2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series

The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series will be the 43rd season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will start on February 17 with the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 9 at Phoenix Raceway.[1][2]

Confirmed teams and drivers

Full-time teams
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Notes
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 43 Ryan Ellis Ellis will compete full-time in 2024.[3]
Big Machine Racing 48 Parker Kligerman Kligerman will continue with BMR in 2024.[4]
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Clements will return in 2024, having sold sponsorship for all races.[5]
JR Motorsports 1 Sam Mayer Mayer will return.[6]
7 Justin Allgaier Allgaier confirmed in his post-race interview after winning the 2023 Food City 300 that he was working on signing a one-year extension with JRM for 2024.[7]
8 Sammy Smith Josh Berry will move up to the Cup Series full-time in 2024, replacing Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 car for Stewart-Haas Racing.[8] On September 26, 2023, it was announced that Sammy Smith will drive the No. 8 car in the 2024 season.[9]
9 Brandon Jones On August 25, 2023, Jones stated in an interview with Frontstretch that his deal with JRM was for two years, confirming his return to the team for 2024.[10] JRM themselves officially announced Jones would be back in the No. 9 car on September 15.[11]
Kaulig Racing 10 TBA Daniel Hemric, who drove the No. 11 car during the 2023 Xfinity Series regular season and the No. 10 car in the playoffs, will move up to the Cup Series full-time for Kaulig in 2024 where he will drive their No. 31 car, replacing Justin Haley.[12]
11 TBA
16 TBA Although Chandler Smith signed a three-year deal with Kaulig in 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing bought out his contract and he will return to Toyota for the 2024 season.[13]
Richard Childress Racing 2 TBA On October 11, 2023, RCR announced that Sheldon Creed would not return to the team in 2024.[14]
21 Austin Hill On August 17, 2023, Hill signed a contract extension with RCR to remain in the Xfinity Series for the team in 2024.[15]
Ford AM Racing 15 Hailie Deegan (R) On September 23, 2023, AM Racing announced that they would expand to two full-time cars in 2024. On October 5, 2023, the team annouced they had signed Hailie Deegan to a multi-year deal.[16]
25 TBA The team has not yet announced if Brett Moffitt will return to their No. 25 car.[17]
RSS Racing 39 Ryan Sieg Ryan Sieg will return to the No. 39 car. SciAps will return as a sponsor, increasing sponsorship to cover the full season.[18]
Stewart-Haas Racing 98 Riley Herbst On October 12, 2023, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Herbst would return to the No. 98 car in 2024. [19]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing TBA Sheldon Creed According to Matt Weaver of Sportsnaut, Sheldon Creed is expected to race for the "Gibbs Xfinity Series team" in 2024.[13]
Chandler Smith Chandler Smith's contract with Kaulig was bought out by Joe Gibbs Racing, allowing the driver to return to Toyota in 2024.[13]

All other teams that ran full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2023 have yet to announce their 2024 plans.

Limited schedule
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Races Notes
Chevrolet TBA[N 1] TBA Shane van Gisbergen TBA On September 14, 2023, Trackhouse Racing and van Gisbergen signed a contract for him to drive part-time all three of NASCAR's national series in 2024. The team he will drive for in the Xfinity Series and the races he will run have yet to be announced.[20]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing TBA Ryan Truex[21] TBA Ryan Truex will return to JGR to run at least part-time in the Xfinity Series in 2024. He could run full-time if sponsorship can be found.[21][22]
William Sawalich TBA[23] Sawalich, the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East champion, stated in an interview with Frontstretch that he would run select races for JGR late in the 2024 season after he turns 18 on October 3, 2024.[23]

Notes

  1. Entry will be fielded in a collaboration with Trackhouse Racing.

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023.[24]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2024. For the races where a 2024 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2023 are listed.

No Race title Track Location Date
1 Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 17
2 RAPTOR King of Tough 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 24
3 LiUNA Local 872 300  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 2
4 United Rentals 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 9
5 Pit Boss 250  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 23
6 ToyotaCare 250  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia March 30
7 Call 811.com Before You Dig 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 6
8 Andy's Frozen Custard 300  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 13
9 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 20
10 A-GAME 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware April 27
11 Shriners Children's 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 11
12 Alsco Uniforms 300  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 25
13 Pacific Office Automation 147  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 1
14 DoorDash 250  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 8
15 Iowa Xfinity Race  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 15
16 Ambetter Health 200  O  New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire June 22
17 Tennessee Lottery 250  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 29
18 The Loop 110  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 6
19 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 13
20 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 20
21 Cabo Wabo Tequila 250  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan August 17
22 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 23
23 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina August 31
24 Alsco Uniforms 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia September 7
25 Shriners Children's 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 14
26 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 20
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 28
28 Sparks 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Alabama October 5
29 Drive for the Cure 250  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 12
Round of 8
30 Alsco Uniforms 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 19
31 Contender Boats 300  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 26
32 Dead On Tools 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia November 2
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 9
O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course

See also

References
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  12. Kornhoff, Taylor (September 15, 2023). "Daniel Hemric Moving Back to Cup With Kaulig in 2024". Fronstretch. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
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  17. "AM Racing Announces Intention to Expand to Two Xfinity Teams in 2024". TobyChristie.com. September 23, 2023.
  18. "Ryan Sieg returning to RSS Racing full time in 2024; SciAps sponsoring all 33 races". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  19. "Riley Herbst returning to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  20. Fryer, Jenna (September 14, 2023). "Shane van Gisbergen to leave Australia and run NASCAR development program for Trackhouse in 2024". Associated Press. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
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