2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 explained

The 2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was an NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 14, 2024, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 276 laps -- extended from 267 laps due to an double overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the ninth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.Chase Elliott won the race, his first of the season, and 19th of his career. This win also snapped a 42-race winless streak for Elliott dating back to the 2022 YellaWood 500 in October 2022 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Background

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3		nowrap		Chevrolet
4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford
5			Chevrolet
6			Ford
7			Chevrolet
8			Chevrolet
9			Chevrolet
10			Ford
11			Toyota
12			Ford
14			Ford
15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford
16	Ty Dillon (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
23			Toyota
24			Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
33	Austin Hill (i)		Chevrolet
34			Ford
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Toyota
43			Toyota
45			Toyota
47	nowrap			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
54			Toyota
71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet
84			Toyota
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.345 seconds and a speed of 190.51mph.^[9]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	54				28.345	190.510
2	6				28.553	189.122
3	5				28.560	189.076
Official practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.366 and a speed of 190.369mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	5			Chevrolet	28.338	28.366
2	54			Toyota	28.409	28.401
3	20			Toyota	28.502	28.417
4	45			Toyota	28.357	28.450
5	14			Ford	28.373	28.458
6	24			Chevrolet	28.385	28.464
7	12			Ford	28.461	28.480
8	2			Ford	28.522	28.482
9	19			Toyota	28.441	28.528
10	23			Toyota	28.424	28.682
11	11			Toyota	28.499	—
12	1			Chevrolet	28.542	—
13	34			Ford	28.501	—
14	48			Chevrolet	28.565	—
15	3			Chevrolet	28.511	—
16	77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet	28.572	—
17	99			Chevrolet	28.521	—
18	71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet	28.634	—
19	17			Ford	28.522	—
20	22			Ford	28.642	—
21	10			Ford	28.549	—
22	6			Ford	28.728	—
23	7			Chevrolet	28.653	—
24	9			Chevrolet	28.742	—
25	4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford	28.679	—
26	41			Ford	28.776	—
27	43			Toyota	28.689	—
28	38			Ford	28.867	—
29	21			Ford	28.739	—
30	42			Toyota	28.937	—
31	47			Chevrolet	28.775	—
32	51			Ford	28.954	—
33	15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford	28.916	—
34	33	Austin Hill (i)		Chevrolet	28.972	—
35	8			Chevrolet	0.000	—
36	16	Ty Dillon (i)		Chevrolet	29.019	—
37	84			Toyota	0.000	—
38	31			Chevrolet	29.107	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	7
5	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	4
7	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
8	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	3
9	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	10
2	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	9
3	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	7
5	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	5
7	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	4
8	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	24	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	46
2	22	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	276	40
3	6	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	36
4	4	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	276	40
5	17	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	276	32
6	5	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	276	43
7	10	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	276	40
8	15	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	276	29
9	35	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	276	28
10	16	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	27
11	20	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	276	26
12	26	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	276	25
13	2	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	276	26
14	9	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	276	23
15	19	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	276	22
16	36	16	Ty Dillon (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	276	0
17	3	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	276	29
18	21	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	276	19
19	27	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	276	25
20	38	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	276	17
21	1	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	26
22	23	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	15
23	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	276	17
24	32	51	Justin Haley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	276	13
25	8	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	276	12
26	18	71	Zane Smith (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	276	11
27	33	15	Kaz Grala (R)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	276	10
28	29	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	276	13
29	37	84	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	276	8
30	11	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	276	15
31	28	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	276	6
32	12	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	275	15
33	7	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	268	17
34	30	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	226	3
35	13	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	143	5
36	25	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	136	1
37	14	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	100	1
38	34	33	Austin Hill (i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	98	0
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 23 among 13 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 16 for 72 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 33 minutes and 14 seconds
• Average speed: 116.492mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and three-time Texas 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.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field races down the front straightaway. Rob Albright covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Alan Cavanna and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kyle Larson	336
	2	Martin Truex Jr.	318 (–18)
	3	Denny Hamlin	307 (–29)
2	4	Chase Elliott	303 (–33)
1	5	William Byron	297 (–39)
1	6	Ty Gibbs	280 (–56)
2	7	Ryan Blaney	278 (–58)
1	8	Tyler Reddick	269 (–67)
3	9	Bubba Wallace	255 (–81)
2	10	Ross Chastain	247 (–89)
	11	Christopher Bell	244 (–92)
4	12	Chase Briscoe	231 (–105)
3	13	Alex Bowman	228 (–108)
1	14	Chris Buescher	226 (–110)
1	15	Joey Logano	217 (–119)
1	16	Kyle Busch	217 (–119)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	338
	2	Toyota	322 (–16)
	3	Ford	297 (–41)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . January 17, 2024.
2. Web site: Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 21, 2023. January 3, 2013. October 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151030043513/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/texas-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs . Zach . Sturniolo . . October 4, 2023 . October 4, 2023.
4. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 8, 2024. April 8, 2024.
5. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 13, 2024. April 13, 2024.
6. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 13, 2024. April 13, 2024.
7. Web site: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 14, 2024. April 14, 2024.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 14, 2024. April 14, 2024.
9. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Ty Gibbs leads NASCAR Cup practice at Texas; Busch and Johnson crash. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 13, 2024. Fort Worth, Texas. April 13, 2024.
10. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Larson earns third straight NASCAR Cup pole, beating Gibbs at Texas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 13, 2024. Fort Worth, Texas. April 13, 2024.