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2021 Daytona 500 Bluegreen Vacations Duel #1 Bluegreen Vacations Duel #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 1 of 36 Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:27:44 Average speed: 144.416 mph Pole speed: 191.261 mph Cautions: 7 for 40 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 22 Green flag passes: 2,755 (17.2 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 17 34   Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops / Speedco   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 200 running 1 44 5 5 25 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 200 running 98 52 2 2 12 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 running 3 42 0 3 4 3   Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 running 7 48 0 4 8 4   Kevin Harvick Busch Light #TheCrew   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 200 running 17 42 0 6 11 37   Ryan Preece Cottonelle   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 200 running 0 40 0 7 34 42   Ross Chastain Clover   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 200 running 0 32 0 8 19 77   Jamie McMurray Advent Health / Bass Pro Shops   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 200 running 0 29 0 9 16 7   Corey LaJoie Youtheory   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 200 running 0 28 0 10 13 5   Kyle Larson Nations Guard   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 running 1 37 0 11 27 41   Cole Custer HaasTooling.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 200 running 1 27 0 12 9 22   Joey Logano Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 199 crash 26 33 0 13 24 2   Brad Keselowski Discount Tire   (Roger Penske) Ford 199 crash 0 25 0 14 10 18   Kyle Busch M&M's   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 199 crash 0 25 0 15 39 33   Austin Cindric Verizon 5G   (Roger Penske) Ford 199 crash 2 0 0 16 5 20   Christopher Bell DeWalt   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 199 running 32 26 0 17 6 23   Bubba Wallace Door Dash   (23XI Racing) Toyota 198 crash 1 32 0 18 21 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Kroger / NOS Energy Drink   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 198 running 0 19 0 19 30 14   Chase Briscoe HighPoint.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 197 running 0 18 0 20 28 53   Joey Gase Page Construction / Fox Nation   (Rick Ware) Ford 196 running 0 0 0 21 35 51   Cody Ware Nurtec ODT   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 196 running 0 16 0 22 20 1   Kurt Busch Monster Energy   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 195 running 0 15 0 23 38 78   B.J. McLeod NASCAR Heat 5 / Xbox Free Play Days   (B.J. McLeod) Ford 195 running 0 0 0 24 37 52   Josh Bilicki Wisconsin Lightning Lab   (Rick Ware) Ford 194 running 0 13 0 25 26 19   Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATVs   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 193 running 0 12 0 26 2 24   William Byron Axalta   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 191 running 0 11 0 27 29 8   Tyler Reddick Lenovo   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 running 0 10 0 28 40 16   Kaz Grala Hyper Ice   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 115 dvp 10 9 0 29 33 00   Quin Houff Mane 'N Tail   (StarCom Racing) Chevrolet 37 crash 0 8 0 30 14 12   Ryan Blaney Menards / Blue DEF / Peak   (Roger Penske) Ford 14 crash 0 7 0 31 22 17   Chris Buescher Fastenal / 3M   (Jack Roush) Ford 14 dvp 0 6 0 32 36 38   Anthony Alfredo Speedy Cash   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 14 dvp 0 5 0 33 23 21   Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft / Quick Lane   (Wood Brothers) Ford 14 dvp 0 4 0 34 3 10   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 13 crash 0 3 0 35 1 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 13 crash 1 2 0 36 15 99   Daniel Suarez iFly   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 13 crash 0 1 0 37 18 36   David Ragan Select Blinds   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 13 crash 0 1 0 38 7 6   Ryan Newman Kohler Generators   (Jack Roush) Ford 13 crash 0 1 0 39 31 43   Erik Jones Armor All   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Chevrolet 13 crash 0 1 0 40 32 15   Derrike Cope Jacob Companies   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 3 crash 0 1 0 Top 10 in Stage 1: #11, 37, 3, 5, 33, 20, 23, 22, 42, 41 Top 10 in Stage 2: #11, 4, 23, 9, 3, 22, 34, 5, 18, 2

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Brad Keselowski 2 backup car Chase Briscoe 14 backup car Kaz Grala 16 backup car Martin Truex, Jr. 19 radiator change Bubba Wallace 23 multiple inspection failures William Byron 24 backup car Anthony Alfredo 38 backup car Cole Custer 41 backup car Ross Chastain 42 backup car Erik Jones 43 engine change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Ty Dillon 96 Bass Pro Shops / Black Rifle Coffee Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 42 Garrett Smithley 13 Trophy Tractor Carl Long Ford 43 Timmy Hill 66 VSI Racing Carl Long Ford 44 Noah Gragson 62 Beard Oil Distributors Beard Motorsports Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 7 4   #15 accident turn 4 none 8 14 7     15 29 15   #19,43,77,48,21,8,10,17,12,24,6,20,1,36,38,99 accident turn 3 none 30 38 9     39 43 5   #00,14 accident frontstretch #77 44 66 23     67 71 5   end of stage 1 #77 72 112 41     113 117 5   #47,20,5,77 accident backstretch none 118 131 14     132 136 5   end of stage 2 #20 137 199 63     200 200 1   #2,22,37,9,42,18,23,33 accident turn 3 none   Percent of race run under caution: 20.0%             Average green flag run: 22.9 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alex Bowman 1 1 1   Kevin Harvick 2 17 16   Kaz Grala 18 27 10   Chase Elliott 28 29 2   Austin Dillon 30 30 1   Cole Custer 31 31 1   Denny Hamlin 32 71 40   Austin Cindric 72 73 2   Denny Hamlin 74 74 1   Christopher Bell 75 106 32   Austin Dillon 107 108 2   Chase Elliott 109 109 1   Kyle Larson 110 110 1   Denny Hamlin 111 117 7   Joey Logano 118 118 1   Kevin Harvick 119 119 1   Denny Hamlin 120 128 9   Bubba Wallace 129 129 1   Denny Hamlin 130 132 3   Austin Dillon 133 136 4   Denny Hamlin 137 174 38   Joey Logano 175 199 25   Michael McDowell 200 200 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Austin Dillon 58     2   Denny Hamlin 52   -6   3   Kevin Harvick 50   -8   4   Chase Elliott 48   -10   5   Michael McDowell 46   -12   5   Ryan Preece 46   -12   7   Kyle Larson 41   -17   7   Bubba Wallace 41   -17   9   Joey Logano 40   -18   10   Christopher Bell 35   -23   11   Ross Chastain 32   -26   11   Corey LaJoie 32   -26   11   Kyle Busch 32   -26   14   Jamie McMurray 30   -28   15   Cole Custer 27   -31   16   Brad Keselowski 25   -33   17   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 19   -39   18   Chase Briscoe 18   -40   19   Kurt Busch 17   -41   20   Cody Ware 16   -42   21   Josh Bilicki 13   -45   Playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Wins Points 1   Michael McDowell 1   46   2   Austin Dillon 0   58   3   Denny Hamlin 0   52   4   Kevin Harvick 0   50   5   Chase Elliott 0   48   6   Ryan Preece 0   46   7   Kyle Larson 0   41   7   Bubba Wallace 0   41   9   Joey Logano 0   40   10   Christopher Bell 0   35   11   Ross Chastain 0   32   11   Corey LaJoie 0   32   11   Kyle Busch 0   32   14   Jamie McMurray 0   30   15   Cole Custer 0   27   16   Brad Keselowski 0   25