2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Twenty-Seven Kansas

Cars in field: 38
Pole: Brandon Jones (9)
Outside Pole: Chandler Smith (81)
Stages: 45-45-110
Weather: Cloudy, 86°F, Feels like(sun) 84°, Feels like(shade) 83°, Wind NNE 13 mph, Wind Gusts 21 mph

Brandon Jones (9) and Chandler Smith (81) bring the field to the green flag. Smith gets the early lead in the first race of the 2024 Playoffs.

On lap 3 of 200 Jeremy Clements (51) serves a start violation penalty (changing lanes before the start-finish line) with a pass-through trip down pit road.

Caution on lap 5 of 200 for a spin by Sammy Smith (8).

Restarting on lap 10 of 200 with Chandler Smith (81) and Brandon Smith (9) on the front row. Chandler Smith gets the early lead.

Caution on lap 45 of 200 for Taylor Gray (19) smoking and laying down fluid after losing an engine.

Aric ‘Afterburner’ Almirola (20) wins stage one under caution. He was running away with the lead anyway, 1.787 seconds ahead of second position.

Restarting on lap 53 of 200 with Cole Custer (00) and Austin Hill (21) on the front row after winning the race off pit road. Custer gets the early lead.

Caution on lap 64 of 200 for Brad Perez (5) coming to a stop on the apron.

Restarting on lap 69 of 200 with Cole Custer (00) and Sam Mayer (1) at the head of the field. Second place Chandler Smith (81) starts behind leader Cole Custer.

Caution on lap 69 of 200 for a slide from the outside lane into the inside wall by Justin Allgaier (7). He was on the left rear of Sheldon Creed (18) when Creed got loose and into Allgaier sending Justin left toward the inside wall.

Restarting on lap 75 of 200 with Cole Custer (00) and Sam Mayer (1)up front. Sam Mayer (1) gets the early lead after Sheldon Creed (18) takes them four-wide for the lead.

Justin Allgaier 97) hit the wall going into turn three. He heads directly to the garage area.

Sam Mayer wins stage two holding off Aric Almirola. Riley Herbst (98) spins with the assist of Austin Hill (21). Herbst was losing the back end and trying to gather it up when Hill just drove into him sending Herbst sliding into the infield grass.

Justin Allgaier (7) was checked and cleared from the infield care center on lap 92 of 200. He’s very frustrated. He said he doesn’t know that he’s ever had a stretch of races like the past few weeks in his career.

Chandler Smith (81) and Cole Custer (81) win the race off pit road.

Restarting on lap 97 of 200 with with Chandler Smith (81) and Cole Custer (00) on the front row. Fourth place Creed pushes Smith to the lead.

On lap 125 of 200 Aric ‘Afterburner’ Almirola (20) pits under green after visiting the wall and losing the right rear tire.

Cole Custer (00) takes the lead from Chandler Smith (81) on lap 136 of 200.

Ryan Sieg (39) pits under green on lap 137 of 200.

Austin Hill (21) pits under green on lap 140 of 200 kicking off green flag pit stops.

On lap 144 of 200 the caution comes out during green flag pit stops due to a tire rolling down pit road and into the infield grass. The tire came from Parker Retzlaff (31).

Restarting on lap 151 of 200 with Cole Custer (00) and Austin Hill (21) on the front row. Second place Chandler Smith opted to start behind Cole Custer (00). Custer gets the early lead.

Custer (00) and Smith (81) are battling for the lead on lap 155 of 200. Smith takes the lead from Custer.

MRN is calling an exciting race with a battle for the lead. NBC/CW is showing an event with nothing going on on-track. We see the view of the wall from a driver’s windscreen along with a shot of the steering wheel and a driver driving. I’d like to see the race MRN is calling on television, instead of only in my imagination.

On lap 181 of 200 NBC shows the view outside the car for about a quarter lap. Then they shot goes very far away making it impossible to determine which cars are in the shot. Then back to the split-screen of the wall and the steering wheel. Momentarily outside the car the battle for the lead, then back to the view of the wall and the steering wheel.

MRN reports that Aric Almirola (20) is approaching the battle for the lead as Chandler Smith (81) tries to keep Cole Custer (00) behind him through lapped traffic.

Outside the car it’s a blimp shot – relatively distant, but close enough to see the colors of the cars to determine who we’re watching – as Custer (00) gets past Smith (81) on lap 190 of 200. Almirola (20) passes Smith for second position.

On lap 192 of 200 MRN reports Corey Heim (26) may be out of fuel on the apron of the track.

Heim coasts onto pit road on lap 194 of 200.

The leaders have caught lapped traffic on lap 196 of 200 as Custer attempts to keep Almirola behind him.

Almirola passes Custer on lap 197 of 200.

Almirola takes the white flag.

Aric ‘Afterburner’ Almirola (20) holds off Cole Custer (00) to win 0.226 seconds ahead.

Riley Herbst (98) seems to be stalking Austin Hill (21) on pit road as Almirola (20) does the burnout.

Hill hops out of the car immediately on stopping on pit road. Herbst takes his time getting out of his car.

Cole Custer has a conversation with Chandler Smith about Smith driving him into the fence. He says he’s tired of Smith driving into him and that he told him if he (Smith) races him (Custer) like a clown he’s (Custer) going to race him (Smith) like a clown. He saes he wasn’t even clear and just drove into him. Cole says, “It’s a joke”.

Smith (81) says he did what he needed to do to win the thing. He says he held Custer (00) up for quite a few laps. Smith says if it would’ve been the regular season he might have given him (Custer) a little bit.

Riley Herbst (98) goes over and talks with Austin Hill (21).

Sammy Smith (8) – according to NBC – and AJ Allmendinger (16) have an animated conversation. NASCAR Digital says that Sam Mayer (1) and AJ Allmendinger (16) had a conversation.

Austin Hill (21) actually admitted that he was in the wrong with Riley Herbst (98). He said he wanted to let him know he’s sorry and sorry doesn’t cut it. He said they get along really well on and off the track. He said he told him “if you have one coming for me I totally understand I got one coming”. He said he was looking in the mirror and when he looked around he saw he wasn’t going to clear Riley. Hill went on to say “of anyone Riley is the last person [I] would want to do that to because [we] work well together and [I’m] looking forward to working with him next week at Talladega even though he’s in a Ford and [I’m] in a Chevy.

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Next Race: Talladega

GO 7 & 97!!!!