Cup - 2021 - YellaWood 500

Date: 2021-10-03 | Track: Talladega Superspeedway

Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Bubba Wallace (#23) Kevin Harvick (P) (#4) Kevin Harvick (P) (#4)
Finish P1 P8 P8
TLS points 3111 4146 4146
ARP 14.64 5.86 5.86
Laps led 5 16 16

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

Official winner — Bubba Wallace (#23): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 5 laps with 14.64 average running position and 3,111 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kevin Harvick (P) (#4): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (4,146 points). Finished P8 with 16 laps led and 5.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (5.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (14.64).

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 11 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 19 5 14.64 3111
2 2 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 Ford Team Penske 7 13 5.97 4134
3 3 Joey Logano (P) 22 Ford Team Penske 8 9 6.02 4128
4 10 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 14 9 14.40 3139
5 7 Christopher Bell (P) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 12 11.38 3495
6 5 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 24 7 9.81 3680
7 8 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 6 12.94 3311
8 1 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 9 16 5.86 4146
9 13 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 26 0 15.36 3026
10 20 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 30 1 19.51 2536
11 18 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 16 0 18.35 2673
12 9 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 2 14.28 3153
13 12 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 28 7 14.87 3083
14 28 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 17 0 26.47 1715
15 4 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 Ford Team Penske 4 0 9.69 3694
16 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 21 10 16.57 2883
17 25 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 22 0 25.00 1888
18 6 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 3 0 11.20 3516
19 26 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 35 0 25.40 1841
20 34 * Justin Haley(i) 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 38 4 0.00 0
21 30 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 25 0 29.37 1372
22 22 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 29 0 23.21 2099
23 31 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 18 0 30.35 1257
24 34 * Landon Cassill(i) 96 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing 40 0 0.00 0
25 34 Joey Gase(i) 53 Ford Rick Ware Racing 36 0 0.00 0
26 24 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 20 0 23.69 2043
27 15 Kyle Busch (P) 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 4 16.38 2905
28 34 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 31 4 0.00 0
29 34 Garrett Smithley(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 37 0 0.00 0
30 34 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 32 0 0.00 0
31 32 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 34 0 33.60 873
32 23 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 27 0 23.28 2073
33 21 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 23 0 20.66 2380
34 33 * James Davison 66 Ford Motorsports Business Management 39 0 38.28 318
35 27 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 15 2 25.87 1755
36 14 William Byron (P) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 10 0 15.48 2960
37 29 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 3 25.98 1712
38 17 Alex Bowman (P) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 11 1 12.71 2772
39 19 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 13 2 14.87 2561
40 34 Justin Allgaier(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 33 0 0.00 0

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 250981 7.51 1372 3311
2 Kyle Larson (P) 5 236446 8.74 2003 1712
3 Chase Elliott (P) 9 225918 9.49 525 3516
4 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 223285 11.37 216 4146
5 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 222137 10.63 783 3153
6 William Byron (P) 24 220673 10.38 283 2960
7 Joey Logano (P) 22 220385 9.79 418 4128
8 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 214393 11.63 380 3694
9 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 208891 12.64 329 4134
10 Kyle Busch (P) 18 205814 10.01 292 2905
11 Alex Bowman (P) 48 196069 12.51 152 2772
12 Christopher Bell (P) 20 194449 12.70 100 3495
13 Tyler Reddick (P) 8 189596 14.39 33 2561
14 Austin Dillon 3 187491 14.99 22 2673
15 Matt DiBenedetto 21 170965 16.40 64 1755
16 Kurt Busch (P) 1 169658 13.22 201 3139
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 163676 18.11 35 2883
18 Ross Chastain 42 161920 16.42 62 2380
19 Bubba Wallace 23 156391 18.56 62 3111
20 Chris Buescher 17 154901 17.35 92 3680
21 Aric Almirola (P) 10 149070 18.21 51 2043
22 Erik Jones 43 136950 20.59 9 3026
23 Chase Briscoe # 14 136717 20.03 18 1715
24 Daniel Suarez 99 135154 21.21 74 1257
25 Cole Custer 41 131871 20.06 9 3083
26 Ryan Newman 6 130794 21.33 4 1372
27 Michael McDowell (P) 34 125317 20.10 26 1888
28 Ryan Preece 37 124724 21.78 12 2073
29 Corey LaJoie 7 104792 24.03 13 2099
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 76114 27.93 5 2536
31 Quin Houff 00 43134 32.49 0 1841
32 Josh Bilicki 52 40668 32.95 0 873
33 James Davison 66 22707 32.21 0 318
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 5 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