| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
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| Race 34 of 36 in the2024 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27) | ||
| Location | Homestead–Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
| Average speed | 129.379 miles per hour (208.215 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | 23XI Racing | ||
| Time | 32.248 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | |
| Laps | 97 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey,Jeff Burton, andSteve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.31 (2.344 million) | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle andTodd Gordon | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) andMike Bagley (3 & 4) | ||
The2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace that was held on October 27, 2024, atHomestead–Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.Tyler Reddick won the race.Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, andDenny Hamlin finished 3rd.Christopher Bell andChase Elliott rounded out the top five, andWilliam Byron,Alex Bowman,A. J. Allmendinger,Carson Hocevar, andRyan Preece rounded out the top ten.
Homestead–Miami Speedway is amotor racing track located inHomestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, includingNASCAR, theNTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-AmRolex Sports Car Series.
From 2002 to 2019, Homestead–Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three ofNASCAR's series: theNASCAR Cup Series,Xfinity Series, andCraftsman Truck Series; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.187 seconds and a speed of 167.770 mph (270.000 km/h).
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick(P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 32.187 | 167.770 |
| 2 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 32.188 | 167.764 |
| 3 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 32.190 | 167.754 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.248 and a speed of 167.452 mph (269.488 km/h).[10]
Stage OneLaps: 80
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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| 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick(P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney(P) | Team Penske | Ford | 7 |
| 5 | 77 | Carson Hocevar(R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 20 | Christopher Bell(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 24 | William Byron(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage TwoLaps: 85
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick(P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney(P) | Team Penske | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 24 | William Byron(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 77 | Carson Hocevar(R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger(i) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 0 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Stage ThreeLaps: 102
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick(P) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 57 |
| 2 | 20 | 12 | Ryan Blaney(P) | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 48 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 48 |
| 4 | 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell(P) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 46 |
| 5 | 7 | 9 | Chase Elliott(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 49 |
| 6 | 25 | 24 | William Byron(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 39 |
| 7 | 11 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 32 |
| 8 | 32 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger(i) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 77 | Carson Hocevar(R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 37 |
| 10 | 35 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 29 |
| 11 | 12 | 4 | Josh Berry(R) | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 26 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 25 |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson(P) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 24 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 267 | 23 |
| 15 | 21 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 22 |
| 16 | 23 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 21 |
| 17 | 18 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 28 |
| 19 | 16 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 267 | 18 |
| 20 | 31 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 267 | 17 |
| 21 | 5 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 16 |
| 22 | 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 267 | 15 |
| 23 | 6 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 19 |
| 24 | 34 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 267 | 13 |
| 25 | 30 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 12 |
| 26 | 29 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 267 | 11 |
| 27 | 36 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 10 |
| 28 | 26 | 22 | Joey Logano(P) | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 9 |
| 29 | 9 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 8 |
| 30 | 19 | 71 | Zane Smith(R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 7 |
| 31 | 17 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 6 |
| 32 | 27 | 15 | Kaz Grala(R) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 267 | 5 |
| 33 | 22 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 4 |
| 34 | 10 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 266 | 3 |
| 35 | 33 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 266 | 2 |
| 36 | 14 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 261 | 1 |
| 37 | 38 | 66 | Chad Finchum(i) | Power Source | Ford | 258 | 0 |
| 38 | 37 | 44 | J. J. Yeley(i) | NY Racing Team | Chevrolet | 223 | 0 |
| Official race results | |||||||
NBC covered the race on the television side.Leigh Diffey,Jeff Burton, andSteve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
| NBC | |
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap:Leigh Diffey Color-commentator:Jeff Burton Color-commentator:Steve Letarte | Dave Burns Kim Coon Marty Snider |
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chiefTodd Gordon called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway.Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, andMike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. MRN Lead Pit Reporter Steve Post,Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.
| MRN Radio | ||
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| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer:Todd Gordon | Turns 1 & 2:Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4:Mike Bagley | Steve Post Brienne Pedigo Jason Toy |
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