Green flag drops on the final race before the playoffs as Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes return to Xfinity Series
NASCAR Hall of Famer and two-time Xfinity Series champion Dale Earnhardt, Jr. returns for his only appearance of the 2024 season tonight when he takes to Bristol Motor Speedway racing alongside his nephew Jeffrey for 300 laps of action on the famous high-banked half-mile oval. Also in the field is 2023 winner of this event and current series points leader Justin Allgaier who is locked into the playoffs that begin next Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Through the first 25 races of the season Allgaier, who has five consecutive top-5 point series finishes, has two wins under his belt and after tying a career-best four wins in 2023.
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The race to make the top 12 after this week sees rookie Shane van Gisbergen on the bubble with a 40-point lead over Sam Meyer for the final spot. With three wins in a five-race span, van Gisbergen rocketed up the points standings putting the New Zealand native in prime position to advance in his first trip to Bristol.
Four of the last nine fall races at Bristol have gone past the scheduled 300 laps, most recently in 2021 when A.J. Allmendinger earned the overtime win leading only one lap as he took the checkered flag beating out Austin Cindric on his way to his first series title.
Chevrolets have dominated the fall race at Bristol taking to victory lane five of the last six years with JR Motorsports drivers Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson winning each of the last two events.
No driver has won back-to-back Bristol races since Kyle Busch took the checkered flag for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2010 and 2011, the first of his five wins in this event.
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