The two-time Indianapolis 500 champion from Bogota, Columbia, is scheduled to make his first Cup Series start since 2014 in 23XI Racing's third "all-star" entry at the sight of his latest Cup victory achieved 14 years ago.
In a span of 367 grueling laps of the 2024 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace went from competing against one another for the 16th and final berth to this year’s Playoffs to both being knocked out of contention amid a new race winner capitalizing on the Playoff’s “Win and You’re In” format.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, fought through an illness to claim his first regular-season title in NASCAR's premier series by a single point.
With their respective top-10 runs at Daytona, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs are currently scored above the top-16 cutline to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs while Bubba Wallace is scored below the cutline ahead of next weekend's regular-season finale at Darlington.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led 15 over 206 over-scheduled laps and survived two overtime shootouts and a late challenge from William Byron to grab his second Cup victory of 2024 at the Irish Hills.
23XI Racing's Reddick and Wallace finished third and fourth, respectively, which keeps the former in contention for the regular-season championship battle and the latter above the top-16 cutline by three points with three regular-season races of 2024 remaining.
The 30-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led 26 of 167 over-scheduled laps, won the second stage and finished in fifth place for his fourth top-five result of the 2024 season and gain 20 points towards making the 2024 Playoff cutline at the Brickyard.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, posted a pole-winning lap at 181.932 mph in 49.469 seconds, which was enough to edge team owner Denny Hamlin by 0.012 seconds for his third Cup pole of 2024 at the Brickyard.
