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NASCAR Cup Series race number 21 of 36
Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
260 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (400.400 miles)

Time of race: 2:50:08 Average speed: 141.207 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 4 for 21 laps Margin of victory: 1.237 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10
Green flag passes: 2,087 (8.7 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2021 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2021 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts	PPts
1	8	1	Kurt Busch	Gear Wrench (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	260	running	144	59	6
2	2	18	Kyle Busch	Skittles Gummies (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	260	running	91	54	1
3	5	19	Martin Truex Jr	Auto-Owners Insurance (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	260	running	0	37	0
4	17	48	Alex Bowman	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	260	running	0	48	0
5	15	12	Ryan Blaney	Advance Auto Parts Same Day (Roger Penske)	Ford	260	running	0	36	0
6	7	8	Tyler Reddick	Okuma (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	260	running	0	42	0
7	1	9	Chase Elliott	Adrenaline Shoc (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	260	running	13	30	0
8	4	20	Christopher Bell	Craftsman "Racing For a Miracle" (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	260	running	0	29	0
9	12	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Menards / Quaker State (Wood Brothers)	Ford	260	running	0	28	0
10	14	2	Brad Keselowski	Money Lion (Roger Penske)	Ford	260	running	0	30	0
11	21	4	Kevin Harvick	Mobil 1 Summer Road Trip (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	260	running	0	27	0
12	13	3	Austin Dillon	Breztri (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	260	running	0	27	0
13	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Offerpad "Awesome Different" (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	260	running	2	38	0
14	24	23	Bubba Wallace	Door Dash (23XI Racing)	Toyota	260	running	0	23	0
15	11	14	Chase Briscoe	One Cure (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	260	running	0	22	0
16	18	17	Chris Buescher	Fastenal (Jack Roush)	Ford	260	running	0	21	0
17	23	41	Cole Custer	Code 3 Associates (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	260	running	1	20	0
18	6	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	260	running	0	31	0
19	10	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	259	running	0	22	0
20	19	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	259	running	0	20	0
21	9	42	Ross Chastain	Clover (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	259	running	0	16	0
22	26	7	Corey LaJoie	The Boss Baby: Family Business (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	258	running	0	15	0
23	20	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	258	running	8	14	0
24	22	43	Erik Jones	Petty's Garage (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	258	running	0	13	0
25	34	37	Ryan Preece	Kroger / Scott Brand (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	258	running	1	12	0
26	32	38	Anthony Alfredo	Georgia Peanuts (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	257	running	0	11	0
27	25	34	Michael McDowell	Fr8 Auctions (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	256	running	0	10	0
28	29	6	Ryan Newman	Oscar Mayer (Jack Roush)	Ford	256	running	0	9	0
29	28	77	Justin Haley	Fraternal Order of Eagles (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	255	running	0	0	0
30	36	78	B.J. McLeod	Superior Logistics Services (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	254	running	0	0	0
31	37	53	Garrett Smithley	Seed Token (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	253	running	0	0	0
32	33	15	Bayley Currey	Fort Worth Screen Printing (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	253	running	0	0	0
33	31	51	Cody Ware	Nurtex ODT (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	253	running	0	0	0
34	30	52	Josh Bilicki	Junction Fuels (Rick Ware)	Ford	248	running	0	3	0
35	35	00	Quin Houff	8 Ball Chocolate Whiskey (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	248	running	0	2	0
36	27	99	Daniel Suarez	Good Sam - Autism Awareness (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	243	running	0	1	0
37	16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	NOS Energy Drink (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	178	suspension	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #18, 1, 11, 48, 8, 5, 22, 24, 19, 4
Top 10 in Stage 2: #1, 18, 48, 5, 11, 8, 12, 2, 3, 19

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Martin Truex, Jr.	19	multiple inspection failures

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Timmy Hill	66		Carl Long	Toyota

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	26	26
	27	29	3	competition	#15
	30	31	2
	32	35	4	#47,99,51 accident backstretch	#53
	36	81	46
	82	86	5	end of stage 1	#43
	87	161	75
	162	170	9	end of stage 2 frontstretch	#7
	171	260	90
Percent of race run under caution: 8.1% Average green flag run: 47.8 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Chase Elliott	1	13	13
Kyle Busch	14	27	14
Denny Hamlin	28	29	2
Kyle Busch	30	83	54
Kurt Busch	84	121	38
Cole Custer	122	122	1
Aric Almirola	123	130	8
Ryan Preece	131	131	1
Kurt Busch	132	212	81
Kyle Busch	213	235	23
Kurt Busch	236	260	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Denny Hamlin	836
2	Kyle Larson	826	-10
3	Kyle Busch	739	-97
4	William Byron	733	-103
5	Chase Elliott	704	-132
6	Joey Logano	700	-136
7	Martin Truex Jr	671	-165
8	Ryan Blaney	639	-197
9	Kevin Harvick	626	-210
10	Brad Keselowski	623	-213
11	Alex Bowman	609	-227
12	Austin Dillon	571	-265
13	Tyler Reddick	563	-273
14	Kurt Busch	530	-306
15	Christopher Bell	492	-344
16	Chris Buescher	467	-369
17	Michael McDowell	436	-400
18	Matt DiBenedetto	425	-411
19	Ross Chastain	418	-418
20	Bubba Wallace	415	-421
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	402	-434

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	4	826
2	Martin Truex Jr	3	671
3	Alex Bowman	3	609
4	Kyle Busch	2	739
5	Chase Elliott	2	704
6	William Byron	1	733
7	Joey Logano	1	700
8	Ryan Blaney	1	639
9	Brad Keselowski	1	623
10	Kurt Busch	1	530
11	Christopher Bell	1	492
12	Michael McDowell	1	436
13	Denny Hamlin	0	836
14	Kevin Harvick	0	626
15	Austin Dillon	0	571
16	Tyler Reddick	0	563