2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race


The 2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 21, 2024, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The race was contested over 500 laps on the.533 mile short track. It was the 29th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the third of the 2024 NASCAR playoffs, and the final race of the Round of 16. Kyle Larson won the race. Chase Elliott finished 2nd, and Bubba Wallace finished 3rd. Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five, and Ryan Blaney, Ryan Preece, Chase Briscoe, Alex Bowman, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.
Following this race, Harrison Burton, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, and Martin Truex Jr. were all eliminated from the playoffs.

Report

Background

The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes playoff driver. denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 15.385 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.142 and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One
Laps: 125
Stage Two
Laps: 125

Final Stage results

Stage Three
Laps: 250

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 8 among 4 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 5 for 36
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 37 minutes, and 53 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider, and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race when the field races down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Heather DeBeaux, and Wendy Venturini handled the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet1,055
2Ford1,019
3Toyota1,019

  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.