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NASCAR Cup Series race number 10 of 36
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:26:30 Average speed: 147.62 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 7 for 34 laps Margin of victory: .102 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 35
Green flag passes: 9,738 (62.0 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:
Brad Keselowski	10	8	1	1	35	8	28	324	296	229	70.7	5	163	85.3	1	0.5	191	117.9
William Byron	4	2	2	1	30	12	11	366	355	213	58.2	5	117	61.3	12	6.3	191	99.4
Michael McDowell	23	10	3	1	27	10	30	394	364	230	58.4	5	148	77.5	0	0.0	191	104.3
Kevin Harvick	16	30	4	1	31	12	6	319	313	253	79.3	4	136	71.2	12	6.3	191	94.1
Matt DiBenedetto	13	7	5	1	32	10	2	228	226	139	61.0	3	142	74.3	28	14.7	191	104.3
Kaz Grala	38	21	6	2	38	27	8	183	175	25	13.7	4	16	8.4	0	0.0	191	64.3
Tyler Reddick	20	19	7	2	32	16	1	355	354	167	47.0	1	103	53.9	0	0.0	191	77.6
Austin Dillon	11	5	8	2	31	15	-4	362	366	199	55.0	9	112	58.6	0	0.0	191	88.9
Ryan Blaney	7	16	9	1	35	9	-11	251	262	164	65.3	2	140	73.3	11	5.8	191	97.7
Cole Custer	27	9	10	1	34	13	4	367	363	233	63.5	0	117	61.3	0	0.0	191	89.7
Chase Briscoe	25	13	11	1	35	16	27	335	308	123	36.7	9	97	50.8	1	0.5	191	78.7
Anthony Alfredo	30	24	12	6	35	23	-21	223	244	20	9.0	5	11	5.8	0	0.0	191	61.1
Ryan Newman	28	23	13	1	33	25	-23	164	187	14	8.5	2	17	8.9	2	1.0	191	60.1
Ryan Preece	29	1	14	1	36	14	43	372	329	197	53.0	5	110	57.6	9	4.7	191	93.3
Aric Almirola	14	18	15	1	38	18	-15	190	205	66	34.7	5	64	33.5	16	8.4	191	71.5
Ross Chastain	18	32	16	1	37	14	-7	339	346	227	67.0	4	121	63.4	12	6.3	191	79.1
Christopher Bell	6	14	17	1	39	10	11	408	397	268	65.7	5	168	88.0	2	1.0	191	92.7
Kyle Busch	9	11	18	1	25	9	-8	399	407	282	70.7	2	169	88.5	6	3.1	191	93.4
Bubba Wallace	24	12	19	1	36	12	58	393	335	237	60.3	7	140	73.3	16	8.4	191	92.9
Harrison Burton	39	17	20	6	40	21	0	264	264	64	24.2	2	44	23.0	0	0.0	191	58.4
Chris Buescher	21	31	21	2	32	12	-15	353	368	229	64.9	4	138	72.3	0	0.0	191	80.3
Corey LaJoie	26	22	22	2	39	27	2	153	151	5	3.3	1	7	3.7	0	0.0	191	49.1
Daniel Suarez	19	33	23	2	39	28	-9	125	134	32	25.6	7	14	7.3	0	0.0	191	51.3
Chase Elliott	8	25	24	1	36	18	3	373	370	211	56.6	5	74	38.7	3	1.6	191	61.8
B.J. McLeod	31	27	25	4	38	28	-16	133	149	2	1.5	1	7	3.7	0	0.0	191	43.3
J.J. Yeley	37	26	26	3	38	26	-25	138	163	3	2.2	1	9	4.7	0	0.0	191	46.5
Erik Jones	22	6	27	1	37	20	-19	216	235	88	40.7	10	74	38.9	7	3.7	190	62.0
Cody Ware	33	34	28	15	38	30	-15	138	153	0	0.0	2	1	0.5	0	0.0	190	37.7
Timmy Hill	40	29	29	8	40	31	-7	110	117	0	0.0	3	2	1.1	0	0.0	190	35.7
Justin Haley	34	36	30	6	37	32	-20	66	86	0	0.0	1	2	1.1	0	0.0	190	37.0
Martin Truex Jr	3	15	31	2	38	16	41	396	355	198	50.0	6	104	55.0	0	0.0	189	71.1
Denny Hamlin	1	35	32	1	36	20	-1	165	166	106	64.2	4	85	45.2	43	22.9	188	90.1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	17	20	33	2	36	23	36	288	252	97	33.7	6	31	16.7	0	0.0	186	53.9
Joey Gase	35	37	34	21	39	35	-18	25	43	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	186	30.0
Kurt Busch	15	3	35	2	37	25	-3	252	255	138	54.8	8	50	27.0	0	0.0	185	64.6
Josh Bilicki	36	38	36	31	39	38	-12	8	20	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	180	27.6
Quin Houff	32	28	37	4	39	26	-52	165	217	1	0.6	2	5	3.0	0	0.0	168	41.6
Alex Bowman	5	4	38	1	34	23	-9	286	295	172	60.1	2	74	60.2	0	0.0	123	73.0
Joey Logano	2	39	39	1	31	29	13	109	96	97	89.0	0	53	89.8	10	16.9	59	73.9
Kyle Larson	12	40	40	12	40	40	-31	3	34	2	66.7	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.