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NASCAR Cup Series race number 1 of 36
Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:44 Average speed: 144.416 mph Pole speed: 191.261 mph	Cautions: 7 for 40 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 22
Green flag passes: 2,755 (17.2 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2021 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2021 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts	PPts
1	17	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops / Speedco (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	200	running	1	44	5
2	12	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	3	42	0
3	4	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	running	7	48	0
4	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light #TheCrew (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	17	42	0
5	25	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	98	52	2
6	11	37	Ryan Preece	Cottonelle (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	40	0
7	34	42	Ross Chastain	Clover (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	32	0
8	19	77	Jamie McMurray	Advent Health / Bass Pro Shops (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	29	0
9	16	7	Corey LaJoie	Youtheory (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	28	0
10	13	5	Kyle Larson	Nations Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	1	37	0
11	27	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	1	27	0
12	9	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	199	crash	26	33	0
13	24	2	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tire (Roger Penske)	Ford	199	crash	0	25	0
14	10	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	199	crash	0	25	0
15	39	33	Austin Cindric	Verizon 5G (Roger Penske)	Ford	199	crash	2	0	0
16	5	20	Christopher Bell	DeWalt (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	199	running	32	26	0
17	6	23	Bubba Wallace	Door Dash (23XI Racing)	Toyota	198	crash	1	32	0
18	21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / NOS Energy Drink (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	198	running	0	19	0
19	30	14	Chase Briscoe	HighPoint.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	197	running	0	18	0
20	28	53	Joey Gase	Page Construction / Fox Nation (Rick Ware)	Ford	196	running	0	0	0
21	35	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	196	running	0	16	0
22	20	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	195	running	0	15	0
23	38	78	B.J. McLeod	NASCAR Heat 5 / Xbox Free Play Days (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	195	running	0	0	0
24	37	52	Josh Bilicki	Wisconsin Lightning Lab (Rick Ware)	Ford	194	running	0	13	0
25	26	19	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATVs (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	193	running	0	12	0
26	2	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	191	running	0	11	0
27	29	8	Tyler Reddick	Lenovo (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	running	0	10	0
28	40	16	Kaz Grala	Hyper Ice (Matthew Kaulig)	Chevrolet	115	dvp	10	9	0
29	33	00	Quin Houff	Mane 'N Tail (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	37	crash	0	8	0
30	14	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / Blue DEF / Peak (Roger Penske)	Ford	14	crash	0	7	0
31	22	17	Chris Buescher	Fastenal / 3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	14	dvp	0	6	0
32	36	38	Anthony Alfredo	Speedy Cash (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	14	dvp	0	5	0
33	23	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Motorcraft / Quick Lane (Wood Brothers)	Ford	14	dvp	0	4	0
34	3	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	13	crash	0	3	0
35	1	48	Alex Bowman	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	13	crash	1	2	0
36	15	99	Daniel Suarez	iFly (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	13	crash	0	1	0
37	18	36	David Ragan	Select Blinds (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	13	crash	0	1	0
38	7	6	Ryan Newman	Kohler Generators (Jack Roush)	Ford	13	crash	0	1	0
39	31	43	Erik Jones	Armor All (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	13	crash	0	1	0
40	32	15	Derrike Cope	Jacob Companies (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	3	crash	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #11, 37, 3, 5, 33, 20, 23, 22, 42, 41
Top 10 in Stage 2: #11, 4, 23, 9, 3, 22, 34, 5, 18, 2

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Brad Keselowski	2	backup car
Chase Briscoe	14	backup car
Kaz Grala	16	backup car
Martin Truex, Jr.	19	radiator change
Bubba Wallace	23	multiple inspection failures
William Byron	24	backup car
Anthony Alfredo	38	backup car
Cole Custer	41	backup car
Ross Chastain	42	backup car
Erik Jones	43	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
41	Ty Dillon	96	Bass Pro Shops / Black Rifle Coffee	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota
42	Garrett Smithley	13	Trophy Tractor	Carl Long	Ford
43	Timmy Hill	66	VSI Racing	Carl Long	Ford
44	Noah Gragson	62	Beard Oil Distributors	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	7	4	#15 accident turn 4	none
	8	14	7
	15	29	15	#19,43,77,48,21,8,10,17,12,24,6,20,1,36,38,99 accident turn 3	none
	30	38	9
	39	43	5	#00,14 accident frontstretch	#77
	44	66	23
	67	71	5	end of stage 1	#77
	72	112	41
	113	117	5	#47,20,5,77 accident backstretch	none
	118	131	14
	132	136	5	end of stage 2	#20
	137	199	63
	200	200	1	#2,22,37,9,42,18,23,33 accident turn 3	none
Percent of race run under caution: 20.0% Average green flag run: 22.9 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Alex Bowman	1	1	1
Kevin Harvick	2	17	16
Kaz Grala	18	27	10
Chase Elliott	28	29	2
Austin Dillon	30	30	1
Cole Custer	31	31	1
Denny Hamlin	32	71	40
Austin Cindric	72	73	2
Denny Hamlin	74	74	1
Christopher Bell	75	106	32
Austin Dillon	107	108	2
Chase Elliott	109	109	1
Kyle Larson	110	110	1
Denny Hamlin	111	117	7
Joey Logano	118	118	1
Kevin Harvick	119	119	1
Denny Hamlin	120	128	9
Bubba Wallace	129	129	1
Denny Hamlin	130	132	3
Austin Dillon	133	136	4
Denny Hamlin	137	174	38
Joey Logano	175	199	25
Michael McDowell	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Austin Dillon	58
2	Denny Hamlin	52	-6
3	Kevin Harvick	50	-8
4	Chase Elliott	48	-10
5	Michael McDowell	46	-12
5	Ryan Preece	46	-12
7	Kyle Larson	41	-17
7	Bubba Wallace	41	-17
9	Joey Logano	40	-18
10	Christopher Bell	35	-23
11	Ross Chastain	32	-26
11	Corey LaJoie	32	-26
11	Kyle Busch	32	-26
14	Jamie McMurray	30	-28
15	Cole Custer	27	-31
16	Brad Keselowski	25	-33
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	19	-39
18	Chase Briscoe	18	-40
19	Kurt Busch	17	-41
20	Cody Ware	16	-42
21	Josh Bilicki	13	-45

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Michael McDowell	1	46
2	Austin Dillon	0	58
3	Denny Hamlin	0	52
4	Kevin Harvick	0	50
5	Chase Elliott	0	48
6	Ryan Preece	0	46
7	Kyle Larson	0	41
7	Bubba Wallace	0	41
9	Joey Logano	0	40
10	Christopher Bell	0	35
11	Ross Chastain	0	32
11	Corey LaJoie	0	32
11	Kyle Busch	0	32
14	Jamie McMurray	0	30
15	Cole Custer	0	27
16	Brad Keselowski	0	25