With two first-time champions and a three-time champion at NASCAR’s highest stage topped over the weekend at Phoenix Raceway, the 2024 NASCAR season has ended.
Championship weekend was a becoming finish to an eventful NASCAR season that noticed picture finishes, together with the closest end in Cup Sequence historical past, and the ultimate race for Stewart Haas Racing and 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr., who’s retiring from full-time competitors.
With so much left to unpack from the 2024 marketing campaign, listed here are some remaining ideas on the NASCAR season that was.
Ty Majeski dominates, wins first Truck Sequence title
Whereas Corey Heim may need received essentially the most races within the collection with six victories over the course of the season, it was Majeski who claimed his first collection championship. Main a powerful 132 of the 150 laps, Majeski’s triumph marked the third title within the final 4 years for ThorSport Racing.
In whole, Majeski had three wins, 10 prime fives, 14 prime 10s and solely two DNFs and led 600 laps.
Justin Allgaier overcomes adversity, lastly claims first Xfinity championship
In the end, Allgaier is an Xfinity Sequence champion. After six prior Championship 4 appearances, it was fortunate quantity seven for the driving force of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Regardless of extra DNFs (six) than the remainder of the Championship 4 contenders, in addition to a observe crash that pressured him to go to a backup automotive for the title race and a restart violation and pit highway dashing penalty through the occasion, Allgaier caught a well timed warning late within the race and was capable of race his solution to the entrance.
Though Riley Herbst scored the win, Allgaier outran fellow Championship 4 drivers Cole Custer, AJ Allmendinger and Austin Hill to say that elusive first Xfinity title on the age of 38.
Joey Logano does it once more, turns into the tenth driver all-time to win three or extra championships
Prefer it or not, Logano is a three-time Cup Sequence champion. Earlier than we even get into that, let’s understand that Logano was not even within the Spherical of 8 initially till Alex Bowman’s No. 48 was disqualified after the Charlotte Roval. Nonetheless, Logano now stands as a three-time champion and Group Penske has received all three championships within the Subsequent-Gen automotive between Logano and Ryan Blaney.
Logano led 107 laps within the race and took benefit of the chance he was given after Bowman’s DQ. Nonetheless, with drivers like Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell main 1,699 and 1,145 laps, respectively and scoring extra prime fives (15) than Logano scored prime 10s (13), it positively brings the playoff format into query for many followers.
As Austin Konenski of MotorsportsWire identified, Logano recorded the fewest prime fives, prime 10s and lowest common ending place of any Cup champion within the fashionable period.
No matter how you’re feeling, Logano took benefit of the scenario and placed on a outstanding drive within the closing laps to carry off Blaney and win his third Cup Sequence title.
