Cup - 2021 - Drydene 400

Date: 2021-05-16 | Track: Dover International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Alex Bowman (#48) Kyle Larson (#5) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P2 P2
TLS points 12947 14646 14646
ARP 5.71 1.48 1.48
Laps led 98 263 263

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

Official winner — Alex Bowman (#48): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 98 laps with 5.71 average running position and 12,947 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (14,646 points). Finished P2 with 263 laps led and 1.48 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (1.48). The official winner ran a worse average position (5.71).

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 6 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 16 98 5.71 12947
2 1 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 263 1.48 14646
3 5 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 5.65 12972
4 2 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 3 21 4.15 13573
5 8 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 9 0 9.42 11459
6 3 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 5 0 4.66 13368
7 4 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 2 5.64 12978
8 12 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 12 0 12.60 10186
9 15 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 24 0 14.34 9488
10 18 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 30 0 18.21 7935
11 17 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 22 0 14.67 9357
12 7 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 7 0 9.42 11462
13 11 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 28 0 12.06 10401
14 10 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 14 0 11.39 10672
15 16 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 19 0 14.50 9424
16 9 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 15 0 10.85 10888
17 13 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 10 0 12.68 10152
18 21 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 25 0 21.88 6449
19 14 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 16 12.78 10089
20 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 20 0 19.70 7321
21 20 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 0 21.03 6739
22 22 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 23 0 21.76 6448
23 24 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 13 0 23.65 5695
24 25 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 18 0 24.00 5544
25 26 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 21 0 25.19 5071
26 27 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 26 0 27.71 4056
27 29 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 0 28.12 3894
28 28 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 27 0 27.82 4001
29 31 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 35 0 31.45 2549
30 34 Josh Berry(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 29 0 0.00 0
31 34 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 34 0 0.00 0
32 34 Garrett Smithley(i) 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 36 0 0.00 0
33 33 James Davison 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 35.65 901
34 32 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 37 0 35.03 1133
35 30 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 17 0 28.71 3122
36 34 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 31 0 0.00 0
37 23 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 32 0 17.08 6317

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 125738 6.35 751 12978
2 Martin Truex Jr. 19 117637 8.53 624 10089
3 William Byron 24 115734 9.40 171 13573
4 Joey Logano 22 111624 8.10 324 11459
5 Ryan Blaney 12 109198 9.95 229 11462
6 Kevin Harvick 4 107920 10.34 39 13368
7 Kyle Larson 5 107800 10.43 774 14646
8 Chase Elliott 9 106091 10.25 76 12972
9 Brad Keselowski 2 102342 11.28 195 10888
10 Kyle Busch 18 98509 12.83 43 3894
11 Austin Dillon 3 95198 13.83 8 10672
12 Alex Bowman 48 94210 11.58 109 12947
13 Christopher Bell 20 93947 11.78 51 6739
14 Matt DiBenedetto 21 84932 16.10 28 5544
15 Tyler Reddick 8 84526 17.12 9 10186
16 Chris Buescher 17 83541 15.71 71 10152
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 82130 17.42 24 7321
18 Kurt Busch 1 80362 15.14 3 10401
19 Bubba Wallace 23 77080 18.77 46 9357
20 Ross Chastain 42 74099 17.36 22 9424
21 Ryan Newman 6 70088 18.70 2 5695
22 Daniel Suarez 99 68973 18.87 74 9488
23 Cole Custer 41 68271 19.05 1 7935
24 Michael McDowell 34 65303 20.22 10 5071
25 Erik Jones 43 64198 20.57 7 6448
26 * Ryan Preece 37 61942 21.07 9 6449
27 Chase Briscoe # 14 60285 22.42 1 3122
28 Aric Almirola 10 59571 18.73 16 6317
29 Corey LaJoie 7 46994 25.08 12 4056
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 36143 27.70 1 4001
31 Quin Houff 00 23712 31.65 0 2549
32 Josh Bilicki 52 17332 33.98 0 1133
33 James Davison 15 12057 32.87 0 901
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) 51 3643 22.51 1 0
38 * Mike Marlar 66 2450 30.00 0 0
39 Chris Windom 15 588 30.67 0 0
40 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 482 37.05 0 0
41 Scott Heckert 78 474 34.32 0 0
42 * David Ragan 36 372 14.43 0 0
43 Shane Golobic 78 260 33.50 0 0
44 Derrike Cope 15 54 27.50 0 0