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NASCAR Cup Series race number 25 of 36
Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:48:27 Average speed: 142.476 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 6 for 29 laps Margin of victory: .077 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 20
Green flag passes: 3,608 (21.1 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	3	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / Cardell Cabinetry (Roger Penske)	Ford	200	running	8	40	5
2	18	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	18	43	0
3	1	5	Kyle Larson	Cincinnati (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	70	51	0
4	6	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	200	running	1	36	0
5	9	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	10	45	0
6	4	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Master Tech / Quick Lane (Wood Brothers)	Ford	200	running	1	36	0
7	7	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	13	42	1
8	2	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	68	46	1
9	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tire (Roger Penske)	Ford	200	running	6	33	0
10	5	19	Martin Truex Jr	Auto-Owners Insurance (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	0	27	0
11	21	14	Chase Briscoe	Rush Truck Centers / Cummins (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	0	26	0
12	12	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / Maxwell House (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	25	0
13	28	20	Christopher Bell	Rheem (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	3	33	0
14	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light Apple (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	0	23	0
15	11	17	Chris Buescher	Castrol (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	running	0	22	0
16	10	48	Alex Bowman	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	21	0
17	23	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	0	20	0
18	13	43	Erik Jones	Medallion Bank (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	19	0
19	15	23	Bubba Wallace	McDonald's (23XI Racing)	Toyota	200	running	0	18	0
20	25	34	Michael McDowell	Martin Transportation Systems (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	200	running	0	17	0
21	32	37	Ryan Preece	Entenmann's (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	16	0
22	30	99	Daniel Suarez	CommScope (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	15	0
23	27	41	Cole Custer	Feeding America / Wow Wow (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	0	14	0
24	16	6	Ryan Newman	IT Savvy (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	running	0	13	0
25	17	77	Justin Haley	General Formulations / Mutoh (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	0	0
26	24	7	Josh Berry	Nations Guard (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	0	0
27	37	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	199	running	0	0	0
28	36	78	B.J. McLeod	Keen Parts (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	198	running	0	0	0
29	14	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevy Accessories (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	198	running	0	11	0
30	31	00	Quin Houff	YMCA / Creek (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	196	running	0	7	0
31	29	52	Josh Bilicki	Zeigler Auto Group (Rick Ware)	Ford	195	running	0	6	0
32	33	53	Garrett Smithley	Kendall Motor Oil (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	194	running	0	0	0
33	19	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	188	dvp	0	9	0
34	35	38	Anthony Alfredo	TheGoldenNuggetCasino.com (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	178	running	0	3	0
35	22	42	Ross Chastain	Moose Fraternity (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	152	running	0	2	0
36	26	3	Austin Dillon	Breztri (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	120	crash	2	14	0
37	34	15	Joey Gase	Lisa Express (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	29	crash	0	0	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #9, 5, 3, 11, 24, 22, 21, 1, 18, 2
Top 10 in Stage 2: #18, 20, 5, 9, 11, 3, 2, 8, 24, 21

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Josh Berry	7	driver change
Joey Gase	15	driver change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Corey LaJoie	7	Nations Guard	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
DC	James Davison	15		Rick Ware	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	21	21
	22	25	4	competition	#53
	26	31	6
	32	35	4	#15 accident turn 2	none
	36	61	26
	62	66	5	end of stage 1	#00
	67	121	55
	122	126	5	accident frontstretch	#77
	127	180	54
	181	186	6	rain	#43
	187	187	1
	188	192	5	#6,7,8,19,20,22,34 accident turn 4	#51
	193	200	8
Percent of race run under caution: 14.5% Average green flag run: 24.4 laps

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Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Kyle Larson	1	2	2
Matt DiBenedetto	3	3	1
Kyle Larson	4	22	19
Denny Hamlin	23	26	4
Chase Elliott	27	63	37
Kyle Larson	64	65	2
Austin Dillon	66	67	2
Kyle Larson	68	79	12
Chase Elliott	80	110	31
Kyle Busch	111	113	3
Christopher Bell	114	115	2
Kyle Busch	116	122	7
Kyle Larson	123	126	4
Kurt Busch	127	127	1
Kyle Larson	128	158	31
Denny Hamlin	159	164	6
Kyle Busch	165	167	3
Brad Keselowski	168	173	6
Christopher Bell	174	174	1
William Byron	175	192	18
Ryan Blaney	193	200	8

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	1004
2	Denny Hamlin	976	-28
3	Kyle Busch	838	-166
4	William Byron	833	-171
5	Chase Elliott	830	-174
6	Martin Truex Jr	789	-215
7	Ryan Blaney	787	-217
8	Joey Logano	772	-232
9	Kevin Harvick	756	-248
10	Brad Keselowski	729	-275
11	Tyler Reddick	677	-327
12	Alex Bowman	674	-330
13	Austin Dillon	652	-352
14	Kurt Busch	643	-361
15	Christopher Bell	605	-399
16	Matt DiBenedetto	557	-447
17	Chris Buescher	542	-462
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	504	-500
19	Michael McDowell	497	-507
20	Ross Chastain	492	-512
21	Bubba Wallace	482	-522

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Kyle Larson	5	1004
2	Martin Truex Jr	3	789
3	Alex Bowman	3	674
4	Kyle Busch	2	838
5	Chase Elliott	2	830
6	Ryan Blaney	2	787
7	William Byron	1	833
8	Joey Logano	1	772
9	Brad Keselowski	1	729
10	Kurt Busch	1	643
11	Christopher Bell	1	605
12	Michael McDowell	1	497
13	Aric Almirola	1	436
14	Denny Hamlin	0	976
15	Kevin Harvick	0	756
16	Tyler Reddick	0	677