2024 FireKeepers Casino 400
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NASCAR race report
| Type = CUST
| Description = Race 24 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
| Race Name = FireKeepers Casino 400
| Details ref = {{cite web |title=2024 schedule |url= https://www.jayski.com/nascar-cup-series/2024-nascar-cup-series-schedule/|website=Jayski.com|publisher=Jayski's Silly Season Site |accessdate=October 3, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Michigan International Speedway|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/michigan-international-speedway.html|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR Media Group, LLC.|access-date=July 8, 2022|date=January 3, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407042342/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/michigan-international-speedway.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url= https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/nascar-cup-series-2024-schedule-announcement-new-additions-race-dates-plus-the-complete-calendar/|title= NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar|author=Taranto, Steven |date=October 4, 2023 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |publisher=CBS Broadcasting Inc}}{{cite news|url= https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/10/04/nascar-reveals-2024-cup-schedule-as-atlanta-watkins-glen-move-to-playoffs/amp/|title=NASCAR unveils 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs |date=October 4, 2023 |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |publisher=National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC}}{{cite web|title=Entry List|url=https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/16/12424_ENTNUM.pdf|website=Jayski.com|publisher=Jayski's Silly Season Site|access-date=August 12, 2024|date=August 12, 2024}}{{cite web|title=Practice Results|url=https://www.nascar.com/results/racecenter/2024/nascar-cup-series/michigan-international-speedway/stn/practice-1/|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR|access-date=August 17, 2024|date=August 17, 2024}}{{cite web|title=Starting Lineup|url=https://www.nascar.com/results/racecenter/2024/nascar-cup-series/michigan-international-speedway/stn/lineup/|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR|access-date=August 17, 2024|date=August 17, 2024}}{{cite web|title=FireKeepers Casino 400 Results|url=https://www.nascar.com/results/racecenter/2024/nascar-cup-series/michigan-international-speedway/stn/results/|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR|access-date=August 19, 2024|date=August 19, 2024}}{{cite web|title=Points standings|url=https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/22/12424_UNOFFDRIVPTS-1.pdf|website=Jayski.com|publisher=Jayski's Silly Season Site|access-date=August 18, 2024|date=August 19, 2024}}
| Fulldate = August 18–19, 2024
| Year = 2024
| Image = Michigan International Speedway 2024.svg
| Caption =
| Location = Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
| Course_mi = 2.0
| Course_km = 3.2
| Distance_laps = 206
| Distance_mi = 412
| Distance_km = 663
| Scheduled_laps = 200
| Scheduled_mi = 400
| Scheduled_km = 640
| Weather =
| Avg = {{convert|135.675|mph|km/h}}
| Pole_Driver = Denny Hamlin
| Pole_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing
| Pole_Time = 2.550 (Pandemic Formula)
| Most_Driver = Kyle Larson
| Most_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Most_laps = 41
| Car = 45
| First_Driver = Tyler Reddick
| First_Team = 23XI Racing
| Network = USA
| Announcers = Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
| Ratings = (2.111 Million)
| Radio = MRN
| Booth_Ann = Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
| Turn_Ann = Dave Moody (1–2) and Mike Bagley (3–4)
}}
The 2024 FireKeepers Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 18 and 19, 2024, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 206 laps -- extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the {{convert|2.0|mile|adj=on}} D-shaped oval, it was the 24th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race began on Sunday, August 18, before rain delayed it to Monday, August 19, after 51 laps were complete.{{cite web|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/08/16/cup-series-2024-michigan-postponed-monday-finish/|title=Rain postpones Cup Series race at Michigan to Monday finish|date=August 18, 2024|access-date=August 18, 2024}} Tyler Reddick won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five, and Chris Buescher, Zane Smith, Daniel Suárez, Denny Hamlin, and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top ten.
Report
=Background=
File:MIS front stretch from infield.JPG, the track where the race was held.]]
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
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==Entry list==
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 37.441 seconds and a speed of {{Convert|192.303|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.
=Practice results=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| Pos
! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Time ! {{Tooltip|Speed|MPH}} |
|---|
| 1
| 1 || Ross Chastain || Trackhouse Racing || Chevrolet || 37.441 || 192.303 |
| 2
| 19 || Martin Truex Jr. || Joe Gibbs Racing || Toyota || 37.464 || 192.184 |
| 3
| 5 || Kyle Larson || Hendrick Motorsports || Chevrolet || 37.477 || 192.179 |
| colspan="7"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/17/12424_PRACFINAL.pdf Official practice results] |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the race was cancelled due to inclement weather. Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole for the race as a result of NASCAR's pandemic formula with a score of 2.550.{{cite news|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/08/17/rain-cancels-qualifying-denny-hamlin-to-lead-field-to-green-at-michigan/|title=Rain cancels qualifying; Denny Hamlin to lead field to green at Michigan|date=October 17, 2024|accessdate=August 17, 2024|publisher=National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC}}
=Starting lineup=
Race
=Race results=
==Stage results==
Stage One
Laps: 45
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| Pos
! {{Tooltip|No|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
| colspan="6"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/19/12424_UNOFFRES.pdf Official stage one results] |
Stage Two
Laps: 75
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98% | |||||
| Pos
! {{Tooltip|No|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 1 |
| colspan="6"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/19/12424_UNOFFRES.pdf Official stage two results] |
=Final Stage results=
Stage Three
Laps: 80
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| Pos
! Grid ! {{Tooltip|No|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 206 | 40 |
| 2 | 9 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 50 |
| 3 | 19 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 42 |
| 4 | 13 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 48 |
| 5 | 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 206 | 41 |
| 6 | 18 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 206 | 37 |
| 7 | 27 | 71 | Zane Smith (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 30 |
| 8 | 12 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 29 |
| 9 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 29 |
| 10 | 11 | 77 | Carson Hocevar (R) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 27 |
| 11 | 26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 206 | 26 |
| 12 | 25 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 206 | 25 |
| 13 | 30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 24 |
| 14 | 34 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 206 | 23 |
| 15 | 6 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 31 |
| 16 | 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 206 | 24 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 26 |
| 18 | 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 206 | 30 |
| 19 | 17 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 18 |
| 20 | 29 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 206 | 17 |
| 21 | 36 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 206 | 18 |
| 22 | 16 | 4 | Josh Berry (R) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 206 | 15 |
| 23 | 32 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 14 |
| 24 | 24 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 20 |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 205 | 22 |
| 26 | 5 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 205 | 18 |
| 27 | 22 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 205 | 12 |
| 28 | 23 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 204 | 9 |
| 29 | 33 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 202 | 8 |
| 30 | 35 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger (i) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 |
| 31 | 21 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 157 | 6 |
| 32 | 31 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 135 | 5 |
| 33 | 14 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 117 | 4 |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 115 | 3 |
| 35 | 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 115 | 2 |
| 36 | 20 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 114 | 1 |
| colspan="8"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/19/12424_UNOFFRES.pdf Official race results] |
=Race statistics=
- Lead changes: 26 among 16 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41 laps.
- Red flags: 1 for 17 hours, 15 minutes, and 18 seconds
- Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 12 seconds
- Average speed: {{convert|135.675|mph|km/h}}
Media
=Television=
USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. This would be the last Cup Series race that Allen would call, as he was replaced by Leigh Diffey for the rest of the year.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" | |
| colspan="2"|USA | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | Dave Burns Parker Kligerman Marty Snider |
=Radio=
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon called the race in the booth while the field was racing on the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Chris Wilner worked pit road for the radio side.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
| colspan="3"|MRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 Chris Wilner |
Standings after the race
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;Drivers' Championship standings
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| ! Pos
! Driver ! Points |
|---|
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Tyler Reddick | style="text-align:center;"| 814 |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Chase Elliott | style="text-align:center;"| 804 (–10) |
| align="left"| 10px 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Kyle Larson | style="text-align:center;"| 782 (–32) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Ryan Blaney | style="text-align:center;"| 732 (–82) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| William Byron | style="text-align:center;"| 728 (–86) |
| align="left"| 10px 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Denny Hamlin | style="text-align:center;"| 711 (–103) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Christopher Bell | style="text-align:center;"| 703 (–111) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 682 (–132) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Brad Keselowski | style="text-align:center;"| 677 (–137) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Ty Gibbs | style="text-align:center;"| 644 (–170) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Alex Bowman | style="text-align:center;"| 627 (–187) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 | style="text-align:center;"| 621 (–193) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| 606 (–208) |
| align="left"| 10px 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 | style="text-align:center;"| 605 (–209) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Joey Logano | style="text-align:center;"| 561 (–253) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Daniel Suárez | style="text-align:center;"| 526 (–288) |
| class="sortbottom"
!colspan="9"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/8/22/12424_UNOFFDRIVPTS-1.pdf Official driver's standings] |
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;Manufacturers' Championship standings
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| ! Pos
! Manufacturer ! Points |
|---|
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 874 |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Toyota | style="text-align:center;"| 861 (–13) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Ford | style="text-align:center;"| 828 (–46) |
| class="sortbottom" |
- Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
- . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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