Links for this race (some data may be unavailable):
Race Results	Qualifying Results	Loop Data Stats	Pit Stops \| Penalties
Comments (317)	Video Links (2)	Crew Chiefs	Entry List

2021 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 loop data

Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track

Post

NASCAR Cup Series race number 2 of 36
Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Daytona Intl. Speedway Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
70 laps on a 3.610 mile road course (252.700 miles)

Time of race: 2:59:32 Average speed: 84.452 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 8 for 12 laps Margin of victory: 2.119 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 12
Green flag passes: 2,877 (49.6 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2021 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2021 standings

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

Loop data for this race:
Christopher Bell	12	3	1	1	18	6	17	46	29	35	76.1	12	68	97.1	5	7.1	70	128.8
Joey Logano	11	23	2	1	25	5	17	53	36	29	54.7	3	67	95.7	10	14.3	70	121.5
Denny Hamlin	4	1	3	1	16	4	17	50	33	29	58.0	3	70	100.0	5	7.1	70	124.2
Kurt Busch	17	2	4	1	29	9	-3	73	76	27	37.0	0	54	77.1	2	2.9	70	98.6
Brad Keselowski	15	31	5	2	38	16	-48	75	123	22	29.3	0	42	60.0	0	0.0	70	76.7
Kevin Harvick	5	9	6	2	17	9	-6	49	55	24	49.0	0	67	95.7	0	0.0	70	100.8
A.J. Allmendinger	34	29	7	1	37	17	49	103	54	19	18.4	1	29	41.4	2	2.9	70	90.1
Michael McDowell	2	15	8	2	40	20	-11	111	122	19	17.1	1	22	31.4	0	0.0	70	76.9
Ryan Preece	6	30	9	5	33	18	7	72	65	13	18.1	0	22	31.4	0	0.0	70	79.7
Alex Bowman	36	14	10	8	36	17	16	73	57	13	17.8	0	31	44.3	0	0.0	70	79.3
Chris Buescher	30	10	11	4	30	15	8	75	67	31	41.3	0	39	55.7	0	0.0	70	81.8
Martin Truex Jr	19	4	12	1	33	7	31	100	69	47	47.0	8	63	90.0	0	0.0	70	108.9
Cole Custer	13	27	13	5	28	12	15	75	60	36	48.0	0	60	85.7	0	0.0	70	95.5
Erik Jones	37	13	14	12	39	21	20	91	71	14	15.4	0	21	30.0	0	0.0	70	71.7
Ryan Blaney	27	28	15	13	36	21	16	90	74	5	5.6	0	10	14.3	0	0.0	70	69.7
Daniel Suarez	35	8	16	1	35	19	1	92	91	9	9.8	0	20	28.6	2	2.9	70	68.2
Aric Almirola	26	7	17	7	35	17	2	84	82	13	15.5	0	22	31.4	0	0.0	70	70.7
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	16	33	18	11	36	23	15	96	81	7	7.3	0	3	4.3	0	0.0	70	62.7
Ty Dillon	38	22	19	10	38	26	15	85	70	2	2.4	0	1	1.4	0	0.0	70	53.0
Ryan Newman	33	18	20	11	33	23	-11	87	98	1	1.1	0	4	5.7	0	0.0	70	55.2
Chase Elliott	1	5	21	1	26	5	-1	41	42	29	70.7	19	64	91.4	44	62.9	70	120.0
Anthony Alfredo	31	20	22	12	38	30	-30	53	83	1	1.9	0	2	2.9	0	0.0	70	46.3
James Davison	39	21	23	7	39	28	8	97	89	4	4.1	0	4	5.7	0	0.0	70	49.7
Justin Haley	20	19	24	16	36	30	6	79	73	1	1.3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	70	42.8
Cody Ware	21	35	25	9	37	30	-10	95	105	2	2.1	0	1	1.4	0	0.0	70	41.8
Bubba Wallace	10	24	26	7	38	25	-49	61	110	9	14.8	0	13	18.6	0	0.0	70	46.2
Garrett Smithley	25	36	27	20	38	33	6	55	49	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	70	36.0
Scott Heckert	28	38	28	19	38	34	-7	47	54	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	70	34.0
Timmy Hill	40	34	29	26	40	36	8	35	27	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	70	32.0
Kyle Larson	8	11	30	1	36	10	-15	66	81	36	54.5	1	61	87.1	0	0.0	70	84.2
Corey LaJoie	7	32	31	6	38	27	-27	72	99	6	8.3	0	7	10.0	0	0.0	70	41.7
Chase Briscoe	18	17	32	2	39	22	-16	87	103	19	21.8	0	22	31.4	0	0.0	70	52.7
William Byron	22	6	33	6	34	15	7	85	78	29	34.1	0	45	65.2	0	0.0	69	75.2
Austin Dillon	3	26	34	2	35	14	-23	59	82	26	44.1	0	51	73.9	0	0.0	69	74.3
Kyle Busch	14	25	35	3	40	21	7	88	81	22	25.0	1	30	43.5	0	0.0	69	75.1
Josh Bilicki	23	37	36	18	38	32	-13	76	89	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	68	32.0
Matt DiBenedetto	32	12	37	2	38	27	-31	89	120	4	4.5	0	7	10.8	0	0.0	65	46.0
Tyler Reddick	24	16	38	8	37	25	26	97	71	7	7.2	0	13	22.4	0	0.0	58	55.2
Ross Chastain	9	39	39	6	28	30	-20	13	33	6	46.2	0	15	57.7	0	0.0	26	55.7
Quin Houff	29	40	40	29	40	40	-3	2	5	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.