2024 Drive for the Cure 250

2024 Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina

Race details
Race 29 of 33 in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.28 mi (3.67 km)
Distance	67 laps, 155 mi (250 km)
Television in the United States
Network	CW
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The 2024 Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina is an upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on October 12, 2024, at Charlotte Motor Speedway roval layout, a 2.28 miles (3.67 km) permanent road course in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 67 laps on the 2.6-mile (4.2 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped superspeedway, it will be the 29th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series, the third race of the Playoffs, and final race for the Round of 12.

Background

Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is 2.28 miles (3.67 km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, 400 kilometres (250 mi).

During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.

If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit.