The 2024 Shriners Children's 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 10, 2024, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, and it was the fourth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Christopher Bell won the race. Chris Buescher finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and Ross Chastain, Martin Truex Jr., Michael McDowell, Chase Briscoe, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Joey Logano was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 27.446 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 27.446 131.167 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.464 131.081 3 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 27.467 131.066 Official practice results
Qualifying Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.138 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.022 27.138 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.160 27.226 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.137 27.243 4 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 27.116 27.249 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.106 27.269 6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 27.096 27.270 7 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 27.176 27.332 8 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 27.133 27.363 9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.091 27.440 10 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.133 27.497 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.205 — 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 27.161 — 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.206 — 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 27.189 — 15 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 27.230 — 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 27.202 — 17 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.243 — 18 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 27.203 — 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 27.278 — 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 27.277 — 21 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.290 — 22 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 27.303 — 23 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 27.309 — 24 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 27.341 — 25 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.311 — 26 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.388 — 27 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 27.390 — 28 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.400 — 29 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.398 — 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.455 — 31 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.422 — 32 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 27.582 — 33 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 27.479 — 34 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27.622 — 35 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.877 — 36 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.424 — Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 102 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 39 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 210 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 127
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 50 2 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 312 36 3 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 43 4 18 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 312 35 5 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 312 41 6 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 312 31 7 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 37 8 9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 312 32 9 8 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 30 10 6 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 312 46 11 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 42 12 7 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 28 13 15 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 312 24 14 17 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 23 15 10 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 312 22 16 22 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 312 21 17 29 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 312 20 18 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 31 19 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 28 20 25 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 17 21 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 312 1622 31 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 311 15 23 27 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 311 1424 33 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 311 13 25 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 311 12 26 36 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 310 11 27 24 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 310 10 28 21 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 310 9 29 28 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 309 8 30 32 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 309 7 31 4 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 305 13 32 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 304 5 33 35 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 204 4 34 23 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 203 3 35 26 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 203 2 36 34 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 6 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 10 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 40 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 45 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Phoenix Raceway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and nine-time Phoenix winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN covered the radio action for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race when the field races past the start/finish line. Dan Hubbard called the action from turns 1 & 2, and Kyle Rickey called the action from turns 3 & 4. Pit lane was manned by Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Jacklyn Drake.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dan HubbardTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Steve PostKim CoonJacklyn Drake
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Ryan Blaney 151 1 2 Kyle Larson 141 (–10) 3 Martin Truex Jr. 141 (–10) 4 William Byron 134 (–17) 7 5 Tyler Reddick 130 (–21) 3 6 Ty Gibbs 130 (–21) 2 7 Ross Chastain 129 (–22) 2 8 Denny Hamlin 129 (–22) 2 9 Chase Elliott 123 (–28) 2 10 Daniel Suárez 114 (–37) 5 11 Kyle Busch 110 (–41) 9 12 Christopher Bell 102 (–49) 13 Alex Bowman 99 (–52) 14 Bubba Wallace 97 (–54) 4 15 Austin Cindric 87 (–64) 7 16 Chris Buescher 86 (–65)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 151 2 Toyota 141 (–10) 3 Ford 132 (–19)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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