2024 Cabo Wabo 250

2024 Cabo Wabo 250

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 21 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	August 17, 2024
Official name	32nd Annual Cabo Wabo 250
Location	Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	128 laps, 256 mi (412 km)
Scheduled Distance	125 laps, 250 mi (400 km)
Average speed	108.743 mph (175.005 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Sheldon Creed	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	41.947
Most laps led
Driver	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Laps	37
Winner
No. 7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The 2024 Cabo Wabo 250 was the 21st stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, a 2.0 miles (3.2 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 125 laps, but was increased to 128 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would survive a chaotic race on fuel mileage, and won after leading when the caution came out on the final lap. This was Allgaier's 25th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his second of the season.^[9] To fill out the podium, Sheldon Creed and John Hunter Nemechek, both driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The race was marred by a scary last-lap flip from Kyle Sieg on the backstretch. On the final lap, a mid-pack collision took place after Parker Kligerman bumped into the back of Caesar Bacarella, getting him loose and spinning out Carson Kvapil. Trying to avoid the wreck, Leland Honeyman bumped into the back of Sieg, spinning him around and involving Chandler Smith. Sieg flipped on his roof and smacked the inside wall, before rolling back on all four tires in the grass. Sieg was able to climb out under his own power, he was visibly shaken up from the wreck and had small pain in his right arm.^[10][11]

With his 11th runner-up finish, Sheldon Creed surpassed Dale Jarrett for the most runner-up finishes in the Xfinity Series without a win.^[12]

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

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

For practice, drivers were split into two groups, Group A and B, with both sessions being 15 minutes long, and was held on Friday, August 16, at 3:35 PM EST.^[13] John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 41.489, and a speed of 173.540 mph (279.286 km/h).

Qualifying was held on Friday, August 16, at 4:00 PM EST.^[13] Since Michigan International Speedway is a superspeedway, 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 in that session will win the pole.^[14]

Road course qualifying rules were in effect. The timing line was set in Turn 3, where cars exited pit road, drove five-eights of a lap, then took the green flag in the north chute exiting Turn 3, and completing their lap there the next time by. Teams then immediately pitted the car, meaning only two laps were run. Indianapolis and Michigan both used restrictor plates.

Sheldon Creed, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 41.947, and a speed of 171.645 mph (276.236 km/h).^[15]

Morgen Baird was the only driver who failed to qualify.

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Stage 3 Laps: 68

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Cole Custer 768 2 Justin Allgaier 756 (-12) 3 Austin Hill 698 (–70) 4 Chandler Smith 684 (–84) 1 5 A. J. Allmendinger 646 (–122) 1 6 Riley Herbst 623 (–145) 1 7 Sheldon Creed 614 (–154) 1 8 Jesse Love 604 (–164) 9 Parker Kligerman 580 (–188) 1 10 Sammy Smith 545 (–223) 1 11 Ryan Sieg 544 (–224) 1 12 Shane van Gisbergen 520 (–248) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 785 2 Toyota 743 (-42) 3 Ford 644 (–110) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.