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NASCAR Cup Series

Dixie Vodka 400

Homestead Miami Speedway

February 28th, 2021

Race #3 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 267
Miles Raced : 400.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 12 minutes 45 seconds
Average Speed: 124.669 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.777 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 36
Lead Changes: 20

#12 NASCAR Next Gen car — Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
William Byron	31	3	1	1	1	31	3.9	+30	79	46	+33	47	33	97.4%	102	267	139.8	57
Tyler Reddick	35	22	8	2	2	35	17.6	+33	131	102	+29	31	1	39.0%	0	267	83.6	35
Martin Truex Jr	9	1	3	3	1	22	5.2	+6	82	67	+15	66	28	97.0%	37	267	119.1	49
Kyle Larson	17	9	2	4	1	17	4.8	+13	86	70	+16	72	18	100.0%	5	267	116.0	44
Kevin Harvick	4	14	4	5	2	27	8.6	-1	92	110	-18	49	2	88.0%	0	267	103.0	36
Michael McDowell	6	17	6	6	4	25	13.5	+0	124	123	+1	38	2	52.4%	0	267	89.2	31
Ryan Newman	23	7	9	7	5	32	12.1	+16	125	110	+15	64	3	79.8%	0	267	91.6	30
Kurt Busch	5	4	25	8	1	28	7.5	-3	104	106	-2	66	31	88.0%	0	267	111.5	39
Alex Bowman	13	6	7	9	3	30	9.9	+4	107	89	+18	66	3	89.1%	0	267	95.7	36
Kyle Busch	24	18	10	10	8	29	14.7	+14	132	122	+10	49	0	56.9%	0	267	77.5	27
Denny Hamlin	1	8	16	11	1	28	13.2	-10	135	102	+33	49	2	55.8%	0	267	81.7	35
Austin Dillon	22	5	12	12	4	26	11.2	+10	106	90	+16	69	4	93.3%	0	267	91.1	26
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	15	21	14	13	3	31	15.8	+2	134	126	+8	50	2	42.0%	0	267	75.8	24
Chase Elliott	11	10	13	14	1	24	12.9	-3	125	132	-7	80	3	76.8%	4	267	80.4	26
Daniel Suarez	21	24	15	15	1	32	21.0	+6	134	145	-11	25	0	13.5%	1	267	61.2	22
Brad Keselowski	7	11	27	16	1	27	8.1	-9	84	99	-15	54	28	88.0%	47	267	107.2	31
Ross Chastain	32	15	11	17	10	32	18.2	+15	152	144	+8	40	0	40.5%	0	267	66.3	20
Chase Briscoe	30	31	17	18	8	32	25.6	+12	109	105	+4	7	0	1.1%	0	267	54.7	19
Chris Buescher	12	2	18	19	1	24	9.9	-7	74	88	-14	37	39	62.9%	57	267	95.8	33
Christopher Bell	3	23	19	20	3	30	18.6	-17	110	125	-15	16	1	23.2%	0	267	62.6	17
Ryan Preece	8	26	23	21	7	31	25.5	-13	112	128	-16	6	2	1.5%	0	267	52.8	16
Bubba Wallace	19	25	20	22	1	28	20.7	-3	129	122	+7	10	2	3.4%	2	267	58.1	15
Cole Custer	10	19	5	23	4	28	13.8	-13	109	130	-21	32	0	54.7%	0	267	70.2	14
Anthony Alfredo	27	29	24	24	7	32	27.5	+3	107	116	-9	3	0	0.4%	0	267	48.3	13
Joey Logano	2	13	28	25	1	28	13.8	-23	83	114	-31	21	8	58.8%	12	267	82.6	16
Justin Haley	20	30	26	26	3	32	28.6	-6	47	61	-14	2	0	3.4%	0	266	41.8	0
Erik Jones	18	27	21	27	11	31	26.0	-9	102	119	-17	5	5	1.9%	0	266	48.4	10
Matt DiBenedetto	37	20	22	28	11	37	19.8	+9	139	151	-12	23	6	18.4%	0	266	57.0	9
Ryan Blaney	14	16	29	29	6	30	18.4	-15	97	96	+1	45	1	46.8%	0	266	64.2	11
Aric Almirola	16	12	30	30	7	30	20.7	-14	112	115	-3	23	0	25.5%	0	264	53.7	7
Garrett Smithley	28	32	31	31	4	33	31.3	-3	29	30	-1	1	0	0.8%	0	263	36.7	0
Cody Ware	26	33	32	32	26	36	33.1	-6	12	23	-11	0	0	0.0%	0	261	32.2	0
Josh Bilicki	36	35	33	33	33	36	33.9	+3	13	16	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	259	32.2	4
BJ McLeod	34	36	35	34	34	38	35.9	+0	2	8	-6	0	0	0.0%	0	258	30.2	0
Quin Houff	38	34	34	35	33	38	34.4	+3	13	15	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	258	28.0	2
Corey Lajoie	25	28	36	36	16	32	31.4	-11	71	65	+6	0	0	0.0%	0	151	37.7	1
James Davison	29	37	37	37	29	36	36.1	-8	8	2	+6	0	0	0.0%	0	61	29.7	1
Timmy Hill	33	38	38	38	33	38	37.9	-5	1	1	+0	0	0	0.0%	0	21	23.2	0

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Homestead-Miami Speedway
23rd Annual Dixie Vodka 400
Race Winner: William Byron
Age: 23
Team : No. 24 - Axalta Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
William Byron won the 23rd Annual Dixie Vodka 400, his second victory in 112 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in five races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2021.
Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 18 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Chase Briscoe (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 20 points over Kevin Harvick.
Byron - 23 years 2 months 30 days - is the youngest winner in Homestead-Miami Speedway history.

Race Recap

William Byron cruises to NASCAR Cup Series victory at Homestead-Miami

February 28th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

In a No. 24 Chevrolet that steadily improved its performance as the sun went down, William Byron streaked to a decisive victory in Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

With Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr. battling for second place behind him, Byron cruised to a 2.777-second victory over Reddick, who charged through the field late in the final 60-lap green-flag run to the finish.

Truex ran third, with Larson coming home fourth. The victory was Byron's first of the season, first at Homestead and the second of his career. The win was the 264th in the NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports, leaving the organization four victories behind Petty Enterprises for most all-time.

"It was just a really smooth day," said Byron, who won Stage 2 after finishing fourth in the opening 80-lap stage. "We worked hard in the winter on this track. I can't believe it."

Though Reddick made his charge by running inches from the outside wall, Byron preferred to maintain a respectful distance from the fence whenever possible.

"You had to go to the wall at certain times," said Byron, who led 102 laps, a career-best for a single race. "(Turns) 3 and 4, it was really fast up there. I definitely didn't do it as good as the Xfinity cars do it, but I used it when I had to. This car was just awesome. It was really a lot of hard work. I think we went to the sim (simulator) four or five times this offseason, and it pays off, man. It's awesome."

Byron delivered the first Cup victory to crew chief Rudy Fugle, with whom he teamed to great success in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In fact, the last time Byron and Fugle worked together, they won the 2016 season finale at Homestead.

Reddick didn't score a point in either of the first two stages, but his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was lightning fast at the end of the race. When Reddick moved into fourth place past Kevin Harvick on Lap 254 of 267, he was nine seconds behind Byron. By the end of the race, despite having to clear both Truex and Larson for second, he had trimmed more than six seconds off Byron's lead.

"Once I really saw how fast we were in clean air, when I saw how fast we were catching everybody, it's beyond frustrating," said Reddick, who matched his career-best finish. "Three different decisions on restarts would have put me miles ahead, and I would have been within reach.

"Second's great, but I saw how much faster I was than those guys at the end, so naturally, it's frustrating."

Chris Buescher was dominant early, leading a career-high 57 laps in a single race and picking up the second stage win of his career in the opening segment. But as the sunlight faded, so did Buescher's No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. He finished 19th.

Truex thought his car capable of maintaining Byron's pace in the final run and was disappointed when it didn't.

"On that last run, for whatever reason, I was just babying it," Truex said. "The 24 (Byron) got the lead from me on that (last) restart (on Lap 208), and then the 5 (Larson) got by us, and I'm just biding my time waiting for them to start coming back to me, and they just never did.

"They obviously were really fast at the end, and we weren't quite as good that last run. These things are so hard to win. These cars are so touchy and just needed one more adjustment to have a chance."

Harvick came home fifth, followed by Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell, as both drivers have scored top-10 finishes in each of the first three races of the season. Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Alex Bowman and Kyle Busch completed the top 10. Denny Hamlin ran 11th, failing to keep his top-10 streak alive because of a late-race pit road speeding penalty.

Hamlin nevertheless retained the series lead by 20 points over Harvick.