2024 Raptor King of Tough 250

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 2 of 33 of the2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	February 24, 2024
Official name	33rd Annual Raptor King of Tough 250
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway inHampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.54 miles (2.48 km)
Distance	169 laps, 260 mi (418 km)
Scheduled distance	163 laps, 251 mi (404 km)
Average speed	135.474 mph (218.024 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing
Time	31.874
Most laps led
Driver	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	157
Winner
No. 21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander,Brad Keselowski, andJoey Logano
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The2024 Raptor King of Tough 250 was the 2ndstock car race of the2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 33rd iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, February 24, 2024, atAtlanta Motor Speedway inHampton, Georgia, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules). The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 163 laps, but was increased to 169 laps due to aNASCAR overtime finish.Austin Hill, driving forRichard Childress Racing, took advantage of the lead on the final restart with two laps to go, and was able to stretch his fuel mileage to earn his 8th careerNASCAR Xfinity Series win, his second of the season, and his second consecutive win.^[8] Hill's teammate,Jesse Love, was the most dominant driver of the race, winning both stages and leading a race-high 157 laps, before his car sputtered on the final restart.^[9] To fill out the podium,Chandler Smith, driving forJoe Gibbs Racing, andShane van Gisbergen, driving forKaulig Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile race track inHampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south ofAtlanta. It has annually hostedNASCAR Xfinity Series stock car races since 1992.

The venue was bought bySpeedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on theNASCAR circuit. In July 2021NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.^[10][11] The track hasseating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying was held on Friday, February 23, at 5:00 PMEST.^[12] SinceAtlanta Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway with superspeedway rules, 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 will win the pole.^[13]

Jesse Love, driving forRichard Childress Racing, would advance from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 31.874, and a speed of 173.935 mph (279.921 km/h). He became the first driver in series history to earn two consecutive poles in his first two starts.^[14]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Stage 1Laps: 40

Stage 2Laps: 40

Stage 3Laps: 89

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Hill 102 2 Sheldon Creed 85 (-17) 3 Riley Herbst 74 (–28) 3 4 Chandler Smith 72 (–30) 6 5 Jesse Love 72 (–30) 2 6 Parker Retzlaff 66 (–36) 10 7 Ryan Truex 64 (–38) 8 A. J. Allmendinger 63 (–39) 4 9 Shane van Gisbergen 59 (–43) 5 10 Sammy Smith 57 (–45) 6 11 Justin Allgaier 56 (–46) 3 12 Cole Custer 56 (–46) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 80 2 Toyota 70 (–10) 3 Ford 53 (–27) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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