2024 Wawa 250
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 22 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | August 23, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 23rd Annual Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (400 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen,Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
The 2024 Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola is the 22nd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race will be held on Friday, August 23, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent quad-oval shaped superspeedway. The race is scheduled to be contested over 100 laps.
Report[edit]
Background[edit]
The race will be held at Daytona International Speedway, a race track located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, the track is the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross. It features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboatracing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.[citation needed]
The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility.[citation needed] The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010. On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway is being worked on by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, and it cost US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands include 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000. The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks.[citation needed]
Qualifying[edit]
Qualifying will be held on Friday, August 23, at 3:00 PM EST. [2] Since Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole.[citation needed]
Race results[edit]
Stage 1 Laps: 30
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 30
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 50
| Pos. | St. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Daytona International Speedway Race Page". Jayski’s Silly Season Site. November 29, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.