Bouncing back from a late-race incident, the No. 00 Ford Mustang Dark Horse of Cole Custer pulled off a second-place finish and maintains his runner-up position in the points standings after Darlington on August 31st, 2024.
Custer tangled with the No. 20 Toyota TRD Supra of Christopher Bell on the first lap of an Overtime restart. Custer and Bell slammed doors on the backstretch, breaking both drivers loose and causing them to dip below the normal racing line. However, they were able to recover and held their spots. While Custer gathered his race car back up and sent it after Bell, he couldn’t make up enough time to complete the pass and settled for P2 – although that’s not particularly disheartening, considering he started outside the top 20.
Custer was the only NASCAR Ford to finish inside the top 10. Noah Gragson’s No. 30 Mustang finished 15th. Ryan Sieg’s No. 39 Mustang finished 18th, followed by the No. 38 Mustang of Matt DiBenedetto in 19th place.
Currently, Custer is 28 points behind leader Justin Allgaier’s No. 7 Chevy Camaro SS in the points standings. It’s also worth noting that there are just three races left in the regular season before the Playoffs begin.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 20 | Christopher Bell(i) | Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota | 150 | 108 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 2 | 21 | 0 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 150 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota | 150 | 30 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 4 | 16 | 17 | Chase Elliott(i) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 5 | 11 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Pilot Flying J Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 6 | 23 | 2 | Jesse Love # | Whelen Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 7 | 26 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | WeatherTech Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 8 | 5 | 81 | Chandler Smith | QuickTie Toyota | 150 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 9 | 6 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 10 | 20 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 11 | 15 | 19 | Joe Graf Jr. | G Coin Toyota | 150 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 12 | 24 | 92 | Ross Chastain(i) | Protect Your Melon Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 13 | 10 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 14 | 27 | 88 | Carson Kvapil | Clarience Technologies Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 15 | 29 | 30 | Noah Gragson(i) | Drop Zone Hunting Ford | 150 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 16 | 30 | 11 | Josh Williams | Call 811 Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 17 | 17 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Celsius Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 18 | 13 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 150 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 19 | 22 | 38 | Matt DiBenedetto | ReMA Ford | 150 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 20 | 28 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Macc Door Systems Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 21 | 34 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Southern Elevator Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 22 | 31 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | Southern String Hat Co Ford | 150 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 33 | 42 | Leland Honeyman # | RANDCO Industries Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 24 | 35 | 35 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 25 | 12 | 26 | Corey Heim(i) | Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota | 150 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Ferguson Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 27 | 4 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Sam Mayer | 10X Health Chevrolet | 149 | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 29 | 38 | 7 | Greg Van Alst | CB Fabricating Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 30 | 36 | 45 | Garrett Smithley | Ken McKnight AC Chevrolet | 148 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 31 | 25 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Booze Pops Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 32 | 7 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Patriot Lighting Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 33 | 37 | 14 | Chad Finchum | Ted Russell Ford of Knoxville Ford | 142 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 34 | 32 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | AutoParkit.com Ford | 133 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 35 | 8 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 129 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 36 | 9 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | Capital City Towing Chevrolet | 125 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 37 | 19 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | Mainline Fleet Maintenance Chevrolet | 54 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 38 | 18 | 15 | Joey Logano(i) | Panini Ford | 12 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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