Ryan Truex, the younger brother of 2017 Monster Energy Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. has not had a full-time opportunity in the Xfinity Series since 2018 where he finished 12th in a Kaulig Entry. Ryan has only made 26 starts in the Xfinity Series since then, but has made the absolute most of the opportunities he has had, winning at Dover twice and now Daytona.

Friday night, Ryan Truex paced the field for 28 laps, second most of the field behind series regular AJ Allmendinger including holding off the 16 and 48 cars on the final restart that worked so well together all night long.

Justin Allgaier continued his Stage dominance as he swept both of the Stages for his 12th and 13th Stage wins of the 2024 season. For comparison, Chandler Smith has the second most Stage wins with five.

Despite Parker Kligerman’s 20 point and 5 Stage Point penalties following Michigan, his third place finish last night and 11 Stage Points keep his 44 points above the Cutline.

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Plc.	Driver	Points
1	Ryan Truex	53
2	Chandler Smith	47
3	Parker Kligerman	45
4	Riley Herbst	42
5	Ryan Sieg	32
6	Jordan Anderson	31
7	Justin Allgaier	50
8	Sheldon Creed	40
9	Leland Honeyman	28
10	Kyle Weatherman	27
11	Josh Williams	27
12	Joe Graff Jr.	28
13	Sam Mayer	24
14	Blaine Perkins	23
15	Kyle Sieg	22
16	Brennan Poole	21
17	Jeb Burton	26
18	Patrick Emerling	19
19	CJ McLaughlin	18
20	Joey Gase	17
21	Jesse Love Jr.	16
22	Brandon Jones	17
23	Sammy Smith	16
24	AJ Allmendinger	28
25	Shane van Gisbergen	12
26	Anthony Alfredo	15
27	Jeremy Clements	11
28	Jeffrey Earnhardt	0
29	Ceasar Bacarella	8
30	Josh Bilicki	7
31	Austin Hill	6
32	Cole Custer	5
33	Matt DiBenedetto	4
34	Parker Retzlaff	3
35	Tim Viens	2
36	Gus Dean	1
37	Ryan Ellis	1
38	Akinori Ogata	0