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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

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

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts	PPts
1	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Offerpad (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	367	running	146	57	6
2	6	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	367	running	156	54	1
3	23	42	Ross Chastain	McDonald's (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	367	running	1	44	0
4	10	19	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	367	running	1	38	0
5	9	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light Fan Design (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	367	running	20	44	0
6	3	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	367	running	13	44	0
7	16	2	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tire (Roger Penske)	Ford	367	running	0	30	0
8	11	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	367	running	0	34	0
9	34	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Performance (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	running	0	28	0
10	21	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	367	running	0	27	0
11	31	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com Demo Day (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	367	running	0	26	0
12	18	37	Ryan Preece	Kroger / Hershey's S'mores (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	367	running	0	25	0
13	26	99	Daniel Suarez	Good Sam (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	367	running	0	24	0
14	19	6	Ryan Newman	Oscar Mayer Bologna (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	running	0	23	0
15	25	7	Corey LaJoie	Schluter Systems (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	367	running	0	23	0
16	8	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	366	running	0	24	0
17	29	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / Little Hug (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	366	running	0	20	0
18	7	8	Tyler Reddick	Childress Vineyards (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	366	running	0	23	0
19	24	14	Chase Briscoe	HighPoint.com / Founders (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	366	running	0	18	0
20	13	20	Christopher Bell	Sport Clips Haircuts (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	366	running	10	26	0
21	17	23	Bubba Wallace	Door Dash (23XI Racing)	Toyota	366	running	0	16	0
22	1	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / Richmond (Roger Penske)	Ford	366	running	17	24	0
23	30	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Motorcraft / Quick Lane (Wood Brothers)	Ford	365	running	0	14	0
24	32	38	Anthony Alfredo	Chicago Pneumatic Compressors (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	364	running	0	13	0
25	20	77	Justin Haley	Bon Secours / Swamp Rabbits (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	364	running	0	0	0
26	5	48	Alex Bowman	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	363	running	0	11	0
27	27	78	B.J. McLeod	CorvetteParts.net (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	359	running	0	0	0
28	28	52	Josh Bilicki	Junction Fuels Throwback (Rick Ware)	Ford	359	running	0	9	0
29	35	15	Joey Gase	Rick Ware	Chevrolet	357	running	1	0	0
30	37	00	Quin Houff	Units (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	355	running	0	7	0
31	4	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA / Children's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	327	crash	0	9	0
32	22	43	Erik Jones	Petty's Garage (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	264	engine	2	5	0
33	33	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	209	crash	0	0	0
34	14	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	crash	0	3	0
35	12	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	125	crash	0	2	0
36	36	53	James Davison	Rick Ware	Chevrolet	50	crash	0	1	0
37	15	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	30	crash	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #11, 5, 1, 12, 4, 19, 8, 10, 42, 22
Top 10 in Stage 2: #5, 20, 42, 11, 4, 1, 22, 9, 12, 7

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Austin Dillon	3	multiple inspection failures

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	16	16
	17	19	3	#48 accident turn 4	#15
	20	26	7
	27	29	3	competition	#00
	30	31	2
	32	35	4	#34 accident backstretch	#00
	36	47	12
	48	53	6	#51,53 accident turn 2	none
	54	116	63
	117	122	6	end of stage 1	#99
	123	125	3
	126	129	4	#18,3 accident turn 2	#14
	130	163	34
	164	168	5	debris frontstretch	#22
	169	200	32
	201	205	5	#24 accident turn 1	#99
	206	231	26
	232	237	6	end of stage 2	#19
	238	319	82
	320	325	6	#12 spun turn 4	#4
	326	327	2
	328	331	4	#9,20 accident turn 1	#7
	332	367	36
Percent of race run under caution: 14.2% Average green flag run: 26.3 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ryan Blaney	1	14	14
Kurt Busch	15	27	13
Erik Jones	28	29	2
Kevin Harvick	30	49	20
Joey Gase	50	50	1
Denny Hamlin	51	80	30
Ryan Blaney	81	83	3
Denny Hamlin	84	121	38
Kyle Larson	122	158	37
Christopher Bell	159	165	7
Kyle Larson	166	196	31
Christopher Bell	197	199	3
Kyle Larson	200	232	33
Ross Chastain	233	233	1
Kyle Larson	234	269	36
Denny Hamlin	270	278	9
Martin Truex, Jr.	279	279	1
Kyle Larson	280	298	19
Denny Hamlin	299	367	69

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	2106
2	Denny Hamlin	2072	-34
3	Martin Truex Jr	2062	-44
4	Kurt Busch	2052	-54
5	Ryan Blaney	2048	-58
6	Joey Logano	2047	-59
7	Kevin Harvick	2046	-60
8	Brad Keselowski	2038	-68
9	Christopher Bell	2031	-75
10	Chase Elliott	2030	-76
11	Aric Almirola	2029	-77
12	Alex Bowman	2026	-80
12	Tyler Reddick	2026	-80
14	Kyle Busch	2024	-82
15	William Byron	2017	-89
16	Michael McDowell	2006	-100
17	Austin Dillon	713	-1393
18	Matt DiBenedetto	583	-1523
19	Chris Buescher	571	-1535
20	Ross Chastain	562	-1544
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	543	-1563

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Non-playoff standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	1081
2	Denny Hamlin	1066	-15
3	Chase Elliott	878	-203
4	Ryan Blaney	856	-225
5	Kyle Busch	854	-227
6	William Byron	845	-236
7	Martin Truex Jr	841	-240
8	Joey Logano	833	-248
9	Kevin Harvick	822	-259
10	Brad Keselowski	763	-318
11	Tyler Reddick	739	-342
12	Alex Bowman	715	-366
13	Austin Dillon	713	-368
14	Kurt Busch	712	-369
15	Christopher Bell	638	-443
16	Matt DiBenedetto	583	-498
17	Chris Buescher	571	-510
18	Ross Chastain	562	-519
19	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	543	-538
20	Bubba Wallace	535	-546