The 2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 27, 2024, at HomesteadâÂÂMiami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8. Tyler Reddick won the race. Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, and Denny Hamlin finished 3rd. Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five, and William Byron, Alex Bowman, A. J. Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar, and Ryan Preece rounded out the top ten.
HomesteadâÂÂMiami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
From 2002 to 2019, HomesteadâÂÂMiami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series; due to Ford Motor Company sponsoring all three races the weekend was known as the 'Ford Championship Weekend'. The track has since held races on different dates in 2020 (June) and 2021 (February), which were both affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, before being moved back into the Playoffs as the second race of the Round of 8 in 2022, with the date being kept for 2023.
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.187 seconds and a speed of .
Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.248 and a speed of .
Stage One Laps: 80
Stage Two Laps: 85
Stage Three Laps: 102
NBC covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chief Todd Gordon called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. MRN Lead Pit Reporter Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.