The playoff push is in full effect on the NASCAR Xfinity Series with just 3 races remaining before the Round of 1.
The jockeying for playoff position continues on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250. Every driver who wins a race this season is now guaranteed a spot in the postseason, so the race for the checkered flag will mean a bit more. Eight drivers have already earned spots for race wins, leaving four playoff spots up for grabs. There will be a new winner this year for Atlanta’s second race of the season, with John Hunter Nemechek now racing full-time on the NASCAR Cup series. The Atlanta race has a new sponsor for 2024, Focused Health, and a new spot on the calendar, moving from July to September.
How to Watch Focused Health 250 in NASCAR Xfinity Series Today:
Race Date: Sept. 7, 2024
Race Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV: USA Network
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Atlanta features a quad-oval covering 1.54 miles, with additional banking added to the turns for the 2022 season, taking the banking to 28 degrees. The first two stages of the race are 40 laps each before a final stage of 83 laps finishes out the 251.02-mile event.
Only one former winner of the race is on the starting line on Saturday, Austin Hill, who took the 2022 event. Qualifying was held this morning.
Justin Allgaier leads the points standings by 28 points over defending champion Cole Custer, with both drivers already earning playoff spots with race wins. Others locked into the postseason include Chandler Smith, Hill, Riley Herbst, Jesse Love, Shane Van Gisbergen and Sam Mayer.
Sheldon Creed holds a 109-point lead over 13th-place Ryan Sieg, with AJ Allmendinger 105 points up. Sammy Smith is up by 10 points while Parker Kligerman has a 44-point lead but lost ground due to a penalty for illegal modifications to his rear spoiler last month at Michigan.
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