Cup - 2021 - Cook Out Southern 500

Date: 2021-09-05 | Track: Darlington Raceway

Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Denny Hamlin (P) (#11) Denny Hamlin (P) (#11)
Finish P1 P1 P1
TLS points 13142 13142 13142
ARP 2.29 2.29 2.29
Laps led 146 146 146

This race lined up on all three measures: Denny Hamlin (#11) won the race, led TLS points (13,142), and posted the best average running position (2.29).

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 1 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 146 2.29 13142
2 2 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 156 2.93 12907
3 6 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 23 1 8.82 10739
4 9 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 10 1 10.88 9979
5 4 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 9 20 6.95 11426
6 3 Kurt Busch (P) 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 3 13 4.94 12167
7 14 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 Ford Team Penske 16 0 13.70 8944
8 5 Joey Logano (P) 22 Ford Team Penske 11 0 7.49 11229
9 15 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 34 0 15.05 8444
10 17 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 21 0 16.86 7779
11 22 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 31 0 20.34 6500
12 16 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 18 0 15.36 8330
13 21 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 26 0 20.02 6615
14 18 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 19 0 17.02 7721
15 13 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 25 0 13.37 9064
16 10 Aric Almirola (P) 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 8 0 12.46 9372
17 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 29 0 17.69 7453
18 8 Tyler Reddick (P) 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 7 0 10.06 10255
19 23 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 24 0 22.87 5554
20 11 Christopher Bell (P) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 13 10 12.51 9353
21 20 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 17 0 18.75 7065
22 7 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 Ford Team Penske 1 17 9.59 10428
23 24 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 30 0 23.40 5342
24 27 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 32 0 27.70 3759
25 34 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 0.00 0
26 25 Alex Bowman (P) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 0 26.27 4271
27 34 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 27 0 0.00 0
28 30 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 28 0 29.74 2972
29 34 Joey Gase(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 35 1 0.00 0
30 31 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 37 0 32.79 1854
31 12 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 0 10.25 9103
32 29 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 22 2 26.18 3133
33 34 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 33 0 0.00 0
34 26 William Byron (P) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 14 0 17.58 4083
35 28 Kyle Busch (P) 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 0 11.22 3374
36 33 James Davison 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 36 0 32.55 278
37 32 Michael McDowell (P) 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 15 0 13.94 746

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 206609 7.79 967 13142
2 Kyle Larson (P) 5 195975 8.41 1722 12907
3 William Byron (P) 24 185765 10.06 276 4083
4 Chase Elliott (P) 9 185461 9.71 337 9103
5 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 183819 10.73 695 9979
6 Joey Logano (P) 22 182890 9.90 409 11229
7 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 181652 12.05 129 11426
8 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 173524 12.21 327 10428
9 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 169689 13.31 302 8944
10 Kyle Busch (P) 18 166484 10.10 247 3374
11 Alex Bowman (P) 48 161896 12.54 151 4271
12 Christopher Bell (P) 20 159658 12.69 78 9353
13 Tyler Reddick (P) 8 157583 14.58 26 10255
14 Austin Dillon 3 156396 14.96 15 7779
15 Kurt Busch (P) 1 148763 13.35 188 12167
16 Matt DiBenedetto 21 143245 16.11 62 5342
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 138033 18.02 25 7453
18 Chris Buescher 17 135242 16.81 85 8444
19 Ross Chastain 42 132015 16.38 58 10739
20 Bubba Wallace 23 131757 18.55 57 7065
21 Aric Almirola (P) 10 118541 18.37 51 9372
22 Daniel Suarez 99 114740 20.82 74 6615
23 Ryan Newman 6 114711 21.01 4 7721
24 Cole Custer 41 114459 19.56 2 6500
25 Chase Briscoe # 14 110097 20.10 18 5554
26 Erik Jones 43 109417 21.05 9 3133
27 Ryan Preece 37 105322 21.44 12 8330
28 Michael McDowell (P) 34 105064 19.63 26 746
29 Corey LaJoie 7 89203 23.70 13 9064
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 65133 28.01 4 3759
31 Quin Houff 00 36057 32.62 0 1854
32 Josh Bilicki 52 34679 32.77 0 2972
33 James Davison 53 20747 31.68 0 278
34 Joey Gase(i) 53 6196 30.63 1 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