Kyle Larson began the day on the pole and would win the first stage of the race. Past the midway point of the stage Jimmie Johnson lost control of his machine and spun. Several opted to stay out and not pit to start stage 2 a group which included Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs and Austin Hill.
That decision would pay off as Christopher Bell spun on lap 101 along with Alex Bowman who collected John Hunter Nemechek. Larson would reassume the lead after pitstops. Kyle Larson would lose a wheel ruining his day. Meanwhile multiple single car spins would happen in the stage with Ross Chastain claiming the stage win.
Martin Truex Jr. would have to make an additional pitstop for a loose wheel which ruined his day. John Hunter Nemechek spun with 38 laps remaining. A caution for Nemechek would trap numerous cars a lap down. Chase Elliott would give way to Denny Hamlin as Brad Keselowski began to reign both in. With 14 to go Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would go up the track to avoid Ty Gibbs spinning out in the process. As the laps clicked off a three car incident saw Larson get spun with Elliott out front of Hamlin. Hamlin would go around on the restart ending his day.
Elliott would pull away from the field while Byron got into Ross Chastain to bring out a caution on the white flag lap. The win is Elliott’s first of the season.
Texas Cup Series Results
April 14, 2024
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POSITION
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START
|
LED
|
BEHIND
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
C. Elliott#9
|
24
|
39
|
Winner
|
|
2 |
B. Keselowski#6
|
22
|
0
|
0.558
|
|
3 |
W. Byron#24
|
6
|
0
|
0.678
|
|
4 |
T. Reddick#45
|
4
|
37
|
0.948
|
|
5 |
D. Suárez#99
|
17
|
0
|
1.425
|
|
6 |
C. Briscoe#14
|
5
|
0
|
2.079
|
|
7 |
A. Dillon#3
|
15
|
0
|
2.310
|
|
8 |
B. Wallace#23
|
10
|
5
|
2.769
|
|
9 |
K. Busch#8
|
35
|
0
|
3.106
|
|
10 |
C. Hocevar#77
|
16
|
0
|
3.324
|
|
11 |
J. Logano#22
|
20
|
14
|
3.551
|
|
12 |
R. Preece#41
|
26
|
0
|
3.889
|
|
13 |
T. Gibbs#54
|
2
|
5
|
4.080
|
|
14 |
M. Truex Jr#19
|
9
|
0
|
4.443
|
|
15 |
T. Dillon#16
|
36
|
0
|
4.571
|
|
16 |
N. Gragson#10
|
21
|
0
|
5.140
|
|
17 |
D. Hemric#31
|
38
|
0
|
5.236
|
|
18 |
C. Buescher#17
|
19
|
0
|
5.558
|
|
19 |
R. Stenhouse Jr#47
|
31
|
0
|
6.352
|
|
20 |
K. Larson#5
|
1
|
78
|
6.704
|
|
21 |
K. Grala#15
|
33
|
0
|
6.979
|
|
22 |
E. Jones#43
|
27
|
0
|
7.253
|
|
23 |
C. Bell#20
|
3
|
1
|
7.379
|
|
24 |
Z. Smith#71
|
18
|
0
|
7.401
|
|
25 |
C. LaJoie#7
|
23
|
0
|
7.945
|
|
26 |
J. Johnson#84
|
37
|
0
|
8.087
|
|
27 |
A. Cindric#2
|
8
|
0
|
8.114
|
|
28 |
J. Haley#51
|
32
|
0
|
8.846
|
|
29 |
H. Burton#21
|
29
|
7
|
9.429
|
|
30 |
D. Hamlin#11
|
11
|
37
|
10.094
|
|
31 |
T. Gilliland#38
|
28
|
3
|
10.537
|
|
32 |
R. Chastain#1
|
12
|
33
|
1 Lap
|
|
33 |
R. Blaney#12
|
7
|
17
|
8 Laps
|
|
34 |
J. Nemechek#42
|
30
|
0
|
50 Laps
|
|
35 |
M. McDowell#34
|
13
|
0
|
133 Laps
|
|
36 |
J. Berry#4
|
25
|
0
|
140 Laps
|
|
37 |
A. Bowman#48
|
14
|
0
|
176 Laps
|
|
38 |
A. Hill#33
|
34
|
1
|
178 Laps
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