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2021 Daytona 500 loop data Bluegreen Vacations Duel #1 Bluegreen Vacations Duel #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Michael McDowell 17 18 1 1 35 14 5 102 97 71 69.6 7 103 51.5 1 0.5 200 94.2 Chase Elliott 12 8 2 1 16 8 -2 131 133 122 93.1 3 199 99.5 3 1.5 200 103.4 Austin Dillon 4 4 3 1 16 6 -7 108 115 97 89.8 2 199 99.5 7 3.5 200 108.5 Kevin Harvick 8 14 4 1 17 6 3 109 106 102 93.6 3 196 98.0 17 8.5 200 107.7 Denny Hamlin 25 3 5 1 38 6 -7 78 85 64 82.1 5 183 91.5 98 49.0 200 119.6 Ryan Preece 11 10 6 2 19 9 8 132 124 114 86.4 9 195 97.5 0 0.0 200 97.9 Ross Chastain 34 9 7 1 34 12 8 121 113 72 59.5 7 155 77.5 0 0.0 200 97.1 Jamie McMurray 19 15 8 2 30 17 1 87 86 41 47.1 8 109 54.5 0 0.0 200 85.3 Corey LaJoie 16 17 9 4 24 14 -17 107 124 76 71.0 8 139 69.5 0 0.0 200 90.8 Kyle Larson 13 7 10 1 18 9 20 126 106 112 88.9 6 190 95.0 1 0.5 200 96.4 Cole Custer 27 16 11 1 37 13 7 125 118 95 76.0 6 143 71.5 1 0.5 200 84.4 Joey Logano 9 6 12 1 24 7 8 158 150 147 93.0 6 194 97.5 26 13.1 199 104.4 Brad Keselowski 24 12 13 1 39 12 -13 117 130 104 88.9 6 171 85.9 0 0.0 199 90.3 Kyle Busch 10 2 14 1 16 5 -1 110 111 102 92.7 1 200 100.5 0 0.0 199 114.6 Austin Cindric 39 5 15 1 39 10 -8 91 99 74 81.3 8 166 83.4 2 1.0 199 91.6 Christopher Bell 5 1 16 1 24 11 13 108 95 69 63.9 11 105 52.8 32 16.1 199 97.3 Bubba Wallace 6 13 17 1 39 12 18 132 114 96 72.7 10 128 64.6 1 0.5 198 87.5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21 11 18 4 28 15 0 114 114 68 59.6 2 97 49.0 0 0.0 198 71.1 Chase Briscoe 30 24 19 1 38 22 -1 24 25 0 0.0 7 4 2.0 0 0.0 197 62.6 Joey Gase 28 20 20 11 37 20 -23 38 61 4 10.5 0 5 2.6 0 0.0 196 61.3 Cody Ware 35 23 21 11 39 22 -7 28 35 0 0.0 0 5 2.6 0 0.0 196 59.2 Kurt Busch 20 25 22 10 29 25 7 43 36 20 46.5 7 4 2.1 0 0.0 195 60.9 B.J. McLeod 38 21 23 2 38 20 -8 43 51 0 0.0 0 14 7.2 0 0.0 195 62.3 Josh Bilicki 37 22 24 11 40 22 -28 22 50 1 4.5 0 4 2.1 0 0.0 194 57.7 Martin Truex Jr 26 28 25 17 32 27 26 44 18 0 0.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 193 55.5 William Byron 2 27 26 2 32 27 5 39 34 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 191 51.1 Tyler Reddick 29 26 27 14 29 26 5 42 37 4 9.5 3 1 0.5 0 0.0 188 53.2 Kaz Grala 40 19 28 1 40 22 4 35 31 0 0.0 4 14 12.2 10 8.7 115 67.6 Quin Houff 33 29 29 10 38 28 -12 20 32 2 10.0 0 3 8.1 0 0.0 37 43.3 Ryan Blaney 14 30 30 6 21 29 -9 35 44 15 42.9 0 8 57.1 0 0.0 14 43.3 Chris Buescher 22 31 31 14 25 30 -4 18 22 2 11.1 0 1 7.1 0 0.0 14 37.2 Anthony Alfredo 36 32 32 20 36 31 9 33 24 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 37.0 Matt DiBenedetto 23 33 33 12 34 32 7 42 35 12 28.6 0 2 14.3 0 0.0 14 36.5 Aric Almirola 3 34 34 1 12 32 -8 14 22 14 100.0 0 13 100.0 0 0.0 13 41.5 Alex Bowman 1 35 35 1 14 33 -12 15 27 15 100.0 0 13 100.0 1 7.7 13 40.7 Daniel Suarez 15 36 36 8 18 34 3 37 34 27 73.0 0 11 84.6 0 0.0 13 35.5 David Ragan 18 37 37 10 21 35 -2 41 43 30 73.2 0 10 76.9 0 0.0 13 30.7 Ryan Newman 7 38 38 1 15 36 -4 32 36 29 90.6 0 13 100.0 0 0.0 13 30.8 Erik Jones 31 39 39 9 35 38 20 49 29 19 38.8 0 3 23.1 0 0.0 13 30.3 Derrike Cope 32 40 40 21 35 40 -9 5 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 23.2 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.