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2021 YellaWood 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Tweet NASCAR Cup Series race number 31 of 34 Monday, October 4, 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 2:23:24 Average speed: 130.218 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying Cautions: 5 for 27 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 35 Green flag passes: 8,852 (98.4 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 19 23   Bubba Wallace McDonald's   (23XI Racing) Toyota 117 running 5 50 6 2 7 2   Brad Keselowski Discount Tire   (Roger Penske) Ford 117 running 13 52 0 3 8 22   Joey Logano Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 117 running 9 51 0 4 14 1   Kurt Busch Monster Energy   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 117 running 9 42 0 5 12 20   Christopher Bell Rheem   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 117 running 12 38 0 6 24 17   Chris Buescher Violet Defense   (Jack Roush) Ford 117 running 7 46 1 7 1 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 117 running 6 34 0 8 9 4   Kevin Harvick Busch Light #Hunt4Busch   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 117 running 16 39 0 9 26 43   Erik Jones U.S. Air Force: Special Warfare   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Chevrolet 117 running 0 30 0 10 30 38   Anthony Alfredo Georgia Peanuts   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 117 running 1 28 0 11 16 3   Austin Dillon Breztri   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 117 running 0 26 0 12 6 19   Martin Truex, Jr. Bass Pro Shops   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 117 running 2 25 0 13 28 41   Cole Custer Autodesk / HaasTooling.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 117 running 7 24 0 14 17 14   Chase Briscoe Rush Truck Centers / Mobil Delvac 1   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 117 running 0 23 0 15 4 12   Ryan Blaney Menards / Maytag   (Roger Penske) Ford 117 running 0 27 0 16 21 47   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. SunnyD   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 117 running 10 21 0 17 22 34   Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 117 running 0 20 0 18 3 9   Chase Elliott Adrenaline Shoc   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 117 running 0 23 0 19 35 00   Quin Houff 8 Ball Chocolate Whiskey   (StarCom Racing) Chevrolet 117 running 0 18 0 20 38 16   Justin Haley Leaf Filter Gutter Protection   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 117 running 4 0 0 21 25 6   Ryan Newman Kohler Generators   (Jack Roush) Ford 117 running 0 16 0 22 29 7   Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 117 running 0 15 0 23 18 99   Daniel Suarez Good Sam   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 117 running 0 14 0 24 40 96   Landon Cassill Carnomaly   (Gaunt Brothers) Toyota 117 running 0 0 0 25 36 53   Joey Gase Sparks   (Rick Ware) Ford 117 running 0 0 0 26 20 10   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 117 running 0 11 0 27 2 18   Kyle Busch M&M's   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 117 running 4 10 0 28 31 51   Cody Ware Nurtec ODT   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 117 running 4 0 0 29 37 15   Garrett Smithley Boom Mobile   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 117 running 0 0 0 30 32 78   B.J. McLeod NASCAR 21 Ignition   (B.J. McLeod) Ford 117 running 0 0 0 31 34 52   Josh Bilicki Junction Fuels   (Rick Ware) Ford 117 running 0 6 0 32 27 37   Ryan Preece Kroger/ Velveeta   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 116 crash 0 5 0 33 23 42   Ross Chastain Clover   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 116 running 0 7 0 34 39 66   James Davison Rich Mar Racing   (Carl Long) Ford 116 running 0 3 0 35 15 21   Matt DiBenedetto Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center   (Wood Brothers) Ford 115 crash 2 2 0 36 10 24   William Byron Axalta   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 115 crash 0 1 0 37 5 5   Kyle Larson Cincinnati   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 113 running 3 1 0 38 11 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 97 crash 1 2 0 39 13 8   Tyler Reddick Realtree   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 97 crash 2 7 0 40 33 77   Justin Allgaier Brandt   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 55 crash 0 0 0 * Race shortened to 117 laps due to rain. Top 10 in Stage 1: #17, 22, 2, 4, 8, 12, 9, 42, 1, 48 Top 10 in Stage 2: #23, 2, 22, 1, 20, 17, 11, 4, 43, 38

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Quin Houff 00 multi inspection failures Joey Gase 53 multi inspection failures James Davison 66 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC David Starr 66 Carl Long Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 26 26     27 29 3   competition #53 30 56 27     57 64 8   #5,14,24,77 accident frontstretch #34 65 67 3     68 77 10   debris turn 2 #14 78 98 21     99 103 5   #8,9,18,19,37,42,47,48,78 accident backstretch #14 104 116 13     117 117 1   #12,24,37,47 accident backstretch none   Percent of race run under caution: 23.1%             Average green flag run: 18.0 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Kyle Busch 1 1 1   Joey Logano 2 2 1   Kyle Busch 3 5 3   Kevin Harvick 6 11 6   Matt DiBenedetto 12 13 2   Kevin Harvick 14 14 1   Martin Truex, Jr. 15 16 2   Kyle Larson 17 19 3   Cole Custer 20 26 7   Anthony Alfredo 27 27 1   Kevin Harvick 28 29 2   Kurt Busch 30 33 4   Kevin Harvick 34 37 4   Denny Hamlin 38 38 1   Brad Keselowski 39 40 2   Denny Hamlin 41 42 2   Brad Keselowski 43 53 11   Chris Buescher 54 60 7   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 61 61 1   Joey Logano 62 64 3   Tyler Reddick 65 66 2   Joey Logano 67 71 5   Cody Ware 72 75 4   Justin Haley 76 79 4   Christopher Bell 80 83 4   Denny Hamlin 84 86 3   Christopher Bell 87 88 2   Kevin Harvick 89 91 3   Christopher Bell 92 96 5   Alex Bowman 97 97 1   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 98 105 8   Christopher Bell 106 106 1   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 107 107 1   Kurt Busch 108 112 5   Bubba Wallace 113 117 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Denny Hamlin 3116     2   Kyle Larson 3097   -19   3   Joey Logano 3096   -20   4   Martin Truex, Jr. 3095   -21   4   Brad Keselowski 3095   -21   6   Ryan Blaney 3090   -26   7   Chase Elliott 3084   -32   7   Kyle Busch 3084   -32   9   Kevin Harvick 3075   -41   10   Christopher Bell 3056   -60   11   William Byron 3040   -76   12   Alex Bowman 3032   -84   13   Kurt Busch 2146   -970   14   Tyler Reddick 2125   -991   15   Aric Almirola 2104   -1012   16   Michael McDowell 2064   -1052   17   Austin Dillon 813   -2303   18   Matt DiBenedetto 658   -2458   19   Chris Buescher 656   -2460   20   Ross Chastain 645   -2471   Non-playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Denny Hamlin 1260     2   Kyle Larson 1223   -37   3   Chase Elliott 1009   -251   4   Ryan Blaney 998   -262   5   Martin Truex, Jr. 990   -270   6   Joey Logano 988   -272   7   Kyle Busch 974   -286   8   Kevin Harvick 972   -288   9   William Byron 931   -329   10   Brad Keselowski 924   -336   11   Tyler Reddick 838   -422   12   Austin Dillon 813   -447   13   Kurt Busch 806   -454   14   Alex Bowman 791   -469   15   Christopher Bell 742   -518   16   Matt DiBenedetto 658   -602   17   Chris Buescher 656   -604   18   Ross Chastain 645   -615   19   Bubba Wallace 633   -627   20   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 615   -645