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NASCAR Cup Series race number 23 of 36
Sunday, August 8, 2021 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
90 laps on a 2.450 mile road course (220.500 miles)

Time of race: 2:10:57 Average speed: 101.031 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 4 for 6 laps Margin of victory: 2.430 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 7
Green flag passes: 1,973 (23.5 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	4	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	90	running	27	56	5
2	11	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	38	0
3	9	19	Martin Truex Jr	Reser's Fine Foods (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	90	running	34	44	1
4	20	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	90	running	0	39	0
5	6	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	90	running	6	43	0
6	15	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	37	0
7	7	20	Christopher Bell	Stanley (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	90	running	0	39	0
8	5	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light Apple (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	90	running	0	37	0
9	27	14	Chase Briscoe	HighPoint.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	90	running	0	34	0
10	13	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet Accessories (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	34	0
11	14	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Menards / Moen (Wood Brothers)	Ford	90	running	0	30	0
12	12	42	Ross Chastain	MyMcDonald's Rewards (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	30	0
13	17	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	90	running	2	24	0
14	3	12	Ryan Blaney	Dex Imaging (Roger Penske)	Ford	90	running	0	23	0
15	16	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	90	running	0	24	0
16	8	10	Aric Almirola	Go Bowling (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	90	running	0	21	0
17	24	17	Chris Buescher	Jack Roush	Ford	90	running	0	20	0
18	19	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	90	running	0	19	0
19	18	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / Bush's Beans (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	90	running	1	18	0
20	10	48	Alex Bowman	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	21	0
21	25	34	Michael McDowell	CarParts.com (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	90	running	0	16	0
22	2	22	Joey Logano	Verizon 5G (Roger Penske)	Ford	90	running	11	27	1
23	26	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota (23XI Racing)	Toyota	90	running	0	14	0
24	29	7	Corey LaJoie	Nations Guard (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	90	running	0	13	0
25	28	6	Ryan Newman	Jack Roush	Ford	89	running	0	12	0
26	31	38	Anthony Alfredo	Bence Motor Sales (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	89	running	0	11	0
27	22	43	Erik Jones	Clean Harbors (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	89	running	0	11	0
28	23	37	Ryan Preece	Kleenex (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	89	running	0	9	0
29	30	77	Justin Haley	Fraternal Order of Eagles (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	89	running	0	0	0
30	33	78	Kyle Tilley	Bremont Chronometers (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	89	running	0	7	0
31	21	99	Daniel Suarez	Good Sam (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	88	running	0	6	0
32	35	00	Quin Houff	Fare Share (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	88	running	0	5	0
33	34	52	Josh Bilicki	Rick Ware	Ford	88	running	0	4	0
34	37	15	R.C. Enerson	Rick Ware	Chevrolet	88	running	0	3	0
35	1	2	Brad Keselowski	Wabash National (Roger Penske)	Ford	87	running	9	2	0
36	32	53	Garrett Smithley	Skip Barber Racing (Rick Ware)	Ford	87	running	0	0	0
37	36	51	James Davison	Nurtec ODT (Rick Ware)	Ford	41	electrical	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #22, 5, 11, 8, 24, 18, 48, 9, 3, 43
Top 10 in Stage 2: #19, 20, 4, 5, 14, 42, 21, 11, 22, 18

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Chase Elliott	9	multiple inspection failures
Christopher Bell	20	inspection violation

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11
	12	12	1	competition	none
	13	21	9
	22	22	1	end of stage 1	none
	23	25	3
	26	27	2	#51 stopped on track	none
	28	41	14
	42	43	2	end of stage 2	#51
	44	90	47
Percent of race run under caution: 6.7% Average green flag run: 16.8 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Brad Keselowski	1	9	9
Joey Logano	10	20	11
Kyle Larson	21	21	1
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	22	22	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	23	56	34
Denny Hamlin	57	62	6
Kurt Busch	63	64	2
Kyle Larson	65	90	26

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	917
1	Denny Hamlin	917	0
3	William Byron	786	-131
4	Kyle Busch	779	-138
5	Joey Logano	760	-157
6	Chase Elliott	749	-168
7	Martin Truex Jr	740	-177
8	Ryan Blaney	712	-205
9	Kevin Harvick	710	-207
10	Brad Keselowski	678	-239
11	Alex Bowman	633	-284
12	Tyler Reddick	630	-287
13	Austin Dillon	615	-302
14	Kurt Busch	576	-341
15	Christopher Bell	571	-346
16	Chris Buescher	495	-422
17	Matt DiBenedetto	483	-434
18	Ross Chastain	482	-435
19	Michael McDowell	464	-453
20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	442	-475
21	Bubba Wallace	440	-477

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	5	917
2	Martin Truex Jr	3	740
3	Alex Bowman	3	633
4	Kyle Busch	2	779
5	Chase Elliott	2	749
6	William Byron	1	786
7	Joey Logano	1	760
8	Ryan Blaney	1	712
9	Brad Keselowski	1	678
10	Kurt Busch	1	576
11	Christopher Bell	1	571
12	Michael McDowell	1	464
13	Aric Almirola	1	398
14	Denny Hamlin	0	917
15	Kevin Harvick	0	710
16	Tyler Reddick	0	630