2024 Tennessee Lottery 250


The 2024 Tennessee Lottery 250 was the 17th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee at Nashville Superspeedway, a permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would take the lead from Cole Custer late in the race, and led the final 46 laps to earn his 11th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. Nemechek also dominated the majority of the race, leading a race-high 76 laps. To fill out the podium, Chandler Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. This was the last start for Hailie Deegan as she would be replaced by Joey Logano at the Chicago Street Course and other drivers replacing her.

Report

Background

[file:Nashville Superspeedway.jpg|thumb|left|Nashville Superspeedway, the place where the race was held.]
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.
It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Speedway Motorsports, which also owns many other NASCAR tracks. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

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

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, June 29, at 11:00 AM EST, and would last for 20 minutes. Chandler Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.173, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 29, at 11:30 AM EST. Since Nashville Superspeedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. All drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that session will win the pole.
Ty Gibbs, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.876, and a speed of.
Jade Buford was the only driver who failed to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
119Ty Gibbs 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
216A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet9
39Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet8
400Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord7
57Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
630Noah Gragson 'Rette Jones RacingFord0
798Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord4
820John Hunter Nemechek 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
981Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1039Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord1

Stage 2 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
120John Hunter Nemechek 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
216A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet9
300Cole CusterStewart–Haas RacingFord8
419Ty Gibbs 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
581Chandler SmithJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6
630Noah Gragson 'Rette Jones RacingFord0
72Jesse Love Richard Childress RacingChevrolet4
89Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet3
97Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1098Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 98''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet597
2Toyota574
3Ford504

  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.