Cup - 2021 - Coke Zero Sugar 400

Date: 2021-08-28 | Track: Daytona International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Ryan Blaney (#12) Chase Elliott (#9) Kyle Busch (#18)
Finish P1 P8 P34
TLS points 5027 5490 5271
ARP 10.72 7.93 7.64
Laps led 7 36 5

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 7 laps with 10.72 average running position and 5,027 TLS points.

TLS leader — Chase Elliott (#9): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,490 points). Finished P8 with 36 laps led and 7.93 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — Kyle Busch (#18): lowest average running position (7.64). Finished P34 with 5,271 TLS points and 5 laps led. ARP is an average across all laps — a driver can run near the front all day yet score fewer TLS points if they led fewer laps, completed fewer laps, or lost ground late while keeping a strong average.

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 5 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 6 7 10.72 5027
2 12 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 20 8 14.04 4476
3 28 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 23 2 26.54 2401
4 20 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 24 0 17.92 3831
5 17 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 17 0 16.73 4029
6 33 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 28 0 0.00 0
7 15 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 15.19 4284
8 1 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 36 7.93 5490
9 33 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 30 0 0.00 0
10 29 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 36 0 31.60 1560
11 26 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 21 0 24.02 2818
12 23 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 8 0 21.98 3157
13 7 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 7 11.20 4947
14 24 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 19 0 22.03 3149
15 16 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 11 4 16.37 4089
16 14 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 33 1 14.76 4330
17 2 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 27 3 8.53 5357
18 9 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 29 14 11.95 4794
19 27 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 26 0 25.39 2576
20 21 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 1 0 18.58 3700
21 22 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 16 0 19.34 3574
22 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 12 0 9.85 5139
23 8 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 22 37 11.87 4806
24 18 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 25 0 16.60 4026
25 25 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 9 0 21.97 3140
26 30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 32 0 37.05 647
27 33 * David Starr(i) 66 Toyota Motorsports Business Management 40 0 0.00 0
28 33 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 31 0 0.00 0
29 10 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 13 11.93 4767
30 33 Garrett Smithley(i) 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 0.00 0
31 33 Joey Gase(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 37 0 0.00 0
32 6 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 8 9.44 4986
33 19 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 10 0 15.65 4005
34 3 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 5 7.64 5271
35 33 * Kaz Grala(i) 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 38 0 0.00 0
36 33 * Landon Cassill(i) 96 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing 39 0 0.00 0
37 13 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 12 10.59 4471
38 32 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 35 0 39.14 255
39 31 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 18 0 23.83 412
40 11 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 13 8 13.50 4565

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 193467 8.00 821 4947
2 Kyle Larson 5 183068 8.62 1566 3700
3 William Byron 24 181682 9.77 276 4471
4 Chase Elliott 9 176358 9.69 337 5490
5 Martin Truex Jr. 19 173840 10.72 694 4767
6 Joey Logano 22 171661 9.99 409 4806
7 Kevin Harvick 4 170226 12.25 109 4089
8 Kyle Busch 18 163110 10.06 247 5271
9 Ryan Blaney 12 163096 12.31 310 5027
10 Brad Keselowski 2 160745 13.29 302 4005
11 Alex Bowman 48 157625 12.01 151 4284
12 Christopher Bell 20 150305 12.70 68 4986
13 Austin Dillon 3 148617 14.89 15 5357
14 Tyler Reddick 8 147328 14.76 26 4029
15 Matt DiBenedetto 21 137903 15.83 62 3140
16 Kurt Busch 1 136596 13.67 175 3157
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 130580 18.04 25 5139
18 Chris Buescher 17 126798 16.87 85 4565
19 Bubba Wallace 23 124692 18.55 57 4476
20 Ross Chastain 42 121276 16.67 57 4794
21 Aric Almirola 10 109169 18.60 51 3149
22 Daniel Suarez 99 108125 20.85 74 2576
23 Cole Custer 41 107959 19.53 2 4026
24 Ryan Newman 6 106990 21.16 4 2401
25 Erik Jones 43 106284 20.85 7 2818
26 Chase Briscoe # 14 104543 19.99 18 3574
27 Michael McDowell 34 104318 19.84 26 412
28 Ryan Preece 37 96992 21.68 12 3831
29 Corey LaJoie 7 80139 24.11 13 4330
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 61374 28.02 4 647
31 Quin Houff 00 34203 32.62 0 255
32 Josh Bilicki 52 31707 32.89 0 1560
33 James Davison 51 20469 31.63 0 0
34 Joey Gase(i) 53 6196 30.63 0 0
35 * Kaz Grala(i) 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