2024 National Debt Relief 250

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2024 National Debt Relief 250
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Race 32 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Martinsville Speedway 2024.svg
DateNovember 2, 2024
Location Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 250 laps, 131 mi (211 km)
Scheduled Distance 250 laps, 131 mi (211 km)
Average speed 60.000 mph (96.561 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Jordan Anderson Racing
Time 19.901
Most laps led
Driver Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 150
Winner
No. 20 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network The CW (produced by NBC Sports)
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte.
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2024 National Debt Relief 250 was the 32nd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, the sixth race of the Playoffs, the final race of the Round of 8, and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent paper-clip shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. In an action-packed race with numerous cautions, Aric Almirola, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would put on a dominating performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 150 laps to earn his eighth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his third of the season. He would also lock the No. 20 team into the Championship 4 of the owner's playoffs. [9] To fill out the podium, Sammy Smith, driving for JR Motorsports, and Chandler Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Contents

Following the race, Chandler Smith and Cole Custer confronted each other on pit road, with Smith taking a swing at Custer before being pulled away by track officials and pit crew members. [10] Chandler, Jesse Love, Sam Mayer, and Sammy Smith were eliminated from playoff contention following the race. Austin Hill, A. J. Allmendinger, Custer, and Justin Allgaier would advance into the Championship 4. [11]

Report

Background

Martinsville Speedway, the circuit where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway, September 2011 overview.JPG
Martinsville Speedway, the circuit where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track is also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
  • (P) denotes playoff driver.
  • (OP) denotes owner's playoff car.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
00 Cole Custer (P) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
1 Sam Mayer (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10X Health
2 Jesse Love (R)(P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Whelen
5 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet Dead On Tools
07 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet BBPrintingCO.com
7 Justin Allgaier (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Jarrett 25 Years
8 Sammy Smith (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet Dawn Dish Soap / Menards
11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Alloy Employer Services
14 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet CB Fabricating
15 Dylan Lupton AM Racing Ford Lupton Excavation
16 A. J. Allmendinger (P) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Amarr
18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Friends of Jaclyn Foundation
19 William Sawalich (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Starkey / SoundGear
20 Aric Almirola (OP) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota He Gets Us
21 Austin Hill (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bennett Transportation
26 Bubba Pollard Sam Hunt Racing Toyota SANY
27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Celsius
28 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford Sci Aps
29 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford AutoParkIt.com
31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet The Visual Pak Companies
35 Carson Ware Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet Jacob Construction
38 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford Recycled Materials Association
39 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford Ortho Virginia
42 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet QuixRX
43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Southern Elevator
44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Macc Door Systems
45 Garrett Smithley Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet Knight Fire Protection
48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers
50 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Chevrolet Chinchor Electric Inc.
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Spartan Waste / Fox Sports 98.3
53 Mason Maggio (i) Joey Gase Motorsports Ford Joey Gase Motorsports
74 Logan Bearden Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing
81 Chandler Smith (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota QuickTie
91 Myatt Snider DGM Racing Chevrolet Tree Top
92 Dawson Cram (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet Trade With the Pros
97 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Wendy's
98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Monster Energy
Official entry list

Practice

For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, Group A and B. Both sessions were 15 minutes long, and was held on Friday, November 1, at 3:35 PM EST. [12] Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 20.454, and a speed of 92.579 mph (148.991 km/h).

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
12 Jesse Love (R)(P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.45492.579
238 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford 20.46592.529
319 William Sawalich (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20.47292.497
Full practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, November 1, at 4:10 PM EST. [12] Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole. [13]

Parker Retzlaff, driving for Jordan Anderson Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 19.901, and a speed of 95.151 mph (153.131 km/h). [14]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
131 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 19.90195.151
25 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 19.91395.094
381 Chandler Smith (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.91795.075
42 Jesse Love (R)(P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.92295.051
57 Justin Allgaier (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 19.93494.993
621 Austin Hill (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.94094.965
78 Sammy Smith (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 19.96394.855
818 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.96494.851
920 Aric Almirola (OP) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.98194.770
1000 Cole Custer (P) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 20.01994.590
1116 A. J. Allmendinger (P) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20.02694.557
121 Sam Mayer (P) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 20.03994.496
1398 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 20.10794.176
149 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet 20.14494.003
1519 William Sawalich (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20.15293.966
1638 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford 20.19293.780
1726 Bubba Pollard Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 20.20493.724
1848 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 20.21093.696
1944 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 20.21393.682
2097 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20.24093.557
2127 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 20.31093.235
2291 Myatt Snider DGM Racing Chevrolet 20.31893.198
2311 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20.32093.189
2429 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford 20.32293.180
2542 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 20.34593.074
2643 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 20.35093.052
2739 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 20.45692.569
2892 Dawson Cram (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 20.50292.362
2951 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 20.50592.348
3045 Garrett Smithley Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 20.61391.864
3115 Dylan Lupton AM Racing Ford 20.65891.664
3250 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Chevrolet 20.69091.522
3335 Carson Ware Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 20.91990.521
Qualified by owner's points
3474 Logan Bearden Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 20.91990.521
3507 Patrick Emerling SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 20.92390.503
3653 Mason Maggio (i) Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 20.93190.469
3714 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 21.87586.565
3828 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Post-race fight

During the race, both Chandler Smith and Cole Custer were racing each other hard for 2nd. The two had been racing each other hard during the course of the year including at Kansas a month before where the two had a conversation about the incident after the race. During one of the early stages of the race, Smith moved Custer to take the position from him. On a restart with 29 to go, Smith was in 2nd with Custer right behind him when Custer bumped Smith into turn 1 sending him up the track. But Custer also slid up the track and both lost 2 positions in the process. This angered Smith as Smith said on the radio "What he is gonna do is get his fucking ass beat after the race if he keeps fucking around little punk ass bitch!" Both were able to get top 5 finishes after another late race restart with Smith finishing 3rd and Custer finishing 4th, but this eliminated Smith from contending for the Championship as he needed a win to do so as he was 28 points behind Custer for the last spot in the Championship to end the race. After the race, the two parked on pit road behind one another and got out of their cars. Smith and Custer got into an intense screaming match at one another for about 10 seconds before Smith slapped Custer across the face in the process. Custer's team ran over to the scene and were immeadietly there and shoved Smith back to protect their driver with NASCAR officials and security there to break up the fight. In his interview, Custer said, "Obviously he's not happy but at the end of the day, he's put us in the wall a few times this year and his mistakes caught up with him. He used the bumper on me. I used the bumper on him. So what comes around goes around in this deal. I don't know how we're not even. Then, he punches me in the face. I can't even tell if he really punched me in the face, it was so soft." When asked about the slap, Smith said, "I was planning to do more than that. I was extremely pissed off. I gave him five laps before that caution came out and beat his bumper off and never shipped him or anything like that. Then finally, it's like, alright, the laps are winding down. I’m in a must-win. The 20's [Almirola] starting to drive away. He was really good all day. I can't waste any more time with him. So I finally had a good enough run and pushed him up the racetrack and went on our way." He also mentioned he was surprised Custer chose the outside for the restart despite being in 3rd. He finished his interview saying, "He's got more stakes than I do next weekend." [15] Eventually, NASCAR fined Smith $10,000 for the slap. [16]

Race results

Stage 1Laps: 60

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
120Aric Almirola (OP)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota10
200Cole Custer (P)Stewart–Haas RacingFord9
37Justin Allgaier (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet8
481Chandler Smith (P)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota7
52Jesse Love (R)(P)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet6
698Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord5
711Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet4
88Sammy Smith (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet3
918Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1027Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1

Stage 2Laps: 60

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
120Aric Almirola (OP)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota10
228Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord9
318Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
48Sammy Smith (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet7
57Justin Allgaier (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet6
681Chandler Smith (P)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota5
700Cole Custer (P)Stewart–Haas RacingFord4
898Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord3
919William Sawalich (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
1044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1

Stage 3Laps: 136

Pos. [17] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1920Aric Almirola (OP)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota250150Running60
278Sammy Smith (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running45
3381Chandler Smith (P)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota25034Running46
41000Cole Custer (P)Stewart–Haas RacingFord25017Running46
557Justin Allgaier (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running46
6818Sheldon CreedJoe Gibbs RacingToyota25013Running41
725Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running30
81848Parker KligermanBig Machine RacingChevrolet2500Running29
92127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2500Running29
102291Myatt SniderDGM RacingChevrolet2500Running27
111398Riley HerbstStewart–Haas RacingFord2500Running34
1242Jesse Love (R) (P)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2500Running31
131944Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2500Running25
14621Austin Hill (P)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2500Running23
153828Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord25013Running31
161638Matt DiBenedettoRSS RacingFord2500Running21
172311Josh WilliamsKaulig RacingChevrolet2500Running24
182643Ryan EllisAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2500Running19
192429Blaine PerkinsRSS RacingFord2500Running18
203115Dylan LuptonAM RacingFord2500Running17
212739Kyle SiegRSS RacingFord2503Running16
223653Mason Maggio (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsFord2500Running0
233507Patrick EmerlingSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2500Running14
243250Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet2500Running13
252892Dawson Cram (i)DGM RacingChevrolet2500Running0
263714Greg Van AlstSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2500Running11
272951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2490Running10
282097Shane van Gisbergen (R)Kaulig RacingChevrolet2490Running9
29149Brandon JonesJR MotorsportsChevrolet2340DVP8
30121Sam Mayer (P)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2280Accident7
311726Bubba PollardSam Hunt RacingToyota2230Running6
323045Garrett SmithleyAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2050Ignition5
331519William Sawalich (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1640Suspension0
343474Logan BeardenMike Harmon RacingChevrolet1620Brakes3
352542Leland Honeyman (R)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet560Accident2
36131Parker RetzlaffJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet5320Accident1
373335Carson WareJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet440Brakes1
381116A. J. Allmendinger (P)Kaulig RacingChevrolet130Accident1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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