Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Boris Said will take turns piloting Hendrick Motorsports' No. 17 entry throughout the 2024 Xfinity Series season.
The Cup debut of Kraus, Almirola's return and three Cup competitors entered for Friday's Truck Series action highlights NASCAR's upcoming triple-header weekend feature at Sin City.
The 29-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led the final two of 168 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in a late fuel-saving, overtime shootout for his second consecutive Xfinity victory of the 2024 season.
Jesse Love captured the NASCAR Xfinity Series pole Friday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a lap of 173.935 mph in the No. 38 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. It was his second consecutive pole of the year.
The 42-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, is primed to achieve a milestone start in his return as a full-time Xfinity Series competitor.
The 29-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led nine of 120-scheduled laps and rallied from three different circumstances to three-peat the Xfinity Series' season-opening event at Daytona.
The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season officially begins Sunday, Feb. 18 with the Daytona 500. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been named as the Grand Marshal for the event which will be broadcast at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX with radio coverage provided by MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The 2024 NASCAR season openers at Daytona generates an expansive list of notables, new and familiar, who will contend for a first victory in their respective series and at Daytona.
As 2023 comes to an end, the silly season begins. Check below for all of the driver and team news in anticipation of the NASCAR 2024 season. This list will be updated periodically.