2024 The LiUNA!

2024 The LiUNA!

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 3 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	March 2, 2024
Official name	28th Annual The LiUNA!
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482 km)
Average speed	137.143 mph (220.710 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Cole Custer	Stewart–Haas Racing
Time	29.788
Most laps led
Driver	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	99
Winner
No. 20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Joey Logano, and Austin Cindric
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The 2024 The LiUNA! was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would cruise to victory in a dominating performance, leading a race-high 99 laps and earning his 10th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season.^[9] Nemechek's teammate, Chandler Smith, won both stages and led 74 laps, but fell back in the final stage and finished 3rd.^[10] To fill out the podium, Cole Custer, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, and Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, March 1, at 3:35 pm PST, and would last for 20 minutes.^[11] Brandon Jones, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.423, and a speed of 177.497 mph (285.654 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 1, at 4:05 pm PST.^[11] Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with only one round. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.^[13]

Cole Custer, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.778, and a speed of 181.281 mph (291.743 km/h).^[14]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Hill 148 2 2 Chandler Smith 126 (-22) 3 Riley Herbst 121 (–27) 4 4 A. J. Allmendinger 105 (–43) 7 5 Cole Custer 99 (–49) 4 6 Sheldon Creed 96 (–52) 2 7 Jesse Love 96 (–52) 3 8 Justin Allgaier 94 (–54) 1 9 Sammy Smith 86 (–62) 3 10 Brandon Jones 81 (–67) 4 11 Parker Kligerman 76 (–72) 2 12 Anthony Alfredo 71 (–77) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 113 2 Toyota 110 (–3) 3 Ford 88 (–25) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.