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NASCAR Cup Series race number 27 of 36
Sunday, September 5, 2021 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:08:01
Average speed: 121.279 mph
Pole speed: metric qualifying 		Cautions: 11 for 52 laps
Margin of victory: .212 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 18
Green flag passes: 3,290 (10.4 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.

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Ryan Blaney12Ford    
2   Denny Hamlin11Toyota    
3   Kurt Busch1Chevrolet    
4   Chase Elliott9Chevrolet    
5   Alex Bowman48Chevrolet    
6   Kyle Larson5Chevrolet    
7   Tyler Reddick8Chevrolet    
8   Aric Almirola10Ford    
9   Kevin Harvick4Ford    
10   Martin Truex Jr19Toyota    
11   Joey Logano22Ford    
12   Kyle Busch18Toyota    
13   Christopher Bell20Toyota    
14   William Byron24Chevrolet    
15   Michael McDowell34Ford    
16   Brad Keselowski2Ford    
17   Bubba Wallace23Toyota    
18   Ryan Preece37Chevrolet    
19   Ryan Newman6Ford    
20   Justin Haley77Chevrolet    
21   Austin Dillon3Chevrolet    
22   Erik Jones43Chevrolet    
23   Ross Chastain42Chevrolet    
24   Chase Briscoe14Ford    
25   Corey LaJoie7Chevrolet    
26   Daniel Suarez99Chevrolet    
27   B.J. McLeod78Ford    
28   Josh Bilicki52Ford    
29   Ricky Stenhouse Jr47Chevrolet    
30   Matt DiBenedetto21Ford    
31   Cole Custer41Ford    
32   Anthony Alfredo38Ford    
33   Cody Ware51Chevrolet    
34   Chris Buescher17Ford    
35   Joey Gase15Chevrolet    
36   James Davison53Chevrolet    
37   Quin Houff00Chevrolet    

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available