2024 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200

The 2024 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 was the 23rd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped racetrack. The race wass scheduled to be contested over 147 laps but was extended to 150 laps due to an overtime finish. Christopher Bell, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would stay consistent throughout the race, after scoring the pole, leading 108 laps and winning after leading when A. J. Allmendinger got a flat tire on the final lap, bringing out the caution. This was Bell’s nineteenth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Cole Custer, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, and Sheldon Creed, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2024 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 23 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date August 31, 2024
Official name 42nd Annual Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance 150 laps, 204 mi (329 km)
Scheduled Distance 147 laps, 200 mi (323 km)
Average speed 110.94 mph (178.54 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 29.828
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 108
Winner
No. 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network USA
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

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Background

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Darlington Raceway, the circuit where the race was held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Surface issues

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Darlington Raceway was last repaved following the May 2007 meeting (from 2005 to 2019, there was only one meeting; the second meeting was reinstated in 2020), and from 2008 to 2019, there was one night race. In 2020, a day race returned to the schedule, and instead of two races (one Xfinity and one Cup) during the entire year, the track hosted six races (three Cup, two Xfinity, and one Truck). The circuit kept repairing the circuit with patches during each summer before the annual Cup race in September. The circuit's narrow Turn 2 rapidly deteriorated with cracks in the tarmac allowing water to seep in the circuit. In July 2021, the circuit repaved a six hundred foot section at the entrance of Turn 2 and ending at the exit of the turn to repair the tarmac and resolve the issue for safety and to reduce the threat of weepers and surface issues in that section of the circuit.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10X Health
2 Jesse Love (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Whelen
5 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet Ferguson
07 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet CB Fabricating
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet BRANDT
8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet Patriot Lighting / Menards
11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Call811.com
14 Chad Finchum SS-Green Light Racing Ford Ted Russell Ford of Knoxville
15 Joey Logano (i) AM Racing Ford Panini Group
16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
17 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Friends of Jaclyn Foundation
19 Joe Graf Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota G Coin
20 Christopher Bell (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Sport Clips Haircuts
21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bennett Transportation
26 Corey Heim (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Toyota Genuine Parts
27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Celsius
28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford Southern String Hat Co.
29 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford AutoParkIt.com
30 Noah Gragson (i) Rette Jones Racing Ford Drop Zone Hunting
31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Capital City Towing
35 David Starr Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet Special Report with Bret Baier
38 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford Recycled Materials Association
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford Sci Aps
42 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco Industries
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 Ken McKnight AC
48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet Big Machine Spiked Coolers
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Booze Pops
74 Dawson Cram (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Magnum Contracting Inc.
81 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Quick Tie Products
88 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Toyota Clarience Technologies
91 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing Chevrolet Mainline Fleet Maintenance
92 Ross Chastain (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet Protect Your Mellon
97 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet WeatherTech
98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Monster Energy
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, August 31, at 10:35 AM EST, and would last for 20 minutes.[9] Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.013, and a speed of 163.603 mph (263.294 km/h).

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.013 163.849
2 30 Noah Gragson (i) Rette Jones Racing Ford 30.058 163.604
3 31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 30.073 163.522
Full practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 31, at 11:05 AM EST.[9] Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.[10]

Christopher Bell, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.828, and a speed of 164.865 mph (265.324 km/h).[11]

Dawson Cram was the only driver who failed to qualify.

Qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 20 Christopher Bell (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.828 164.865
2 18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.925 164.331
3 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.965 164.111
4 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.119 163.272
5 81 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.159 163.056
6 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.164 163.029
7 9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.178 162.953
8 98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 30.261 162.506
9 31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 30.278 162.415
10 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 30.280 162.404
11 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.285 162.377
12 26 Corey Heim (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 30.329 162.142
13 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 30.372 161.912
14 5 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 30.404 161.742
15 19 Joe Graf Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.451 161.492
16 17 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.451 161.492
17 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 30.461 161.439
18 15 Joey Logano (i) AM Racing Ford 30.466 161.413
19 91 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.490 161.286
20 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.512 161.169
21 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 30.513 161.164
22 38 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford 30.538 161.032
23 2 Jesse Love (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.633 160.533
24 92 Ross Chastain (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.700 160.182
25 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 30.747 159.938
26 97 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.751 159.917
27 88 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.753 159.906
28 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 30.803 159.647
29 30 Noah Gragson (i) Rette Jones Racing Ford 30.834 159.486
30 11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.991 158.678
31 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 31.023 158.515
32 29 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford 31.073 158.260
33 42 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.137 157.934
Qualified by owner's points
34 43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 31.361 156.806
35 35 David Starr Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 31.390 156.661
36 45 Garrett Smithley Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 31.424 156.492
37 14 Chad Finchum SS-Green Light Racing Ford 31.445 156.387
38 07 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.798 154.651
Failed to qualify
39 74 Dawson Cram (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.650 155.374
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 20 Christopher Bell (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
2 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9
3 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 8
4 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 7
5 18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6
6 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 14 Chad Finchum SS-Green Light Racing Ford 3
9 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 2
10 81 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 20 Christopher Bell (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
3 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 8
4 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 00 Cole Custer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5
7 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
8 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 3
9 30 Noah Gragson (i) Rette Jones Racing Ford 0
10 17 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0

Stage 3 Laps: 57

Pos. [12] St. # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 20 Christopher Bell (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 108 Running 0
2 21 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 150 0 Running 42
3 2 18 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 30 Running 50
4 16 17 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 0
5 11 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 44
6 23 2 Jesse Love (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 31
7 26 97 Shane Van Gisbergen (R) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 30
8 5 81 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 30
9 6 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 41
10 20 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 37
11 15 19 Joe Graf Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 26
12 24 92 Ross Chastain (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 0
13 10 48 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 34
14 27 88 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 23
15 29 30 Noah Gragson (i) Rette Jones Racing Ford 150 0 Running 0
16 30 11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 21
17 17 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 20
18 13 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 150 0 Running 19
19 22 38 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing Ford 150 0 Running 18
20 28 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 17
21 34 43 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 16
22 31 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 150 0 Running 15
23 33 42 Leland Honeyman (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 14
24 35 35 David Starr Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 13
25 12 26 Corey Heim (i) Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 0
26 14 5 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 11
27 4 16 A.J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 149 0 Running 26
28 3 1 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 149 11 Running 9
29 38 07 Greg Van Alst SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 149 0 Running 8
30 36 45 Garrett Smithley Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 148 1 Running 7
31 25 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 146 0 Running 6
32 7 9 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 Running 5
33 37 14 Chad Finchum SS-Green Light Racing Ford 142 0 Running 7
34 32 29 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing Ford 133 0 Running 3
35 8 98 Riley Herbst Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 129 0 Running 2
36 9 31 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 125 0 Running 1
37 19 91 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing Chevrolet 54 0 Accident 1
38 18 15 Joey Logano (i) AM Racing Ford 12 0 Engine 0

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Darlington Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Entry list" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "Practice Results" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "Qualifying Results" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "Starting lineup" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Race Results" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  8. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Darlington Raceway Summer Race Page". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. December 7, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Christie, Toby (August 31, 2024). "Christopher Bell Scores Pole in JGR Front Row Sweep for Xfinity Race at Darlington". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 23, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.


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