Xfinity - 2021 - Sparks 300 at Talladega
Date: 2021-10-02 | Track: Talladega Superspeedway
Three ways to measure this race
| Official winner | TLS leader | Best ARP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Brandon Brown (#68) | Austin Cindric (P) (#22) | AJ Allmendinger (P) (#16) |
| Finish | P1 | P8 | P39 |
| TLS points | 3214 | 3785 | 898 |
| ARP | 11.24 | 5.95 | 5.08 |
| Laps led | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.
Official winner — Brandon Brown (#68): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 8 laps with 11.24 average running position and 3,214 TLS points.
TLS leader — Austin Cindric (P) (#22): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (3,785 points). Finished P8 with 10 laps led and 5.95 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.
Best ARP — AJ Allmendinger (P) (#16): lowest average running position (5.08). Finished P39 with 898 TLS points and 3 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 | 8 | Brandon Brown | 68 | Chevrolet | Brandonbilt Motorsports | 19 | 8 | 11.24 | 3214 |
| 2 | 5 | Brandon Jones (P) | 19 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 7 | 12 | 9.57 | 3394 |
| 3 | 2 | Justin Allgaier (P) | 7 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 1 | 7 | 7.52 | 3616 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Hemric (P) | 18 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 6 | 0 | 7.57 | 3610 |
| 5 | 38 | Jordan Anderson(i) | 31 | Chevrolet | Jordan Anderson Racing | 29 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | Justin Haley (P) | 11 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 8 | 0 | 17.55 | 2533 |
| 7 | 4 | Jeb Burton (P) | 10 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 14 | 7 | 7.66 | 3601 |
| 8 | 1 | Austin Cindric (P) | 22 | Ford | Team Penske | 2 | 10 | 5.95 | 3785 |
| 9 | 9 | Josh Berry # | 1 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 3 | 3 | 11.38 | 3199 |
| 10 | 25 | Joe Graf Jr. | 07 | Chevrolet | SS Green Light Racing | 40 | 1 | 26.31 | 1586 |
| 11 | 16 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | Ford | RSS Racing | 17 | 0 | 17.68 | 2519 |
| 12 | 13 | Jade Buford # | 48 | Chevrolet | Big Machine Racing | 26 | 0 | 15.32 | 2773 |
| 13 | 11 | Blaine Perkins | 23 | Chevrolet | Our Motorsports | 23 | 2 | 13.64 | 2955 |
| 14 | 17 | Josh Williams | 92 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | 24 | 0 | 19.38 | 2335 |
| 15 | 26 | Joey Gase | 52 | Ford | Means Motorsports | 39 | 0 | 27.81 | 1424 |
| 16 | 22 | JJ Yeley | 99 | Chevrolet | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | 38 | 0 | 24.99 | 1729 |
| 17 | 23 | Santino Ferrucci | 26 | Toyota | Sam Hunt Racing | 33 | 0 | 25.21 | 1705 |
| 18 | 20 | Tommy Joe Martins | 44 | Chevrolet | Martins Motorsports | 18 | 0 | 23.27 | 1915 |
| 19 | 21 | Garrett Smithley | 17 | Chevrolet | SS Green Light Racing | 35 | 0 | 23.32 | 1909 |
| 20 | 27 | Kyle Weatherman | 47 | Chevrolet | Mike Harmon Racing | 25 | 0 | 28.10 | 1393 |
| 21 | 19 | Alex Labbe | 36 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | 32 | 1 | 22.82 | 1963 |
| 22 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek(i) | 54 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | 8 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | Matt Mills | 5 | Toyota | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | 30 | 0 | 32.13 | 949 |
| 24 | 18 | Jeremy Clements (P) | 51 | Chevrolet | Jeremy Clements Racing | 15 | 0 | 19.78 | 2228 |
| 25 | 7 | Harrison Burton (P) | 20 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 9 | 2 | 8.79 | 3285 |
| 26 | 10 | Brett Moffitt | 02 | Chevrolet | Our Motorsports | 16 | 3 | 11.22 | 3038 |
| 27 | 6 | Riley Herbst (P) | 98 | Ford | Stewart-Haas Racing | 13 | 26 | 8.28 | 3337 |
| 28 | 30 | Jason White | 66 | Ford | Motorsports Business Management | 34 | 0 | 30.78 | 1042 |
| 29 | 24 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 0 | Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 31 | 0 | 24.10 | 1589 |
| 30 | 12 | Noah Gragson (P) | 9 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 4 | 8 | 8.39 | 2902 |
| 31 | 14 | Myatt Snider (P) | 2 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 10 | 0 | 10.03 | 2756 |
| 32 | 33 | Caesar Bacarella | 90 | Chevrolet | DGM Racing | 37 | 0 | 30.85 | 903 |
| 33 | 28 | Ryan Vargas # | 6 | Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 22 | 0 | 27.54 | 1198 |
| 34 | 35 | CJ McLaughlin | 74 | Chevrolet | Mike Harmon Racing | 36 | 0 | 31.01 | 889 |
| 35 | 29 | Mason Massey | 78 | Toyota | B.J. McLeod Motorsports | 27 | 4 | 28.15 | 1144 |
| 36 | 38 | Bayley Currey(i) | 15 | Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 20 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 37 | 32 | Landon Cassill | 4 | Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 21 | 0 | 22.88 | 924 |
| 38 | 36 | Sam Mayer # | 8 | Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 12 | 0 | 13.52 | 687 |
| 39 | 34 | AJ Allmendinger (P) | 16 | Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 5 | 3 | 5.08 | 898 |
| 40 | 37 | David Starr | 61 | Toyota | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 28 | 0 | 35.10 | 124 |
Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)
| Rank | Driver | Car Number | Season Points | Average Running Position | Total Laps Led | Points this race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Cindric (P) | 22 | 139697 | 5.69 | 766 | 3785 |
| 2 | Justin Allgaier (P) | 7 | 137527 | 7.42 | 468 | 3616 |
| 3 | Daniel Hemric (P) | 18 | 135766 | 8.39 | 510 | 3610 |
| 4 | AJ Allmendinger (P) | 16 | 132247 | 7.87 | 378 | 898 |
| 5 | Harrison Burton (P) | 20 | 130871 | 7.69 | 176 | 3285 |
| 6 | Noah Gragson (P) | 9 | 126353 | 8.96 | 197 | 2902 |
| 7 | Justin Haley (P) | 11 | 124252 | 8.87 | 59 | 2533 |
| 8 | Jeb Burton (P) | 10 | 111698 | 12.23 | 84 | 3601 |
| 9 | Brandon Jones (P) | 19 | 106670 | 12.17 | 88 | 3394 |
| 10 | Myatt Snider (P) | 2 | 105262 | 13.98 | 8 | 2756 |
| 11 | Riley Herbst (P) | 98 | 102175 | 12.51 | 57 | 3337 |
| 12 | Jeremy Clements (P) | 51 | 99064 | 16.29 | 5 | 2228 |
| 13 | Josh Berry # | 8 | 93889 | 13.31 | 216 | 3199 |
| 14 | Brandon Brown | 68 | 93714 | 17.28 | 27 | 3214 |
| 15 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | 93055 | 17.56 | 33 | 2519 |
| 16 | Tommy Joe Martins | 44 | 78285 | 21.07 | 15 | 1915 |
| 17 | Michael Annett | 1 | 78176 | 13.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ty Gibbs # | 81 | 76495 | 7.06 | 207 | 0 |
| 19 | Alex Labbe | 36 | 75857 | 20.80 | 2 | 1963 |
| 20 | Josh Williams | 92 | 69422 | 22.26 | 0 | 2335 |
| 21 | Jade Buford # | 48 | 63178 | 23.37 | 0 | 2773 |
| 22 | Landon Cassill | 6 | 62460 | 23.79 | 0 | 924 |
| 23 | Brett Moffitt(i) | 02 | 58988 | 14.77 | 22 | 3038 |
| 24 | Kyle Weatherman | 47 | 56521 | 25.34 | 3 | 1393 |
| 25 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 0 | 52036 | 26.47 | 0 | 1589 |
| 26 | Joe Graf Jr. | 17 | 46072 | 27.47 | 1 | 1586 |
| 27 | Ty Dillon | 54 | 44534 | 14.74 | 25 | 0 |
| 28 | David Starr | 66 | 43633 | 28.06 | 0 | 124 |
| 29 | Colby Howard | 15 | 41077 | 25.99 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | Ryan Vargas # | 6 | 40555 | 28.72 | 3 | 1198 |
| 31 | JJ Yeley | 99 | 36622 | 21.53 | 0 | 1729 |
| 32 | Matt Mills | 99 | 36069 | 29.98 | 0 | 949 |
| 33 | Sam Mayer # | 99 | 34117 | 16.60 | 57 | 687 |
| 34 | Jesse Little | 99 | 33588 | 29.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Gray Gaulding | 52 | 27983 | 29.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Santino Ferrucci | 26 | 20484 | 22.56 | 0 | 1705 |
| 37 | Stefan Parsons | 99 | 20155 | 27.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Brandon Gdovic | 26 | 18836 | 26.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mason Massey | 99 | 17897 | 29.53 | 4 | 1144 |
| 40 | Bayley Currey(i) | 74 | 17836 | 25.35 | 9 | 0 |
| 41 | Blaine Perkins | 23 | 17090 | 23.46 | 2 | 2955 |
| 42 | Timmy Hill(i) | 66 | 17081 | 25.80 | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Chad Finchum | 61 | 11531 | 28.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Dexter Bean | 90 | 10650 | 29.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Cody Ware(i) | 17 | 10378 | 24.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Matt Jaskol | 66 | 8116 | 31.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Carson Ware | 74 | 8063 | 32.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Garrett Smithley | 17 | 7713 | 24.78 | 0 | 1909 |
| 49 | Sage Karam | 31 | 7340 | 18.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Colin Garrett | 26 | 7158 | 24.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Andy Lally | 99 | 7117 | 14.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Patrick Emerling | 23 | 6988 | 25.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 8 | 6389 | 15.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Preston Pardus | 91 | 5994 | 20.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Jason White | 66 | 5936 | 25.84 | 1 | 1042 |
| 56 | Ryan Ellis | 99 | 5709 | 27.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | George Gorham Jr. | 90 | 4910 | 20.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Will Rodgers | 26 | 4852 | 14.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Caesar Bacarella | 90 | 4526 | 31.07 | 0 | 903 |
| 60 | Tanner Berryhill | 23 | 4313 | 22.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 90 | 3940 | 29.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Miguel Paludo | 8 | 3875 | 15.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Stephen Leicht | 61 | 2542 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Spencer Pumpelly | 6 | 2229 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Natalie Decker | 23 | 2097 | 31.70 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Loris Hezemans | 90 | 2047 | 32.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Joey Gase | 52 | 1819 | 34.26 | 0 | 1424 |
| 68 | CJ McLaughlin(i) | 74 | 1557 | 32.70 | 0 | 889 |
| 69 | Robby Lyons II | 61 | 1215 | 29.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | David Smith | 52 | 605 | 33.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Kyle Sieg | 90 | 373 | 36.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Michael Munley | 6 | 254 | 37.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Boris Said | 13 | 188 | 31.78 | 0 | 0 |