Cup - 2021 - FireKeepers Casino 400

Date: 2021-08-22 | Track: Michigan International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Ryan Blaney (#12) Kyle Larson (#5) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P3 P3
TLS points 5785 7008 7008
ARP 9.22 3.13 3.13
Laps led 8 70 70

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

Official winner — Ryan Blaney (#12): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 8 laps with 9.22 average running position and 5,785 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (7,008 points). Finished P3 with 70 laps led and 3.13 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.13). The official winner ran a worse average position (9.22).

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 7 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 3 8 9.22 5785
2 5 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 18 18 8.26 5977
3 1 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 1 70 3.13 7008
4 4 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 6 1 7.48 6135
5 2 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 9 10 5.32 6569
6 6 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 4 1 8.58 5913
7 8 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 13 9.30 5768
8 3 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 68 6.30 6372
9 10 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 20 6 12.07 5212
10 14 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 0 14.08 4808
11 25 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 21 0 21.63 3291
12 20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 12 0 20.00 3619
13 12 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 28 3 12.46 5134
14 15 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 8 0 14.32 4760
15 22 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 11 0 20.20 3578
16 13 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 10 0 12.88 5050
17 21 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 23 0 20.11 3596
18 26 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 13 0 23.63 2888
19 18 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 15 0 18.91 3837
20 16 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 25 0 17.82 4056
21 23 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 32 0 20.86 3446
22 24 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 30 0 21.50 3317
23 27 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 27 0 25.09 2594
24 17 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 16 0 18.51 3918
25 32 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 17 0 0.00 0
26 32 Josh Berry(i) 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 24 0 0.00 0
27 32 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 37 0 0.00 0
28 32 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 36 0 0.00 0
29 9 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 14 0 11.47 5279
30 30 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 31 0 32.55 1074
31 31 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 29 0 33.57 868
32 32 Garrett Smithley(i) 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 0.00 0
33 11 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 19 0 10.74 5179
34 29 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 29.20 1575
35 28 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 22 0 24.54 2060
36 19 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 26 2 7.34 3710
37 32 Joey Gase(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 0.00 0

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 188520 7.87 814 6569
2 Kyle Larson 5 179368 8.23 1566 7008
3 William Byron 24 177211 9.73 264 5977
4 Chase Elliott 9 170868 9.76 301 6372
5 Martin Truex Jr. 19 169073 10.67 681 4808
6 Joey Logano 22 166855 9.92 372 5179
7 Kevin Harvick 4 166137 12.09 105 4760
8 Ryan Blaney 12 158069 12.38 303 5785
9 Kyle Busch 18 157839 10.16 242 5768
10 Brad Keselowski 2 156740 13.20 302 5212
11 Alex Bowman 48 153341 11.89 151 5050
12 Christopher Bell 20 145319 12.83 60 5134
13 Tyler Reddick 8 143299 14.68 26 5279
14 Austin Dillon 3 143260 15.14 12 3710
15 Matt DiBenedetto 21 134763 15.58 62 5913
16 Kurt Busch 1 133439 13.34 175 6135
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 125441 18.36 25 3619
18 Chris Buescher 17 122233 17.01 77 3578
19 Bubba Wallace 23 120216 18.73 49 3837
20 Ross Chastain 42 116482 16.86 43 2060
21 Aric Almirola 10 106020 18.46 51 3596
22 Daniel Suarez 99 105549 20.67 74 3317
23 Ryan Newman 6 104589 20.95 2 3918
24 Cole Custer 41 103933 19.65 2 2594
25 Michael McDowell 34 103906 19.68 26 4056
26 Erik Jones 43 103466 20.72 7 2888
27 Chase Briscoe # 14 100969 20.02 18 3291
28 Ryan Preece 37 93161 21.83 12 3446
29 Corey LaJoie 7 75809 24.50 12 0
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 60727 27.66 4 1575
31 Quin Houff 00 33948 32.36 0 1074
32 Josh Bilicki 52 30147 32.94 0 868
33 James Davison 51 20469 31.63 0 0
34 Joey Gase(i) 53 6196 30.63 0 0
35 * Kaz Grala 16 5270 22.87 10 0
36 Jamie McMurray 77 4907 16.59 0 0
37 Cody Ware(i) 53 3643 22.51 1 0
38 * Mike Marlar 66 2450 30.00 0 0
39 Kyle Tilley 78 1350 33.14 0 0
40 Scott Heckert 78 1288 31.79 0 0
41 RC Enerson 15 599 31.27 0 0
42 Chris Windom 15 588 30.67 0 0
43 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 482 37.05 0 0
44 * David Ragan 36 372 14.43 0 0
45 Shane Golobic 78 260 33.50 0 0
46 Ryan Eversley 53 195 34.04 0 0
47 Derrike Cope 15 54 27.50 0 0