The 2018 Daytona 500 champion from Welcome, North Carolina, officially faces a "must-win" scenario entering the 2024 Cup Series regular-season finale at Darlington Raceway to race his way back into Playoff contention after being denied a final overturn attempt of his Richmond penalties from the Final Appeal Officer.
The 2018 Daytona 500 champion from Welcome, North Carolina, remains in a "must-win" situation to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs after the National Motorsports Appeals Panel upholds the penalties levied to Dillon and Richard Childress Racing at Richmond.
Hamlin started on the pole at Richmond and had a win in hand on the final corner, but was intentionally wrecked by Austin Dillon. Hamlin finished second.
The 2018 Daytona 500 champion from Welcome, North Carolina, collided with veterans Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin on the final lap amid an overtime shootout to snap a 68-race winless drought and clinch a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth with a wild victory at Richmond.
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 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion from Greenville, New York, secured his first regular-season title on the strength of three victories, eight stage victories, three poles, 10 top-five results and 15 top-10 results in hsi fourth full-time campaign in the Truck Series.
The 20-year-old Dye from DeLand, Florida, garnered 13 stage points and finished four spots ahead of Tanner Gray to rally from a five-point deficit and make the 2024 Truck Series Playoffs by 12 points.
The 29-year-old Majeski from Seymour, Wisconsin, led 70 of 250-scheduled laps and concluded the 2024 regular-season stretch with his second consecutive Truck victory in recent weeks at Richmond.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, posted a pole-winning lap at 118.162 mph in 22.850 seconds, which was enough to grab his third Cup pole position of the 2024 season at his home track.
