldon Creed, #29-Blaine Perkins, #2-Jesse Love, #27-Jeb Burton (all unapproved adjustments)

Despite going out early in the qualifying session, #19-Ty Gibbs won the pole for the Tennessee Lottery 250 Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. His speed of 155.072 mph was good enough for his second pole in four starts this season.
Defending series champion #00-Cole Custer will start second (154.816 mph), with #39-Ryan Sieg (154.641 mph) scoring his best starting position on a non-superspeedway in third. Defending race winner #16-AJ Allmendinger (154.621 mph) and #21-Austin Hill (154.586 mph) round out the top five.
#7-Justin Allgaier, #30-Noah Gragson, #81-Chandler Smith, #98-Riley Herbst and #48-Parker Kligerman complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #74-Jade Buford
See the complete Nashville Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Nashville:
Ty Gibbs(i) won the Pole Award for the Tennessee Lottery 250 with a lap of 30.876 seconds, 155.072 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 63 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Cole Custer (second) posted his 13th top-10 start of 2024 and his second in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Ryan Sieg (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his fourth in 17 races this season.
Leland Honeyman (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Tennessee Lottery 250 Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#81-Chandler Smith 153.594 mph
#19-Ty Gibbs 153.579 mph
#92-Ross Chastain 152.741 mph
#00-Cole Custer 152.702 mph
#31-Parker Retzlaff 152.595 mph
Slowest: ##14-Logano Bearden 148.322 mph
Most laps run: #30-Noah Gragson, 27
Notes: There were no incidents in the session. It began to sprinkle in the waning minutes. #74-Jade Buford failed pre-race inspection three times and wouldn’t have been able to make a qualifying lap, so the Mike Harmon Racing team went home, not having enough points to use a provisional.
See full Nashville Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Tennessee Lottery 250 Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. One car will miss the show.
Notables: #4-Dawson Cram, #07-Patrick Emerling, #14-Chad Finchum, #19-Ty Gibbs, #20-John Hunter Nemechek, #26-Tyler Reddick, #30-Noah Gragson, #35-Logan Bearden, #74-Jade Buford, #88-Carson Kvapil, #92-Ross Chastain
See the full Nashville Entry List.

Nashville At-Track Schedule