Cup - 2021 - NASCAR Cup Series Championship

Date: 2021-11-07 | Track: Phoenix Raceway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Kyle Larson (#5) Chase Elliott (P) (#9) Chase Elliott (P) (#9)
Finish P1 P5 P5
TLS points 10812 11058 11058
ARP 3.35 2.52 2.52
Laps led 107 94 94

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

Official winner — Kyle Larson (#5): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 107 laps with 3.35 average running position and 10,812 TLS points.

TLS leader — Chase Elliott (P) (#9): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (11,058 points). Finished P5 with 94 laps led and 2.52 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.52). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.35).

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 2 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 1 107 3.35 10812
2 3 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 72 3.70 10780
3 4 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 0 4.69 10417
4 6 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 4 33 5.33 10261
5 1 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 94 2.52 11058
6 10 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 18 0 11.17 8535
7 7 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 13 0 10.53 8693
8 5 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 9 1 5.19 10305
9 12 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 8 0 12.52 8133
10 13 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 11 0 12.58 8089
11 9 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 10 0 10.88 8560
12 11 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 15 0 11.65 8362
13 15 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 7 0 15.47 7285
14 16 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 16 0 15.73 7136
15 20 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 23 0 19.91 5946
16 14 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 5 1 13.02 7958
17 8 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 3 0 10.89 8588
18 19 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 14 0 18.54 6374
19 17 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 20 4 16.18 7050
20 24 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 31 0 24.22 4654
21 21 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 17 0 20.76 5696
22 18 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 27 0 18.02 6529
23 22 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 19 0 21.19 5586
24 23 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 28 0 21.98 5333
25 25 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 26 0 24.71 4527
26 32 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 29 0 0.00 0
27 32 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 32 0 0.00 0
28 32 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 33 0 0.00 0
29 32 Joey Gase(i) 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 0.00 0
30 32 Josh Bilicki(i) 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 37 0 0.00 0
31 32 Garrett Smithley(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 38 0 0.00 0
32 29 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 24 0 34.60 1432
33 32 * David Starr(i) 13 Toyota Motorsports Business Management 36 0 0.00 0
34 28 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 30 0 28.80 2564
35 26 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 22 0 15.07 3715
36 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 21 0 21.59 2577
37 30 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 35 0 34.00 738
38 32 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 Toyota Motorsports Business Management 39 0 0.00 0
39 31 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 25 0 24.71 107

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 (P) 11 294149 7.49 1502 10417
2 Kyle Larson (P) 5 284025 8.25 2581 10812
3 Chase Elliott (P) 9 271643 9.17 952 11058
4 William Byron (P) 24 266827 9.71 425 8588
5 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 264995 11.00 217 10305
6 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 264259 10.49 865 10780
7 Joey Logano (P) 22 259973 9.81 453 8560
8 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 255286 11.21 423 10261
9 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 245953 12.77 331 8089
10 Kyle Busch (P) 18 244042 10.22 334 8693
11 Christopher Bell (P) 20 231517 12.73 100 8133
12 Tyler Reddick (P) 8 226034 14.13 43 7050
13 Alex Bowman (P) 48 225053 12.77 161 6374
14 Austin Dillon 3 220306 14.95 27 5946
15 Kurt Busch (P) 1 207547 12.97 208 7958
16 Matt DiBenedetto 21 200686 16.57 68 8362
17 Ross Chastain 42 187427 16.95 62 7136
18 Chris Buescher 17 185428 17.23 93 4527
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 180228 18.70 35 2577
20 Aric Almirola (P) 10 179880 18.14 51 8535
21 Bubba Wallace 23 174024 18.66 62 107
22 Erik Jones 43 165820 20.30 9 6529
23 Chase Briscoe # 14 163447 19.75 18 3715
24 Daniel Suarez 99 161372 20.98 74 5696
25 Cole Custer 41 159790 19.94 9 7285
26 Michael McDowell (P) 34 149037 20.33 26 5333
27 Ryan Newman 6 144508 21.84 4 5586
28 Ryan Preece 37 137743 22.47 12 4654
29 Corey LaJoie 7 121858 24.27 13 1432
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 92483 27.61 5 2564
31 Quin Houff 00 47535 32.69 0 738
32 Josh Bilicki(i) 52 40668 32.95 0 0
33 James Davison 66 22707 32.21 0 0
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 Scott Heckert 78 2207 31.74 0 0
40 Kyle Tilley 78 1350 33.14 0 0
41 Joey Hand 52 1211 28.99 0 0
42 RC Enerson 15 599 31.27 0 0
43 Chris Windom 15 588 30.67 0 0
44 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 482 37.05 0 0
45 * David Ragan 36 372 14.43 0 0
46 Shane Golobic 78 260 33.50 0 0
47 Ryan Eversley 53 195 34.04 0 0
48 Derrike Cope 15 54 27.50 0 0