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NASCAR Cup Series race number 31 of 36
Monday, October 4, 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 2:23:24 Average speed: 130.218 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 5 for 27 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 35
Green flag passes: 8,852 (98.4 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2021 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2021 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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:
Bubba Wallace	19	13	1	1	28	15	14	325	311	126	38.8	2	56	47.9	5	4.3	117	104.7
Brad Keselowski	7	3	2	1	20	6	7	229	222	216	94.3	1	115	98.3	13	11.1	117	112.5
Joey Logano	8	2	3	1	22	6	11	221	210	192	86.9	1	112	95.7	9	7.7	117	108.9
Kurt Busch	14	10	4	1	36	14	-1	283	284	165	58.3	8	73	62.4	9	7.7	117	104.6
Christopher Bell	12	15	5	1	27	11	-18	281	299	138	49.1	2	75	64.1	12	10.3	117	104.0
Chris Buescher	24	1	6	1	30	10	17	297	280	186	62.6	1	93	79.5	7	6.0	117	103.9
Denny Hamlin	1	23	7	1	38	13	-14	227	241	158	69.6	4	71	60.7	6	5.1	117	90.9
Kevin Harvick	9	4	8	1	31	6	24	212	188	172	81.1	0	109	93.2	16	13.7	117	116.1
Erik Jones	26	20	9	1	34	15	12	329	317	166	50.5	1	63	53.8	0	0.0	117	90.4
Anthony Alfredo	30	30	10	1	37	19	44	335	291	100	29.9	2	40	34.2	1	0.9	117	73.9
Austin Dillon	16	28	11	1	37	18	-8	312	320	175	56.1	0	53	45.3	0	0.0	117	75.3
Martin Truex Jr	6	17	12	1	32	14	-17	319	336	160	50.2	2	63	53.8	2	1.7	117	84.5
Cole Custer	28	19	13	1	34	15	22	312	290	147	47.1	2	62	53.0	7	6.0	117	94.0
Chase Briscoe	17	39	14	1	39	27	22	276	254	59	21.4	2	14	12.0	0	0.0	117	58.1
Ryan Blaney	4	5	15	1	24	10	-22	227	249	148	65.2	0	93	79.5	0	0.0	117	94.8
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	21	11	16	1	36	17	41	368	327	140	38.0	5	51	43.6	10	8.5	117	74.9
Michael McDowell	22	35	17	4	40	25	30	259	229	65	25.1	5	21	17.9	0	0.0	117	57.4
Chase Elliott	3	7	18	1	27	11	8	309	301	203	65.7	0	89	76.1	0	0.0	117	89.2
Quin Houff	35	18	19	3	38	25	35	206	171	1	0.5	2	2	1.7	0	0.0	117	69.4
Justin Haley	38	21	20	1	38	20	-39	221	260	66	29.9	4	31	26.5	4	3.4	117	64.3
Ryan Newman	25	31	21	6	40	29	-11	82	93	0	0.0	1	6	5.1	0	0.0	117	46.5
Corey LaJoie	29	14	22	1	37	23	-13	253	266	48	19.0	5	28	23.9	0	0.0	117	58.6
Daniel Suarez	18	26	23	3	37	30	-23	79	102	5	6.3	2	5	4.3	0	0.0	117	45.3
Landon Cassill	40	24	24	3	40	27	-20	122	142	1	0.8	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	117	48.8
Joey Gase	36	29	25	8	40	29	-22	58	80	0	0.0	1	8	6.8	0	0.0	117	39.1
Aric Almirola	20	22	26	2	36	24	-33	141	174	42	29.8	4	16	13.7	0	0.0	117	52.2
Kyle Busch	2	16	27	1	34	17	-46	250	296	138	55.2	1	63	53.8	4	3.4	117	65.7
Cody Ware	31	27	28	1	38	27	-10	124	134	10	8.1	1	15	12.8	4	3.4	117	44.4
Garrett Smithley	37	38	29	2	40	35	-14	27	41	0	0.0	0	2	1.7	0	0.0	117	31.3
B.J. McLeod	32	32	30	7	36	30	-28	61	89	0	0.0	2	7	6.0	0	0.0	117	37.1
Josh Bilicki	34	36	31	1	40	34	-21	47	68	0	0.0	0	1	0.9	0	0.0	117	32.0
Ryan Preece	27	33	32	3	36	23	42	313	271	66	21.1	5	19	16.4	0	0.0	116	58.6
Ross Chastain	23	9	33	1	36	21	23	281	258	95	33.8	5	41	35.3	0	0.0	116	63.4
James Davison	39	37	34	34	40	38	-2	13	15	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	116	29.6
Matt DiBenedetto	15	25	35	1	36	26	-20	152	172	62	40.8	1	20	17.4	2	1.7	115	46.8
William Byron	10	12	36	1	31	16	-11	343	354	158	46.1	3	70	60.9	0	0.0	115	64.3
Kyle Larson	5	34	37	1	39	27	-3	188	191	82	43.6	3	28	24.8	3	2.7	113	60.8
Alex Bowman	11	8	38	1	28	17	11	289	278	171	59.2	1	61	62.9	1	1.0	97	74.3
Tyler Reddick	13	6	39	1	35	19	6	254	248	129	50.8	2	59	60.8	2	2.1	97	58.1
Justin Allgaier	33	40	40	5	40	30	12	227	215	70	30.8	1	20	36.4	0	0.0	55	44.5

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.