The 2024 Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN Bet was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 29, 2024, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the fourth race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 12. Ross Chastain won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Martin Truex Jr. finished 3rd. Ryan Blaney and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, and Zane Smith rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (P) denotes playoff 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 30.433 seconds and a speed of 177.439 mph (285.560 km/h).
Practice results
Qualifying
Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.111 and a speed of 179.336 mph (288.613 km/h).
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Stage Two Laps: 85
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 30 among 15 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 10 for 47 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 54 seconds
- Average speed: 123.294 miles per hour (198.422 km/h)
Media
Television
USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former Championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Alan Cavanna, Jacklyn Drake and Winston Kelley covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
Standings after the race
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