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2021 GEICO 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 10 of 36 Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:26:30 Average speed: 147.62 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying Cautions: 7 for 34 laps Margin of victory: .102 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 35 Green flag passes: 9,738 (62.0 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 10 2   Brad Keselowski Money Lion   (Roger Penske) Ford 191 running 1 49 5 2 4 24   William Byron Liberty University   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 191 running 12 41 0 3 23 34   Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops / Speedco   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 191 running 0 45 0 4 16 4   Kevin Harvick Busch Dog Brew   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 191 running 12 35 0 5 13 21   Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft / Quick Lane   (Wood Brothers) Ford 191 running 28 42 1 6 38 16   Kaz Grala Chevrolet / Hyperice   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 191 running 0 31 0 7 20 8   Tyler Reddick Roland   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 191 running 0 30 0 8 11 3   Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 191 running 0 29 0 9 7 12   Ryan Blaney Menards / Sylvania   (Roger Penske) Ford 191 running 11 42 0 10 27 41   Cole Custer HaasTooling.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 191 running 0 27 0 11 25 14   Chase Briscoe Rush Truck Centers / Cummins   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 191 running 1 26 0 12 30 38   Anthony Alfredo Speedy Cash   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 191 running 0 25 0 13 28 6   Ryan Newman Castrol   (Jack Roush) Ford 191 running 2 24 0 14 29 37   Ryan Preece Kroger / Reese's   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 191 running 9 29 0 15 14 10   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 191 running 16 22 0 16 18 42   Ross Chastain Caregility / Yorktel   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 191 running 12 21 0 17 6 20   Christopher Bell DeWalt   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 191 running 2 23 0 18 9 18   Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 191 running 6 26 0 19 24 23   Bubba Wallace Door Dash   (23XI Racing) Toyota 191 running 16 28 1 20 39 96   Harrison Burton Dex Imaging   (Gaunt Brothers) Toyota 191 running 0 0 0 21 21 17   Chris Buescher Fastenal / Milwaukee   (Jack Roush) Ford 191 running 0 25 0 22 26 7   Corey LaJoie Fox Nation   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 191 running 0 15 0 23 19 99   Daniel Suarez CommScope   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 191 running 0 14 0 24 8 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 191 running 3 21 0 25 31 78   B.J. McLeod Long-Lewis Automotive Group   (B.J. McLeod) Ford 191 running 0 0 0 26 37 15   J.J. Yeley Arrowhead Brass   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 191 running 0 0 0 27 22 43   Erik Jones U.S. Air Force Tuskegee Airmen   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Chevrolet 190 crash 7 10 0 28 33 51   Cody Ware Nurtec ODT   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 190 running 0 0 0 29 40 66   Timmy Hill Supreme Transportation   (Carl Long) Ford 190 running 0 0 0 30 34 77   Justin Haley FOE   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 190 running 0 0 0 31 3 19   Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 189 running 0 6 0 32 1 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 188 running 43 12 0 33 17 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr NOS Energy Drink   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 186 running 0 7 0 34 35 28   Joey Gase Register Me Davey Allison Tribute   (Rick Ware) Ford 186 running 0 0 0 35 15 1   Kurt Busch Monster Energy   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 185 running 0 2 0 36 36 52   Josh Bilicki Jacob Companies   (Rick Ware) Ford 180 running 0 1 0 37 32 00   Quin Houff Permatex   (StarCom Racing) Chevrolet 168 crash 0 1 0 38 5 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 123 dvp 0 5 0 39 2 22   Joey Logano Autotrader   (Roger Penske) Ford 59 crash 10 1 0 40 12 5   Kyle Larson Hendrickcars.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 3 engine 0 1 0 * Race extended to 191 laps due to overtime. Top 10 in Stage 1: #21, 12, 9, 11, 24, 17, 48, 34, 4, 20 Top 10 in Stage 2: #23, 2, 34, 18, 37, 12, 17, 47, 20, 96

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Denny Hamlin 11 unapproved adjustments Martin Truex, Jr. 19 unapproved adjustments Christopher Bell 20 unapproved adjustments Bubba Wallace 23 unapproved adjustments Cody Ware 51 multiple inspection failures B.J. McLeod 78 unapproved adjustments Harrison Burton 96 unapproved adjustments Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 26 26     27 30 4   competition #52 31 39 9     40 43 4   #28 spun turn 4 none 44 60 17     61 66 6   #2,11,14,22,23,47 accident backstretch #7 67 104 38     105 109 5   fluid backstretch #42 110 119 10     120 126 7   #9,11,19,24,48 accident frontstretch none 127 172 46     173 176 4   #00 accident turn 2 #78 177 185 9     186 189 4   debris frontstretch #6 190 191 2       Percent of race run under caution: 17.8%             Average green flag run: 19.6 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   William Byron 1 1 1   Joey Logano 2 11 10   Bubba Wallace 12 14 3   Kevin Harvick 15 18 4   Bubba Wallace 19 21 3   Kyle Busch 22 26 5   Chase Briscoe 27 27 1   Denny Hamlin 28 48 21   Ryan Blaney 49 50 2   Matt DiBenedetto 51 54 4   Ryan Preece 55 56 2   Matt DiBenedetto 57 62 6   Ryan Newman 63 63 1   Chase Elliott 64 66 3   Denny Hamlin 67 68 2   Matt DiBenedetto 69 71 3   William Byron 72 72 1   Denny Hamlin 73 92 20   Kyle Busch 93 93 1   Ryan Preece 94 100 7   William Byron 101 110 10   Matt DiBenedetto 111 111 1   Bubba Wallace 112 121 10   Ryan Newman 122 122 1   Ryan Blaney 123 131 9   Aric Almirola 132 147 16   Ross Chastain 148 150 3   Kevin Harvick 151 152 2   Ross Chastain 153 153 1   Kevin Harvick 154 159 6   Christopher Bell 160 161 2   Ross Chastain 162 169 8   Erik Jones 170 176 7   Matt DiBenedetto 177 190 14   Brad Keselowski 191 191 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Denny Hamlin 446     2   Martin Truex Jr 359   -87   3   Joey Logano 353   -93   4   William Byron 351   -95   5   Ryan Blaney 346   -100   6   Brad Keselowski 318   -128   7   Kevin Harvick 308   -138   8   Chase Elliott 306   -140   9   Kyle Larson 300   -146   10   Christopher Bell 280   -166   11   Kyle Busch 271   -175   12   Austin Dillon 268   -178   13   Michael McDowell 244   -202   14   Alex Bowman 241   -205   15   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 229   -217   15   Chris Buescher 229   -217   17   Matt DiBenedetto 217   -229   18   Kurt Busch 216   -230   19   Ryan Newman 198   -248   20   Bubba Wallace 196   -250   21   Ryan Preece 192   -254   Playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Wins Points 1   Martin Truex Jr 2   359   2   Joey Logano 1   353   3   William Byron 1   351   4   Ryan Blaney 1   346   5   Brad Keselowski 1   318   6   Kyle Larson 1   300   7   Christopher Bell 1   280   8   Michael McDowell 1   244   9   Alex Bowman 1   241   10   Denny Hamlin 0   446   11   Kevin Harvick 0   308   12   Chase Elliott 0   306   13   Kyle Busch 0   271   14   Austin Dillon 0   268   15   Chris Buescher 0   229   15   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 0   229