STEWART-HAAS RACING
BetMGM 300
Date: May 25, 2024
Event: BetMGM 300 (Round 12 of 33)
Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series
Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Format: 200 laps, broken into three stages (45 laps/45 laps/110 laps)
Race Winner: Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 1 Winner: Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 2 Winner: Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports (Chevrolet)
SHR Race Finish:
● Cole Custer (Started 6th / Finished 32nd, Accident, completed, 184 of 200 laps)
● Riley Herbst (Started 19th / Finished 38th, Accident, completed 29 of 200 laps)
SHR Points:
● Cole Custer (3rd with 433 points, 21 out of first)
● Riley Herbst (7th with 338 points, 116 out of first)
SHR Notes:
● Custer finished 10th in Stage 1 to earn one bonus point.
Race Notes:
● Chase Elliott won the BetMGM 300 to score his sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Charlotte. His margin over second-place Brandon Jones was .500 of a second.
● There were three caution periods for a total of 18 laps.
● Only 18 of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Austin Hill remains the championship leader after Charlotte with a four-point advantage over second-place Chandler Smith.
Sound Bites:
“He put me in the fence off four and then we hit on the frontstretch because I was going to go pinch him down, and he decided to try and go up and side draft me and then we hit again. And then I don’t know if he blew a tire into one or what happened into one, but then he tried to kill me on the backstretch and just held it full throttle until he wrecked our car and killed the rear clip. I slapped my head against the back of the headrest. I don’t know. I know it was hard racing, but at the end of the day I don’t like getting intentionally wrecked and killing the front and rear clip on our race car. It’s just ridiculous. If he wants to drive like a pissed off teenager, it’s just ridiculous. I’ve said enough.” –Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 Fanttik Ford Mustang Dark Horse
“I haven’t seen a replay. I passed him twice cleanly, slid him. Racing in Charlotte, it’s hot, and I passed him. I mean, it’s really hot. The cars are really sliding around today. My spotter said, ‘clear’ and I moved up to the fence. He had a run off the top, which is fine, and he could have tried to slide me back and get some momentum, but instead he just got my left-rear and hooked me. It’s unfortunate because of how far up we had moved from the start.” –Riley Herbst, driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the Portland 147 on Saturday, June 1 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway. The race begins at 4:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
