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2021 Instacart 500

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NASCAR Cup Series race number 5 of 36
Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ
312 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:00:20 Average speed: 103.808 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 7 for 45 laps Margin of victory: 1.698 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 22
Green flag passes: 3,228 (12.1 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	5	19	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATVs (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	312	running	64	49	5
2	9	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	312	running	143	54	1
3	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Offerpad (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	312	running	33	49	0
4	1	2	Brad Keselowski	Wurth (Roger Penske)	Ford	312	running	19	48	0
5	6	9	Chase Elliott	UniFirst (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	40	0
6	18	4	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	312	running	0	40	0
7	2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrickcars.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	running	1	32	0
8	10	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	36	0
9	4	20	Christopher Bell	Rheem (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	312	running	0	29	0
10	8	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / Richmond Water Heaters (Roger Penske)	Ford	312	running	35	43	1
11	32	10	Aric Almirola	Pit Boss Grills (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	312	running	0	29	0
12	11	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Kroger / Energizer (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	312	running	1	25	0
13	21	48	Alex Bowman	Ally / Best Friends (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	24	0
14	20	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Motorcraft / Quick Lane (Wood Brothers)	Ford	312	running	0	24	0
15	12	1	Kurt Busch	Gear Wrench (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	22	0
16	25	23	Bubba Wallace	McDonalds (23XI Racing)	Toyota	312	running	4	21	0
17	13	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	20	0
18	17	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Performance (Jack Roush)	Ford	312	running	0	19	0
19	22	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet Accessories (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	18	0
20	14	43	Erik Jones	Medallion Bank (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	17	0
21	27	99	Daniel Suarez	CommScope (Trackhouse Racing)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	16	0
22	26	14	Chase Briscoe	HighPoint.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	312	running	0	15	0
23	16	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops / Speedco (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	312	running	0	14	0
24	29	77	Justin Haley	Mutoh / General Formulations (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	312	running	0	0	0
25	7	18	Kyle Busch	Stanley Tools (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	311	running	0	17	0
26	15	37	Ryan Preece	Scott Brand (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	311	running	0	11	0
27	33	7	Corey LaJoie	Youtheory (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	311	running	12	10	0
28	19	6	Ryan Newman	Guaranteed Rate (Jack Roush)	Ford	311	running	0	9	0
29	23	8	Tyler Reddick	Quartz Hill Records / Nate Barnes (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	310	running	0	8	0
30	30	78	B.J. McLeod	Surface Sunscreen (B.J. McLeod)	Ford	309	running	0	0	0
31	24	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	308	running	0	6	0
32	35	00	Quin Houff	Mount-N-Lock (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	305	running	0	5	0
33	38	15	James Davison	Smart Sanitizer (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	303	running	0	4	0
34	34	53	Garrett Smithley	Turf Sellers (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	300	running	0	0	0
35	36	52	Josh Bilicki	Junction Fuels (Rick Ware)	Ford	258	power steering	0	2	0
36	31	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	101	crash	0	0	0
37	28	38	Anthony Alfredo	MDS (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	87	crash	0	1	0
38	37	66	Timmy Hill	LasVegas.net / Diamondback Surveying (Carl Long)	Toyota	15	engine	0	0	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #12, 22, 2, 11, 9, 18, 4, 24, 5, 21
Top 10 in Stage 2: #22, 19, 11, 2, 12, 4, 24, 10, 9, 20

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Quin Houff	00	unapproved adjustment
Kyle Larson	5	multiple inspection failures
Chase Elliott	9	unapproved adjustment
William Byron	24	multiple inspection failures
Cody Ware	51	multiple inspection failures
Garrett Smithley	53	driver change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	J.J. Yeley	53		Rick Ware	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	31	31
	32	36	5	competition	#51
	37	46	10
	47	51	5	#48,3,42 accident turn 2	#15
	52	76	25
	77	83	7	end of stage 1	#15
	84	89	6
	90	98	9	#38,51 accident turn 2	#00
	99	191	93
	192	199	8	end of stage 2	#3
	200	262	63
	263	268	6	#8 accident turn 2	#34
	269	282	14
	283	287	5	#18,42 accident frontstretch	#17
	288	312	25
Percent of race run under caution: 14.4% Average green flag run: 33.4 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	2	2
Denny Hamlin	3	33	31
Brad Keselowski	34	43	10
Ryan Blaney	44	78	35
Brad Keselowski	79	79	1
Joey Logano	80	141	62
Kyle Larson	142	142	1
Bubba Wallace	143	143	1
Corey LaJoie	144	155	12
Joey Logano	156	193	38
Denny Hamlin	194	194	1
Joey Logano	195	223	29
Martin Truex, Jr.	224	253	30
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	254	254	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	255	263	9
Denny Hamlin	264	264	1
Bubba Wallace	265	267	3
Joey Logano	268	268	1
Brad Keselowski	269	273	5
Joey Logano	274	283	10
Brad Keselowski	284	284	1
Joey Logano	285	287	3
Martin Truex, Jr.	288	312	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Denny Hamlin	236
2	Brad Keselowski	197	-39
3	Joey Logano	192	-44
4	Martin Truex, Jr.	180	-56
5	Kyle Larson	179	-57
5	Chase Elliott	179	-57
7	Kevin Harvick	176	-60
8	Christopher Bell	167	-69
9	William Byron	152	-84
10	Kurt Busch	144	-92
11	Michael McDowell	140	-96
12	Austin Dillon	135	-101
13	Ryan Blaney	134	-102
14	Ryan Preece	123	-113
15	Kyle Busch	115	-121
16	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	113	-123
17	Alex Bowman	110	-126
18	Chris Buescher	109	-127
19	Bubba Wallace	97	-139
20	Cole Custer	86	-150
21	Ross Chastain	85	-151

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	180
2	Kyle Larson	1	179
3	Christopher Bell	1	167
4	William Byron	1	152
5	Michael McDowell	1	140
6	Denny Hamlin	0	236
7	Brad Keselowski	0	197
8	Joey Logano	0	192
9	Chase Elliott	0	179
10	Kevin Harvick	0	176
11	Kurt Busch	0	144
12	Austin Dillon	0	135
13	Ryan Blaney	0	134
14	Ryan Preece	0	123
15	Kyle Busch	0	115
16	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	0	113