2024 GEICO 500

2024 GEICO 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 10 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21)
Location	Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance	188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.64 km)
Average speed	155.977 miles per hour (251.021 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports
Time	52.609
Most laps led
Driver	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports
Laps	36
Winner
No. 45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer,and Kevin Harvick
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch), and Jason Toy (3 & 4)

The 2024 GEICO 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 21, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Tyler Reddick won the race. Brad Keselowski finished 2nd, and Noah Gragson finished 3rd. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five, and Anthony Alfredo, William Byron, Todd Gilliland, Daniel Hemric, and Harrison Burton rounded out the top ten.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

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

Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.609 and a speed of 182.022 mph (292.936 km/h).^[8]

Kyle Larson was on the pit-road to put down a qualifying lap but Nascar officials saw something with his car and pulled him to the garage. He was not allowed to qualify as the team made an unapproved adjustment to the roof rails as they pushed the car to the grid.

Coming to the checkers, Michael McDowell put a bad block on Brad Keselowski in the tri-oval, triggering a massive wreck behind the leaders, with one car flipping and finishing the race on its side. Tyler Reddick would steal the win from Keselowski and take 23XI Racing to victory lane for the first time in 2024, and the 2nd time at Talladega.

Stage One Laps: 60

Stage Two Laps: 60

Stage Three Laps: 68

• Lead changes: 73 among 23 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 21 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 29 seconds
• Average speed: 155.977 miles per hour (251.021 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 24th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and 2010 spring Talladega winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch and Jason Toy called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Steve Post, Kim Coon, Paul Small and Chris Wilner worked pit road for the radio side for MRN.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 359 2 Martin Truex Jr. 344 (–15) 1 3 Chase Elliott 337 (–22) 1 4 William Byron 335 (–24) 3 5 Tyler Reddick 316 (–43) 3 6 Denny Hamlin 308 (–51) 7 Ryan Blaney 302 (–57) 2 8 Ty Gibbs 296 (–63) 2 9 Ross Chastain 277 (–82) 4 10 Alex Bowman 261 (–98) 2 11 Bubba Wallace 257 (–102) 12 Chase Briscoe 256 (–103) 3 13 Christopher Bell 255 (–104) 3 14 Brad Keselowski 254 (–105) 15 Joey Logano 245 (–114) 3 16 Chris Buescher 245 (–114) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 371 2 Toyota 362 (–9) 3 Ford 332 (–39) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.