2024 United Rentals 300
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 33 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
| Date | February 19, 2024 | ||
| Official name | 43rd Annual United Rentals 300 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 120 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 120 laps, 300 mi (480 km) | ||
| Average speed | 108.119 mph (174.001 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | 49.702 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 34 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Andy Petree, and Michael Waltrip | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
The 2024 United Rentals 300 was the 1st stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 43rd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 17, 2024, but was later postponed to Monday, February 19, due to consistent rain showers. The race was held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent tri-oval shaped asphalt superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 120 laps to complete. In a wild race that saw numerous lead changes, Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would overcome from a late pit road penalty, and held off the leaders on the final restart to earn his seventh career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. It was also his third consecutive win in the season-opener Daytona race. Jesse Love, Hill's teammate, started on the pole and led a race-high 34 laps, before being involved in a wreck during Stage 2. To fill out the podium, Sheldon Creed, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Parker Retzlaff, driving for Jordan Anderson Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.