TC Daily Pit Stop: JR Motorsports Swapping Crew Chiefs on No. 8, No. 9; NASCAR Won't Penalize Buescher; and Meeting the 2024 Playoff Drivers
TC Daily Pit Stop: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
We’ve made it to the middle of the week, and there’s only three more days until the NASCAR Xfinity Series goes to Atlanta Motor Speedway. Are you excited? Well, you should be. Feel free to comment below, and here is the latest TC Daily Pit Stop:
JR Motorsports to Swap Crew Chiefs on No. 8, No. 9 Entries
JR Motorsports is swapping the positions of its two first-year NASCAR Xfinity Series crew chiefs Adam Wall and Phillip Bell, starting with Saturday’s Focused Health 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Throughout the final 10 events of the 2024 season, Brandon Jones will have Adam Wall calling the shots for the No. 9 Menards Chevrolet Camaro. Sammy Smith, who joined JR Motorsports at the start of the season, will begin forging a relationship with Phillip Bell.
In a statement provided to TobyChristie.com, JR Motorsports says: “We are committed to doing all we can to get all four of our JRM teams into the playoffs and we feel like this change will give both Sammy and Brandon the best opportunities to make that happen. We fully believe in all of our race teams and are going to do whatever we can to ensure the success of everyone.”
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NASCAR Cup Playoff Preview: Meet the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Drivers
After 26 races of fighting for their Playoff lives, and where they would be seeded heading into the Round of 16, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff field is set heading into this weekend's Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Included in the mix of 16 drivers and teams are some of the biggest juggernauts in the NASCAR Cup Series garage as well as some of the biggest surprises to make the Playoffs in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs' win-and-you're-in format. From regular season champion Tyler Reddick, to series wins leader Kyle Larson, to Harrison Burton, who ranked 34th in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship standings, here is a full refresher course on all 16 drivers who will makeup the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff contenders as the series heads into its final 10 races.
Here’s a quick rundown of the 16 drivers that will fight for a NASCAR Cup Series title in 2024.
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MORE NASCAR HEADLINES:
NASCAR Will Not Issue Penalty to Chris Buescher for Darlington Run-In with Todd Gilliland: Elton Sawyer said Tuesday that NASCAR will not be issuing any kind of penalty to Chris Buescher, following a Lap 323 run-in with Todd Gilliland.
NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Entry List: There are 38 cars entered in Sunday’s Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway including #15 Cody Ware, #16 Shane Van Gisbergen, #44 JJ Yeley, and #78 BJ McLeod
NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 Entry List: There are 37 cars on the entry list for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Atlanta including: #07 CJ McLaughlin, #14 Mason Massey, #15 Lawless Alan, #19 Taylor Gray, #20 Ryan Truex, #26 Corey Heim, #35 Mason Maggio, #45 Garrett Smithley, and #92 Nick Leitz
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In the last 12 months, this person has worked in Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series.
His legacy was shortlived at LEGACY MOTOR CLUB.
This crew chief has worked with one of the Xfinity Series’ most successful veterans, as well as the driver he replaced in a NASCAR Cup Series event at Indianapolis in 2020.
This crew chief is currently working in the NASCAR Truck Series, with a team that failed to make the post-season.
Yesterday’s Question: Where did Brandon Jones collect his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory?
Top Answer: Kansas Speedway! Brandon Jones won the 2019 Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 19, 2019, the first of now five victories in the second-tier series — all of which came with Joe Gibbs Racing.
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