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No. 00 Xfinity NASCAR Ford Runner-Up At Las Vegas 2024: Video

Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 NASCAR Ford Mustang, started from the pole for the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas on March 2nd, 2024. His race car was fast all day, but not fast enough to reel in the race winner when it mattered most.

Custer spent some time mired in the pack before nosing back into second place after the final round of green-flag pit stops. However, he wasn’t able to track down John Hunter Nemechek, who took off in the No. 20 Toyota TRD Supra and put almost five seconds between his race car and Custer’s NASCAR Ford machine at the checkered flag.

Custer surmised that 70 mph winds in the Mojave that day might have played a role in how his race car handled.

“It’s definitely not ideal, you know,” he said in an interview. “The biggest thing is just making sure you don’t over-drive the corner, because Turn 3, you’re going in there five to ten miles an hour faster than what we normally would so you have to really stay disciplined on just not going that little bit too much because you’ll miss the corner and cost yourself three-tenths.”

Ryan Sieg also put up a decent fight against the weather and other cars on track, bringing his No. 39 NASCAR Ford home in seventh place.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, March 2nd, 2024
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 12 20 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Safeway/Albertsons Toyota 200 99 Toyota TRD Supra
2 1 00 Cole Custer Production Alliance Group Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
3 2 81 Chandler Smith QuickTie Toyota 200 74 Toyota TRD Supra
4 5 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 200 6 Chevrolet Camaro
5 11 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
6 3 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro
7 6 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
8 8 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Flying J/BTI Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro
9 13 9 Brandon Jones Menards/Jeld-Wen Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro
10 36 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 200 11 Chevrolet Camaro
11 7 48 Parker Kligerman Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro
12 10 19 Aric Almirola He Gets Us Toyota 200 0 TOyota TRD Supra
13 16 26 Corey Heim(i) GearWrench Toyota 200 0 Toyota TRD Supra
14 32 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 199 10 Chevrolet Camaro
15 28 15 Hailie Deegan # AirBox Ford 199 0 Ford Mustang
16 37 5 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
17 15 2 Jesse Love # Whelen Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
18 19 42 Leland Honeyman # LH Waterfront Construction Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
19 18 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
20 27 28 Kyle Sieg TOPPOOL.com Ford 199 0 Ford Mustang
21 20 91 Kyle Weatherman DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
22 23 43 Ryan Ellis Classic Collision Chevrolet 199 0 Chevrolet Camaro
23 21 27 Jeb Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 198 0 Chevrolet Camaro
24 22 14 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 198 0 Chevrolet Camaro
25 17 51 Jeremy Clements First Pacific Funding Chevrolet 197 0 Chevrolet Camaro
26 9 18 Sheldon Creed Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota 197 0 Toyota TRD Supra
27 31 92 Nick Leitz Precision Measurements Inc Chevrolet 197 0 Chevrolet Camaro
28 30 07 Patrick Emerling Frontline Optics Chevrolet 196 0 Chevrolet Camaro
29 33 6 Garrett Smithley Teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 195 0 Chevrolet Camaro
30 38 35 Joey Gase Nevada Donor Network Chevrolet 195 0 Chevrolet Camaro
31 29 29 Blaine Perkins AutoParkit.com Ford 195 0 Ford Mustang
32 24 78 BJ McLeod BJ McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 Chevrolet Camaro
33 34 38 CJ McLaughlin Viking Motorsports Ford 194 0 Ford Mustang
34 26 4 Dawson Cram # KSDT CPA Chevrolet 192 0 Chevrolet Camaro
35 4 31 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 115 0 Chevrolet Camaro
36 35 32 Sage Karam EasyCare Chevrolet 104 0 Chevrolet Camaro
37 25 97 Shane Van Gisbergen # Focused Health Chevrolet 27 0 Chevrolet Camaro
38 14 1 Sam Mayer Club Car Chevrolet 7 0 Chevrolet Camaro

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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