The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 is done and dusted. The 19th race of the season, with 38 entries, started at 2:30 pm ET on Saturday, July 13. It took place at the Pocono Raceway and lasted two hours, eight minutes, and 26 seconds.
Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 saw 10 lead changes among six drivers and witnessed eight caution flags.
Who won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race today?
Driving the #00 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing, Cole Custer secured his first win of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season after beating his closest championship challenger Justin Allgaier at Pocono.
Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, Custer emerged victorious when he grabbed the lead from Allgaier on a restart with nine laps to go and held on to the lead to cross the finish line in P1.
Cole Custer won Stage 2 and led a race-high 30 of the 90 laps. He crossed the finish line with an impressive margin of 0.670 seconds ahead of Allgaier to grab the checkered flag at the 2.5-mile-long track. This marked his 14th career win in the Xfinity Series.
Meanwhile, Justin Allgaier finished as runner-up, followed by Cup regular William Byron, Sheldon Creed, and Taylor Gray in the top five. AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Parker Kligerman, Sammy Smith, and Sam Mayer completed the top 10.
NASCAR 2024 Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 final results
Here are the final results of NASCAR’s 2024 Explore The Pocono Mountains 225 at the Pocono Raceway:
- #00 - Cole Custer
- #7 - Justin Allgaier
- #17 - William Byron
- #18 - Sheldon Creed
- #19 - Taylor Gray
- #16 - AJ Allmendinger
- #21 - Austin Hill
- #48 - Parker Kligerman
- #8 - Sammy Smith
- #1 - Sam Mayer
- #98 - Riley Herbst
- #39 - Ryan Sieg
- #9 - Brandon Jones
- #5 - Anthony Alfredo
- #81 - Chandler Smith
- #26 - Corey Heim
- #10 - Daniel Dye
- #11 - Josh Williams
- #20 - Ryan Truex
- #28 - Kyle Sieg
- #27 - Jeb Burton
- #2 - Jesse Love
- #91 - Kyle Weatherman
- #38 - Matt DiBenedetto
- #42 - Leland Honeyman
- #44 - Brennan Poole
- #15 - Josh Berry
- #4 - Thomas Annunziata
- #14 - Mason Massey
- #51 - Jeremy Clements
- #97 - Shane Van Gisbergen
- #31 - Parker Retzlaff
- #07 - Patrick Emerling
- #29 - Blaine Perkins
- #35 - Stephen Mallozzi
- #43 - Ryan Ellis
- #92 - Josh Bilicki
- #74 - Dawson Cram
Catch Xfinity Series teams and drivers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 20th race of the season next Saturday, July 20.