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NASCAR Cup Series

Busch Clash at Daytona

Daytona Road Course

February 9th, 2021

Race #0 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 35
Miles Raced : 124.6
Time of Race : 01 Hours 30 minutes 25 seconds
Average Speed: 83.845 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.765 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 8
Lead Changes: 13

Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott — Daytona Beach, Florida - February 9th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Great Lakes Flooring Ford, and Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Llumar Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Clash at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway on February 09, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Brian Lawdermilk | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating
Kyle Busch	16	14	6	1	1	18	6.6	+15	31	9	+22	23	3	97.1%	1	35	126.4
Chase Elliott	7	7	1	2	1	17	9.2	+5	41	28	+13	28	2	94.3%	4	35	92.5
Joey Logano	10	13	2	3	2	21	11.7	+7	31	31	+0	15	1	60.0%	0	35	79.4
Tyler Reddick	6	10	5	4	1	19	7.8	+2	35	39	-4	26	2	88.6%	1	35	106.4
William Byron	5	19	9	5	4	20	10.2	+0	30	20	+10	22	1	82.9%	0	35	85.4
Denny Hamlin	3	1	11	6	1	12	2.7	-3	20	11	+9	19	6	100.0%	21	35	129.6
Alex Bowman	2	6	7	7	2	20	7.9	-5	41	40	+1	18	1	88.6%	0	35	85.3
Erik Jones	9	17	10	8	5	19	10.5	+1	37	40	-3	29	0	85.7%	0	35	69.8
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	20	21	16	9	8	21	15.3	+11	42	24	+18	14	1	45.7%	0	35	52.9
Matt DiBenedetto	12	18	14	10	6	20	11.3	+2	34	31	+3	26	0	88.6%	0	35	56.7
Austin Dillon	19	9	17	11	2	21	12.0	+8	25	34	-9	15	0	68.6%	0	35	48.5
Aric Almirola	21	3	12	12	3	21	14.1	+9	24	22	+2	11	0	57.1%	0	35	47.5
Ryan Blaney	1	11	3	13	1	20	6.1	-12	22	28	-6	13	6	82.9%	4	35	80.1
Ryan Newman	11	4	15	14	4	20	14.9	-3	31	37	-6	17	0	51.4%	0	35	37.0
Kevin Harvick	17	20	18	15	15	21	18.4	+2	24	35	-11	5	0	11.4%	0	35	31.7
Chris Buescher	13	16	4	16	3	19	11.3	-3	30	41	-11	21	0	80.0%	0	35	50.2
Brad Keselowski	4	12	8	17	1	18	7.7	-13	19	29	-10	14	1	88.6%	1	35	70.7
Ty Dillon	14	5	13	18	5	19	14.1	-4	33	41	-8	16	0	54.3%	0	35	37.5
Kurt Busch	15	8	19	19	1	21	14.9	-4	32	60	-28	16	0	45.7%	1	35	33.8
Cole Custer	8	15	20	20	5	21	14.4	-12	15	24	-9	8	1	54.3%	0	32	54.4
Martin Truex Jr	18	2	21	21	1	19	9.9	-3	35	7	+28	30	2	74.3%	2	27	84.3

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DAYTONA Road Course
43rd Annual Busch Clash At Daytona
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 35
Team : No. 18 - M&M's Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
Kyle Busch won the 43rd Annual Busch Clash At Daytona, his second victory (2012, 2021) in the non-points paying NASCAR Cup Series race.
This is the 10th Busch Clash victory for Joe Gibbs Racing - Tony Stewart (2001, 2002, 2007), Denny Hamlin (2006, 2014, 2016), Kyle Busch (2012, 2021), Matt Kenseth (2015) and Erik Jones (2020).
Chase Elliott (second) posted his first top-five and fourth top-10 finish in five Busch Clash races at Daytona.
Joey Logano (third) posted his seventh top-five finish in 13 Busch Clash races at Daytona.
This is the sixth Busch Clash victory for Toyota - 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch wins the Busch Clash at Daytona in wild finish

February 10th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch may carry the nickname "Rowdy" but it was a couple of his competitors acting that way that allowed him to move into the lead out of the final turn and earn his second career Busch Clash victory Tuesday night.

Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led only the length of a football field en route to the checkered flag - the only time he was out front all night at the exciting 14-turn Daytona International Speedway Road Course. But it was enough - earning the former champion his first victory with new crew chief, Ben Beshore in the annual non-points exhibition that kicks off Daytona Speedweeks.

Race runner-up Chase Elliott had been fighting with then-race leader Ryan Blaney for the lead as the cars went into the final sequence of turns - called the bus stop. They collided. Blaney's pole-sitting No. 12 Ford hit the wall. Elliott was able to recover enough to head to the finish line but Busch had already gotten around them both to take a .765-second victory.

Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick and William Byron rounded out the top five. Denny Hamlin, who led a race best 21 of the 35 laps, finished sixth, unable to make his way back to the front after a late race pit stop. Alex Bowman, Erik Jones, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt DiBenedetto rounded out the top 10.

"I kinda felt like there was an interesting opportunity that was developing there," Busch said of the Blaney-Elliott situation, adding "When that started happening I was hoping they would wreck long enough I could get up there and get by them and win the thing. It's never over until it's over in these kind of things."

Both Elliott, who won the last four NASCAR Cup Series road course events, and Blaney spoke about "going for the win" on that final series of turns. They are close friends off track and said that won't change despite the competitive run for Tuesday's trophy.

They had a conversation on pit road after climbing out of their cars and then came to the infield media center at the same time as well for post-race interviews.

Blaney said he was surprised Elliott was able to even make the race as close as it was, considering Blaney's Ford had fresher tires.

"I hate it happened too, it didn't work out for either of us," said Blaney, who started from the pole position and ultimately ended up 13th. "We were just racing hard and I had a little bit fresher tires there. We saved a set [of tires] and got back to second there. His car was really good, I had to use up a lot to get to him. I tried to protect and drove into that last corner really deep to make sure I didn't get dive-bombed like that. But we just came together."

"Of course he didn't mean to wreck me, but I ended up wrecked," Blaney said later, in the post-race media conference. "I told him if you're going to make a move like that, at least win the race."

Elliott, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, was apologetic for the hard contact - especially because it cost them both a victory. But he said he would do it again to win a race.

"Neither one of us won, that's the big one," Elliott said. "I was close enough to drive it in there. I feel like I'd be mad at myself for not at least trying. Obviously, I don't mean to wreck anybody, especially him - some guys I wouldn't mind, but he's not one of them. Hopefully he's not too mad at me. I feel like you have to go for it in an event like this.

"I can't be sorry about going for the win, but certainly didn't mean to wreck him."