2024 The LiUNA!
The 2024 The LiUNA! was the 3rd stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would cruise to victory in a dominating performance, leading a race-high 99 laps and earning his 10th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. Nemechek's teammate, Chandler Smith, won both stages and led 74 laps, but fell back in the final stage and finished 3rd. To fill out the podium, Cole Custer, driving for Stewart–Haas Racing, and Smith, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
| Date | March 2, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 28th Annual The LiUNA! | ||
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (482 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (482 km) | ||
| Average speed | 137.143 mph (220.710 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart–Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 29.788 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 99 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Joey Logano, and Austin Cindric | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||