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2021 Goodyear 400

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NASCAR Cup Series race number 12 of 36
Sunday, May 9, 2021 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
293 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (400.238 miles)

Time of race: 3:14:21 Average speed: 123.562 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 6 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 2.571 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 19
Green flag passes: 2,939 (11.4 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	19	Martin Truex Jr	Auto-Owners Insurance (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	293	running	248	60	7
2	14	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com Throwback (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	293	running	0	48	0
3	3	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	293	running	9	43	0
4	5	24	William Byron	Valvoline Throwback (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	293	running	0	43	0
5	7	11	Denny Hamlin	Sport Clips (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	293	running	5	48	0
6	2	4	Kevin Harvick	Mobil 1 Throwback (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	293	running	10	37	0
7	6	9	Chase Elliott	Hooters Throwback (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	293	running	0	33	0
8	16	12	Ryan Blaney	Advance Auto Parts (Roger Penske)	Ford	293	running	0	35	0
9	11	17	Chris Buescher	Fifth Third Bank (Jack Roush)	Ford	293	running	1	29	0
10	20	6	Ryan Newman	Kohler Generators (Jack Roush)	Ford	292	running	0	27	0
11	22	14	Chase Briscoe	HighPoint.com Throwback (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	292	running	0	26	0
12	10	8	Tyler Reddick	Quartz Hill Records (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	292	running	2	36	0
13	12	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	292	running	0	33	0
14	21	20	Christopher Bell	Rheem (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	292	running	3	28	0
15	18	42	Ross Chastain	McDonald's (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	291	running	10	22	0
16	9	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	291	running	0	21	0
17	19	48	Alex Bowman	Ally Throwback (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	291	running	0	21	0
18	26	43	Erik Jones	STP (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	291	running	0	19	0
19	8	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Menards / Dutch Boy (Wood Brothers)	Ford	290	running	0	18	0
20	28	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / Tide (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	290	running	0	17	0
21	23	23	Bubba Wallace	Root Insurance (23XI Racing)	Toyota	290	running	0	16	0
22	30	7	Corey LaJoie	In Memory of Alan Kulwicki (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	290	running	0	15	0
23	15	99	Daniel Suarez	Camping World Throwback (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	290	running	0	14	0
24	1	2	Brad Keselowski	Freightliner (Roger Penske)	Ford	290	running	4	13	0
25	29	37	Ryan Preece	Velveeta (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	290	running	0	12	0
26	25	38	Anthony Alfredo	We Care (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	289	running	0	11	0
27	13	34	Michael McDowell	Fr8 Auctions (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	288	running	0	10	0
28	31	77	Justin Haley	FOE Mother's Day (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	288	running	0	0	0
29	34	53	J.J. Yeley	Fat Boy Ice Cream (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	286	running	0	0	0
30	35	00	Quin Houff	Bos Klein / RCA (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	286	running	0	7	0
31	36	15	James Davison	Hope Givers Throwback (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	286	running	0	6	0
32	32	78	B.J. McLeod	CorvetteParts.net / Keen Parts (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	285	running	0	0	0
33	37	52	Josh Bilicki	Insurance King Throwback (Rick Ware)	Ford	245	running	0	4	0
34	33	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT Throwback (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	188	driveshaft	1	0	0
35	17	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	106	crash	0	2	0
36	24	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com Mother's Day (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	97	crash	0	1	0
37	27	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield / Winn-Dixie (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	5	crash	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #19, 11, 8, 5, 4, 22, 12, 9, 24, 48
Top 10 in Stage 2: #19, 18, 24, 11, 5, 20, 22, 8, 12, 17

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Chase Elliott	9	unapproved adjustments
Aric Almirola	10	multiple inspection failures

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6
	7	11	5	#10 accident backstretch	none
	12	22	11
	23	28	6	#18 accident turn 4	none
	29	91	63
	92	97	6	end of stage 1	#1
	98	99	2
	100	104	5	#41,38 accident backstretch	#14
	105	107	3
	108	114	7	#1,23 accident frontstretch	none
	115	186	72
	187	193	7	end of stage 2	#43
	194	293	100
Percent of race run under caution: 12.3% Average green flag run: 36.7 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	4	4
Kevin Harvick	5	13	9
Kyle Busch	14	21	8
Martin Truex, Jr.	22	24	3
Tyler Reddick	25	25	1
Cody Ware	26	26	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	27	60	34
Tyler Reddick	61	61	1
Ross Chastain	62	71	10
Martin Truex, Jr.	72	92	21
Denny Hamlin	93	93	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	94	110	17
Denny Hamlin	111	114	4
Martin Truex, Jr.	115	144	30
Chris Buescher	145	145	1
Kevin Harvick	146	146	1
Christopher Bell	147	149	3
Martin Truex, Jr.	150	187	38
Kyle Busch	188	188	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	189	293	105

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Denny Hamlin	529
2	Martin Truex Jr	454	-75
3	William Byron	428	-101
4	Joey Logano	406	-123
5	Ryan Blaney	405	-124
6	Kyle Larson	385	-144
6	Kevin Harvick	385	-144
8	Chase Elliott	382	-147
9	Brad Keselowski	379	-150
10	Kyle Busch	373	-156
11	Christopher Bell	320	-209
12	Austin Dillon	316	-213
13	Chris Buescher	287	-242
14	Alex Bowman	281	-248
15	Michael McDowell	278	-251
16	Tyler Reddick	268	-261
16	Matt DiBenedetto	268	-261
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	249	-280
19	Ryan Newman	246	-283
20	Kurt Busch	240	-289
21	Bubba Wallace	223	-306

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Martin Truex Jr	3	454
2	William Byron	1	428
3	Joey Logano	1	406
4	Ryan Blaney	1	405
5	Kyle Larson	1	385
6	Brad Keselowski	1	379
7	Kyle Busch	1	373
8	Christopher Bell	1	320
9	Alex Bowman	1	281
10	Michael McDowell	1	278
11	Denny Hamlin	0	529
12	Kevin Harvick	0	385
13	Chase Elliott	0	382
14	Austin Dillon	0	316
15	Chris Buescher	0	287
16	Tyler Reddick	0	268