2024 Pacific Office Automation 147


The 2024 Pacific Office Automation 147 was the 13th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the third iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Portland, Oregon at Portland International Raceway, a permanent asphalt road course. The race took the scheduled 75 laps to complete. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for Kaulig Racing, would successfully take the lead from Justin Allgaier in the final stages of the race, and led the final four laps to earn his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. Allgaier had dominated the majority of the race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 46 laps, before falling back and finishing 2nd. To fill out the podium, Sammy Smith, driving for JR Motorsports, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

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Background

Portland International Raceway is a motorsport facility in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is part of the Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It lies west of the Delta Park/Vanport light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5.
The track hosts the IndyCar Series, Formula E, ICSCC and SCCA and OMRRA road racing, the ARCA Menards Series West, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and SCCA autocross events. Additionally, the PIR grounds are host to OBRA bicycling races on the track and the surrounding grounds. The facility includes a dragstrip and a motocross track.

Entry list

denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The first and only practice was held on Saturday, June 1, at 8:30 AM PST, and would last for 20 minutes. Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:14.493, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 1, at 9:00 AM PST. Since Portland International Raceway is a road course, the qualifying system is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. The fastest driver to set a time in that round will win the pole.
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Turn 11. Sam Mayer, driving for JR Motorsports, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 1:13.375, and a speed of.
Frankie Muniz was the only driver who failed to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 25
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
298Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord9
318Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
419Josh BilickiJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
548Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet6
68Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
700Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord4
820Ryan TruexJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3
921Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2
1026Sage KaramSam Hunt RacingToyota1

Stage 2 Laps: 25
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
218Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
319Josh BilickiJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
400Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord7
597Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig RacingChevrolet6
681Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
798Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord4
826Sage KaramSam Hunt RacingToyota3
91Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1024Ed JonesSam Hunt RacingToyota1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 25''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet450
2Toyota425
3Ford375
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.