Cup - 2021 - O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At DAYTONA

Date: 2021-02-21 | Track: DAYTONA Road Course

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Christopher Bell (#20) Denny Hamlin (#11) Denny Hamlin (#11)
Finish P1 P3 P3
TLS points 2471 2609 2609
ARP 6.20 4.25 4.25
Laps led 5 5 5

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Christopher Bell (#20): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 5 laps with 6.20 average running position and 2,471 TLS points.

TLS leader — Denny Hamlin (#11): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (2,609 points). Finished P3 with 5 laps led and 4.25 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.25). The official winner ran a worse average position (6.20).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 4 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 5 6.20 2471
2 3 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 11 10 4.93 2561
3 1 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 5 4.25 2609
4 7 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 17 2 9.35 2247
5 13 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 15 0 16.44 1744
6 6 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 5 0 8.55 2304
7 35 * AJ Allmendinger(i) 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 34 2 0.00 0
8 18 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 2 0 19.80 1505
9 16 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 6 0 17.73 1652
10 14 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 36 0 17.03 1702
11 11 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 30 0 15.06 1842
12 5 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 19 0 7.45 2382
13 9 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 13 0 12.07 2054
14 20 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 37 0 21.28 1400
15 21 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 27 0 21.52 1383
16 17 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 35 2 19.62 1518
17 15 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 26 0 17.61 1661
18 23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 16 0 22.62 1305
19 35 * Ty Dillon(i) 96 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing 38 0 0.00 0
20 24 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 33 0 23.55 1239
21 2 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 1 44 4.70 2577
22 30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 31 0 30.07 776
23 29 James Davison 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 39 0 27.86 933
24 35 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 0.00 0
25 35 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 21 0 0.00 0
26 25 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 10 0 24.83 1148
27 35 Garrett Smithley(i) 53 Ford Rick Ware Racing 25 0 0.00 0
28 33 Scott Heckert 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 28 0 34.32 474
29 35 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 Ford Motorsports Business Management 40 0 0.00 0
30 8 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 10.24 2184
31 27 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 7 0 26.79 1009
32 22 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 18 0 21.99 1350
33 12 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 22 0 14.96 1823
34 10 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 3 0 13.44 1929
35 19 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 0 20.21 1455
36 32 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 23 0 31.59 649
37 28 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 32 0 26.62 949
38 26 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 24 0 22.14 1113
39 31 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 9 0 14.11 726
40 34 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 29 0 35.25 23

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Denny Hamlin 11 9626 5.17 103 2609
2 Joey Logano 22 9463 5.71 36 2561
3 Kevin Harvick 4 9338 7.28 17 2304
4 Chase Elliott 9 9177 6.43 47 2577
5 Austin Dillon 3 8944 9.77 7 1929
6 Kyle Busch 18 8638 12.65 0 1455
7 Kyle Larson 5 8543 9.80 1 2184
8 Christopher Bell 20 8454 8.64 37 2471
9 * Ryan Preece 37 8031 13.50 0 1652
10 Cole Custer 41 7712 12.46 1 2054
11 Brad Keselowski 2 7572 14.15 0 1744
12 Bubba Wallace 23 6981 18.26 1 1148
13 Michael McDowell 34 6965 16.82 1 1505
14 Ross Chastain 42 6465 13.28 0 726
15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 6415 18.97 0 1305
16 Corey LaJoie 7 6361 20.58 0 1009
17 Kurt Busch 1 5479 16.93 2 2247
18 Martin Truex Jr. 19 5232 16.88 0 2382
19 Chase Briscoe # 14 5095 22.04 0 1350
20 Jamie McMurray 77 4907 16.59 0 0
21 William Byron 24 4602 20.74 0 1823
22 Josh Bilicki 52 4289 26.96 0 649
23 Joey Gase 53 4039 20.50 0 0
24 Tyler Reddick 8 3955 24.05 0 1113
25 Cody Ware(i) 51 3643 22.51 0 0
26 * Kaz Grala 16 2583 18.73 10 0
27 Alex Bowman 48 2220 10.51 1 1702
28 Aric Almirola 10 2199 10.09 0 1661
29 Chris Buescher 17 2139 18.13 0 1842
30 Daniel Suarez 99 1915 16.13 2 1518
31 Ryan Blaney 12 1781 17.99 0 1383
32 Ryan Newman 6 1719 15.13 0 1239
33 Erik Jones 43 1666 21.64 0 1400
34 Matt DiBenedetto 21 1249 24.44 0 949
35 Anthony Alfredo # 38 1000 28.07 0 776
36 James Davison 15 933 27.86 0 933
37 Quin Houff 00 637 30.05 0 23
38 Scott Heckert 78 474 34.32 0 474
39 * David Ragan 36 372 14.43 0 0
40 Derrike Cope 15 54 27.50 0 0