The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led 28 of 250-scheduled laps and outdueled Joey Logano with 10 laps remaining to notch his first All-Star Race victory at North Wilkesboro.
Brad Keselowski and rookie Shane van Gisbergen claimed the pole positions for the All-Star Race and Open, respectively, while Michael McDowell's No. 71 Spire Motorsports team won the Pit Crew Challenge competition.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, posted a pole-winning three-lap qualifying run in 1:29.75 seconds to claim his first All-Star pole position while Christopher Bell's No. 20 team achieved the 2024 Mechanix Wear Pit Crew Challenge with the fastest-recorded four-tire pit serve in 13.223 seconds.
The 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race's Qualifying and Pit Crew Challenge sessions have been postponed until Saturday, May 18, at 11:40 a.m. ET on FS1 due to ongoing precipitation preventing the session's initial occurrence on Friday evening.
A 101 breakdown of the qualifying and race format for the 2024 All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway that features the return of a combined on-track and pit crew challenge qualifying format on Friday, two qualifying heat events on Saturday and the Open event prior to the main event's start on Sunday night.
For decades, rumors have circulated that historic North Wilkesboro Speedway was the site of a secret moonshine still. Now some Wilkes County locals may have more reason to say ‘I told you so,’ as a possible moonshine cave has been discovered underneath the concrete frontstretch grandstands.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 145 of 200-scheduled laps and rocketed away from the field during a 90-lap shootout to win the NASCAR All-Star Race for the third time in his career.
The 2016 Xfinity Series champion Suarez from Monterrey, Mexico, won the pole position for the All-Star feature after winning the first Heat Race and will share the front row with Heat Race 2 winner Buescher.
The No. 54 JGR pit crew led by crew chief Chris Gayle and piloted by rookie Ty Gibbs were awarded a $100,000 bonus for executing the fastest pit stop time and awarding Gibbs pole position for the All-Star Open.
