Cole Custer scores his first victory of 2024 season at Pocono: Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer claimed his first win of the 2024 season Saturday beating his closest championship challenger Justin Allgaier to the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 checkered flag and giving Ford its first series win of the year.(Read more)(7-13-2024)

Scoring his first victory of the 2024 season, #00-Cole Custer won the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 Xfinity Series race at the Pocono Raceway. He is the first driver in series history to win twice at Pocono.
#7-Justin Allgaier finished runner-up despite leading a race-high 30 laps and winning the opening stage. #17-William Byron finished third, as #18-Sheldon Creed and #19-Taylor Gray rounded out the top five.
#16-AJ Allmendinger rallied from a late spin to finish sixth. #21-Austin Hill, #48-Parker Kligerman, #8-Sammy Smith and #1-Sam Mayer completed the top 10.
There were 10 lead changes among seven drivers and eight cautions for 30 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 105.113 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Pocono Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Pocono:
Cole Custer won the Explore The Pocono Mountains 225, his 14th victory in 162 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway.
Justin Allgaier (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Pocono Raceway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2024.
William Byron(i) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Pocono Raceway.
Jesse Love (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
Cole Custer leads the point standings by 51 points over Justin Allgaier.

Xfinity Series Standings after Pocono(Race 19 of 33):
1)#00-Cole Custer (1 win, regular season championship leader)
2)#97-Shane Van Gisbergen (3 wins)
3)#81-Chandler Smith (2 wins)
4)#21-Austin Hill (2 wins)
5)#1-Sam Mayer (2 wins)
6)#7-Justin Allgaier (1 win)
7)#2-Jesse Love (1 win)
8)#16-AJ Allmendinger 564, +98
9)#98-Riley Herbst 560, +94
10)#18-Sheldon Creed 543, +77
11)#48-Parker Kligerman 524, +58
12)#8-Sammy Smith 488, +22
Currently below elimination line
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 466, -22
14)#9-Brandon Jones 412, -76
15)#5-Anthony Alfredo 393, -95
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 90: #00-Custer wins his first race of the season. #7-Allgaier, #17-Byron, #18-Creed, #19-Gray, #16-Allmendinger, #21-Hill, #48-Kligerman, #8-Smith and #1-Mayer are the rest of the top 10.
Lap 87: #97-van Gisbergen spins off Turn 2 on the restart. #00-Custer holds on to the lead in a tight battle with #7-Allgaier.
Lap 82: #1-Mayer gets into #97-van Gisbergen entering Turn 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 81: #00-Custer takes the lead from #7-Allgaier on the backstretch with nine laps remaining.
Lap 74: #51-Clements got loose underneath #98-Herbst in Turn 2 and backed into thee wall. #14-Massey spun to avoid the crash.
Lap 71: #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith and #5-Alfredo have yet to pit, looking to stretch their fuel mileage to the finish. #00-Custer is up to fourth for the restart.
Lap 69: Caution is out for #35-Mallozzi stopped on the track.
Lap 67: #39-Sieg pits from the lead, hanging the lead to #7-Allgaier who is trying to stretch his fuel to the end of the race.
Lap 63: #21-Hill, #98-Herbst, #81-Smith, #48-Kligerman, #26-Heim and #38-DiBenedetto all pit. #98-Herbst gets caught for speeding on pit road.
Lap 62: Race leader #17-Byron pits as well as #00-Custer and #19-Gray. #2-Love receives an uncontrolled tire penalty.
Lap 61: #2-Love pits with 29 laps laps remaining.
Lap 60: #18-Creed pits for his final scheduled pit stop.
Lap 54: #17-Byron takes the lead back from #2-Love. #21-Hill and #00-Custer also pass Love, dropping him to fourth.
Lap 53: #16-Allmendinger pits for fresh tires and to top off with fuel. #31-Retzlaff has a flat right-front tire.
Lap 51: #2-Love takes the lead from #17-Byron. #21-Hill and #00-Custer have moved to third and fourth.
Lap 50: #16-Allmendinger gets sideways entering Turn 1 and makes contact with #39-Sieg. Allmendinger saved the car in front of the field.
Lap 49: #5-Alfredo, #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith and #9-Jones top off with fuel.
Lap 46: #31-Retzlaff and #42-Honeyeman make contact on the restart in the middle of Turn 1, taking out both Alpha Prime cars of #43-Ellis and #44-Poole.
Lap 42: #17-Byron, #5-Alfredo, #1-Mayer and #2-Love stay out to get track position. #21-Hill wins the race off pit road and is fifth.
Lap 40: #00-Custer wins Stage 2, his third stage victory of the season. #81-Smith, #21-Hill, #98-Herbst, #39-Sieg, #16-Allmendinger, #18-Creed, #8-Smith, #26-Heim and #7-Allgaier earn stage points.
Lap 37: #2-Love and #1-Mayer make pit stops and stay out at the end of the stage.
Lap 35: #7-Allgaier has cracked the top 15. #17-Byron has gained 17 spots since the restart and runs 17th.
Lap 26: #17-Byron has a flat right-rear tire and smacked the outside wall. The tire carcass fell off to bring out the caution.
Lap 23: #7-Allgaier is penalized for equipment interference. #2-Love stayed out to gain track position and is the new leader.
Lap 20: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1 by more than four seconds. #00-Custer, #81-Smith, #17-Byron, #16-Allmendinger, #21-Hill, #98-Herbst, #39-Sieg, #8-Smith and #18-Creed all score stage points.
Lap 15: #15-Berry has a second flat tire.
Lap 10: #7-Allgaier takes the lead, making a three-wide pass down the frontstretch. #18-Creed drops to fourth.
Lap 9: #9-Jones has a flat tire after dropping outside the top 20.
Lap 8: #15-Berry Makes an unscheduled pit stop.
Lap 2: #74-Cram loses control of his car in Turn 1 and backs into the outside wall to bring out the caution. #44-Poole served his drive-through penalty.
Lap 1: #18-Creed leads the opening lap in a side-by-side battle with #9-Jones.

Cars to the rear: #2-Jesse Love, #15-Josh Berry, #19-Taylor Gray, #20-Ryan Truex (all for unapproved adjustments); #44-Poole (inspection failure).

Pit Stall Selections

For the first time with Joe Gibbs Racing, #18-Sheldon Creed is a pole winner, scoring the pole for the Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway (167.255 mph). It is the second pole of his career.
Needing a victory, #9-Brandon Jones will start second (166.334 mph). #7-Justin Allgaier (166.177 mph), #19-Taylor Gray (166.113 mph) and #81-Chandler Smith (165.731 mph) round out the top five.
#17-William Byron, #39-Ryan Sieg, #00-Cole Custer, #8-Sammy Smith and #16-AJ Allmendinger complete the top 10.
All 38 cars qualified for the race.
See the complete Pocono Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Pocono
Sheldon Creed won the Pole Award for the Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 with a lap of 53.81 seconds, 167.255 mph.
This is his second pole in 89 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first pole and 14th top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in three races at Pocono Raceway.
Brandon Jones (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his seventh in nine races at Pocono Raceway.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his 14th in 19 races this season.
Jesse Love (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#39-Ryan Sieg 164.407 mph
#17-William Byron 163.743 mph
#7-Justin Allgaier 163.716 mph
#19-Taylor Gray 163.588 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 163.440 mph
Slowest: #35-Stephen Mallozzi 156.103 mph
Most laps run: #18-Sheldon, #97-Shane van Gisbergen, 15
Notes: There were no issues in the practice session.
See full Pocono Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway. One car will miss the show.
Notables: #4-Thomas Annuniziata, #07-Patrick Emerling, #10-Daniel Dye, #14-Mason Massey, #15-Josh Berry, #17-William Byron, #19_Taylor Gray, #20-Ryan Truex, #26-Corey Heim, #35-Stephen Mallozzi, #74-Dawson Cram, #92-Josh Bilicki.
See the full Pocono Entry List.

Pocono At-Track Schedule