Xfinity - 2024 - Food City 300
Date: 2024-09-20 | Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
Three ways to measure this race
| Official winner | TLS leader | Best ARP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Cole Custer (#00) | Chandler Smith (#81) | Chandler Smith (#81) |
| Finish | P1 | P3 | P3 |
| TLS points | 7954 | 9188 | 9188 |
| ARP | 8.17 | 3.39 | 3.39 |
| Laps led | 104 | 29 | 29 |
Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.
Official winner — Cole Custer (#00): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 104 laps with 8.17 average running position and 7,954 TLS points.
TLS leader — Chandler Smith (#81): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,188 points). Finished P3 with 29 laps led and 3.39 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.
Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.39). The official winner ran a worse average position (8.17).
The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.
| Finish Position | Points Position | Driver | Car Number | Manufacturer | Team | Start Position | Laps Led | ARP | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Cole Custer | 00 | Ford | Stewart-Haas Racing | 2 | 104 | 8.17 | 7954 |
| 2 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | 18 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14 | 28 | 4.53 | 8893 |
| 3 | 1 | Chandler Smith | 81 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 1 | 29 | 3.39 | 9188 |
| 4 | 3 | Jesse Love # | 2 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 10 | 1 | 5.27 | 8634 |
| 5 | 4 | Ryan Truex | 20 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 16 | 0 | 7.47 | 8102 |
| 6 | 5 | Brandon Jones | 9 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 7.83 | 8041 |
| 7 | 14 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 13 | 1 | 13.47 | 6560 |
| 8 | 7 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | Ford | RSS Racing | 12 | 5 | 9.85 | 7463 |
| 9 | 11 | Sam Mayer | 1 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 20 | 55 | 12.16 | 6924 |
| 10 | 9 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 5 | 0 | 10.75 | 7231 |
| 11 | 8 | Anthony Alfredo | 5 | Chevrolet | Our Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 10.65 | 7285 |
| 12 | 10 | Jeremy Clements | 51 | Chevrolet | Jeremy Clements Racing | 7 | 17 | 11.73 | 6954 |
| 13 | 12 | Riley Herbst | 98 | Ford | Stewart-Haas Racing | 15 | 0 | 12.81 | 6756 |
| 14 | 13 | Austin Hill | 21 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 17 | 0 | 13.31 | 6577 |
| 15 | 16 | Sammy Smith | 8 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 21 | 0 | 15.89 | 5893 |
| 16 | 15 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | Chevrolet | Big Machine Racing | 11 | 0 | 14.97 | 6128 |
| 17 | 19 | Brennan Poole | 44 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime Racing | 29 | 0 | 19.23 | 5060 |
| 18 | 25 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | 97 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 34 | 0 | 23.86 | 3861 |
| 19 | 17 | Joe Graf Jr. | 19 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 19 | 0 | 16.70 | 5708 |
| 20 | 21 | Josh Bilicki | 92 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | 22 | 0 | 21.05 | 4595 |
| 21 | 23 | Josh Williams | 11 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 32 | 0 | 22.07 | 4333 |
| 22 | 27 | Blaine Perkins | 29 | Ford | RSS Racing | 33 | 0 | 26.99 | 3075 |
| 23 | 24 | Kyle Sieg | 28 | Ford | RSS Racing | 36 | 0 | 22.65 | 4185 |
| 24 | 26 | Ryan Ellis | 43 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime Racing | 26 | 0 | 25.75 | 3393 |
| 25 | 22 | Jeb Burton | 27 | Chevrolet | Jordan Anderson Racing | 25 | 0 | 21.77 | 4411 |
| 26 | 18 | Kyle Weatherman | 91 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | 9 | 0 | 18.65 | 5188 |
| 27 | 28 | Logan Bearden | 15 | Ford | AM Racing | 35 | 0 | 27.18 | 3002 |
| 28 | 31 | Carson Ware | 35 | Chevrolet | Joey Gase Motorsports | 30 | 0 | 30.40 | 2167 |
| 29 | 32 | Greg Van Alst | 07 | Ford | SS GreenLight Racing | 38 | 0 | 32.10 | 1725 |
| 30 | 20 | Justin Allgaier | 7 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 4 | 60 | 19.13 | 4907 |
| 31 | 33 | Leland Honeyman # | 42 | Chevrolet | Young's Motorsports | 31 | 0 | 32.79 | 1535 |
| 32 | 30 | Chad Finchum | 14 | Chevrolet | SS GreenLight Racing | 18 | 0 | 29.67 | 2296 |
| 33 | 37 | Stefan Parsons(i) | 45 | Chevrolet | Alpha Prime Racing | 23 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | Matt DiBenedetto | 38 | Ford | RSS Racing | 24 | 0 | 27.95 | 2828 |
| 35 | 37 | Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) | 26 | Toyota | Sam Hunt Racing | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 36 | 35 | Garrett Smithley | 53 | Ford | Joey Gase Motorsports | 37 | 0 | 33.31 | 614 |
| 37 | 36 | Parker Retzlaff | 31 | Chevrolet | Jordan Anderson Racing | 27 | 0 | 30.52 | 441 |
| 38 | 34 | Austin Green | 32 | Chevrolet | Jordan Anderson Racing | 28 | 0 | 25.15 | 720 |
Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)
| Rank | Driver | Car Number | Season Points | Average Running Position | Total Laps Led | Points this race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Custer | 00 | 125812 | 8.62 | 582 | 7954 |
| 2 | Chandler Smith | 81 | 122868 | 9.50 | 472 | 9188 |
| 3 | Justin Allgaier | 7 | 119838 | 8.27 | 635 | 4907 |
| 4 | Austin Hill | 21 | 114005 | 9.57 | 151 | 6577 |
| 5 | Sheldon Creed | 18 | 112909 | 10.68 | 108 | 8893 |
| 6 | Riley Herbst | 98 | 110831 | 10.25 | 80 | 6756 |
| 7 | Jesse Love # | 2 | 110585 | 11.39 | 304 | 8634 |
| 8 | Sammy Smith | 8 | 106107 | 13.16 | 13 | 5893 |
| 9 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | 103896 | 10.21 | 116 | 7231 |
| 10 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | 101619 | 12.71 | 19 | 6128 |
| 11 | Sam Mayer | 1 | 95600 | 11.42 | 181 | 6924 |
| 12 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | 94731 | 14.82 | 64 | 7463 |
| 13 | Brandon Jones | 9 | 92433 | 13.26 | 30 | 8041 |
| 14 | Anthony Alfredo | 5 | 83064 | 18.49 | 6 | 7285 |
| 15 | Jeb Burton | 27 | 78449 | 19.20 | 8 | 4411 |
| 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | 97 | 78062 | 16.89 | 93 | 3861 |
| 17 | Josh Williams | 11 | 70769 | 20.68 | 14 | 4333 |
| 18 | Parker Retzlaff | 31 | 67266 | 19.05 | 30 | 441 |
| 19 | Brennan Poole | 44 | 66667 | 22.45 | 0 | 5060 |
| 20 | Jeremy Clements | 51 | 66229 | 22.86 | 24 | 6954 |
| 21 | Kyle Weatherman | 91 | 60024 | 22.31 | 0 | 5188 |
| 22 | Kyle Sieg | 28 | 56498 | 24.59 | 7 | 4185 |
| 23 | Ryan Ellis | 43 | 52783 | 26.03 | 11 | 3393 |
| 24 | Leland Honeyman # | 42 | 51947 | 25.91 | 1 | 1535 |
| 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | 38 | 49908 | 23.68 | 1 | 2828 |
| 26 | Ryan Truex | 20 | 43145 | 9.35 | 31 | 8102 |
| 27 | Blaine Perkins | 29 | 39400 | 27.45 | 0 | 3075 |
| 28 | Aric Almirola | 20 | 37876 | 8.94 | 100 | 0 |
| 29 | Carson Kvapil | 88 | 35232 | 13.40 | 63 | 0 |
| 30 | Hailie Deegan # | 15 | 31688 | 27.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Garrett Smithley | 6 | 28172 | 30.23 | 1 | 614 |
| 32 | Josh Bilicki | 92 | 25935 | 23.75 | 0 | 4595 |
| 33 | Patrick Emerling | 07 | 22605 | 29.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Dawson Cram(i) | 74 | 18507 | 30.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | 53 | 15400 | 29.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | David Starr | 66 | 14336 | 28.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Joe Graf Jr. | 19 | 13766 | 15.93 | 0 | 5708 |
| 38 | Logan Bearden | 35 | 10663 | 30.48 | 0 | 3002 |
| 39 | JJ Yeley | 35 | 10529 | 27.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | BJ McLeod | 78 | 8623 | 28.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Austin Green | 32 | 7551 | 20.16 | 0 | 720 |
| 42 | Nick Leitz(i) | 92 | 7191 | 25.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | 6560 | 13.47 | 1 | 6560 |
| 44 | Jordan Anderson | 32 | 6389 | 24.64 | 7 | 0 |
| 45 | Chad Finchum | 66 | 6152 | 31.88 | 0 | 2296 |
| 46 | Sage Karam | 32 | 6034 | 22.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Justin Bonsignore | 19 | 6011 | 9.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Ed Jones | 26 | 5329 | 20.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Bubba Pollard | 88 | 5303 | 17.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) | 26 | 5240 | 16.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | CJ McLaughlin | 38 | 4284 | 31.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Caesar Bacarella | 45 | 3872 | 27.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Myatt Snider | 07 | 3745 | 24.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Greg Van Alst | 07 | 3738 | 31.23 | 0 | 1725 |
| 55 | Dexter Bean | 92 | 3488 | 25.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Alex Labbe | 35 | 3395 | 20.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Natalie Decker | 92 | 3243 | 27.24 | 7 | 0 |
| 58 | Connor Zilisch | 88 | 3151 | 4.37 | 45 | 0 |
| 59 | Conor Daly | 26 | 2568 | 13.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Thomas Annunziata | 6 | 2222 | 29.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Glen Reen | 53 | 2183 | 33.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Carson Ware | 35 | 2167 | 30.40 | 0 | 2167 |
| 63 | Preston Pardus | 50 | 2013 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Brad Perez | 45 | 1821 | 24.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Nathan Byrd | 92 | 1661 | 31.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Mike Skeen | 87 | 1444 | 21.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | RC Enerson | 14 | 1333 | 29.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Andre Castro | 14 | 1326 | 27.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Boris Said | 17 | 1096 | 25.30 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Patrick Gallagher | 6 | 975 | 31.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Frankie Muniz | 35 | 970 | 33.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Armani Williams | 6 | 643 | 35.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Morgen Baird | 53 | 624 | 33.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Daniil Kvyat | 07 | 578 | 27.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Alon Day | 45 | 502 | 30.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Ryan Vargas | 32 | 147 | 35.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Akinori Ogata(i) | 35 | 146 | 35.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Tim Viens | 74 | 104 | 32.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Gus Dean | 15 | 34 | 32.20 | 0 | 0 |